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Show DISEASE DEFINED BY ODOR Sense of Smell Relied Upon by Experts Ex-perts to Determine Nature of Ailments. Tho acutencss of the senso ot smell Is far greater In many of tho lower animals, an-imals, dogs, for exnmple, than In man, ind they employ It lu guiding them to their food, In warning them of approaching ap-proaching danger nnd for other pur poses, says tho Spatula. The sphere of tho susceptibility to various odort la moro ur.Iform and extended in man and tho tonso of smell Is capable ol great cultivation. Llko tho other special spe-cial senses, It may bo cultivated bj atteutlou and practice. Experts car discriminate qualities of wines, liquors drugs, etc. Diseases havo their char actorirftlc odors. Persons who havo visited many different dif-ferent asylums for tho Insane recog alzo tho same familiar odor of tho in eano. It is not insane asylums nlono but prisons, Jails, workhouses, arm lei lu camp, churches, schools and nearlj every household, that havo character Ictlc odors. It is when tho Insane, tho prisoners and tho soldier aro aggro-gated aggro-gated In largo groups or battalions, that their characteristic odor Is recognized. recog-nized. Most diseases havo their char scterlstlc odors and by tho excrciso ot tho sense of smell they could bo utilized In different diagnosis. For exnmple, fovcr has a mousy odor, rheumntsm has a copious sour-smell-Ing acid sweat. A porson nflllcted with pyaemia has a sweet nauseating breath. Tho rank, unbearnblo odor ot pus from tho mlddlo car tolls the talo of the decay of osseous tissue. In ecurvy tho odor Is putrid, In chronla peritonitis musky. In scrofula like stale beer, 'In Intermittent fevor like fresh baked brown bread, in fever am-monlacal, am-monlacal, in hysteria llko violets ot pineapple. Measles, diphtheria, typhoid fever, epilepsy, phthisis, etc., have characteristic odors. |
