There are several similar cases on record.
Although not immediately related to the subject of idiosyncrasy,
the following case may be mentioned here: Ramadge speaks of a
young Frenchman, suffering from an obstinate case of gonorrhea,
who was said to have been completely cured by living in a newly
painted house in which he inhaled the odors or vapors of
turpentine.
White speaks of a case of exanthematous eruption similar to that
of ivy-poison in mother and child, which was apparently caused by
playing with and burning the toy called "Pharaoh's serpent egg."
The idiosyncrasies noticed in some persons during coitus are
quite interesting. The Ephemerides mentions a person in whom
coitus habitually caused vomiting, and another in whom excessive
sexual indulgence provoked singultus. Sometimes exaggerated
tremors or convulsions, particularly at the moment of orgasm, are
noticed. Females especially are subject to this phenomenon, and
it is seen sometimes in birds.
Winn reports the case of a man who, when prompted to indulge in
sexual intercourse, was immediately prior to the act seized with
a fit of sneezing. Even the thought of sexual pleasure with a
female was sufficient to provoke this peculiar idiosyncrasy.
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