_Hydrocele Cured by Acupuncturation._—A new method of treating hydrocele has of late years been introduced, namely, by the insertion of a needle into the sac or bladder of the testicle, which, upon its withdrawal, permits the fluid to escape into the cellular membrane, whence it is rapidly absorbed. A pint of fluid may be got rid of in that way in two or three hours; and, although the disease may not be radically cured, it will occupy several months before a reaccumulation of the fluid takes place. In recent cases, this treatment oftentimes proves permanently successful. Many nervous persons will not submit to anything approaching an operation, not even to the simple one of acupuncturation. In such cases, there is no alternative but counter-irritants, to be applied over the part, such as the tincture of iodine, or the following ointment (Form 26). It is at all times best to attend early to any disease of the testicles; the progress is so rapid, the mischief so great, and the consequences so deplorable, of uncontrolled disease. _Eruptions incident to the Organs of Generation and the Rectum._—The structures included in the above heading are subject to a variety of eruptions, varying in character, intensity, and duration. Thus we have the _papular_, a chronic inflammation characterized by papules, or very minute pimples, of nearly the same color as the skin, accompanied by intense itching, and terminating, when broken by scratching, in small circular crusts: this is called, by dermoid pathologists, Prurigo. Another order of eruption is designated the _vesicular_ and _pustular_, and consists of groups of small pimples of a very bright red color, and containing a serous fluid. They are accompanied by itching, which increases as the contained humor becomes turbid, and assumes the puriform aspect; they then incrustate, and at the end of about a fortnight drop off, leaving the skin healthy underneath. The name given to this variety is Herpes.