This monograph on Herter's infantilism, or celiac disease, is based on a careful and comprehensive study of eighty cases in Feer's clinic under observation since 1911. An introductory description of the celiac syndrome is presented, which consists of large slimy stools, distended abdomen, hydrolability, inhibition of growth, osteopathy, hypotonia, anemia and metabolic changes. The author gives an instructive diagnostic classification of chronic dyspepsias in childhood, including the primary and secondary forms of celiac disease. The prominent symptoms of this condition are then described, with clinical cases, photographs and charts. The author notes that the large foul, slimy stools, consisting of food residue plus the excretory products of the inflamed colon, are the main symptoms. The large abdomen is explained by the fact that peristalsis in the transverse colon is slowed, as was demonstrated roentgenologically by Friese and Jahr. The hydrolability is due to disturbance in the salt metabolism. The hypophosphatemia