LEPROSY, BLASTOMYCOSIS, LUPUS, SYPHILIS, ALOPECIA AREATA, LUPOID SYCOSIS.

LEPRA TUBEROSA. Case 1. —J. G., male, aged 20, a native of Russia, came to this country six years ago, and has since that date lived in one of the western states contiguous to Illinois. History. —Three years ago he began to suffer from a series of febrile attacks, accompanied by chills and by eruptive symptoms of an erythematous type, which were supposed to be syphilitic in character and for which he was subjected, without remedial results, to a course of specific treatment. Aside from the symptoms referred to, he has enjoyed fair health. There is no history of venereal disease; he has occasionally indulged in tobacco smoking; his family record is good. His father, who accompanies him, is a healthy-looking, though somewhat undersized, Polish Jew. Examination. —The face of the patient is seen to be the seat of a diffuse infiltration, chiefly conspicuous about the nares, the brows, the