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s 317 and (4) seizures and seizure fragments. Glucose tolerance curves in a majority of the cases were diabetic in pattern; flat curves were the exception. The EEG findings were those of patients whose cerebral metabolism is depressed. In addition suggestive "convulsive" patterns such as spike and wave bursts were found in most of the patients even in those with no clinical convulsive seizures. ~ M . E. H. Two Cas.es of Spontaneous Hypoglycemia due to a Tumor of the Islands of Langerhans. VAN BEEK, C., HAEX, A. J. c . , and KOOREMAN, P. J. [State Univ. Leyden, Netherlands] Acta reed. Scandinav., 112:164-187. 1942. In one case, carcinoma of the islands of Langerhans was found at autopsy. In the other, an adenoma of the islet cells in the head of the pancreas was successfully removed. The diagnosis, treatment, and pathology of spontaneous hypoglycemia are reviewed with 34 rcferences.--M. H. P.