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to aDifcharge of Faeces through the fiftulous Open- 
ing therein, as the Portion of the Pin obturating the 
Aperture in it fhifted its Situation. The Abfcefs 
formed in the Hernial Bag occafionally, and the Sup- 
puration for two Months laft pad from this Place out- 
wardly, had knit and confounded, and, as it were, 
inbodied together the Gut and Omentum with the 
Hernial Bag, and thefe with the Spermatick Veffels 
and theTefticule, fo that it was as difficult to diftin- 
guiffi them from each other, as it was to feparate 
them without wounding them $ this Pin, whofe 
Point was fixed in the Omentum, continually fhifting 
its Situation, and occafioning a Difcharge of Fasces. 
The Pin frequently lying in the way of the Knife, 
and ftarting out of the wounded Gut, as a Shot out 
of a Gun, the Inundation of Fasces upon this Occa- 
fion from a Gut we could not well diftinguifh, were 
fo many Difficulties in the way : But the greateft yet 
was, what to do with the Gut, which all this while 
was unknown, and of which we could not come to 
the Knowledge, till the Operation was over 5 for this 
Appendix Coed, which was the only Gut found in the 
Rupture, was fo contracted, carnous, duplicated, and 
changed in its Figure and Subftance, that it was im- 
poffible to determine what kind of Gut it was, or 
to find out that it was only this Appendix elongated,, 
and in Difguife. 
We apprehended none of thefe Difficulties, when 
we undertook this Operation, in which we proceeded 
as ufual : The Omentum lying uppermoft in the Her- 
nial Bag was diffe&ed from the Parts it was knit to, 
and particularly the Gut it was imbodied with, and 
afterwards cut off clofe to the Abdominal Mufcles 
without 
