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. The London Medical Record of 1884 quotes Jdanoff of St.
Petersburg in mentioning a soldier of twenty-one who had a
supernumerary testicle erroneously diagnosed as inguinal hernia.
Quoted by the same reference, Bulatoff mentions a soldier who had
a third testicle, which diagnosis was confirmed by several of his
confreres. They recommended dismissal of the man from the
service, as the third testicle, usually resting in some portion
of the inguinal canal, caused extra exposure to traumatic
influence.
Venette gives an instance of four testicles, and Scharff, in the
Ephemerides, mentions five; Blasius mentions more than three
testicles, and, without citing proof, Buffon admits the
possibility of such occurrence and adds that such men are
generally more vigorous.
Russell mentions four, five, and even six testicles in one
individual; all were not verified on dissection. He cites an
instance of six testicles four of which were of usual size and
two smaller than ordinary.
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