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1. An account of fifty-four patients suffering from ainhum is presented, and the clinical and pathological findings are discussed.
2. Etiology is considered, and a plan of treatment proposed.
3. Ainhum in Ibadan is a disease of all ages and both sexes.
4. Most patients have considerable pain.
5. It is due to a non-inflammatory change in the basal layer of the epidermis.
6. Surgical treatment has gratifying results.
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