PUNCTUM AUREUM
\pˈʌŋktəm ɔːɹˈiːəm], \pˈʌŋktəm ɔːɹˈiːəm], \p_ˈʌ_ŋ_k_t_ə_m ɔː_ɹ_ˈiː__ə_m]\
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Formerly, when an intestinal hernia was reduced by an incision made through the integuments down to the upper part of the spermatic vessels, a golden wire was fixed and twisted, so as to prevent the descent of any thing down the tunica vaginalis. Hence the term.
By Robley Dunglison
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