Show WHY PEOPLE SNEEZE by M K THOMSON ph 0 i ts one of the common SNEEZING reflexes other reflexes are wink las coughing yawning gaping sobbing smiling squirming treni blang shuddering wincing grasping etc the reflex Is the simplest type of action capable for a creature endowed with a nervous system it la an in born reaction the act Is definite quick and automatic the chief function of a reflex Is to protect the organism from immediate harm winking protects the eye coughing protects the lungs in getting rid of foreign substances and mucus that accumulates in colds and con gest lons grasping protects from a fall due to sudden losing of balance the same I 1 true of all definite reflexes they are ready made acts tor ready made situations among the most useful true reflexes Is sneezing which protects the nasal passage from foreign objects and from anything that Is likely to poison or in jure the person the stimulus tor this reflex is not the same for all people A woman ot acquaintance says that she cannot my tale a lump of sugar without sneezing pepper and snuff and other Irrl tanta almost universally induce sneezing another peculiarity of sneezing as compared with other reflexes Is that varied from per the response Is also son to person thus some people always sneeze three times it they sneeze at all others have a different num twelve or more this ber as high as may be primarily a matter of habit and the factor of anticipation sneezing like most of the reflexes mechanism taken to Is a protective gether the reflexes are the emergency kit of the organism 0 by mcclur syndicate |