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gional lymph glands. However, the swelling in these cases is 

 more diffuse and does not reach up to the ear. The differential 

 diagnosis may become very difficult since parotitis sometimes 

 spreads to the neighboring connective tissue and may also be 

 complicated by an affection of the lymph glands. Acute tulier- 

 culosis of lymphatic glands of the parotid region occurs in cat- 

 tle and frequently also in hogs, and this fact must be considered 

 in diagnosis. Pure cases of parotitis may be distinguished 

 from pharyngitis hj the absence of cough and nasal discharge 

 and usually also of' disturbances of deglutition; further, by the 

 superficial" character of the swelling in the parotid region. In 

 catarrh of the guttural pouch there is a nasal discharge, while 

 the parotid remains normal in size and consistency. 



Treatment. To counteract the inflammatory swelling, 

 Priessnitz' applications are indicated, possibly with carbolized 

 instead of with ordinary cold water. Ointments favoring ab- 

 sorption, such as iodoform-, iodinevasogen-, camphor- or mer- 

 cury-salves, are beneficial. Abscesses must be opened, the 

 sooner the better. Chronic swellings may be treated by strong 

 inunctions, injections of tincture of iodine, or of Lugol's solu- 

 tion; iodide of potash may be given mternally. (Iodine treat- 

 ment is particularly successful in actinomycosis.) 



Literature. Bissauge, Eec, 1897, 289.— Busquet & Boudeaiul, Vet. Jhb., 1903, 

 129.— Labat, Rev. vet., 1891, 57.— Meyer, O., Vj., 1855, 87.— Prietsch, S. B., 1905, 

 81.— Renault, Eec, 1830, 305. 



Inflammation of the submaxillary gland, almost without exception, 

 follows upon the penetration of foreign bodies, especially parts of food 

 in straw feeding (Albrecht) into Wharton's duct. More rarely does it 

 follow upon parotitis or stomatitis (authors' case). 



The disease is most common among cattle, less among horses and 

 least among dogs. One can feel the swollen, painful submaxillary gland 

 upon the inner side of the angle of the maxilla. The margins of the 

 meatus of Wharton's duct are often reddened and swollen; upon pres- 

 sure on the duct, pus is frequently discharged. On the side and under 

 the tongue a fluctuating or purely edematous and painful swelling may 

 be recognized (Ranula Inflammatoria). More or less profuse salivation 

 and disturbances of mastication likewise exist. The inflammation often 

 leads to suppuration and more rarely to partial necrosis of the glandular 

 tissue. Pus, usually fetid in character, breaks ordinarily into the buccal 

 cavity, more rarely towards the outside ; the disease then ends in recov- 

 ery in one to two weeks. 



The treatment is similar to that recommended for parotitis. 



Literature. Albrecht, W. f. Tk., 1890, 317. 



