INDEX

Acetone poisoning, Odour of, 84

Adsorption of odours, 113

Æneid, The, Odour in, 72

Albinos, Anosmia of, 116, 126

Alcoholism, Odour of, 84

Alexander the Great, 77

Ambergris, 106

Ammonia, 94

Animals, Lower, Olfaction in, 21

Aniseed, 71

Anosmia, 23, 115, 142

Anti-demoniac treatment by fumigation, 67

Ants, Olfaction in, 28

Apoplectick, Balsam of Horstius, 69

Aromatics, The, 119

Asthma from horses, 93

Asafœtida, 71

Aura, Olfactory, 91

Bacon, Francis, 84

Badger, Olfaction in, 37

Bat and sound-pictures, 32

Bath, The domestic, 18

Baudelaire, 51

Bay, 73

Bazin, Réné, 144

Bean-flowers, Fragrance of, 145

Beltane fires, 143

Bolboceros beetle, 37

Books, Smell of, 146

Brain, Olfactory Routes in, Unknown, 136

Brewer, Anthony, 53

Browning, Robert, 71

Burton, Robert, 78

Cairo, Cholera in, 68

Camphor as disinfectant, 70

Carminatives, 71

Castelli’s theory of vision, 127

Cats, Aversion towards, 92

Cities and towns, Smells of, 150

Civet, 106

Collins, Wilkie, 47

Colosseum, Perfumes in the, 56

Coumarin, 105

Creighton, 84

Crowd-psychology and Odour, 97

Death, Odour of, 84

Deite, 104, 117

Devil, Odour of the, 63, 73

160Dickens, Charles, 54, 148

Disease, Epidemic, and Stenches, 5, 66 Odours of, 83

Disraeli, Benj., 12

Dog, The, and the Abominable, 80 Olfaction in the, 34, 87 truffle-hunter, the, 34

Dostoievsky, 56

Dwelling-houses, Odours of, 148

Eau de Cologne, 57

Einstein and the ether, 138

Ellis, Havelock, 86, 87, 96

Equilibration, Vocabulary of, 59

Fabre, 25, 29, 36, 92 Olfaction in dogs, 36 insects, 25 on nature of odour, 38

Fairbrother, T. H., 120, 132

Farington’s Diary, 151

Farm, Smells of, 153

Favus, Smell of, 84

Fischer and Penzoldt, 108

Fish, Olfaction in, 32

Flavour an odour, 43, 114

Flavours, High, 82 compounding of, 101

Flowers, Perfumes of, Diffusion of, after rain, 112 and insects, 28

Folk-lore, Smell in, 66

Forel, Olfaction in insects, 25, 30

Fumigation, treatment by, 66 for cholera, in modern times, 68

Garlic, 45, 57

Geraniol, 105

Gladstone, W. E., 90

Goethe, 95

Gordon, Douglas, and olfaction in badger, 37

Hæmorrhage, Odour of, 83

Hamilton, Lord Frederick, 151

Harte, Bret, 51

Hay fever, 93

Head, Henry, 130

Health, Public, and Olfaction, 1

Hearing, End organ of, 98 Exhaustion of, 17 Vocabulary of, 60

Hell, Odour of, 73

Henning, 119

Heyninx, 110, 119 Classification of odours, 103, 124 Undulatory theory of odour, 121

History, Smell in, 77

Hogarth, 70

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, and Olfactory memory, 51

Homer, 73

Homing instinct, 30

Hospitals of olden days, of, 83

Humboldt, 64

Hutchison, 116

161Hydrocyanic acid, 119, 131, 157

Hysteria, Treatment of, by stenches, 71

Incense, 51, 53, 56, 68, 72

Incubus repelled by aromatics, 74

Industries, Malodorous, 14

Infra-red light rays, 122, 129 absorption by odorous vapours, 131

Insects, Olfaction in, 25 and hygiene, 29

Iodoform, 16, 103, 129, 131

Ireland, Odours in, 3, 152

James I., “Counterblaste,” 142

Jenner, Edward, 151

Kipling, Rudyard, 55

Lavender, English, 106

Lodge, Sir Oliver, 121

London, Smells of, 150

Louis XI., 78

Louis XIV., 77

Love and Olfaction, 85

Lubbock, Sir John, 25, 30

Macrosmatic animals, 22

Memory, Olfactory, 43 Strengthening of, by Odours, 53, 69, 70

Mercaptan, 39

Meredith, George, 89

Microsmatic animals, 22

Mignonette, 105

Molecular structure of odorous bodies, 117

Molecules, Vibration of, 121

Montaigne, 53

Moths, Olfaction in, 25

Mummification by aromatics, 67

Musk, 28, 75, 104, 106, 107, 109, 110, 117

Nauseous remedies, 70

Nephritis, Acute, Smell of, 83

Nerve, Fifth Cranial, 94 Olfactory, 23

Nitrobenzol, 119

Nose, Olfactory Region of, 114 Pigment in, 116

Odericus Vitalis, 76

Odours, Clashing of, 129 Classifications of, 102 Clinging of, 113 Concentrated, Anosmia for, 110 Diffusion of, 39, 108, 112 Effect of cold on, 112 of Disease, 83 Harmony between, 129 Identification of, 65 Nature of, 38, 98 et seq. Novel, 101 Personal, 76 Physical theory of, 42, 116 of poisonous herbs, 126 Recollection of, 47 Repulsive, 79 in water, 33 162Theories of, 98 Chemical, 116, 132 Undulatory theory of, 42, 116, 120 Criticism of, 129 Varieties of, 100

Ogle, 116

Olfaction. See also Smell. Allusions to, in literature, 51 et seq. and digestion, 136 a primitive sense, 21 Evolution of, 21 in fish, 33 in insects, 25 in the lower animals, 21 in the sex-life, 85 Theories of, 98 et seq. and ventilation, 17, 109

Olfactory cells, 23 hairs, 23, 121 memory, 43 organ, 23 of insects, 28 pictures, 140 et seq. pigment, 24, 116, 125 region of nose, 114

Onions, effect of, 94 f.n.

Orientation. See Homing Instinct.

Paracelsus, 70

Paris, Smell of, 151

Parker, G. H., 100, 104, 108

Pawlow, 136

Peppermint, 71

Perfumes, Classification of, 103 New varieties of, 107 Sources of, 105

Pigment, Olfactory, 24, 125

Pinewood, Odour of burning, 143

Plague, Sweet smell of, 84

Poncelet, P. P., 59

Queen Elizabeth, 3

Reality, Objective, 137

Religion, Smell in, 72

Remedies, Nauseous, 70 Olfactory, 66

Rheumatism, Acute, Acid smell of, 83

Ribot and olfactory memory, 48, 50

Rimmel, Classification of odours, 103

Roberts, Lord, and cats, 92

Rohmer, Sax, 74

Rose perfume, 57, 105 and exhaustion, 16

Roses, Attar of, 105

Rousseau, 100, 141

Sacrifice, Savour of, 72

Saints, Odour of the, 74

Saintsbury, George, 103

Salerno, Teaching of, on garlic, 47

Salmon’s Dispensatory, Fumigation in, 68

Sandal-wood, 113

Scatol, 16, 80

Scott, Sir Walter, 67

Sea, Smell of, 144

Sea-anemone, Olfactory cells of, 24

163Sensation, Nature of, 134 Tactile. See Touch.

Sensory end-organ, Specific reaction of, 130

Shakespeare, 52, 86–89

Shelley, 47

Shops, Smell of, 149

Sinistrari of Ameno, 74

Sins, Odour of the, 74

Small-pox, Smell of, 83

Smell and the Emotions, 91, 95, 142 et seq. in Folk-Lore, Religion, and History, 66 and the Personality, 74, 87, 141 Exhaustibility of, 15, 133 Sensation of, 134 Sense of, Acuteness of, in man, 141 Cultivation of, 140 in old age, 82, 126 in uncivilised man, 64 mystery of, 139 Reaction-time of, 111 Sense Organ of, 23, 101, 107 Delicacy of, 107 Potential responsiveness of, 101 and Speech, 59 Subtlety of, in man, 44, 56 Vocabulary of, Emotional, 61 Etymology of, 61 et seq.

Smith, Elliot, 72

Spectrum analysis of odours, 123

Speech and smell, 59

Spiders, Aversion towards, 92

Stenches a nuisance in law, 12 in Cologne, 8 in the East, 10 in Edinburgh, 11 in France, 9 in London, 11, 13 in Lucerne, 8 Industrial, 14

Subconsciousness, Smell and the, 44, 56, 64, 65, 79, 91, 95, 139

Sulphur compounds, Organic, 15

Taste and smell contrasted, 43 Exhaustion of, 17 Vocabulary of, 60

Tasting wine with closed eyes, 115

Terminology, Olfactory, Scanty, 59 et seq.

Theatre, The, Perfumes in, 56

Theuriet, André, 148

Tobacco, Effect of, on olfactory sense, 142

Touch, Vocabulary of, 60

Truffle-hunter, The, 36

Tyndall, 130

Typhus fever, Odour of, 83

Ultra-violet light rays, 122 absorbed by odorous bodies, 122

Unconscious, The. See Subconsciousness.

164Valerian, 71, 115

Vanillin, 39

Ventilation and sense of smell, 17, 109

Vervain, 80

Violets, 110

Vision, End organ of, 98 Vocabulary of, 59

Vocabulary of Smell, Scanty, 59 et seq.

Volatility and odours, 113

Walking-stick, Medical, 70

Watkyn-Thomas, F. W., 53

Wilkes, John, 90

Whitman, Walt, 77

Zebethum occidentale, 71

Zwaardemaker, 114 Classification of odours, 102 Olfactometer, 107

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