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performed in response to gustatory and olfactory stimuli and have 

 for their object the capturing of food. It is shown by experi- 



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FIG. 47. A diagram to show the arrangement of the two afferent divisions in 

 the brain of man. Compare with Fig. 46. A cutaneous mesencephalic root of 

 V is hypothetical in man. 



ments on fishes and by clinical observations on man that very 

 strong gustatory stimuli can be localized without the help of 



