APPENDIX. 63 



SUMMARY OP THE FOREGOING CASES. 



Fatal Sequelae. — Four deaths occurred, three of the patients 

 (Nos. 27, 35, and 50) being distinct freaks of nature and the 

 fourth death resulting from septic peritonitis. The latter (No. 

 43) was a very simple inguinal "rig" and I have been unable to 

 definitely trace the source of infection. Another animal operated 

 upon with the same instruments a few minutes afterwards, but 

 taken to a different farm to be looked after, never gave the 

 slightest anxiety. 



The Affected Side. — In thirty-six instances the right testicle 

 alone was missing, whilst in twenty-nine the left was the offend- 

 ing organ. Eleven had both concealed. 



Position of the Testicles. — In thirty-nine instances the organ 

 was found in the abdomen, forty-three being in the inguinal 

 canal. In two (Nos. 27 and 50) the testicle was entirely absent, 

 and in two others (Nos. 68 and 75) it was not found after a pro- 

 longed search, although the subsequent manner of each patient 

 leads to the conclusion that it must be there in some form or 

 other. 



As a rule, the testicle, when found, was very flabby to the 

 touch and smaller in size than normal. The latter was not 

 however, necessarily the case, although it was usually marked 

 where the other was present in the scrotum. 



The horses were equally troublesome whether the testicle 

 happened to be concealed in the inguinal canal or the abdomen, 

 and the change in demeanour after having been operated upon 

 was in each instance most marked. 



Excision of the Epididymis alone.— Nos. 13 and 19 are good 

 illustrations of the necessity for the removal of the whole of the 

 testicle, and show that mere excision of the epididymis does not 

 deprive the patient of sexual instinct or vicious propensity. They 

 were also typical instances to prove that the epididymis is some- 

 times in the inguinal canal whilst the body of the testicle still 

 remains in the abdominal cavity. 



