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   Newt (alternewt@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 23:14:07 JST Newt

   The Perils of Pepys

   October 15, 1661

   "...So home, in much pain. By walking too much yesterday I have made my testicle to swell again, which much troubles me."

   #ChunderRoad

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     The History of the Decline and Fall of the Scrotal Empire
     -Gibbons, R.

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     @TidalFlats

     Apparently, not alone among British writers.

     "Among Edward Gibbon's maladies was gout. Gibbon is also believed to have suffered from an extreme case of scrotal swelling, probably a hydrocele testis, a condition that causes the scrotum to swell with fluid in a compartment overlying either testicle."

     ~ Wiki

     Mr. Bill repeated this.
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     "My balls feel like a pair of maracas."
     -Samiel Pepys, 1661