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the abdominal wall, draws off the fluid, and is then able to pull the 

 collapsed gland into the canal and remove it. Other operators 

 rupture the cysts with the finger and thumb. 



In one case Moller while searching for the testicle, with the entire 

 hand in the abdominal cavity, discovered a soft body the size of 

 two fists. This he at first took to be the urinary bladder, which on 



Fig. 250. — Showing positiorTof incision in inguinal operation for cryptorchidism, 

 further examination proved to be in its normal position, whilst the 

 soft body lay near the inner abdominal ring, was movable, and 

 carried at one end a firm object which resembled a testicle. Con- 

 vinced that he had to deal with a degenerated testicle, he extended 

 the opening in the skin and abdominal wall sufficiently far to allow 

 the testicle and spermatic cord to be ligatured. After removing the 

 testicle and suturing both the skin and abdominal wall with strong 

 silk (interrupted sutures), recovery occurred without complication. 



A closer examination showed that the testicle had almost entirely 

 disappeared, and a cyst containing sixteen ounces of fluid, and having 



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