ToThe Journalof the American Medical Association, May 29, 1909, I contributed an article entitled: "Primary Carcinoma of the Liver with Report of a Patient Who Remained Well over Two Years after Operation." A summary of the history follows: History. —Mrs. J. A., aged 37, was a housewife. Her parents and one sister were alive and well. The patient was married when 15. Menstruation began when 16; always regular, but painful. She had leukorrhea, dating from marriage; and menstrual pains were present until the cervix was dilated and uterus curetted seven years later. At that time a benign cyst was removed from beneath her tongue. The patient had typhoid fever when she was 24; when 32, she had double salpingitis and local peritonitis, accompanied by severe gastritis, from which she recovered with local treatment. Prior to this peritonitis she suffered from occasional "bilious" attacks, but subsequent to it they