iii, "Appendix B, History
VIII."
[72] _Sexuelle Osphresiologie_, p. 106.
[73] Mantegazza, _Fisiologia dell' Amore_, p. 176.
[74] In this connection I may quote the remark of the writer of a
thoughtful article in the _Journal of Psychological Medicine_, 1851: "The
use of scents, especially those allied to the musky, is one of the
luxuries of women, and in some constitutions cannot be indulged without
some danger to the morals, by the excitement to the ovaria which results.
And although less potent as aphrodisiacs in their action on the sexual
system of women than of men, we have reason to think that they cannot be
used to excess with impunity by most."
[75] _Kama Sutra_ of Vatsyayana, 1883, p. 5.
[76] Cloquet, _Osphresiologie_, p. 95.
[77] In Normandy the _Chenopodium_, it is said, is called "conio," and in
Italy erba connina (con, cunnus), on account of its vulvar odor. The
attraction of dogs to this plant has been noted. In the same way cats are
irresistibly attracted to preparations of valerian because their own urine
contains valerianic acid.
[78] Sonnini, _Voyage dans la Haute et Basse Egypte_, 1799, vol. i. p.
298.
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The Evil Effects of Excessive Olfactory Stimulation--The Symptoms of
Vanillism--The Occasional Dangerous Results of the Odors of
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