investigation. The three diseases mentioned are usually classed together and under the beading of ? Diseases of the Nervous System." The present paper refers chiefly to cborea. A study of the literature of the disease, such as is possible in an isolated Indian station, modified by the observation of a choreic patient, has led to the following remarks. The patient under observation is a girl age...

Mycoplasmas were sought in the salivary secretions and minor salivary gland tissue of 26 patients with Sjögren's syndrome or the allied sicca complex. A mycoplasma (M. orale type 1) was recovered from the stimulated parotid saliva of only one case. Possible mechanisms of mycoplasmal cell damage in this and allied disorders are considered and some future lines of investigation are suggested.