The folds formed by the veins lapping over each other are clearly distinguishable, and the dependent state of the scrotum on the affected side exhibits very well the occasion of it. The treatment consists in giving support by means of a suspensory bandage, which may be worn during the day, and the use of local refrigerants night and morning. The state of health is sometimes mixed up with it; and tonics and generous diet are useful. The cold shower bath helps to brace the system. It is a complaint in which, if it be not of very great severity, nor very long continuance, much good may be done. In some instances the veins may be allowed to empty themselves, which they will do when the body is in a recumbent position, and a coated ivory ring, or a silken band, may be so placed around them as shall prevent their refilling. It is, however, a case fitter for the surgeon’s management. _Abscess in the Testicle._—The testicle is subject to inflammation and suppuration like any other structure. A case about three years ago fell under my notice, where a quantity of dark fœtid fluid was released on puncturing a testicle in which the sense of fluctuation was very evident; and the patient stated that it had been five or six years in arriving at that condition. He was wasted considerably from nocturnal perspirations and acute pain, and his sexual desire was much diminished. The case did well, and the latter function was restored without much loss. _Hydrocele._—Hydrocele is an accumulation of yellow serous fluid in the _tunica vaginalis testis_ (refer to the engravings in next page), or peritoneal covering of the testicle. It is a disease incident to every period of life, but more commonly met with in grown persons. The ordinary formation of hydrocele is unattended with pain; and the patient accidentally discovers the existence of the swelling, but oftentimes not until it has attained a considerable magnitude. The tumor, when large, produces an unsightly appearance, and forms a hindrance to sexual intercourse, from the integuments of the penis being involved therein, and thereby preventing a perfect erection of that organ. The disease may appear to originate spontaneously; but it is usually traceable to some bruise, blow, or other external injury to the part. The two following drawings exhibit the outward and inward appearance of the scrotum in hydrocele:— [Illustration: The Scrotum largely distended.] [Illustration: The Scrotum distended to its utmost extent, and the position of the fluid shown. The penis is almost always more or less drawn up, and in severe cases it appears drawn up so as scarcely to be perceptible.]