Chickenpox is a less serious contagious disease, but may make a child most uncomfortable. The rash varies greatly in size, starting with red spots, developing into pimples, small blisters, and, finally, blackish crusts. The temperature rarely goes beyond 102° F. The child suffers from loss of appetite. The little patient should be kept in bed for a few days until the rash passes. Mild cathartics should be administered. Cotton undergarments should be used instead of woolen to relieve the itching, which can also be allayed by the use of carbolated ointment. If possible, keep the child from scratching the eruption, in order to prevent scars from forming. Last, but not least, in this list of contagious ailments, may be mentioned the mumps—a disease which affects the salivary glands. The first symptom is nausea, followed by chill, drowsiness, and high temperature; the latter varies from 100° to 103° F. The child complains of pain in the mouth and the jaw; the face looks distorted. Soon a swelling appears below and in front of one ear, pushing the lobe outward. Sometimes this swelling attacks both ears. It usually lasts about a week. The child should be kept in bed to prevent taking cold. Mild cathartics will do no harm; and a fluid or semi-fluid diet should be supplied while there is temperature. The swelling can be covered by an ordinary cotton-batting bandage, unless the pain is very severe, when it can be soothed by hot compresses. Quarantine should be maintained for three weeks from the appearance of the swelling. Among the nursery emergencies which are not contagious croup may be mentioned first, because it is the most common. This is the spasmodic contraction of the larynx, and may accompany a severe cold or may manifest its presence before the mother realizes that the child has taken cold. Some babies go through their nursery days without a single attack of this terrifying malady. Others are subject to it. Usually the patient wakes suddenly, gasping for breath. The mother who has once heard the sound never fails to recognize it in its first stages. The breathing is slow, noisy, and heavy. The patient is greatly distressed. Sometimes there is a metallic, barking cough; again this may be missing. Mothers who are experienced in handling this ailment keep on hand what is known as a croup-kettle, which can be purchased either at houses which deal in physicians’ supplies or through first-class druggists or house-furnishers. When the mother does not have this convenient utensil at hand she can use other forms of treatment.