Sleep apnoea occurring only in REM (possible relevance of the case for some cot deaths).

Physical factors When 16 years old, he was knocked out in a landmine explosion. Both arms were fractured and he had abdominal and chest injuries. At 21 years he suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis. He was treated with a phrenic nerve crush and with surgical pneumothoraces which were corrected in 1949. He has since suffered from chronic bronchitis each winter. Physical examination revealed the expected surgical and traumatic scars. His chest was abnormal being pigeon-breasted with extremely reduced expansion. There were rhonchi bilaterally. Cardiovascular system, abdomen and central nervous systems-normal. Chest X-ray revealed extensive pleural calcification and no phrenic nerve paralysis.