Fabricius Hildanus mentions a person who fainted from the odor of
vinegar. The Ephemerides contains an instance of a soldier who
fell insensible from the odor of a peony. Wagner knew a man who
was made ill by the odor of bouillon of crabs. The odors of
blood, meat, and fat are repugnant to herbivorous animals. It is
a well-known fact that horses detest the odor of blood.
Schneider, the father of rhinology, mentions a woman in whom the
odor of orange-flowers produced syncope. Odier has known a woman
who was affected with aphonia whenever exposed to the odor of
musk, but who immediately recovered after taking a cold bath.
Dejean has mentioned a man who could not tolerate an atmosphere
of cherries. Highmore knew a man in whom the slightest smell of
musk caused headache followed by epistaxis. Lanzonius gives an
account of a valiant soldier who could neither bear the sight nor
smell of an ordinary pink. There is an instance on record in
which the odor coming from a walnut tree excited epilepsy. It is
said that one of the secretaries of Francis I was forced to stop
his nostrils with bread if apples were on the table. He would
faint if one was held near his nose Schenck says that the noble
family of Fystates in Aquitaine had a similar peculiarity--an
innate hatred of apples.
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