Everything enemy was kaput in the early days of German victories. [F. Britten Austin, According to Orders, New York, 1919] French capot is literally cover, bonnet, also the name of a type of greatcloak worn by sailors and soldiers (see).
Mumps is a contagious viral infection that used to be common in children before the introduction of the MMR vaccine.Itâs most recognisable by the painful swellings at the side of the face under the ears (the parotid glands), giving a person with mumps a distinctive hamster face appearance.umps is a contagious viral infection that used to be common in children before the introduction of the MMR vaccine.
It is spread by direct contact with saliva and discharges from the nose or through airborne droplets from the upper respiratory tract of infected individuals. Mumps may be contagious seven days before and nine days after the onset of the disease. A person is most contagious 48 hours prior to the appearance of symptoms.The incubation period lasts two to three weeks. The virus multiplies in the mucous membranes of the nose and throat and then in regional lymph nodes.umps may be contagious seven days before and nine days after the onset of the disease. A person is most contagious 48 hours prior to the appearance of symptoms.