capitis, but not so much as formerly, as he uses brilliantine. The patches seldom itched unless he got very hot. No illness preceded the eruption; in fact, he has never had any illness; his tongue was clean, and he looked and has always been perfectly healthy. The general aspect was somewhat that of a general orbicular seborrhoic eczema, except that for the most part the surface was smooth. He has consulted dermatologists and others, but nothing he has taken or used has done him any good. I only saw him once. * * * * * CASE 2.—Mr. H——, aged 37 years, manager of a factory, came to me on April 2nd, 1902. His general health was very good. The disease had been present five years, and began on the right fore-arm and a little later attacked the left. He has never been free since it first appeared, but thinks some patches have faded and others come out. In the last winter he had been decidedly worse, for the patches had certainly increased during the last few months. On the fore-arms, they were nearly symmetrical, and were quite so at an earlier stage. The lesions were yellowish or pale red patches; the simple ones were elongated, but the compound ones irregular in outline; they were from 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long. The surface, with a lens, could be seen to be very slightly roughened, but this was not perceptible to the finger—but when pinched up there was decided thickening, though they were not raised. There were no patches on the back of the arms or fore-arms and none on the trunk, but there were similar patches on the inside of the thighs and on the legs, some of them larger than the arm-lesions but less distinctly patchy. There was a large, irregular area on the back of each thigh, and a few roundish ones scattered about the limbs. The face was quite free, there was no seborrhœa capitis and there was no itching or other sensory symptoms in the patches. He was one of ten brothers and sisters who were in good health, except one who died of syphilitic paralysis. His father died aged 71 years, and his mother, aged 63 years, was alive and well. He was given salicin, gr. xv _ter die_, and a lotion of glycerine of lead and liquor carbonis detergens. I saw him again on July 3rd, when the eruption had cleared up considerably, much of it having faded, leaving only a slight stain, but here and there it was still yellow and slightly rough. He was much better when he took the medicine regularly, but when he stopped it some of the eruption returned. The salicin was increased to 20 grains. I did not see him again until July 23rd, 1904. He then said he took the medicine for three months from July 3rd, 1902, and then stopped it. He had used the lotion a little longer. On the back of the legs there were large patches nearly covering the entire area, but not much in front. It was more distinctly red here than elsewhere, and there was very little thickening. There were only one or two patches