Dolaeus records an instance of double tongue in a paper
entitled "De puella bilingui," and Beaudry and Brothers speak of
cleft tongue. Braine records a case in which there was a large
hypertrophied fold of membrane coming from each side of the upper
lip.
In some cases there is marked augmentation of the volume of the
tongue. Fournier has seen a juggler with a tongue so long that he
could extrude it six inches from his mouth. He also refers to a
woman in Berlin with a long tongue, but it was thinner than that
of a cat. When she laughed it hung over her teeth like a curtain,
and was always extremely cold to the touch. In the same article
there is a description of a man with a very long neck who could
touch his tongue to his chest without reclining his head.
Congenital and acquired hypertrophy of the tongue will be
discussed later.
Amatus Lusitanus and Portal refer to the presence of hair on the
tongue, and later there was an account of a medical student who
complained of dyspepsia and a sticky sensation in the mouth. On
examination a considerable growth of hair was found on the
surface of the tongue. The hairs would be detached in vomiting
but would grow again, and when he was last seen they were one
inch long.
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