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on dilating the ring itfelf, I found a con- 
volution of the i/ewm fticking in the very 
mouth of the opening, but the one half 
of the tranfverfe diameter of the canal 
was only engaged, and that part of it 
which was {ftrangulated was in a mortifi- 
ed ftate. The remaining part of the gut 
betwixt that and the caput coli was much 
fmaller than ufual, confiderably inflamed, 
and contained a little putrid vifcid chyle. 
-Upon taking out the omentum, I found a 
refiftance towards the lower part of the 
Scrotum, which I imagined was owing to 
fome adhefion; but, upon ufing a very 
_ gentle force, it was eafily extracted, and 
- plainly came out of the tunica vaginalis 
teftis, in which there was a pretty large 
hole or perforation. The teflicle appear- 
ed to be quite found. That portion of 
the omentum which was contained in the 
fcrotum weighed fix ounces and a half, 
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