A very Common Disease Amongst Men and Boys, and one that has a very
serious effect In Weakening the Sexual Powers, causing Emissions and
Losses, and Preventing a Thorough and Permanent Cure of these
Complaints.
Varicocele (from the Greek, pronounced Var-i-ko-seal, accent on either
Var or seal) is a condition of bagging, bunching, bulging or twisting
of the veins in the scrotum (bag or testicle sac.) It is most commonly
found on the left side of the bag, but sometimes is to be seen on both
sides. Usually the scrotum is bulged out on the side and sometimes hangs
very low, so long and twisted are the veins. To the touch the veins feel
like a bunch of angle-worms. In some cases they can be seen knotted and
swollen through the thin skin of the bag.
{Illustration: Fig. 9.
A VARICOCELE.
Showing how the veins are affected and how they press upon the nerve,
duct and artery, and waste the testicle.
1. Spermatic Artery.
2, 3. Spermatic Veins.
4. Spermatic Nerve.
5. Vas Deferens or Seminal Duct.
6. Testicle.
7. Converging Tubes.
8. Wormy bunch of Veins.}
{Illustration: Fig. 10.
VARICOCELE, AND INSTRUMENT IN PLACE.
On the right side, the drawing of the instrument is cut away, also
the layers of skin and muscle, showing the dilated and knotty veins
in the groin, before they reach the scrotum, also the Bell Pad in
dotted outline, showing how and where the pressure is properly
exerted. When the veins in the groin are thus affected, we have what
is known as +Varicocele of the Cord+. On the left side, the Cradle
and Compressor is shown in place.}