Summary Certain dermatoses which affect children exclusively or predominantly arereviewed, including infantile eczemas, papular urticaria, tinea capitis, and angiomas. Since the skin of the child is more sensitive than that of the adult, greater care is required in prescribing remedies in order to avoid injury. A brief summary is presented of the latest methods of treatment of the more common dermatoses. On the whole, the dermatoses of children respond satisfactorily to treatment,a very essential prerequisite for successful therapy being an initially correct diagnosis. Progress in any branch of medicine affecting dermatology, as in allergy, skin tests, the study of bacterial, parasitic, and fungous diseases, of nutritional, metabolic, or hormone disturbances, in processes of immunization, as well as in the application of new drugs including the sulfonamides and antibiotics, will, of course have repercussions in pediatric dermatology. It is imperative that the significance and effect of new discoveries in relation to the skin of infants and children be determined. This will permit a fuller utilization of the discoveries and reduction of undesirable reactions to a minimum. In attempting to evaluate the probable end result of any given therapy, it is necessary to take into consideration the changes that are to be expected due to growth and maturation of the tissues.