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it gradually on the border of the bed, let it slide down gently, and put it into 

 the middle of the sheet : after this he took the two ends of the sheet, passed 

 them up the fore part of his body, over his shoulders, and had them tied behind 

 his neck. He then got up, placing the right hand on his right thigh, and hold- 

 ing the sheet with the left hand, and proceeded in this manner, with his knees a 

 little bent, slowly towards the door, partly sliding the scrotum on the ground, 

 and partly supporting it with his neck bv means of the sheet. I was astonished 

 at its enormous size, when I saw it in the light, and yet I neglected to measure 

 it, thinking at the time, as is often the case, that I should have opportunities 

 enough to do it ; but the sudden invasion of the island by the French prevented 

 me afterwards from performing it. However, according to my guess, and with- 

 out any exaggeration, the whole mass might be about 1 feet and a half long, 

 from the os pubis to its lower extremity, and about 18 inches in diameter across 

 from thigh to thigh. 



Its weight I will only state at 50 pounds, as it was estimated by Mr. Bishopp, 

 though I believe it to have been more, and indeed from its dimensions, and 

 from its being a solid mass, it must certainly have exceeded that weight. It was 

 of an oblong form, and resembled in some measure the shape of the scrotum of 

 a bull. It felt very hard to the touch, and the skin of it was so tight, that it 

 could not be pinched by the fingers. The penis was quite hid in the bulk, as 

 generally happens when the scrotum is much extended, and may be easily com- 

 prehended by those who have seen large ruptures. The skin of the perinaeuin 

 and of the abdomen was drawn downwards, the navel being nearer to the os 

 pubis than in the natural state. There was a large aperture formed by the skin 

 about a foot downwards from the os pubis, rather inclining towards the right 

 side, out of which the urine came, which however did not run in a stream, but 

 came irregularly from all the interior sides of the aperture. When he made 

 water, he inclined the mass, which rested on the ground, a little forwards, and 

 he held a wooden bowl close underneath the aperture, into which the urine was 

 immediately received, that it might not run along the mass, and occasion 

 excoriation. 



There was an ulcer on the anterior part of the scrotum, rather towards the 

 left side, of about 2 inches long, and 1 inch broad and deep. He said that it 

 had begun with a pustule or boile, which being broken had gradually increased to 

 this extent. The pus which came from it was white, thick, and of a good kind. 

 The bottom of it was red, and, when touched with the probe, gave him very 

 acute pain. The edges of it were not very callous, and in appearance it did not 

 much differ from an ulcer of a good kind in any other fleshy part of the body. 

 No other remedies were applied to it but those generally used in common ulcers. 

 It was filled up from the bottom with lint ; a pledget of basilicum was put over 



