R. G., a minister, aged 39, admitted to the service of Dr. Kandt, Nov. 30, 1925, complaining of headache over the eyes and soreness of the abdomen of five weeks duration, had been treated at his home in New York State during the previous five weeks. The family and past histories were negative. The illness really began about the first of September, 1925, when the patient began to have a feeling of persistent fatigue and weakness. November 4, he had his first known rise of temperature to 101. This dropped during the following week but rose again on the 9th to 102, when he had a chill and profuse sweat, together with persistent headache and abdominal soreness. A tentative diagnosis of typhoid was made by his family physician, but the Widal test was returned as negative. By November 16, the temperature had reached normal, but a week later the patient