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MUMPS (syn. Cynanche parotidaea, parotitis; also, " The Branks ")

MUMPS (syn. Cynanche parotidaea, parotitis; also, " The See also:
BRANKS (probably akin to Irish brancas, a halter; Ger. Pranger, fetter, pillory)
Branks ") , a specific infectious disease characterized by inflammatory swelling of the parotid and other salivary glands, frequently occurring as an epidemic, and affecting mostly See also:

young persons. The name "mumps" (0. Eng. "to mump," meaning to sulk) originated, no doubt, in the patient's See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance. The disease generally sets in with symptoms of a See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold or See also:

CATARRH (from the Gr. Karappeiv, to flow down)

catarrh accompanied with slight febrile disturbance; but soon the nature of the ailment is announced by the occurrence of swelling and stiffening in the region of the parotid gland in front of the See also:

EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear. The swelling speedily increases in See also:

SIZE

size and spreads down-wards towards the See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck and under the See also:

JAW (Mid. Eng. jawe, jowe and geowe, O. Eng. cheowan, connected with " chaw " and " chew," and in form with " jowl ")

jaw, involving the r,amerous glands in that locality. The effect is to produce much disfigurement, which becomes still greater shculd the inflammation spread, as often happens, to the glands on the other See also:

side of the See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face and neck. See also:

Pain is See also:

PRESENT

present in the swollen parts, but it is seldom severe, nor is there much redness or any tendency to suppuration. There is, however, considerable interference with the acts of mastication and swallowing. After continuing for four or five days the swelling and other symptoms abate, and the parts are soon restored to their normal See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition. During the See also:

period of convalescence there occasionally occur some swelling and tenderness in other glands, such as the testicles in See also:

MALES

males (orchitis), and the mammae or ovaries (oopheritis) in See also:

FEMALES

females, and possibly involvement of the See also:

PANCREAS (Gr. rag, all; 1cpks, flesh)

pancreas, but these are of See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short duration and usually of no serious significance.

Mumps is in See also:

general a mild disease, and requires little treatment beyond a See also:

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle laxative, the application of warm fomentations to the swollen and painful parts, the use of soft See also:

food, and See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest.

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