The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . S3S.—Hydrocele of the Tuuica Vaginiilislaid 839 —Dissection of a Hydrocele,showing its Coverings. it may become of a dark-brownish or chocolate hue, owing to theadmixture of disintegrated blood; and it will then be found to containflakes of cholesterine. The sac is usually thin; but in some old casesit becomes thick and dense, lined by a kind of false membrane, anddivided by septa or bands, occasionally to such an extent as almost to 906 DISEASES OF THE TESTIS AND CORD. separate it into di
The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . S3S.—Hydrocele of the Tuuica Vaginiilislaid 839 —Dissection of a Hydrocele,showing its Coverings. it may become of a dark-brownish or chocolate hue, owing to theadmixture of disintegrated blood; and it will then be found to containflakes of cholesterine. The sac is usually thin; but in some old casesit becomes thick and dense, lined by a kind of false membrane, anddivided by septa or bands, occasionally to such an extent as almost to 906 DISEASES OF THE TESTIS AND CORD. separate it into distinct comiiartments. When the sac is thick, and thefluid opaque and turbid, there may be considerable difficulty in detectingthe translucency. The testis is generally somewhat enlarged, especiall} ai)0ut the ej)i-didyrais, and frequently slightly tender, more particularly in the earlystages of the complaint. It is almost invariably situated in the posteriorpart of the sac (Fig. 838), but may sometimes be found tovvardsits ante-rior part. When this is the case, the epididymis will be found turnedtowards the front, owing to the organ being re
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