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]
Dickens, 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]
Hydrocyanic 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]
- Theories 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]
Sensation, 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.
Valerian, [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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