The flowers mentioned are equally dangerous to a number
of other singers; the most injurious flower of all is found to be
the violet. The rose is seldom mentioned, and artificial perfumes
are comparatively harmless, though some singers consider it
desirable to be cautious in using them.
FOOTNOTES:
[79] Fere, _Travail et Plaisir_, Chapter XIII.
[80] _Travail et Plaisir_, p. 175. It is doubtless true of the effects of
odors on the sexual sphere. Fere records the case of a neurasthenic lady
whose sexual coldness toward her husband only disappeared after the
abandonment of a perfume (in which heliotrope was apparently the chief
constituent) she had been accustomed to use in excessive amounts.
[81] It is perhaps significant that many colors are especially liable to
produce skin disorders, especially urticaria; a number of cases have been
recorded by Joal, _Journal de Medecine_, July 10, 1899.
[82] Layet, art. "Vanillisme," _Dictionnaire Encyclopedique des Sciences
Medicales_; cf. Audeoud, _Revue Medicale de la Suisse Romande_, October
20, 1899, summarized in the _British Medical Journal_, 1899.
[83] E. Tardif, _Les Odeurs et Parfums_, Chapter III.
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