A NEW interest in tropical diseases has been attained in American medicine because of the widespread contact with exotic diseases by troops in the worldwide conflict that terminated on V-J Day. Among these none is more bizarre than elephantiasis of Filaria (Wuchereria) bancrofti origin. This report deals with experience gained with this affliction among natives of Polynesian extraction in the Society Islands in French Oceania. I obtained the material for this paper in my capacity of chief of the Surgical Service of the 8th Station Hospital under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Julius Sobin, who performed the major part of . . .