By a series of papers ending with that by myself with Dr. A. McCormick (‘ Journ. Anat. Physiol.,’ January, 1892), it has been finally determined that the time-honoured doctrine of the closure of the larynx by a lid-like action of the epiglottis is quite untenable ; but, so far as I am aware, no satisfactory account of how after all the larynx is closed voluntarily and reflexly has as yet been given.
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