I remember staying home in bed with mumps when I was a child. From LearnThat.org.
The chipmunk-like appearance of people infected with mumps is how mumps got its name. From Wordnik.com. [MMR: Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine] Reference
An outbreak of mumps is sweeping across Iowa, the first in nearly 20 years, and it's puzzling health officials and worrying parents. From Wordnik.com. [Medpundit] Reference
You might even call mumps deaths exceedingly rare as does AM Galazka. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
There is no specific treatment for mumps, which is why vaccination is strongly recommended. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Now when I was shut up in my room with the mumps was the time to begin The French Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [In the days of my youth when I was a student in the University of Virginia, 1888-1893.] Reference
Dr. Gerberding says the vaccine is the best protection against mumps, which is passed by coughing and sneezing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2006] Reference
Crawford must have played the older boy who was supposed to take Terry to the school masquerade - until he got the mumps, that is. From Wordnik.com. [WHERE CREDIT IS DUE] Reference
And now, mumps is on the increase. From Wordnik.com. [Medpundit] Reference
In a letter dated May 27, 1797, he wrote, "The mumps is a disease which is very prevalent. From Wordnik.com. [History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868] Reference
Re-emerging diseases such as mumps, measles and TB, which were thought to have virtually disappeared in the US. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
The same thing happens to girls attacked by mumps. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Her Sex and Love Life] Reference
We sometimes see distressing complications with mumps. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
"Has Aunt Elvira died or has Paul caught the mumps, or ----". From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained] Reference
Fortunately, most people who get mumps make a full recovery. From Wordnik.com. [Mumps outbreak hits New York and New Jersey: Know the symptoms] Reference
A mild form of mumps is prevalent among the younger children. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
Don't you remember I'd just got over mumps and we went down for it?. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk of Egypt] Reference
In 1851 another new disease surprised the natives -- viz. the mumps. From Wordnik.com. [Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before] Reference
He had been suffering from mumps, and we think he must have caught cold. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
Whooping cough, measles, mumps and rubella have become rarities in America. From Wordnik.com. [ON THE MARCH TO ERADICATE CHILD ILLNESS] Reference
Lash Hyatt's folks, feeling sure the boy had the mumps, sent for the doctor. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
He had measles and mumps during childhood, from which he made good recoveries. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
In addition, reported cases of measles and mumps are at their lowest levels ever. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Now we expect this malady, as we look for mumps and measles in the growing child. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864] Reference
In mumps it is usually a little less than three weeks, the average being twenty days. From Wordnik.com. [The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses] Reference
Four cases this morning, and two yesterday, ranging all the way from mumps to smallpox. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
Unlike with mumps or measles, catching dengue once is no defense against catching it again. From Wordnik.com. [The Bug Is Back] Reference
Don't turn to this "map of behavioral and emotional development" when your kid has the mumps. From Wordnik.com. [Advise And Consent] Reference
About this time the girl was taken ill, suffering with acute indigestion and finally the mumps. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
When he started for home, his cheeks sometimes looked as if he had a very severe case of the mumps. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends] Reference
"I wish it was catching, like the measles or mumps," gulped Pepper in a fury, "and I'd give it to you all.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
Earache and noises in the ear frequently accompany mumps, and rarely abscess of the ear and deafness result. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
Owing to an outbreak of mumps at Harrow School the summer term has had to close some days earlier than usual. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914] Reference
= -- Recovery without mishap is the usual result in mumps, with the exception of involvement of the testicles. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
Hazel was not a bit hungry, so she put the nut in the pocket of one of her cheeks, which made her look as if she had the mumps. From Wordnik.com. [Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories] Reference
The vicious ants had really bitten his cheeks so that they were swollen up very much, and Bumpus looked like a boy with the mumps. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol] Reference
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