In our hope to be as eclectic and still as practical as possible, I have asked Mrs. Angela R. Holder to write a series of discussions about malpractice problems involving treatment of digestive disorders. She has been surprised to find how few claims have been made against gastroenterologists as such, and so she will discuss cases against internists dealing with gastrointestinal disorders. One problem which bothered me was that names of actual physicians are mentioned in the titles of the cases she discusses, but the cases are after all published in the legal literature and for better or worse are in the public domain. If any of you feel this is something we should not do, write to me, but I believe that this series of discussions from a lawyer who is an expert in the malpractice world will be of value to all.H.M.S.