Ever since its introduction into commerce, methyl alcohol has been the prolific cause of a severe and frequently fatal type of poisoning. The recent increase in the number of cases reported, due to various preparations which have this alcohol as their basis and which have resulted in blindness or death, has indicated the possibility that the condition will assume still greater importance with the more rigid enforcement of the national prohibition amendment. It seems desirable to report the following case, together with the collected data, because it appears to offer a suggestion as to therapy, hitherto disregarded. A brief summary of the clinical history follows: REPORT OF CASE History. —C. B. (Medical No. 137328), woman, aged 25, white, actress, admitted, Nov. 24, 1919, discharged, December 23, with irrelevant previous history, on the night of November 22 drank about half a pint of a fluid supposed to be brandy. Subsequent examination