Human anthrax, although not a widespread disease, continues to be an important medical problem among workers in the wool and leather industries. The introduction of more rational and effective methods of prophylaxis and treatment have lowered the incidence and death rate in anthrax but the disease continues to carry a significant mortality. In the five year period 1938 to 1942, exclusive of West Virginia, there were 390 cases of human anthrax reported in the United States, with a mortality rate of 13.8 per cent, which compares favorably with a mortality rate of 15.1 per cent during the period 1933 to 1937 and which represents a distinct advance over the period 1928 to 1932, when among 394 reported cases 106, or 26.8 per cent, ended fatally.1 The epidemiology and prophylaxis of anthrax, which are important problems in industrial hygiene, are discussed in great detail in the report of the symposium