IMkEDICAL JOURNAL to have " fallen back in a faint " each time she attempted to sit up, but she was not completely unconscious, since she was capable of understanding what was said to her. She was cold and shocked and pallid when the vertigo occurred. The next day she was able to sit up in bed without vertigo, and no nystagmus was present. She was " light-headed " for about two weeks after this attack, and sudden movement produced mild vertigo. Case 6 This case is of special interest in that the patient was a next-door neighbour of Case 4. It is of interest, too, because the onset of his symptoms was just over 48 hours after that of his neighbour. A history of contact is available: on the morning of January 10, 1952, the patient sent for medical aid for Case 4. He then went into his neighbour's house to inform him that the doctor would soon arrive, and spent about five minutes in conversation. The patient, a man aged 49, went to the cinema with his wife in the afternoon of January 12. To use his own words, he "felt as fit as a fiddle." After about half an hour he suddenly found that the screen was " beginning to

A 77 radiotherapy. On the other hand, Ullman and Abeshouse (1932) consider that every case of lymphoid malignant tumour is accompanied by metastases, local or general, by the time operation is reached and consequently they give a much more gloomy prognosis. SUlMlMARYA case of multiple reticulosarcoma of the jejunum and duodenum is described.A comparatively brief history was followed by obstructive signs which resulted from multiple intussusceptions throughout the length of the jejunum.The histological picture of the intestinal lesions and of a single pulmonary metastasis distinguishes the condition from carcinoma, carcinoid, and melanoma.The literature is briefly reviewed.help in preparation of the material, and to Mr. Rogers for the photography.

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