An inaugural dissertation on hydrocele : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 12th day of May, 1797 ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Samuel Jones, A.M. member of the Medical and Chemical Societies of Philadelphia.

  • Jones, Samuel, approximately 1772-1797.
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1797
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on hydrocele : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 12th day of May, 1797 ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Samuel Jones, A.M. member of the Medical and Chemical Societies of Philadelphia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    '7 ftru&ure of the Dartos, as well as in that of the Tunica Communis. The Hydrocele of the cells of the Tunica Communis is a difeafe which feldom appears. When it does occur, it may be diftinguifhed from the other fpecies by the following Chara&eriftics: the Scrotum feels heavier on that fide than on the other, and hanes fomewhat lower; the Teftis, of its natural fize, can readily be felt below the tumor; the whole fpermatic procefs is enlarged, but more below than above ; the pain is defcribed as being in the loins, and not in the tumor. Sometimes the fwelling extends up within the Abdominal Ring ; in that cafe the ring is found to be fomewhat dilated. When the tumor is fmall, the inconvenience is too trifling to induce the Patient to fubmit to a furgical operation for its removal. But when it is large, the difagreeable appearance and pain which it produces will oblige him to feek for relief. This can only be had from Surgery. Punctures will produce temporary eafe, by evacu- ating the water; but it will foon collect: again. And a radical cure can only be expected from a free incifion, made the whole length of the tumor. The