Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1915 — Strategy in Tongue Inspection. [ARTICLE]

Strategy in Tongue Inspection.

Everyone who has ever tried to get a very small child to "put out your tongue” for inspection, or to open her mouth wide, that the suspected tongue might be viewed, knows how hard a matter it is to really see either the condition of the tongue or tonsils, because the baby will not straighten out her tongue or open her mouth wide enough. I have gotten around this difficult by putting a drop of honey or molasses on the tip end of the child’s chin, and asking her to lick it off. The process of licking off gives me a good, unhurried view of the straight, extended tongue; it also causes her to open her mouth so wide that I can see her tonsils and the back of her’ throat. And all this without worrying • the baby, for she thinks it is * game.—Good Housekeeping M«g azine