APPENDIX. 



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Post-mortem examination (made by Mr Potts, M.R.C.V.S., 

 and myself) revealed the penis to be unusually small, whilst 

 lying close along the under surface of the loins were the 

 spermatic cords (or what represented them), each being much 

 shorter and thinner than normal and terminating in a small 

 bulb of fat. Of the latter, that on the left side was a little 

 larger than a kidney bean, and that on the right hardly as 

 large as a haricot bean. 



Professor M'Fadyean kindly made a microscopical examina- 

 tion of the terminal portions, and informed me that there was 



Fig. 21. 



Shewing the contrast sometimes found between the visi)jle testicle in tlie 



scrotum (10 oz.) and the hidden one in the abdomen (1 oz. 3 dr.). 



no sign of testicular tissue present, the endings being merely 

 adipose material. 



I distinctly recollect applying traction to the fatty lumps on 

 two or three occasions whilst my hand was in the abdomen, 

 but I could not make up my mind that they were the 

 representatives of the testicles, particularly as, owing to the 

 shortness of the cords, I could not withdraw them a sufficient 

 distance from the loins to bring into view or get them within 

 reach of the ecraseur chain. 



Nos. 28, 29, and 30. — In each instance the descended testicle 

 was fully one-third larger than normal. 



