JAN. 26, 1963 CORRESPONDENCE able to give a detailed account of the acoustic and visual illusions or hallucinations he had experienced. Some of his observations depended on the posture of the head. It took 24 hours to get the patient back into a normal mental state. Another patient with a carcinoid syndrome treated with 1 g. of aldomet a day showed a markedly increased sleeping tendency and some motor retardation during the use of the medication. In both cases the removal of the drug caused a reversal of the symptoms observed, which prompted us, however, to warn against the use of a-methyldopa in the carcinoid syndrome in patients who are not hospitalized or under close medical supervision.2-1 am, etc.,