J.H. Coriat in 1903 described for the first time the occurrence of Bence Jones protein in the pleuritic effusion of a patient suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis, with extreme tenderness of the ribs and no albumosuria.
The case I wish to report has been under my observation from Dec. 13th, 1927, till to its exitus on April 13th, 1928. The history presents the following data: Mrs. Th. B., 55 y. old, born in Fubine, Italy. Mother died at the age of 40 due to some form of anemia. Father died at the age of 70, after apoplexy. One sister 60, a