Recurrent Swelling of the Parotid Glands with the Report of a Case

During the last few years attention has become focussed on the uncommon condition of recurrent swelling of the parotid glands. An annotation in the Lancet (1936) fairly well summarized the knowledge of the condition up to date. Recurrent parotitis due to pyogenic causes have been described fully by Payne (1931, 1933) and Pyrah (1933). Of the nonpyogenic type Bruce Pearson (1935) collected eleven cases, the majority of whom were children under nine years of age, and he made a suggestion that the serological factor in these cases is allergic in nature. Meyer (1934) described a