Impetigo Herpetiformis

has been the title of but one paper in the American periodical literature in the past ten years. Carter and Pearce 1 reported 2 cases, both of pregnant women with polymorphous eruptions which appeared as vesicles and bullae. In both the diagnosis of dermatitis herpetiformis was made by a dermatologist. Impetigo herpetiformis has been mentioned but once 2 in the transactions of the various dermatologic societies reported in theArchives of Dermatology and Syphilologyin this period. One might assume from this that American dermatologists do not broaden the concept and require that the morphologic appearance conform to Hebra's description before they use this designation. On the other hand, reports in the European literature are not infrequent. The recent ones 3 indicate that the etiologic trend, in Germany especially, is toward attributing the disease to a parathyroid disturbance. Cases have been collected in which the calcium level of