| Show CURIOUS EFFECTS OF SCENTS penetrating odors have been known to induce and even death there 1 is no evidence to support the theory that the smell ot of narcissus may cause influenza but many strange cases are on record regarding the effects of the smell of flowers A foreign officer said a medical manone night went to sleep with a number of bunches ot of oleander an evergreen shrub with red and white flowers in his bedroom in the morning he be was found dead the pungent smell of the oleander had asphyxiated asphyxia ted him less serious Is the case of a doctor to r who after sitting tor for some time in a room where there were several beveral bowls of jasmine became exceedingly giddy ile he removed the flowers whereupon he was waa himself again at once on co A number of oranges in a room has been kno known wn to make a man unconscious I 1 know also of the case of a man who going to sleep in a storeroom tuil full of apricots was discovered next day in an unconscious condition and lay for some time in peril of his life |
