There is no doubt that some people have a distinct seminal odor,
a fact that will be considered in the section on "Human Odors."
The Ephemerides, Schurig, and Hoffman report instances of what
they call fetid semen (possibly a complication of urethral
disease). Paaw speaks of black semen in a negro, and the
Ephemerides and Schurig mention instances of dark semen. Blancard
records an instance of preternatural exit of semen by the bowel.
Heers mentions a similar case caused by urethral fistula. Ingham
mentions the escape of semen through the testicle by means of a
fistula. Demarquay is the authority on bloody semen.
Andouard mentions an instance of blue bile in a woman, blue
flakes being found in her vomit. There was no trace of copper to
be found in this case. Andouard says that the older physicians
frequently spoke of this occurrence.
Rhodius speaks of the sweat being sweet after eating honey; the
Ephemerides and Paullini also mention it. Chromidrosis, or
colored sweat, is an interesting anomaly exemplified in numerous
reports. Black sweat has been mentioned by Bartholinus, who
remarked that the secretion resembled ink; in other cases
Galeazzi and Zacutus Lusitanus said the perspiration resembled
sooty water.
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