Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick concentrated saliva. Why? The answer obviously is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.
And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees nothing was ever received by the Spanish.
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From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating the food even not reaching the stomach determines the stimulation of the gastric glands.