CHAP. XXXIII. Of those whose Glans is not rightly perforated, and of the too short or strait ligament, bridle, or cord of the Yard.
SOme at their birth, by evil conformation,* 1.1 have not their Glans perforated in the middle, but have only a small hole underneath, toward the bridle and ligament of the yard, called the cord. Which is the cause, that they do not make water in a strait line, unless they turn up their yard toward their belly, neither by the same reason can they beget children, because through this fault of conformation, the seed is hindred from being cast directly into the womb. The cure is wholly chirurgical, and is thus performed. The prepuce is taken hold of and extended with the left hand, but with the right hand,* 1.2 the extremity thereof, with the end of the Glans, is cut even to that hole which is un∣derneath. But such as have the bridle or ligament of the yard too short, so that the yard cannot stand straight, but crooked, and as it were turned downwards; in these also the generation of children is hindred, because the seed cannot be cast directly and plentifully into the womb. Therefore this ligament must be cut with much dexterity, and the wound cured after the manner of other wounds, having regard to the part.
Children also are sometimes born into the world with their fundaments unperforated,* 1.3 for a skin preternaturally covering the part, hinders the passage forth of the excrement; those must have a passage made by art with an instrument, for so at length the excrements will come forth: yet I have found by experience, that such children are not naturally long-lived, neither to live many dayes after such section.