Bruyerinus knew a girl of sixteen who
could not bear the smell of bread, the slightest particle of
which she would detect by its odor. She lived almost entirely on
milk. Bierling mentions an antipathy to the smell of musk, and
there is a case on record in which it caused convulsions.
Boerhaave bears witness that the odor of cheese caused nasal
hemorrhage. Whytt mentions an instance in which tobacco became
repugnant to a woman each time she conceived, but after delivery
this aversion changed to almost an appetite for tobacco fumes.
Panaroli mentions an instance of sickness caused by the smell of
sassafras, and there is also a record of a person who fell
helpless at the smell of cinnamon. Wagner had a patient who
detested the odor of citron. Ignorant of this repugnance, he
prescribed a potion in which there was water of balm-mint, of an
odor resembling citron. As soon as the patient took the first
dose he became greatly agitated and much nauseated, and this did
not cease until Wagner repressed the balm-mint. There is reported
the case of a young woman, rather robust, otherwise normal, who
always experienced a desire to go to stool after being subjected
to any nasal irritation sufficient to excite sneezing.
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