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3 unusual facts about Lymphatic system


Antje Möldner-Schmidt

She was ruled out for the whole of the 2010 season after tests revealed that she had a lymphoid cell disorder.

Lymphatic system

The lymphatic system was first described in the seventeenth century independently by Olaus Rudbeck and Thomas Bartholin.

In 1652, Olaus Rudbeck (1630–1702), a Swede, discovered certain transparent vessels in the liver that contained clear fluid (and not white), and thus named them hepatico-aqueous vessels.


Splenectomy

The spleen is enlarged in a variety of conditions such as malaria, mononucleosis and most commonly in cancers of the lymphatics, such as lymphomas or leukemia.


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Lucio Rodrigues

In 2007 at only 27 years of age, Lucio discovered that he had a cancer of lymphatic system also known as Hodgkin's lymphoma and had to start a gruelling course of chemotherapy.

Virchow–Robin space

The immunological significance was discovered by Wilhelm His, Sr. in 1865 based on his observations of the flow of interstitial fluid over VRS to the lymphatic system.