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Ep 105 Down in the Mumps

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Etymology of Mumps

In later centuries, historians and physicians recorded outbreaks of a disease that sounds pretty similar to mumps. As early as 17 55, people suspected that it was contagious. The origin of the english word for the disease mumps is a bit of a mystery. It could refer to lumps around your face or sulky. Or it's even been suggested that it comes from the difficulty in speaking experienced by people who have those salivary glands.

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