Hippocrates advises a moxa of mushrooms applied over the spleen for melting or dissolving it.

Godefroy Moebius is said to have seen in the village of Halberstadt a courier whose spleen had been cauterized after incision; and about the same epoch (seventeenth century) some men pretended to be able to successfully extirpate the spleen for those who desired to be couriers.

This operation we know to be one of the most delicate in modern surgery, and as we are progressing with our physiologic knowledge of the spleen we see nothing to justify the old theory in regard to its relations to agility and coursing.
Swimming .-- The instances of endurance that we see in the aquatic sports are equally as remarkable as those that we find among the runners and walkers.

In the ancient days the Greeks, living on their various islands and being in a mild climate, were celebrated for their prowess as swimmers.

Socrates relates the feats of swimming among the inhabitants of Delos.