Case of Chionyphe Carterii

were given in the Indian Medical Gazette, during 1868. Fuzzool, aged 60, Mussulman cultivator, admitted 6th December. About 30 years ago a small abscess formed under the arch of the left foot, it continued to discharge after being opened, and about a year after another absccss formed in the middle of the heel; gradually those abscesses extended to the malleoli and dorsum of the foot, discharging matter which the patient described as " something like the white of an egg mixed with a small blueish grain-like substance." Up to within the last year he has been able to walk about w ith the aid of a stick ; but latterly has been confined to his bed, and the pain in the affected part has been agonizing day and night. The leg was amputated below the tuberosity of the tibia by a single flap, some secondary hoemorrhage occurred, and diarrhoea retarded his convalescence, but he was discharged with a good stump