. On sterility in the male and female, its causes and treatment. exercise of the wasted part, when it arises fromlong-continued continence. 3. Adhesion of the Testes at the Suprapubic may happen that the testes, on leaving the abdomen,are retained in the inguinal ring, and there contractmore or less intimate adhesions, which cause them towaste and disappear. This circumstance may alsocause their strangulation, and M. Richerand has like-wise reported a remarkable instance of it. Prof. Du-puytren has seen the same accident, some years since,in an adult subject. The operation performed by


. On sterility in the male and female, its causes and treatment. exercise of the wasted part, when it arises fromlong-continued continence. 3. Adhesion of the Testes at the Suprapubic may happen that the testes, on leaving the abdomen,are retained in the inguinal ring, and there contractmore or less intimate adhesions, which cause them towaste and disappear. This circumstance may alsocause their strangulation, and M. Richerand has like-wise reported a remarkable instance of it. Prof. Du-puytren has seen the same accident, some years since,in an adult subject. The operation performed by thisskilful surgeon was so successful, that the patient re-covered his health and his virile powers. I do not,however, think it right to attempt the operation in case IN THE MALE AND FEMALE. 115 of simple adhesion of the testicle, even if the impo-tence attending it should resist every remedy. 4. Hydrocele.—This disease, which Boerhaave rec-ognises as a cause of sterility, and which is seen inthe cut, does not seem to impair generation, except by [Fig. 22.].


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