Splenic aspiration biopsy in the dog.

PLEXIC ASPIRATION BIOPSY is a technic of established value in L clinical medicimie.’3 Moeschlin has published an excellent amid comprehemisive discussiomi of these techmiics, amid of normal amid pathologic spbemiic cytology with clinical imiterpretations.3 Because of the great imiterest recently iii experimental studies of the physiologic and pathologic functions of the spleemi, it seemed to be of value to adapt the technic of splenic aspiratiomi biopsy to ami experimemital animal. This paper presemits a method of ohtainimig repeated splemiic aspiratiomi biopsies in the dog as well as obscrvatiomis on the miormab cellular pattermis obtained by such biopsies. Port-al amid splenic x-ray venogm’anis amid injectiomis into the portal venous system may also he carried out imi (logs prepared by this method.