The practice of surgery . oes not vary in size with the position of the patientnor is there to be felt an impulse on coughmg. The classic demonstra- 472 GENITO-URINARY ORGANS tion of hydrocele consists in looking through it at a strong light and usingas an instrument of inspection a straight hollow tube (hydroscope),which is held firmly against the distended scrotum with the light on theopposite side of the tumor. \\hen you look through the tube, you willsee a translucent zone at the end of the hydroscope if the sac is distendedwith serum only. In the case of a hernia, such translucency is not
The practice of surgery . oes not vary in size with the position of the patientnor is there to be felt an impulse on coughmg. The classic demonstra- 472 GENITO-URINARY ORGANS tion of hydrocele consists in looking through it at a strong light and usingas an instrument of inspection a straight hollow tube (hydroscope),which is held firmly against the distended scrotum with the light on theopposite side of the tumor. \\hen you look through the tube, you willsee a translucent zone at the end of the hydroscope if the sac is distendedwith serum only. In the case of a hernia, such translucency is not ap-parent. There is one source of error in this method of determining ahydrocele: blood in the hydrocele fluid or an extremely thick wall mayobscure the light, and one must make allowance for these course, other tumors of the scrotum, such as neoplasms, will obscurethe light also. If the case remains in doubt after those tests, there is noharm in aspirating the sac and drawing off the Ikiid for
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