St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-09-27
FREAKS OF MATURE.


FREAKS OF NATURE.
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Why b IL that upon taking IN impru-
dently large mouthful Of Ice cream ono
u apt to feel sensation Of violent pain
in the temple?
Such little physical phenomensa - this
are experienced by every one and seem
very puzzling. but how many persons
ever think Of inquiring IS to what they
signify?
mouthful Of tits incautiously swallowed
1t produces chilling effect upon the
nerves OF the larynx, or voice boz. |"
and Of the pharynx. in tho throat The
sensation shoots back to the center Of
those nerves in the brain; but there It
dnds . side connection with the great
facial nerve that starts from in front Of
the ear and extends it, branches over
the side Of the face. One branch ofthis
facial nerve. extending across the tenn
pie. 10 nerve Of sensation. while the
other branches are nerves Of motion,
governing chiefly the play Of the mouth.
The pain from the chill IL side e.tracked
along tho nerve branch that traverses
the temple and the feeling IL likely TO
be quite agonixing in that locality for
moment or 80. very likely involving tho
eyeball sympathetically. This feeling
Of sensation in one nerve when an
other nerve IL attacked Is what IL called
''renex action"
Doubtless you have on occasions
walked up in the night with fearful
pain in the calf Of your leg and found
the muscles drawn up in . knot This
'cramp." as it 10 called" is simply .
contraction Of the muscles caused BY
cold or fatigue Irritation Of any sort
however, may bring it ON by IN electric
current for instance, which will render
the subject experimented upon incapa-
BILE Of extending the limb affected. A
stitch in the side" 10 the same sort Of
cramp attacking other muscles; .
''crick in the neck" IL . contraction Of
The muscles Of the neck owing to cold.
A slight wrench Of the neck will
oftentimes produce . most agonising
sensation Of burning. one or moro Of the
many ligsments that fasten the head
securely in position having been
strained for moment Every one has
felt the pain in the side that comes
from running distance; It 10 simply .
spasm Of the muscles OF the diaphragm,
from violent and unaccustomed exer.
else.
People arc often unnecessarily
alarmed by specks floating before their
vision, imagining that blindness threat
ems In most cases these are caused
by nothing worse than . little in
digestion or cold. A slight en-
largement Of the blood vessels in the
cornea that covers the front Of the eye
like . watch glass or in the mucous
membrane stretched over the cornes
will produce the symptoms But specks
seen in this way may sometimes b par
ticles Of blood or other foreign sub
stances floating in the liquid Of the eye
lin which case disease may be indi-
Gated. When the specks are very NOV
able it Is presumably . trifling conges-
tion OF the superficial membrane.
Whisky in mild excess is likely to serve
- occasion for the phenomenon.
Why 10 the roof Of your mouth %
sensitive that few rubs Of your tongue
will render 1t unpleasantly sore?
Simply for the reason that beneath
the mucous membrane covering that
part arc ever 20 many acute nervous
papille. only covered BY . coating OF
epithelial cells A rub or two with your
tongue will scrape OF these protecting
cells and leave the sensitive nerve OF.
bare. Under such conditions
they are sore to the touch. It is at the
extremity Of the tongue such nervous
papill@ arc most highly developed.
They perform the function Of the sense
called "taste," and for its purpose they
are distributed all over the inside Of
the mouth, palate and upper throat
Different viands produce upon these
papille varied effects Of sensation. and
by comparison Of such effects the agree.
ableness OF dishes served Is estimated
Star.