On July 28, 1898, Amie McB., a deaf and dumb young man, was brought to me for treatment by Mr. Robert Freeman, who claims to have known him all his life, and he gave me the following history: The young man was born at Columbus, Ga., eighteen years ago, the exact date is not known. His father died when he was very young and his mother married a second time, and moved to Macon when he was in his teens; he was employed as a soap wrapper, and when the family decided to move from here he was allowed to remain. His mother states that the fact of his being deaf was discovered when about 3 years of age; she says he has never had any very serious sickness, and has contracted none of the eruptive fevers from which deafness is so often traced; that she believes he was born