An inaugural dissertation on hydrocele : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 12th day of May, 1797 ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Samuel Jones, A.M. member of the Medical and Chemical Societies of Philadelphia.

  • Jones, Samuel, approximately 1772-1797.
Date:
1797
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on hydrocele : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 12th day of May, 1797 ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Samuel Jones, A.M. member of the Medical and Chemical Societies of Philadelphia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IO nourifhing the Teftes is returned by the Spermatic veins. To the lower end of each Teftis and Epididimis is attached the largefl end of a Ligament which is fome- thing of the fhape of a Pyramid, called Gubernacu- lum Teftis. This Ligament runs down behind the Peritoneum to the Abdominal Ring, through which it paffes, and ftill diminishing in diameter, it defcends into the Scrotum, and is united to the lower part of it. This Ligament ferves as a director* to the Teftis in its defcent; and the largeft end may be ufeful in dilating the Abdominal Ring. The Teftes, in moft cafes, defcend into the Scro- tum about three or four weeks before birth ; in fome inftances fooner, in others later: in a few, they remain in the Abdomen, or at leaft within the Abdo- minal Ring, through the whole courfe of life ; but thefe laft may be confidered as Lufus Natura. The peritoneal covering, which the Teftes have whilft in the Abdomen, retains its firm attachment to them during their defcent, and afterwards; and