English: Resection of elephantiasis of the scrotum.
A, Penis, with Sound introduced; BBB, Lines of Incision for Central Flap; D, Central Flap turned back; E, Position of Left Testicle; F, Right Testicle; d, the dotted line indicates the position of the Penis before it was dissected from its bed. The sound is also shown passed up through the canal to the head of the Penis.

Identifier: principlespracti1872hami (find matches)
Title: The principles and practice of surgery
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Hamilton, Frank Hastings, 1813-1886
Subjects: Surgery General Surgery
Publisher: New York : W. Wood & Co.
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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Dr. ThebautVs case of Elephantiasis of the Scrotum. record, is that the operation of removal is more dangerous during theearly stage, while the tumor is growing and more or less inflammatory 886 ELEPHANTIASIS OE THE SCKOTUM. action exists, than at a later day, when the growth has ceased, and theinflammation has entirely disappeared. The case reported by Dr. Thebaud is very instructive. The patient,Isaac Newton, was twenty-two years old, and a native of Georgia. In1S59 he had suffered a contusion of the scrotum, causing some swellingand pain, and from this time, for a period of about three years, during Fig. 441.
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A, Penis, with Sound introduced ; BBB, Lines of Incision for Central Flap; _D, Central Flap turned back;E, Position of Left Testicle; F, Right Testicle ; d, the dotted line indicates the position of the Penis be-fore it was dissected from its bed. The sound is also shown passed up through the canal to the head of thePenis. which the tumor was rapidly increasing in size, the pain was occasionallyexcessive. Subsequently he suffered very little, but was unable to walkon account of the great size and weight of the tumor. At the time ofthe operation he was in excellent health, and he was able to urinatewithout difficulty, although the penis was buried completely in the hy-pertrophied tissues. The glans penis was eighteen inches from the sur-face of the integument, the urine escaping through a canal formed bythe walls of the scrotum. The position of the right testis could be de-termined by the sensations experienced by the patient when firm pressurewas made ; the left could not be recognize

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