“…(I wish to avoid the term "parotitis pancreatica" as, on the one hand, it is incorrect and, on the other, it may happen that inflammation of the pancreas may precede the swelling of the parotid gland, as in the cases of Fried jung 10 and Csapó.11) Most authors, including Rommel,12 Barbieri,13 Cheinisse,14 Farnam15 and Brahdy and Scheffer,16 report cases with a sudden onset, high temperature, grave abdominal symptoms, vomiting and intense pain characteristically radiating backward, followed in some instances by jaundice and enlargement of the spleen. (I wish to avoid the term "parotitis pancreatica" as, on the one hand, it is incorrect and, on the other, it may happen that inflammation of the pancreas may precede the swelling of the parotid gland, as in the cases of Fried jung 10 and Csapó.11) Most authors, including Rommel,12 Barbieri,13 Cheinisse,14 Farnam15 and Brahdy and Scheffer,16 report cases with a sudden onset, high temperature, grave abdominal symptoms, vomiting and intense pain characteristically radiating backward, followed in some instances by jaundice and enlargement of the spleen.…”