Practical observations on the sclerocele and other morbid enlargements of the testicle : also on the cause and cure of the acute, the spurious, and the chronic hydrocele : the whole illustrated by cases, to which are added four cases of operations for aneurysm, subclavian, femoral, popliteal, and femoral-popliteal, with practical remarks, and plates / by Thoman Ramsden.

  • Ramsden, Thomas
Date:
1811
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Credit: Practical observations on the sclerocele and other morbid enlargements of the testicle : also on the cause and cure of the acute, the spurious, and the chronic hydrocele : the whole illustrated by cases, to which are added four cases of operations for aneurysm, subclavian, femoral, popliteal, and femoral-popliteal, with practical remarks, and plates / by Thoman Ramsden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE The Preface, containing a new theory with regard to the nature of schirrus and cancer, in the testicle. Many affections of the testicle dependant on a prin- ciple of latent irritation within the urethra; the principle of latent irritation explained 1 Latent irritation the basis of many malignant diseases 6 General examples of the baneful effect of latent irri- tation ------,-8 Case I.—Steatoma rendered malignant by common irritation - - - - , - - -19 Case II.—The same 23 How far the sympathies of the testicle have hitherto been regarded in practice - - - - 26 Case III.—A curious instance of latent stricture and sclerocele of both testicles - - - -29 The causes which tend to establish a seat of latent irritation within the urethra - - - - 35 Description of a membranous fence at the aperture of the urethra hitherto unnoticed; a common cause of derangement of the urethra - - - - 36