THIS case is of interest because, although egg poisoning is not extremely rare, I have been unable to find any record of cure. Jonathan Hutchinson in his" Pedigree of Disease"(1884), p. 35, speaks of eating eggs producing violent vomiting, a sense of sinking, and abdominal distress quite inexplicable, and temporary defect of sight. An artist could not see to paint after eating an egg, there being temporary suspension of the power of accommodation in both eyes, with heat of the stomach and abdominaldiscomfort one or two hours after breakfast. A little egg in a pudding or sauce would be sufficient to cause these symptoms, which were quite cured by abstinence from eggs. Other cases are recorded but I can find no real attempt at cure. It is possible the following account may call forth several others.

In June, 1906, I saw a boy, aged 13 years, whose parents complained that he could not eat egg in any form. He could not eat meringues nor any cake with white of egg. He had had an attack after eating bacon cooked with eggs, and the smallest piece of bread or bun with white of egg upset him. In the attack there was first of all free secretion of saliva, the lips burned, the patient felt sick, itched, and an urticarial rash shortly broke out; he swelled all over, with