New progress of surgery in France, or, Phenomena in the animal kingdom : published by command of the French government / translated from the French of Imbert Delonnes, by T. Chavernac ; embellished with very curious plates by W. Nutter.

  • Imbert-Delonnes, Ange Bernard, 1745-1820.
Date:
1801
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Credit: New progress of surgery in France, or, Phenomena in the animal kingdom : published by command of the French government / translated from the French of Imbert Delonnes, by T. Chavernac ; embellished with very curious plates by W. Nutter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    veins, which were to remain untouched in some respects, in order to prevent violent haemorrhages. A tela cellulosa, loose in some parts and very tight in a great many others, especially near the rapha, presented a dissection sometimes v.ery difficult, at other times very easy to perform. The right testis as also the corpora cavernosa, and te urethra were adherent to the mass which required a long labour to be extirpated. The penis was deprived of the covering which is supplied by the prolongation of the teguments in mass. This covering being absolutely become that of the Tumour, instead of the penis and right testis, only exhibited a second navel, through which the patient let water, by means of a small funnel-like con- ductor, which being applied very close to the aforesaid navel, pre- vented the urine from running over the Tumour, or his clothes. Therefore, besides the generative organs which were adherent to, and confounded with the Tumour, I had also to preserve that portion of the integuments, which prior to the disease had belonged to those same organs. It was also requisite that, subsequent to the extir- pation of the Tumour, those integuments should be immediately ap- plied over those surfaces that were become foreign to them, and that they should resume at once their former shapes and original rights. The second navel, which I have mentioned above, served me as point of reunion ; I was to find it at the extremity of the urethra. It was still adherent to the basis of the glans, which being oppressed and haled about no less than all the other parts, was become more slender and increased in length. I was not far from concluding my operation the manual part of which lasted two hours and an half (the intervals included) when I had isolated the Tumour, and lay aside those parts that were to be preserved perfect and entire. But I had still to encounter a pedicle dreadful indeed, either on account of its bulk, or of the difficulty