It is not at all a dangerous, but, on the contrary, a trivial complaint. It lasts only a few days, and requires but little medicine. The patient ought, for three or four days, to keep the house, and should abstain from animal food. On the sixth day, but not until then, a dose or two of a mild aperient is all that will be required. 225. _Is Chicken-pox infectious?_ There is a diversity of opinion on this head, but one thing is certain—it cannot be communicated by inoculation. 226. _What are the symptoms of Modified Small-pox?_ The modified small-pox—that is to say, small-pox that has been robbed of its virulence by the patient having been either already vaccinated, or by his having had a previous attack of small-pox—is ushered in with severe symptoms, with symptoms almost as severe as though the patient had not been already somewhat protected either by vaccination or by the previous attack of small-pox—that is to say, he has a shivering fit, great depression of spirits and debility, _malaise_, sickness, headache, and occasionally delirium. After the above symptoms have lasted about three days, the eruption shows itself. The immense value of the previous vaccination, or the previous attack of small-pox, now comes into play. In a case of _unprotected_ small-pox, the appearance of the eruption _aggravates_ all the above symptoms, and the danger begins; while in the _modified_ small-pox, the moment the eruption shows itself, the patient feels better, and, as a rule, rapidly recovers. The eruption of _modified_ small-pox varies materially from the eruption of the _unprotected_ small-pox. The former eruption assumes a varied character, and is composed, first of vesicles (containing water), and secondly of pustules (containing matter), each of which pustules has a depression in the center, and thirdly of several red pimples without either water or matter in them, and which sometimes assume a livid appearance. These “breakings-out” generally show themselves more upon the wrist, and sometimes up one or both of the nostrils. While in the latter disease—the _unprotected_ small-pox—the “breaking-out” is composed entirely of pustules containing matter, and which pustules are more on the face than on any other part of the body. There is generally a peculiar smell in both diseases—an odor once smelt never to be forgotten. Now, there is one most important remark I have to make,—_the modified small-pox is contagious_. This ought to be borne in mind, as a person laboring under the disease must, if there be children in the house, either be sent away himself, or else the children ought to be banished both the house and the neighborhood. Another important piece of advice is, let _all_ in the house—children and adults, one and all—be vaccinated, even if any or all have been previously vaccinated.