| Show the use of the Ton conill To nill sils those glands situated in the back part of the mouth and familiarly known an aa the tonsils ton sils have always appeared in physiological eyes as somewhat of a puzzle that Is to say their functions or us uses have not been accurately determined they are ductless glands and unlike the liver salivary glands sweetbread or tear glands do not possess any tubes or ducts leading from them and conveying away any secretion they may manufacture we can understand der stand on this footing how the spleen itself was an anomaly in the eyes of the ancients seeing that like the tonsils ton sils sit it had no outlet and that unlike the liver or the 0 other ther glands above named ib it did not teem seem to elaborate any fluid or product of uso ALSO in the body but the functions of the tonsils have of verygate very late days received a new interpretation ti from the researches of dr lovell gal ian land Ile claims that the tonsils are really glands which are devoted to the manufacture of the white blood cells nor Is ts this all 11 dr gulland tells us that while many of these important white cells pass off into the blood circulation thence to wander on their beat like sanitary policemen through the tissues many others take up their positions on the outs outside itle of the tonsils themselves this latter move on the part of these white cells Is a very interesting one tor for aa as they live on tho the tonsil services the they y act as a set of custom house officers in preventing injurious or contraband matter chiefly germs of cours efrom pa passing ing onward to the throat stomach and lungs this is both an extraordinary and an ox extremely trel nely interesting discovery for it makes plain to us ms how and why many of the germs we inhale alq prevented from doing injury to us they may pass into the mouth but the cordon of white blood cells on the tonsils acts aa as a fairly effi efficient clent barrier which the bulk of the germs we inhale may not pass and we arc are thus secured from the germ invasion of both the dig diges tive we system and tho the breathing system illustrated london news |
