The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-05-21
SOME CURIOUS AvERsIONs.
A Collection Of the Odd Idiosyncrasies o.
4r the Noble and Piebeian.
lCambers' Journal

A Collection Of the Odd Idiosyncrasies of
m the Noble and Piebeian.
i-s. lCambers' Journal
The secretary of Francis 1. used to stop up
his nostrils with bread if he saw q dish of
apples, to prevent an otherwise inevitable
bleeding at the nose. A Polish king had an
antipathy to both the sightand smell Of this
wholesome fruit, and family of Aquitaine
had q hereditary hatred for it. A Flemish
damsel was sadly troubled by an uncomfort-
able aversion to the smell of bread. Cheese,
mutton, musk, and amberRris have been so
repugnant to some nasal organs as to send
thlr owners into convulsions.
Gretry, the composer, could not endure
the scent of the rose, neither could Anne, of
Austria The mere sight of the queen of
flowers was too much for Lady Heneage,
bedchamber woman to Queen Bess; indeed,
Kenelm Digby records that her cheek be-
came blistered when some one laid a white
rose upon it as she slept Her ladyship's
antipathy was almost as strong as that of
the dame who tainted when her lover ap-
preached her wearing an artificial rose in his
buttonhole. A violet was thing OF horror
to the eyes of the Princess de
Lamballe; tansy was abominable to an earl
of Barrymore; Sca'iger grew pale before the
water cress; and q soldier, who would have
scorned to turn his back on foe, fled with
out shame from sprig OF rue.
A poor Neapolitan was always seized with
a fit upon attempting to swallow q morsel of
fresh meat of any kind. and nature thus con-
demned him to vegetarianism, q sorer aff1Ic-
ton than that suffered by Guianerius, whose
heart palpltatsd violently if he indulged In
a pork dinner, or by the lady who could
Tot taste udder of beer without her lips
swelling to uncomfortable dimensions. DIR.
Prout had a patient who declared honest
mutton was as bad as poison to him. Think
ing this was all fancy, the doctor admins
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guises, but every experiment ended in q
vomiting fit.
Another unlucky individual always had a
fit of gout few hours after eating fish; and
Count d. Armstadt never failed to go off in
faint if he knowingly partook of dish con
tanning the slightest modicum of olive oil.
A still worse penalty attached to lobster
salad in the case of lady for if she ventured
to taste of it at dancing party her neck,
before she returned to the ballroom, would
be covered with ugly blotches. and her peace
of mind destroyed for the evening.
According to Burton, a melancholy Duke
of Muscovey fell instantly ill if he looked
upon a woman, and another authority wa.
seized with colo palsy under similar Provo
cation. Weinrichur tells of a nobleman who
drew the line at old ladies. which did no
prevent him losing his life in consequence
of his strange predjudice; for, being called
from the supper table by some mischieveou,
Irlenos 70 speak 10 an Oiu woman, ne lei
down directly he beheld her: and died theI
and there. What an old woman did for thi
old hater, an eclipse did for Charles d. Escare
Bishop of Langres. 1t was his inconvieut Gus
tom TO faint at the commencement of
lunar eclipse, and remain insensible as lonl
as 1t lasted. When he was very old and yer,
infirm an eclipse took place. The goot
bishop went off. as usual, and never came t,
again. Old John Langley, who settled il
Ireland in 1851, cherished an antipa qui b
as obstinately, but had no idea of dying o
it. By his last will and testament he orderet
his corpse to be walked by so Irishmen, fol
each of whom two quarts of aqua vitae were
to be provided, in the hope that, gettin,
drunk, they would take to killing on
another. aud do something toward lessen
ing the breed. sa