TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 62. The Spleen A1 - Tavakkoli, Ali A2 - Zinner, Michael J. A2 - Ashley, Stanley W. PY - 2013 T2 - Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 12e AB - The spleen was regarded by Galen as “an organ of mystery,” by Aristotle as unnecessary, and by Pliny as an organ that might hinder the speed of runners.1 In many societies, spleen was also thought to be affiliated with mood. The word spleen comes from a Greek word that has idiomatic equivalent of the heart in English, that is, to be good-spleened means to be good-hearted or compassionate. In contrast, spleen has been typically associated with melancholy, and in 19th-century England women in bad humor were said to be afflicted by the spleen or the vapors of the spleen. Although over the last century the functions of spleen have become clearer, an element of mystery remains around the organ. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/14 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57020740 ER -