Show wonderful human tongue some remarkable facts regarding the tongue have been recently presented by the eminent surgeon dr E ot of new orleans the doctor after stating that the tongue the nose and the skin are the only organs ot of special sense which perform other functions remarks that the tongue la is the only organ except the heart which presents a base a body and an apex and that no other organ can assume such a variety of shapes or Is mova ble says leslie s weekly its pa pillae though similar to those ot of other mucous membranes are larger and more specially developed the tongue presents a dual structure in accordance with its dual functions motor and sensory varies in color more than any other organ and la Is more solid than any other it Js Is the only organ presenting the three kinds of nerve namely a nerve ol 01 special sense one of ordinary sensa tion and one of motion |