A Simple Method of Treating Salivary and Other Glandular Swellings
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It is a well-known fact that enlargements of the pre-auricular gland and the parotid occur as complications of otitis media. The path of infection is evidently via the lymph or blood channels, and apart from the pain of acute otitis, there is much swelling and pain in front of the ear. If the mandibular joint is involved and in little children the fright of opening the mouth either for swallowing or for examination, completes the misery of the patient. It is rare for these two struc-
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