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of the epiglottis being the tipping-ground and that 

 whenever these varied materials have been properly dis- 

 posed thereon, the required act, voluntary or involuntary, 

 of tipping into the oesophagus is at once effected, thus 

 obviating the immanent danger of allowing their descent 

 into the pulmonary cavities. 



