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hour's futile search the other side was explored with similar 

 result. In all, the hand was in the abdomen about an hour and 

 a quarter. Suddenly, after a withdrawal for a few moments' 

 rest, and immediately after a struggle on the part of the patient, 

 the testicle appeared at the wound on the left side. Whether 

 it had come from the abdomen, or whether it had been in the 



Fiu 24. 

 Parai'himosi^ (five weeks after operation).^ 



canal the whole time and I had inadvertedly passed it by, I am 

 not prepared to say for certain. The cord was abnormally thin, 

 but the testicle was of fair size. Recovery from the operation 

 itself was quite uneventful, except for the fact that paraphi- 

 mosis ensued as a sequel, and the penis is not yet normal 

 (December 1902). 



1 For tlii.5 photograph I am indebted to Mr J. F. Talbot, M.R.C.Y.S. 



