The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-09
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ing the odOr of musk. but nothing equal
to the genuine article for perfumes. You
find the odOr in the damask or musk rose,
and there is musk odor about musk
melon.
There is musk that it taken from the
muskrat. 1t is quite different from the
musk of the deer. Il is a stringy substance
in form. We have had it offered TO Us
here.
There is also musk that is obtained
from allgators. We have tried it. be-
cause we always keep up to the times,
but we do not use it. it is inferior
1t is necessary TO make a great many
experiments in the way of combinations
in the perfume business. No man should
90 into it who has not good nose. That
! is as essential as that a cook should have
delicate sense of taste.
"In taking up the subject of doors and
their effects" said DR.. Irving Townsend
a specialist in the line of olfactory pecu-
liarities and disturbances, when asked
concerning their relation TO human he
ngs, I'VE must consider the physiology
of the sense of smell. The seat Of this
! sense is in the schneiderian membrane
which is supplied by the ofactory nerve
Substances to be perceived by the sense
Of smell must be soluble, and come in con
tact with the terminal nerve filaments
When in a healthy state the memberane
is moist and dissolves any savory or nm
savory substance coming in contact with
it.
There are other arrangements which
| will affect the sense of smell. Anosmia,
or loss Of the sense Of smell, IS the most
| common. 1t may be caused by an Ordi-
nary cold or a swelling incident to il,
| catarrhal conditions, or the limitations of
powerful vapors or drugs. There may be
| a paralysis of the fifth nerve, Of which
the olfactory is a branch.
sr r,1T
mia. which is an abnormal acuteness of
smell. The nose may be acute for all
doors, or it may be specially acute for
special substances. This trouble may be
caused by hysteria, or a variety Of ncrv-
Gus conditions. These conditions might
be produced by excessive use of tobacco.
This would not be because of a local eff
feet, but because of the action of the to-
bacco on the nervous system.
The third condition, parosmia, is a per-
verified sense of smell which may be caus-
ed by any of the conditions producing the
other results mentioned 1t may be due
to hysteria, it may be OF mental origin.
or it may be due to a. lesion of the brain
or the olfactory, or fifth nerve.
I'm a case of that kind a person would
imagine the presence or an odor when
there was no local reason for it,
Insane people often have a perverted
| sense of smell. Odors offensive TO most
| people they sometimes find exceedingly
| agreeable and vice versa. Occasionally
the sense of smell in insane persons may
| be very acute. but that IS unusual.
THE rational function Of olfaction is the
! differentiation between odors pleasant and
! disagreeable. Sull, the sense of smell
may not protect a person against poisOns.
! Poisonous gases are frequently inodorOus.
! Where a person has a marked aversion
! to certain odors it may be merely an
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causes mentioned, although it may come
under the second head or the third, but
not necessarily.
Il have known people to whom the odor
| of a rose was uncomfortable. Very sweet
! lilies are offensive to some people, and
/ there are people to whom the odor of fruit,
particularly bananas, is very disagreeable.
when odors are particularly offensive
! to persons their nerves might suffer seri-
| ously If they were constantly subject to
! the annoyance. But an odOr is not like
| other things. If you come in contact with
one that is disagreeable you get away
| from it,
1T may be that the aversion to certain
odors is Inherited although this has not
been proved. I do not know that there is
any special literature upon this subject.
1t is only within the last thirty years that
! diseases of the nose and throat have re-
ceived special attention and the greatest
progress has been made within the last
fifteen years
1.-THE relation of smell is not generally
understood or considered in the light it
should be- These two senses are very
closely related. The gustatory serve.
like the olfactory nerve, is a branch of the
! fifth nerve.
1.-THE flavor of a great many substances
is perceived quite as much through the
sense of smell as through the sense of
taste. If the sense of smell is impaired the
sense of taste is affected, sometimes to a
very marked degree"