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On dissection a right and left testicle were found in their normal positions, but situated on the right side between the groin and the normal testicle was a supernumerary organ, not in contact, and having a separate and short cord.

Prankard also describes a man with three testicles.

Three cases of triorchidism were found in recruits in the British Army.

Lane reports a supernumerary testis found in the right half of the scrotum of a boy of fifteen.

In a necropsy held on a man killed in battle, Hohlberg discovered three fully developed testicles, two on the right side placed one above the other.


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