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tweeii them. In oi'der to distiiiguisli it (cord) from other ab- 

 dominal viscera it is rnbl)ed l^etween the fingers and the vas def- 

 erens — a hard, wire-like cord — is plainly felt. Xothing else in- 

 side the abdominal cavity has this wire cord like feel, and when 

 it is felt between the fingers the cord is positively identified. 



Fig. 47— A, Rectum; B, Cord of Right Descended Testicle; C, Cord of Left Un- 

 descended Testicle; D, Right Internal Abdominal Ring; E. Left Internal Abdominal 

 Ring; F, Abdominal Perforation through which is protruded index and second finger 

 of the operating hand grasping cord (C) of Undescended Testicle; G G, Internal Ab- 

 dominal Walls; H, Undescended (Left) Testicle. 



