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the skin of the scrotum was red and swollen on the same side, 
and the constitutional symptoms were severe. So wretched did 
the man feel that he assured me he was going to die. The acute 
stage soon passed away under treatment, but the trouble was 
not quite cured for a month. In this case there was also lym- 
phangitis of the spermatic cord. He has had one attack since, 
and the symptoms were about the same. Six months separated 
the two attacks. 
In four years’ practice in the coast belt, three well-marked 
cases of this kind have been seen. Nearly always when there 
is filarial abscess of the scrotum there is some accompanying 
