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Excerpt from Perfumery, Its Manufacture and Use: With Instructions in Every Branch of the Art, and Recipes for All the Fashionable Preparations, the Whole Forming a Valuable Aid to the Perfumer, Druggist, and Soap Manufacturer
These facts, though they prove conclusively that the odorous particles of matter exert an energetic action upon the nervous system, do not account for those eccentricities of organization, in fastidious ia dividuals, which bring on hysterical affections at the scent of particular perfumes. Such disorders originate in imagination or in diseased system, and are the results of perversions of the sense of smell. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
