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would in this condition render hernia certain. And again, if th 
suspensory cord should be too short it might be impossible t 
bring the organ out of the abdomen to amputate it. 
2. Disposition of the Testicles. —A. Abdominal Cryj 
torchidy .—While the testicles remain in the abdomen, they ar 
suspended to quite a large peritoneal fraenum, starting from th 
lumbar region, and composed of two layers, between which rui 
the blood vessels and efferent canal. According to the length o 
this fraenum the organs are floating at various height 
immediately in front of the pelvis, at times against the anterio 
border of the pubis, and again lower, on the inferior abdoinina 
wall, and again above it. It is at the entrance of the pelvi 
against the anterior border of the pubis, or a little above, aru 
more outwardly in the direction of the flank, that they ar 
ordinarily situated. 
They are small, soft, flabby, without vaginal covering, am 
have only a thin tunica albuginea, which allows the projecting o; 
the numerous sinuosities of the venous blood-vessels which rui 
on their surface, and give them a very peculiar ruguous aspect 
Their size may vary from that of a pigeon’s egg, or of a walnut 
or that a hen’s egg; seldom larger. 
The epididymis annexed to it is greatly elongated, and it 
separated from the testicle; the globus minor or posterior ex 
tremity, often constituting a soft, oblong and very moveable mass 
which hangs lower than the principal organ and is readily de 
tected with the hand. We have seen in cryptorchid animals, ai 
abdominal testicle reduced to the size of a very small nut, bu 
with a very well developed epididymis, the globus minor of whicl 
was hanging as far down as the inferior inguinal ring, where i 
could be felt through the scrotum, while the testicle was in the 
abdomen. 
In some cases of incomplete abdominal criptorchidy, there is 
a rudiment of vaginal sheath measuring from one to three centi 
meters in depth. Its cavity is thus occupied by the testicle ; 01 
by the epididymis, the testicle floating above it; and some timet 
according to Degive, only by a portion of the gubernaculum testis 
B. Inguinal Gi'ijptoixhidy .—In this form there is always a 
