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2 unusual facts about Spleen


Château Chasse-Spleen

One account explaining the estate's name is due to a visit by Lord Byron in 1821, when he became so enamoured by the vines that he said, "Quel remede pour chasser le spleen", or alternately attributed to the poem Spleen whose author Charles Baudelaire once visited the property.

Spleen

Authors like Richard Blackmore or George Cheyne employed it to characterise the hypochondriacal and hysterical affections.


Alachlor

The EPA has described the following long-term effects when exposed to levels above the MCL in drinking water exposed to runoff from herbicide used on row crops: slight skin and eye irritation; at lifetime exposure to levels above the MCL: potential damage to liver, kidney, spleen; lining of nose and eyelids; cancer.

Bernard Quiriny

His latest work, Monsieur Spleen, is a biography of the symbolist poet Henri de Régnier, an author today largely unknown in modern literary circles.

Christian Marclay

Marclay has performed and recorded both solo and in collaboration with many musicians, including John Zorn, William Hooker, Elliott Sharp, Otomo Yoshihide, Butch Morris, Shelley Hirsch, Flo Kaufmann and Crevice; he has also performed with the group Sonic Youth, and in other projects with Sonic Youth's members.

Débora Lyra

On December 27, 2011, Débora Lyra was involved in a severe car crash, for which her spleen has been removed and some interventions in her spine where due.

Des White

In 1954, while playing for Auckland against Great Britain, he ruptured his spleen when tackled illegally by Doug Greenall.

Fuling jiabing

The flour can be mixed with fuling (Poria), a kind of Chinese medicine from Yunnan province that is used to rid the spleen of dampness.

Grand Pianoramax

Grand Pianoramax's second release The Biggest Piano In Town employs the likes of drummers Deantoni Parks and Adam Deitch and expanded personnel to include guest vocals, raps and spoken word from Mike Ladd, Black Cracker, Invincible, and Spleen.

At the same time as the album The Biggest Piano In Town was commercially released in the USA and Canada, Grand Pianoramax went on a 10-city tour in the US opening for Maceo Parker and then moved on to perform at several major festivals in Europe (most notably at a showcase night featuring the Andy Milne & Gregoire Maret duo, and Grand Pianoramax with Spleen & Bleubird at the 2008 Montreux Jazz Festival).

Greg Hartley

Hartley began his rugby league career as a player and had three first-grade games with Newtown Jets in 1967 before rupturing his spleen in a reserve-grade match in the same year.

Ivan Bosiljčić

He has also had minor role in the film "Spleen" produced by an Italian film maker with an Italian crew as well as Serbian movies "Strah od letenja" (Fear of flying) and "Moné".

Rick Spleen

For example, when Spleen has an argument with Michael, the café owner, or with Magda, his Eastern-European cleaner, Marty defends them rather than backing Spleen, which appears to wind him up even more.

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.

The Arbitrator

Avi "The Spleen" Asulin (Shlomi Koriat) - Arbitrator's eldest son, who wants to inherit the empire, even when there is doubt as to whether he is suitable for this.

Wandering spleen

Susan Mayer on the TV show Desperate Housewives had an operation to fix her wandering spleen in Season 2 of the show.

WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Children

CMV infection (CMV retinitis or infection of organs other than liver, spleen or lymph nodes; onset at age one month or more)

Yu Ziqian

At Dalian Shide Yu was trained by former England international goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer, however before he had a chance to establish himself within the team he was seriously injured in a training session where he received a ruptured spleen and one year out of football.


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