Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-28
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Closely AI'Sd' They Are the Most
Elusive dt the Senses.
RIDDLE OF FLAVOR AND DOOR.

Smell Has Been Termed taste at
Distance and the Way In Which
Anything Is Appreciated by the Cells
Of Taste and Smell Is Exactly Alike.
We think we know all about tasting
and smelling, but these are the most
elusive senses and so closely allied that
they have been called the "wedded
senses" If you wish to be convinced
of the coseness of their connection
notice the next time you have severe
cold In the head and ascertain how
little taste you get from your food
even though it be the most tasty"
In fact. flavor and odOr are great
tors. The preponderance of evidence
points to the suggestion that all taste
and odor are brought about by chemical
changes in the ends Of the nerves hav
ing to DO with these sensations. Smell
has been termed taste at distance.
and the way in which anything is ap
preciated by the cells of taste and
smell is precisely alike.
The infinitely small particle that
reaches the nose must first be dissolv-
ed In the mucous covering Of the olfac
tory bulb before its odor can be caught
and transferred to the end of the OIL
factory nerve The same is the case
with the thing that is to be tasted.
1t. too. is dissolved in the juices of
the mouth and then makes its way to
some one or more Of the taste cells.
when the chemical change takes place
which sets up sensation in the gus
tatory nerve. and we really taste the
substance and announce to ourselves
or others how 1t tastes.
Most persons think that as the tongue
is the chief organ of taste you could
taste anything placed anywhere on the
tongue. But this Is far from being
true There are three chief kinds OF
papillae Of taste OH the tongue. and
anything touching it on these papillae
is tasted. but If 1t touches any spot be-
tween these it il not tasted at all. The
tilifOrm papilae are ut the tip Of the
tongue and ut the sides. and each one
dissolve something Of the substance
,, put ON them and transfer the sensation
to the underlying nerve Of taste.
Then there are the fungiform capil
lac. looking like little mushrooms
whence the nameI. with taste buds Of
their own. and there are also the cir
cumvallate mpillae. only seven or ten
in number. lying toward the back of
the tongue. forming II Y. with the apex
pointing toward the throat These are
little mounds with moats around them
and taste buds lying in the meats to
catch whatever particles Of food may
reach thus far sufficiently dissolved
to be tasted
The middle Of the tongue and the
this is the reason that If we are to
take bitter powder and it is carefully
placed at the center Of the tongue 1t
can be washed down quickly by gulp
of water. leaving no taste in the
mouth
The taste bulbs have been carefully
measured. and It is found that they
an inch broad. oval in shape. some
thing like a small Florence flask. The
proof that tasting Is a chemical proc
ess lies in the fact that anything that
is to be tasted must be soluble. for
the unchewed food or hard coated pill
is not tasted. Tastes have been classi-
fed as sweet. bitter. acid and saline.
and experiment has shown. that we
taste salty foods most rapidly-tn III
Of secondhand that sweet acid and
bitter take longer. the last requiring
25S Of second for perception.
Another popularity Of taste is that
after very strong taste OF any kind
we cannot 40 easily distinguish slight
er f1avorS The nerve energy has been
2, ',stpd for time. and only after
',rs II return II you have
Ell. FOR dessert you must
drink "r to clear the mouth
of the :" e or your coffee will
taste very no matter how much
sugar you into It. The prOres'
siOpml te,, tasiri knows that the gusta-
tory nerve becomes exhausted. for aft
er series Of hastings he stops to give
his nerve Of taste an opportunity to re
turn to its normal condition.
| In taste and smell alike ~
uais differ. The same food
taste precisely the same to any two
dividuals, any more than the same per
fump smells the same. There Is gen
cral resemblance. hut the expert who
has trained his sense of smell or taste
percpives hn"r distinctions than the
person VIII" has given little attention
to these special senses and their de-
| vplOnineut Arguments are OF no avail.
as was recognized in the popular and
ancient prOvprh. '"rher+ f. no dispnt
Ing about tastes There II no scien
titic explanation Of the fact that one
person likes onions and another abhOrs
them Some PERSONS are fond OF
olives only after they have cultivated
the taste The only suggestion Of IN
explanation IL that in some persons
thu ,h-ni.Yl chMngps brought about
By onions ar olives are pleasing. while
IN others they are offensive. 1t ia the
R,,statory nerve that tells the tale. but
little ia understood about it-New
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