The absence of any fever seems remarkable, and it is interesting to speculate how much resistance to infection this man had accumulated during his long and miserable life as a beggar. Although he expressed no regret for his act and justified it, stating that" he had now got rid of the bed bugs," he later obeyed orders faithfully, when told that disobedience might have disastrous results. He continued to have excellent health and was free from any abdominal symptom when I last saw him. I have to thank my chief, Dr. Cyril CH Cuff, for permission to publish this case.