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Excerpt from On the Structure and Use of the Spleen The author, during the progress of his work, received considerable assistance from many to whom he now begs to acknowledge his deep obligations. In the historical portion of his essay, he received much valuable assistance from his friend, Mr. T. Holmes, in the compilation of the statements and opinions of the ancient writers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.