A system of surgery . ar is employed ; for theorifice in the fkin being apt to recede fromthe opening in the vaginal coat, the wateris thereby elcher ftopt altogether, or is apt toinfinuate itfelf into the furrounding others again it is faid, that the difficultyof introducing the trocar is fuch as to ren-der it hazardous from the contiguity of thetefticle; and inftances are not wanting tofliow, that even in the hands of expert fur-geons the teftis has been very materiallyinjured by a trocar reaching it in this ope-ration. Indeed, the ordinary form of thisinftrument, which is triangula
A system of surgery . ar is employed ; for theorifice in the fkin being apt to recede fromthe opening in the vaginal coat, the wateris thereby elcher ftopt altogether, or is apt toinfinuate itfelf into the furrounding others again it is faid, that the difficultyof introducing the trocar is fuch as to ren-der it hazardous from the contiguity of thetefticle; and inftances are not wanting tofliow, that even in the hands of expert fur-geons the teftis has been very materiallyinjured by a trocar reaching it in this ope-ration. Indeed, the ordinary form of thisinftrument, which is triangular, renders itsintroduclion both difficult and unfafe; butthe trocar of a flat form which I propofedfome years ago, enters with as mucheafe asa lancet.—In Plate X. different inftrumencsof this kind are i-^prefented, of a properfize for this operation.—And as with a tro-car of this kind an opening may be madeinto the tunica vaginalis with perfect fafe-ty, and the water with this inftrum^ent be-ing Tlate X. \-Ap 2 X-. (0 ®
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