An account of the testicles, their common coverings and coats; and the diseases to which they are liable: with the method of treating them / [Joseph Warner].

  • Joseph Warner
Date:
1774
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Credit: An account of the testicles, their common coverings and coats; and the diseases to which they are liable: with the method of treating them / [Joseph Warner]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ♦ [ I J v * ■. * * ' Of the SCROTUM. H E Scrotum is the externa], or common JL covering* of both tefticles, as well as the external and common covering of the coats, or tunics of the tefticles. The Scrotum is compofed of the Guticula; ' the Cutis ; the Membrana Cellularis; and the, Dartos mufcle. ■ . . * * * The fituation of the cuticle is on the external furface of the Scrotum; the Cutis lies under the cuticle. Betwixt the cuticle and Cutis is fpread the Rete Mucofum. Adjoining the internal fur- I face of the Cutis is placed a thin covering of a loofe and hollow texture, void of fat. This co¬ vering to anatomiiis is known by the name of the cellular membrane of the Scrotum. Next to, and under this external portion of the cellular membrane of the Scrotum, is placed a thin mulcular, or flefhy body, called by the Greeks Dartos: a name which it derives from its , B raw.