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Instead of which, I would obferve, i. That a hernia that is not conge- 
nite may have continued from early infancy. 2. That a congenite hernia 
may be diftinguilhed in an adult by an evident external mark ; which is, that 
the bowels pulh down between the fac and the forepart and lides of the 
tefticle, fo as often, in a great meafure, to conceal it ; whereas, in the com- 
mon hernia, every part of the tefticle can be felt diftindly. 3. I would 
allege that it is of material ufe to make the diftindion ; becaufe in what- 
ever manner we operate in the hernia congenita, unlefs we take the ut- 
moft care to exclude the air, there will be a more violent inflammation and 
greater diftrefs than in common cafes, becaufe the tefticle will partake of the 
inflammation. 
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