Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy . fcrotum ; but on the right fide, its upper and forepart iscut away, that the continuity of the epididymis and vas deferensmay be feen ; and no more of the ligament is exhibited thaa whatis fituated within the cavity of the abdomen. PLATE I. 23 A^. B. The lower part of the ligament, as it is feen in the right fide ofthis figure, lies fo loofe in the paffage through the mufcles, and is therefo loofely covered by the peritonaeum, that, when the teftis is pulled up,more of the ligament is icen within the cavity of the abdomen, and thenthe peri
Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy . fcrotum ; but on the right fide, its upper and forepart iscut away, that the continuity of the epididymis and vas deferensmay be feen ; and no more of the ligament is exhibited thaa whatis fituated within the cavity of the abdomen. PLATE I. 23 A^. B. The lower part of the ligament, as it is feen in the right fide ofthis figure, lies fo loofe in the paffage through the mufcles, and is therefo loofely covered by the peritonaeum, that, when the teftis is pulled up,more of the ligament is icen within the cavity of the abdomen, and thenthe peritonasum is made tight and fmooth at that place j but, on thecontrary, when the fcrotum is pulled downwards, the lower part of theligament is dragged fome way down through the paffage in the mufcles^and the loofe peritoneum is carried along with it; fo that then there isa fmall elongation of that membrane, with an orifice from the cavity ofthe belly, like the mouth of a fmall hernial fac, on the forepart of theligament. ^ (%ict-,u^ U</. M. ?y, tJu^.Il.
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