Cases of diseased bladder and testicle / [William Wadd].

  • William Wadd
Date:
1815
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Credit: Cases of diseased bladder and testicle / [William Wadd]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The cases here represented, the only two of which I have taken drawings, are sufficient to illustrate the subject. And in every other case of hernia congenita, which has occurred to me, the diminutive size, and flabby texture of the testis, afford the presumption of de- fective organization, a circumstance of little consequence to the subject, when only one testicle is in this con- dition. A rupture may have the true congenital character, though it does not make its appearance till the age of puberty, or even manhood. It frequently happens that the testicle is in its progress downwards, and arrives at the groin at the age of fourteen or fifteen. At this time, even if the testicle descends by itself, a rupture is sometimes suspected, and attributed to exertion during some juvenile sport. Nothing can be more unpardonable in a Surgeon, than a negligent examination of a part submitted to him. Under circumstances of hernia at all complicated, at any age, but particularly about the period above mentioned, the scrotum should always be examined, and any preternatural situation of the testicle, will be instantly detected. It should be recollected too, that the discovery will redound much to the credit of the examiner, who will have the reputation of discovering what was before, perhaps, kept a profound secret.