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Show Sense of Smell In the Aged. Old pcoplo havo an atrophied sonse of smell, and thoy do not seem to bo-' conscious of this Infirmity. Evon whon thoy can scarcoly distinguish ono , familiar odor In ten, nnd when thoy tako strong smelling liquids for pure wnter, thoy assert that thoy enjoy tho perfume of flowers. Tholr visual Imago?, Im-ago?, for they recognlzo tho porfumo of flowers whon thoy aro nblo to soo thorn. Tho olfactlvo Imago thus has an Independent Intellectual existence, sluco It la cnpablo ot functional ro-vlvn. |