“…The ultimate fate of liver grafts, placed in the anterior chamber of the eye, mesotestis, peritoneum, subcutaneous tissue, etc. has been atrophy and degeneration, secondary to lack of blood supply and to pressure nec rosis, due to proliferation of bile ducts following transplantation [2,3,4,5,7,9,12], In view of the remarkable regenerating ability of liver, success in es tablishing an intact and functioning portion in an heterotopic location could open new vistas for clinical application and does provide a method for study of liver regeneration in experimental animals.…”