This report includes the record of one case in which hemangioma of the gastrointestinal tract was proved and a review of the literature concerning this condition. This case is of particular interest because the symptoms were of fifteen years' duration and were severe from the onset and because of the eventual correct diagnosis and successful treatment. REPORT OF CASE History.— A woman aged 40, a Caucasian, had been told that during the three days following birth she passed stools which contained bright red blood; this significant fact in her past history should perhaps be emphasized at this point. A summary of the history reveals that the first symptom of her present condition came on rather suddenly in 1926 when she was 29 years of age and consisted of great weakness. This was followed by pallor, tarry stools and "extreme anemia." The symptoms developed suddenly, were not accompanied by pain