ciple, however, after stitching the testicle to the bottom of the scrotum, and while the assistant held it in that position, I passed a catgut stitch through the skin at the junction of the scrotum and thigh, through the cord just below the external ring and through the skin on the other side of the scrotum, with the view of, so to speak, anchoring the testicle in the scrotum.The wound healed by first intention, but the ultimate result has been that though the testicle is considerably below the external ring, it is not in its proper position in the scrotum.Before operating on the left side, I therefore had the wire frame described above constructed, and on April 2nd I operated on the left side in the manner which I have mentioned.The dressing was changed next day, and everything was looking well; patient comfortable.It was again changed on the 6th, and the catgut tightened as much as possible; the wound had healed.On the 13th the stitch was removed, the apparatus left off, and a small collodion dressing was fixed over the puncture through which the stitch had passed.The testicle hardly receded at all when the stitch was divided, and there was a good deal of thickening about the cord and the external ring, which no doubt helped to keep things in position.The patient was allowed to get up on the 15th, and went home on April 22nd.He was exhibited at the Medical Society about ten months later, when the left testicle occupied i.ts normal position in the scrotum.
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