SummaryA series of 28 children with ITP treated during 1951–1958 is presented. Some mild cases required no treatment in any form, but most of the cases were treated with steroids, to which some responded with complete remission. The patients not responding to steroid therapy underwent splenectomy with a good result, except in one who responded to a renewed steroid therapy. No relapses, complications or deaths occurred in this group of patien