Acute Goitre; Its Ætiology—30 Cases Treated by the Application of Biniodide of Mercury Ointment *Reprinted from the "Dublin Journal of Medical Science."

dence produced by French observers, that it may be produced in this way in from eight to ten days, but evidence equally strong seems to prove that it may occur epidemically with an absolutely pure watersupply. In the above cases it certainly occurred with a very pure water-supply. The patients affected were all soldiers of the 30th Regiment, then quartered at Ranikhet, of which I was in charge?