Vulgarly called the MUMPS. Ji 



" cis contingebant. Multis tufTes aridae et inanes, quibus cum 

 u turn nihil educebatur, nee ita multo poft voces raucefcebant. 

 " Quibufdam vero ex temporis intervallo inflammationes cum 

 " dolore in alterum teftem erumpebant, quibufdam etiam in 

 " utrofque. Alii quidem febribus corripiebantur, nonnulli 

 vero fine febre perfiftebant. Atque adeo haec ipfa plurimis 

 gravia et molefta fuere. De reliquo autem quod ad ea 

 attinet, quae ad chirurgiam fpectant, in his inculpate habe- 



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The fpring of the year 1761 was very cold and wet; and 

 thofe young militia foldiers, who were moft liable to this dif- 

 eafe, were out early and late in the low damp grounds adjoin- 

 ing this town, to learn their manual exercife ; which correfponds 

 with this paflage, " Fiebant ifta quidem adolefcentibus, juve- 

 " nibus, astate florentibus, atque horum plurimis, qui in pa- 

 " laeftra, et gymnafiis exercebantur." 



Tissot, in his Avis au Peuple, when treating of dif- 

 eafes of the throat, mentions a diftemper which is common 

 in Switzerland, called by the French Les Oreillons, ou Les 

 Ourles. This is a fwelling of the falivary glands, particularly 

 the parotids and maxillaries, and appears to be a mild fpecies of 

 the mumps. The tumor is fometimes fo large as to caufe a 

 difficulty in fwallowing, and alfo to prevent the mouth from 

 opening without pain. Children are more liable to it than 

 adults ; but as it is feldom attended with fever, no medicines 

 are required. All that is neceflary is, to protect the parts from 

 the air, apply a foft poultice, to live abftemioufly, efpecially in 

 refpect to animal food and wine, to drink a weak warm beve- 

 rage, and promote perfpiration. He fays he cured himfelf in 

 four days, with balm tea, one fourth of milk and a little bread 

 in it. He does not mention any fwelling of the tefticles ; there- 

 fore this probably did not happen in Switzerland, as it never 

 does in very flight cafes of this difeafe. 



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