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Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

CHAPTER VI
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The penis and testes were inclosed in a common sac, a slight projection not over 1/4 inch long being seen from the upper part of this curious scrotum.

When the child was a year old a plastic operation was performed on this anomalous member with a very satisfactory result.

Petit describes an instance in which the penis was slightly fused with the scrotum.
There are many varieties of torsion of the penis.

The glans itself may be inclined laterally, the curvature may be total, or there may be a veritable rotation, bringing the inferior face above and the superior face below.

Gay describes a child with epispadias whose penis had undergone such torsion on its axis that its inferior surface looked upward to the left, and the child passed urine toward the left shoulder.


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