of constitutional disturbance. Osiander speaks of Pemphigus connatus. Alibert cites a case of a child born with a large bladder on the chest. Lobstein has written a treatise on Pemphigus neonatorum; but all authors who refer to it, speak of it as a rare affection. Dr. A. T. Thomson says of Pemphigus infantile or Rupia eseharotica, that he has never seen the disease. The pemphigus of children has recently attracted much attention, from the remarkable discussions concerning its supposed syphilitic origin, which took place in the Académie de Medecine, in which the affirmative of this proposition was contended for by M. Dubois. The cases I have narrated are of considerable interest in relation to this question. If they be admitted as
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