Observations on the structure and diseases of the testis / by Sir Astley Cooper.

  • Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841.
Date:
1841
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on the structure and diseases of the testis / by Sir Astley Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Fig. 1.—The appearance of an excellent specimen of Fungoid Disease, which has been injected, and copied soon after its removal. The figure shows the great enlargement of the spermatic artery—the soft fibrine effused in these cases, and admitting the blood-vessels very unequally— the substance easily broken down by the finger—and the epididymis similarly affected. a, testis. b9 the epididymis. e, spermatic cord and artery. Fig. 2.—Testis removed from a Dr. Kilger aged 39, October 25, 1819, for fungoid disease. The disease returned in the abdomen in 1820, and destroyed him. The testis was retracted at the time of the operation. A gush of water followed the incision into the tunica vaginalis. The sper- matic cord was a little enlarged. He had pain in the loins before the operation. His countenance was sallow. Fig. 3.—The external tuberculated surface of a fungoid disease of the testis, exposed by removing the tunica albuginea : aa9 tubuli of the testis in a diseased state. &, epididymis, e, spermatic cord. vas deferens enlarged.