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HydroaAestivale. Presented byDrs.DavidKing-Smith, E. J.Trowand H. A.Dixon. Miss P., aged 30, presented a condition of fifteen years' duration. The exposed portions of the body were involved from early spring until late summer, with swelling, redness and thickening of the skin. There had been recent improvement under therapy with a gold compound. DISCUSSION Dr.E. L.Oliver, Boston: I should suggest searching for hematoporphyrin by the hematoscopic method. Dr.LloydW.Ketron, Baltimore: This case did not impress me as one of hydroa aestivale. It rather suggested a condition that I should classify with the papular urticarias. I do not think that the fact that a disease of this kind recurs at certain times of the year or that it is precipitated by sunlight means that it is a true case of sensitization to light. Whether or not sensitization to light is

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