Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood (1911) (14778551531)

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Title: Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Sheffield, Herman Bernard, 1871- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children Children
Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ms; if asso-ciated with a hernia, strangulation may take place in both struc-tures at the same time; it may cause atrophy of the genitalia;it may be the seat of malignant degeneration, and, finally, itmay be productive of a number of reflex phenomena (epilepsy?), ^fmptoms. Cryptorchidism should not be confounded with anorchidismor absence from the body of both testicles (is usually associatedwith rudimentary penis and, later, absence of spermatic secre-tion), or with ascent of the testicles from contraction of thescrotum (they descend with relaxation of scrotum). Expectant plan of treatment up to puberty in the absence ofcomplications. Capsular truss in cases of misplacement. Gentle Strangula-tion. 152 I ONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS. massage is useful. Orchidopexy and other surgical proceduresas indications arise. Speedy operation in case of strangulation. HYDROCELE. It is a common affection of early infancy and most frequentlycongenital in nature. Varying with the seat of the accumulation
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of the abnormal quantity of serous fluid, we distinguish the fol-lowing kinds:— 1. Hydrocele Tunica- Vaginalis. It is a unilateral. ovalrswelling smooth, translucent, more or less tense, fluctuating swelling, at lower & ° scrotum* wmch appears first at the lower part of the scrotum, and grad-ually rises up to the abdominal ring. Posteriorly to the hydroceleusually lies the testicle. MALFORMATIONS OF GENITOURINARY ORGANS. 153 2. Hydrocele Funiculi Spermatid (hydrocele of the cord),resembles the former, except that the testicle usually lies at the separatedbottom of the scrotum and is distinctly separated from the testiclehydrocele by a constriction. It is sometimes made up of several constriction,small cysts simulating a string of beads. 3. Hydrocele Vaginalis Communicans (Congenital Hydro-cele). This form occurs when the tunica vaginalis preservesits communication with the abdominal cavity and becomes filledwith serum, forming a cylindrical tumor, extending to andthrough the ab