The literature of the atrophic stage of chronic pharyngitis may be generally classed under the term vague. Writers appear to know or care nothing about the pathologic anatomy of the condition and its relationship to other forms of pharyngeal inflammation seems to be generally ignored. The old term "pharyngitis sicca" is a clinical one, used at random for any form of dryness of the pharyngeal mucous membrane, and bears no relation to any definite form of disease. All types of simple chronic inflammation of the pharynx tend to progress into the atrophic form. What might be called the average type of chronic pharyngitis is characterized by the enlargement of the lymph-glands, giving the so-called follicles, by dilatation of the superficial blood-vessels, and especially by the formation of small masses of granulation tissue, which are usually situated immediately behind the posterior half arches of the palate. Atrophic areas, showing as sunken,