Note 620 — BOOK I.—OF THE EPIDEMICS.

I need scarcely say that the disease here described is cynanche parotidæa or parotitis. It is a remarkable proof of our author’s talent for observation, that he has pointed out the tendency of the disease to be complicated with swelling and inflammation of the testicles. Altogether the description of the disease here given is quite applicable to the mumps of modern times. As stated by him, the swelling of the testicles is generally painful. See the Commentary of Galen.