after the cold cloth is applied, and suffer no ill consequences as a
result of its remaining around their throats throughout the night. Where
the croup is very severe the little sufferer's feet may be placed in hot
water, in addition to the cold cloth around the neck--the combination
practically always resulting in the rapid relief of the unpleasant
symptoms.

Great care should be exercised in the diet of children who are subject to
croup, as by intelligent supervision the tendency to this very annoying
trouble may be in a short time entirely overcome.

_Nervousness._--Children of neurotic parents, particularly where they are
reared in cities, are exceedingly prone to nervousness in one form or
another. The condition is undoubtedly often due to heredity, but may be
induced in otherwise healthy children by unhygienic surroundings and
improper food. Infants exhibiting symptoms that indicate trouble of this
kind should not be played with, and every care should be exercised to so
direct their lives that the trouble may be gradually overcome. In all
cases where nervousness persists an intelligent physician should be
consulted.

_Vaccination._--The only safe method that we possess of preventing
small-pox is by means of vaccination. Its great value has been so
thoroughly tested that the writer does not deem it necessary to go into a
discussion as to its merits. A child should be vaccinated in at least
three places during its early infancy,--there being no danger in doing
the operation immediately after birth. Persons ignorant of aseptic
surgery should not do this operation, but should always call in the
services of some person prepared to do the work in a cleanly manner.
Either the leg or the arm may be selected; and children should be
revaccinated whenever small-pox breaks out in the community.

_Kissing Babies to be Avoided._--Kissing infants in the mouth is a very
bad practice, as in this way disease may be quite innocently conveyed to
them. The public should be taught to understand that it is not
infrequently the case that bacteria may be present in the mouths of
individuals who are quite immune to their ill effects, and who are,
therefore, perfectly well, but who may, by conveying them to others,
particularly children, induce in them serious disease. When caressed in
this way at all children should be kissed upon their necks or feet, and
never in their mouths or on their hands.

_Juvenile Contagious Diseases._--Chi