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BJomAL 1173 is more confusing than helpful to the family doctor who has to advise the mother on measles vaccination. I have taken part in the Medical Research Council Trial of Vaccination Against Measles.' 2 During the period from 1 February 1964 to 2 June 1964, 39 children in the age group from 8 months to 2 years were vaccinated (22 female and 17 male) with the following vaccines: Nine received vaccine "A" (one subcutaneous injection of 0.5 ml. of live vaccine prepared from the Goffe strain by Wellcome Laboratories, batch M.V. 20.1); 10 received vaccine "B" (one subcutaneous injection of 0.5 ml. of live vaccine prepared from the Schwarz strain by Glaxo Laboratories, batch 18); and 20 received vaccines KA or KB (one intramuscular in ection of 1 ml. of inactivated vaccine K prepared by Pfizer from the Enders-Edmonton strain, batch 6, followed four weeks later by an injection of " A " or " B " live vaccine as above).

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SummaryA 44-year-old man who presented with recent onset hyperkeratosis palmaris et plantaris was found to have a carcinoma of the bronchus. IntroductionThe association of carcinoma of the oesophagus and hereditary hyperkeratosis palmaris et plantaris (tylosis) is well known. Less well recognized is the association between late onset hyperkeratosis palmaris et plantaris (HPP) and carcinoma of the bronchus, although there have been several case reports in the literature.