Copy 1, Volume 1
The chirurgical works of Percivall Pott / [Percivall Pott].
- Percivall Pott
- Date:
- 1771-1775
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The chirurgical works of Percivall Pott / [Percivall Pott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ *7 ] naked;-—that is, they are found in the fame ftate with regard to co- <k vering as they were in, while with¬ in the cavity of the belly, S* * . ► Th is is the ftate of the tefticle when it is got into the fcrotum, the place ap¬ pointed for its refidence; and left it fhould deviate from the right path, and by not palling through the aperture in v. the mufcle, be detained within the ca¬ vity of the belly, that portion of the epi¬ didymis which precedes it in its paflage toward the abdominal opening, inlinuates itfelf into the orifice which leads to the facculus appointed tor its reception; by this means determining the paflage of the tefticle, and preventing its deviation*. It is true, that in this, as well as every other part of the animal frame, the general laws of nature are fometimes interrupted by accident, and mal-for- mations * This mutt be underttood as a defcription of the ap¬ pearance thefe parts make at firft view: for both the epididymis and tefticle are truly behind the peritoneum, D](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30532383_0001_0213.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
