Abstract
The saliva was collected from both parotis, glandula sublingualis et submaxillaris of 339 lepra nodosa, of 85 l. nervosa and 14 l. maculosa and thier pH was measured with the paper method. Parotis saliva was always acidic, sublingual and submaxillar saliva weak acidic and nearer to neutral. Male saliva was higher in acidity and female was near neutral. As for the disease types, it was highest in acidity with lepra nodosa, then followed 1, nervosa and 1, maculosa was lowest and near neutral.
