| Show THE SEAT or THE TASTE the chinique Eure penne contains an at account ac count experiments made by MM klaetsch KIa atsch and such stich to ascertain the real seat of the sense of taste which is generally and erroneously supposed to exist i on the whole surface of the tongue it appears on the contrary from these experiments I 1 peri ments ants that the only portion of that organ which is sensible lc to taste is a narrow space all round the breadth of this sensible zone varies in different dif subjects 7 in some so me it is not nore more than two lines in others double that breadth and it rarely extends to the interior surface ja the e experiments alluded to t 0 s n substance stA sab stance having a strong stion taste was first placed on oft the center of the to tongue pyu where it produced ho no effect it J was then arid rp oat the 1 raj tion of taste was announced this occurring generally on the border but in in some iu individuals beginning at the distance of a line from it the v velum elum pendulum of the palate is is also sensible to taste but the pharynx and tonsils aloe are ai deprived ved of the gustative gustat ne faculty T this h is is it proved L ly y the fact that if they be touched with ith stick caustic the ane patient experiences no taste provided lie he keep h hia is tongue and the velum pen pendulum bulum aay from t the he spot |
