Note 15 — Chapter III
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In some cases of monstrosity, these organs are transposed, the liver being on the left, and the pancreas on the right side. It was in allusion to a case of this kind, then occupying the attention of Paris, that Molière made his Médecin malgré Lui describe the heart as on the right side, the liver on the left; on the mistake being noticed, he replies: “Oui, autrefois; mais nous avons changé tout cela.”