Absence Quote by Henry Gray

My spleen had gotten enlarged and infected and it died.

— Ryan Clark

I lost my spleen, I lost the hearing in my left ear, so I had a lot of internal organ damage.

— Amy Purdy

You're right, a spleen is a strange thing-we technically don't need one, but maybe spleens are kept in our bodies in case we mutate…

— Douglas Coupland

In the imperfect records left of the anatomy of the ancient Egyptians, no trace of any knowledge of the spleen can be ascertained.

— Henry Gray

Removal of an organ is difficult and dangerous. There have been several deaths of healthy donors. I think myself, I would be hesitant to…

— Joe Murray

I had worked on dogs for a couple of years developing a renal transplant operation. We had dogs running around with kidneys we had…

— Joe Murray

We kill with antibiotics and antiseptics, and if our slaughter is ineffectual we use surgery to expel the offending organ from our presence. We…

— Robert Svoboda

I had multiple surgeries covering everything from repairing a hematoma/hernia to an organ transplant. I was also placed on dialysis, accumulated excessive fluid in…

— Al B. Sure

“The first thing they do to you when you go into New-Path," Charles Freck said, "is they cut off your pecker. As an object…

— Philip K. Dick

Animal experimentation has been essential to the development of all cardiac surgery, transplantation surgery, joint replacements and all vaccinations.

— Joseph Murray

Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status. This spectacular success was a clear demonstration…

— Joseph Murray

Intravenous injections of extract from dog's pancreas, removed from seven to ten weeks after ligation of the ducts, invariably exercises a reducing influence upon…

— Frederick Banting