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elevated for the next several months. Six months after the operative procedure it was 24 mm. after one hour. When the patient was last seen, approximately two years after the onset of symptoms, his weight had increased to 172 lb. (78 kg.) and he felt well. He had returned to work. The previous cord-like appearance of the involved temporal arteries had completely disappeared, and the remains of the superficial temporal arteries on either side could be identified only with considerable difficulty. The sedimentation rate was 12 mm. after one hour. The white blood cell count was 7,750 per cubic millimeter, and the red blood cell count was 4,700,000 per cubic millimeter, with 14 gm. of hemoglobin per 100 cc.COMMENT

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