This clinical report of peripheral paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve (facial) was made because several attacks of this type of palsy occurred in each of 3 patients who were brothers. In 1 patient (case 2) in addition to two attacks of Bell's palsy (neuropathy of facial nerve) there occurred two episodes of ophthalmic migraine with external ophthalmoplegia. Two patients (cases 1, 3) were treated for facial palsy and both made a complete recovery; 1 patient (case 2) was treated for external ophthalmoplegia and made a complete recovery. Facial palsy, or prosopoplegia, is a commonly occurring lesion, and many reports can be found in the literature. Familial and hereditary factors are not mentioned. Exposure and chill probably are the commonest causes. Paralysis may occur in the course of infectious diseases, especially diphtheria, mumps, otitis media and caries of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. It is frequently seen in