No family history of epilepsy, insanity, nervous or other hereditary disorders in 59 per cent. One or more members of family affected with one or more of the above disorders in 41 per cent. Of these last, in which there was a tainted hereditary history, one or more members of the family suffered from-- Epilepsy in 63.4 per cent. Insanity in 12.1 per cent. Phthisis in 12.1 per cent. Asthma in 2.4 per cent. Apoplexy in 2.4 per cent. Hysteria in 2.4 per cent. Hemiplegia in 2.4 per cent. Spinal complaint in 2.4 per cent. Concerning the above table, it is to be remarked that frequently the patient had several relatives suffering from different diseases; for example, one with epilepsy, a second with insanity, and so on. In such a case these have been classified under epilepsy, and, if this did not exist, under insanity, or other afflictions in the above order. Of those cases in which epilepsy was present in the family of the patient, it existed in the following members:-- Father in 11.5 per cent. Mother in 7.6 per cent. Father, mother, and brother in 3.8 per cent. Mother and child in 3.8 per cent. Grandmother, mother, and two sisters in 3.8 per cent. Mother and sister in 3.8 per cent. Grandfather in 7.6 per cent. Grandmother in 3.8 per cent. Brother in 11.5 per cent. Sister in 11.5 per cent. Two brothers in 3.8 per cent. Sister and child in 7.6 per cent. Brother and uncle in 3.8 per cent. Two uncles in 3.8 per cent. Uncle in 3.8 per cent. Aunt in 3.8 per cent. Child in 3.8 per cent. From these figures it will be seen that in no less than 41 per cent. of the total number of cases there was a distinct family history of hereditary disease. Of these no less than 87.5 per cent. were affections of the nervous system, and 12.1 per cent. of phthisis. Of the former 63.4 per cent. had relatives afflicted with epilepsy, and 12.1 per cent. with insanity. Epilepsy, according to these figures is eminently a hereditary disease, and it is possible even to a greater extent than is here represented; for the family history is often very difficult to arrive at, in the class of persons on whom most of these observations were made, who, either from ignorance or from prejudice, display a great want of knowledge concerning the health of their ancestors. _General health prior to the first attack._--As far as could be ascertained this was-- Unimpaired in 90 per cent. Delicate in 10 per cent.