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course. The testicle may be arrested in its course and 

 never leave the abdominal cavity, it may remain in the in- 

 guinal canal, or it may be directed to the front of the pubes 

 or into the perineum by the slips of gubernaculum outside 

 of the scrotum. After the passage of the testicle these 



Diag. 31. (/. S. //.) See Diag. 30. i, Vaginal process of peritoneum. 2, Infun- 

 dibuliform fascia. 3, External spermatic fascia. 4, Cremasteric fascia. 5, Tunica 

 vaginalis. 6, Remains of middle band of gubernaculum. 



several layers of the abdominal wall contract upon the cord 

 where it passes through them, and the funnel-shaped proces- 

 ses derived from them become so thinned that in the adult 

 they cannot be demonstrated except close to their points of 

 origin (at the rings). In this connection consult a surgery 

 for the various forms of inguinal hernia. 



