CORRESPONDENCE which has never been known to damage eyes, and has had the implicit support of such specialists as Sir George Berry and Mr. D. Priestley Smith (Journal, August 6, 1955, p. 382). Mr. Shuttleworth does well to appeal for clear thinking and unprejudiced judgment.-I am, etc., Portsmouth. W. S. INMAN. Case of Exomphalos SIR,-I feel it is worth while reporting a case of exomphalos which survived operation but died on the twenty-third post-operative day with volvulus of the mid-gut. H.

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... ., a baby boy, was admitted to the Evangelical Hospital on January 1, 1958, at the age of 1 hour, with a congenital umbilical hernia. The liver and parts of the gut were felt in the hernial sac. The baby weighed 2.375 kg.