Bloedorn and Roberts<sup>1</sup>recently reviewed the literature on abdominal muscle paralysis associated with herpes zoster, and reported a case. I am able to add another case: <h3>REPORT OF CASE</h3> E. S., a man, aged 66, a retired farmer, seen, Feb. 14, 1924, had a typical eruption of herpes zoster of the skin supplied by the fibers of the tenth right thoracic nerve trunk. The eruption had been present for two weeks before I saw him, but as the pain became severe, he sought medical attention. Physical examination showed marked pyorrhea alveolaris, but otherwise was negative, except that the patient had had constipation for years, which seemed to be made worse by the herpes zoster. He was given local treatment for the eruption. One week later I was again called because of a "tumor" of the abdomen and to relieve the constipation. At this time a protrusion of the right