The Quantitative Variations of the Pancreatic Islet Tissue in a Mixed Series of Cases

Ahistological survey of the pancreas in a large series of unselected cases quickly discloses the fact that the amount of islet tissue varies a great deal from case to case. Heilberg (1), and later, Ogilvie (2), devised methods for estimating the weight of an average islet and also the number of islets in a given pancreas. From these data it was possible, too, to calculate by weight, the proportion…