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FROM an anthropotomical point of view the epiglottis had for a long time been generally looked upon as a kind of sentinel for the protection of the upper air-passages, when Rückert's comparative anatomical observations showed that the human epiglottis greatly differed from that of mammals, in so far as its relations to the soft palate were entirely altered, and that its physiological conditions pari passu had undergone important modifications. The new points of view thus obtained induced Gegenbaur to study the comparative anatomy of the epiglottis and its relations to the larynx, and the present volume is the outcome of his investigations.
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“The Epiglottis”1. Nature 47, 542 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/047542a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/047542a0