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Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells

Chapter 13: INDEX
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This study examines the sense of smell from scientific, psychological, and cultural perspectives, combining anatomical description and theories of perception with chapters on animal olfaction, olfactory memory, and the relation of scent to language and personality. It surveys folklore, religion, and history to show how odors shape social customs and individual experience, and addresses public health and hygiene alongside aesthetic and philosophical reflections. The tone shifts between technical explanation and wry personal commentary, offering a comprehensive, accessible account of how smells influence emotion, memory, and behaviour.

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
    • 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
  • 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