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JOVJN-A. RYLE, CAPTAIN R.A.AIC.(S.12.), INTEREST in tile isubject of infectious jaundice hias lately been reopened by a monograplh from Drs. Inada, Ido, Hoki, KaneLo, and Ito.' Weil first described the disease which bears his name in 1886. It was clharacterized by jaundice, pyrexia, lhaeimiorrhages, and the fact that it was apparently infectious, as the cases occurred eithier in widespread epidemics or localized groups of cases, or sometimes all thle nembers of a single family would be affected at the same time. In the Britislh Isles the epidemic form is rare, but the family type of infectious jaundice is well known. Widespread epidemics lhave been seen in the United States, and outbreaks liave been reportecd in India, Africa, and the Near East. To quLote t1he. Japanese worlkers: "In the ,western part of Japan there prevails an epidemnic and endemic disease chlaracterized by conjinctival congestion, muscular pains, fever, jaulndice, haemorrhagic diathesis, and albuminuria, which is known as Weil's disease, or febrile jaundice. At the end of last year (1914) the same disease was observed in Chiba, in the eastern part of