Missing pages / It has been known for many centuries that the lymph nodes and spleen become enlarged during the course of certain diseases. References to buboes and swelling of the spleen can be found in the writings of Hippocrates (91). With the development of techniques which allowed the microscopic anatomy of lymphoid organs to be studied, the concept arose that the lymph nodes could act as filters to prevent toxic substances from entering the blood circulation (21,183). Quantitative measurements showed that lymph nodes were very efficient at filtering out baeteria injected into the afferent lymphatic vessels(56). [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.116776 |
| Date | January 1965 |
| Creators | Bain, Barbara E. |
| Contributors | Lowenstein, L. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Experimental Medicine.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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