Reference for Sanhedrin 42:3

אלא אימא גזרו על ייחוד דפנויה

— Rab Judah said in Rab's name:They all had their spleen<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The spleen causes a feeling of heaviness (Rashi). [The old belief that the removal of the spleen facilitates fast running is also recorded by Plinius, v. Preuss, Biblischtalmudische Medizin, p. 249.] ');">⁸</span> and alsothe flesh of the soles of their feet cutoff.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that they might be fleet of foot and impervious to briars and thorns. ');">⁹</span>

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