Mumps do not require special feeding, except that the food must be liquid in order to be easily swallowed. Food must also be free from salt, pepper and acid.

May Eat

Milk

Milk soups Mutton broth "Ye perfect food " Semi-solid beef Beef gruel

Egg and milk

Cream soups, and such milk foods as kefir, buttermilk, almond milk, albuminized milk, plum porridge, arrowroot milk and milk gruels

As soon as the swelling subsides, the patient may take semi-solid foods of a non-stimulating character.