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HERNIJ^-, ETC. 



without loss of time, examine into the state of the inguinal 

 canal." 



The following account of scrotal hernia I have taken the 

 liberty of transcribing from Perciv all's Hip^poimthology : — 



Fig. 113. — Scrotal hernia, showing at a a the fold of intestine in 

 the scrotum ; c c is the wall of the hernial sac ; e represents the 

 elevation of the tunica vaginalis produced by the testicle. — (GiRARD.) 



SCROTAL HERNIA, OR OSCHEOCELE, 



" Owes its production to dilatation of the vaginal sheath of the 

 testicle, combined with relaxation of the fibrous tissue surround- 

 ing the ring, and is at first mostly intermittent; that is, it 

 disappears during repose, and returns under exercise or exertion ; 

 which variable condition continues until such a descent takes 



