Platon was thinking why people like to kiss so much. His theory was the following. Early the person looked like a ball. A person had four hands, four legs and two heads, simultaneously male and female. It is a a single whole but it was very arrogantly that when Zeus separated it on «male» and «female» parts. And only by means of the kiss the joining is take place. Nevertheless this separation was a punishment . Zeus was not going to give people a great pleasure... But he made an error!
As the psychologists think that kiss calm a nervous system and prevent stresses. The kiss-lovers show themselves as on optimists, they are sure in their efforts and they always acieve the professional and personal success. The kiss is a big bouquet of the difficult chemical reactions. During the kiss partner changes 7 mg of fat, 0,7 mg of proteins and 0,45 of different kind of salts. Besides, by word of mouth during the kiss for about 200 of streptococcus, staphylococcus and different kind of bacteria are passed on. But 95% of them are harmless .
There is the following formulating in “Britannic” encyclopedia : “The kiss – is a touch or a caressing movement by lips on the lips, neck, hand or leg of the other person. It is used for the expression of the sympathy, greeting, as a remembrance or sexual attraction”.
You could not find the article about kisses in the Big Soviet Encyclopedia. But Vladimir Dal' describes a kiss like : “to kiss and to osculate taken together” as a sign of love, friendship,
greeting, respect etc. An expert of the “lively Russian language” informs that in old times instead of “Good-bye” our ancestors told as a joke : “Until the first kiss”.
The first Christians welcomed each other in a meeting by kisses. In the Middle Ages the ceremony of the next candidate dedication to the knights always finished by the kiss.
In the Ancient Babylon public kisses were punished in very severe way. A woman who was kissing in the presence of the people was in danger of years' excision and a man could lose an upper lip. In the XVIII century when the epidemic of the plague, hydrophobia , syphilis. European doctors let know their patients beforehand : “Never kiss the mouth a person whose health you do not know about”.
An ancient Greek philosopher Platon called a kiss as “a deception between two souls”. Now the doctors call a kiss as a “cramp or spasm” when 29 big and little muscles are take part. The researches show that those people who kiss very often are very seldom suffer from the stomach, gall-bladder, circulation of the blood system sickness and also they sleep very nice.
The kisses prevent wrinkles formation as they train facial muscles better than every massage. However, in European countries the citizens kiss not very often. According to the Gallup poll, an average statistical European kisses about 7 times per diem, young people for about 12 times, married couples with a “longevity” and citizens who are older than 50 years old for about two times. 12% of people could not remember their last kiss.
In the Eastern Asia kisses are not extend so much as the bows, though during the XX century European kiss tradition in meeting reached even Japan and China. Eskimos in conditions in Arctic severe cold are afraid to freeze lips during the kiss. Instead of it they rub their noses and greet each other. In the south-east of India and Laplandiya is the convention to press to somebody with a nose to the cheek of your partner respectful and to breathe into the whole breast.
The world record of kiss duration is belonged to the one of the Chicago pair (17 days 10 hours 30 minutes). The winners of the “kiss maraphone” made every hour 5 minute brakes. Two hours in a day they could to eat and have a rest. An original record of diving kiss (2 minutes 18 seconds) established a young pair from Tokio. A champion from English city Newcasle could during the 8 hours kissed 4444 women. The longest cinematographic kiss (185 seconds) was shown not at the time of “sexual revolution” but at long 1910 when the movie “You are in the army now” was shown at the USA silver screens. This record by the duration and passion kiss demonstrated to the audience an actor Redgis Tumi and an actress Jane Uaimen. But the most number of kisses at the screen has an actor John Barrimor who was played the role of Don Guan of the same name movie in 1926.
During the kiss your pulse become more frequent (till 150). At that the pulse rate in strong excitement could double. A pressure is increased. Your lips are swelled. They became tender and pink. That is why a bright rouged lips is an erotic symbol. In every kiss – lips in lips - 34 different muscles are take part. And it is clear that the calories are expended. Three minute kiss and you lost 12 calories. Many people consider that kiss is infectious dangerous. Of course it is not a true! You should not afraid the infection when you kiss each other. Among the 13 people who caught a cold, only one person got the infection from his partner. During the kiss you can catch a lot of bacteria. But it does not mean a mortal danger. An every person have enzymes and antibodies in the saliva which could resist every infection. Besides, there is an androsterone in saliva. It is a substance which is aroused sexual wishes.