A probationary essay on hydrocele : submitted, by authority of the President and his Council to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, when candidate for admission into their body, in conformity to their regulations respecting the admission of ordinary fellows / by Archibald William Cockburn.

  • Cockburn, Archibald William, 1814-1862.
Date:
1838
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Credit: A probationary essay on hydrocele : submitted, by authority of the President and his Council to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, when candidate for admission into their body, in conformity to their regulations respecting the admission of ordinary fellows / by Archibald William Cockburn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    or another, follows the first operation for Hydro- cele, and the blood poured out from the ruptured vessels mingles with this newly effused fluid, and imparts to it the dark appearance seen at a future operation, and which constitutes the form of Hoe- matocele most frequently witnessed. The treat- ment of it will be mentioned along with that of Hydrocele. Infiltration of urine into the cellular tissue of the scrotum has been mistaken for Hydrocele. An elderly patient, who laboured under some medical complaint, had also a bad stricture : one night he complained of a good deal of pain, and of an incli- nation to make water without the power of doing so — suddenly his uneasiness subsided, and he felt not only comfortable, but enjoyed an agreeable warmth in the region of his perineum and scrotum; shortly afterwards he felt some pain in his scro- tum, and it was observed to be swollen — his me- dical attendant was summoned, who pronounced the swelling to be a Hydrocele, and promised him a speedy cure on the cessation of his medical complaints : early next morning he was danger- ously ill, and on a surgeon's being sent for, his Hydrocele turned out to be infiltration of urine : his urethra had given way, and the urine was in the cellular tissue of the perineum and scrotum — free incisions saved his life. Having now explained what Hydrocele is, the causes of it, the symptoms which attend it, and the different diseases for which it may be mis-