" One of his children was
in the same plight as regards the inoffensive vegetable, cabbage.
Scaliger also speaks of one of his kinsmen who fainted at the
sight of a lily. Vaughheim, a great huntsman of Hanover, would
faint at the sight of a roasted pig. Some individuals have been
disgusted at the sight of eggs. There is an account of a sensible
man who was terrified at the sight of a hedgehog, and for two
years was tormented by a sensation as though one was gnawing at
his bowels. According to Boyle, Lord Barrymore, a veteran warrior
and a person of strong mind, swooned at the sight of tansy. The
Duke d'Epernon swooned on beholding a leveret, although a hare
did not produce the same effect. Schenck tells of a man who
swooned at the sight of pork. The Ephemerides contains an account
of a person who lost his voice at the sight of a crab, and also
cites cases of antipathy to partridges, a white hen, to a
serpent, and to a toad. Lehman speaks of an antipathy to horses;
and in his observations Lyser has noticed aversion to the color
purple. It is a strange fact that the three greatest generals of
recent years, Wellington, Napoleon, and Roberts, could never
tolerate the sight of a cat, and Henry III of France could not
bear this animal in his room.
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