"Viscidity" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... are present in the saliva; one, termed ptyalin, imparts to the saliva its viscidity, and it obtained from the secretions of the parotid, submaxillary and sublingual glands; another, which is not glutinous, is distinguished by the property of coagulating when subjected to heat. The saliva is composed of four elementary secretions, derived ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce |
