2009年4月9日 星期四

Prader orchidometer

An orchidometer is a medical instrument used to measure the volume of the testicles.

The orchidometer was introduced in 1966 by pediatric endocrinologist Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Andrea Prader of the University of Zurich. It consists of a string of twelve numbered wooden or plastic beads of increasing size from about 1 to 25 millilitresDoctors sometimes informally refer to them as "Prader's balls", "the medical worry beads", or the "endocrine rosary."

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