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absorbent of 400 mg divided into three parts, of which one was inserted 

 under the tongue, two between the teeth and the inner side of each cheek. 

 About every 3 min the cotton balls were taken out and at the same time new 

 ones were inserted. The weight of the extracted cotton was measured all 

 together, and saliva weight calculated. 



Table 3 shows the resting whole saliva in grams for each 3 min period. 

 It shows that the tampon must be a stimulus for resting salivation. 



Table 3. Resting whole saliva in children 



Name 



Sex 



Age Resting saliva 



Tampon method. 



To test the natural conditioned saliva, a small chocolate candy which is 

 familiar to the average Japanese child, an apple and a pickled plum were 

 placed in front of the subjects. The results are shown in Table 4. All 

 children showed conditioning for pickled plum and apple, and most did 

 for chocolate. 



Table 4. Natural conditioned saliva in children for chocolate, 

 apple and pickled plum 



Tampon method. 



EXTERNAL INDUCTION OF THE NATURALY CONDITIONED 



REFLEX IN MAN 



The sight of a pickled plum makes the saliva flow in every Japanese, 

 adults as well as children. This shows evidence of the existence of the 



