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Discovering Odors [2019]

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Dr. Følling's Flair: Discovery of Phenylketonuria by Smell
5
A Nobel Prize for the Nose and Retraction in Science
9
Sperm and Lily of the Valley
13
Vibrational Theory and the Astonishing Story of Researcher Luca Turin
17
The Famous Madeleines: The Proust Phenomenon, a Scientific Spoliation?
21
The Smell of Rain
25
The Neanderthal Nose
29
Mr. and Mrs. Kallmann Have a Son: When Losing Your Nose and Losing Your Gonads Go Hand in Hand
33
Whiplash, or Losing Your Sense of Smell Following a Head Injury
37
Phantom Odors
41
These Odors That Make Your Head Hurt
45
The Sleeper's Nose
49
<i>Surströmming</i>: The Worst Odor in the World?
53
It Smells Like Cheese
57
What Fennel Reveals to Us
61
Mustard Goes Up My Nose and Onions Make Me Cry: Discovering a Third Unknown Chemical Sense
65
Lavender at the Dentist: Aromatherapy, a Myth or a Reality?
69
Catnip and Pregnant Women: Some Variations in Sensitivity to Odors
73
If You Eat Too Much Fat, You Will Lose Your Sense of Smell
77
Experts' Noses
81
Filled with Smells
85
Obesity and Chocolate
89
The Nose on the Plate: A Difficult Scientific Consensus
93
The Smell of a Hot Croissant: When Our Sense of Smell Nibbles Away at Our Free Will
97
The Dog That Sniffs Out Cancer
101
Smells to Cure Cancer?
105
A Depressed Patient's Nose
109
Gogol's Nose or “Empty Nose” Syndrome
113
She Smells Parkinson's
117
And What Does Parkinson's Smell Like?
121
Alzheimer's Nose: Losing Sense of Smell and Losing Memory, the Same Story?
125
The Smell of Old People
129
The Smell of Death
133
Red Meat, Garlic and Sex Appeal
137
Tears and Desire: Stop Crying, it Doesn't Turn Me On Anymore
141
With a Bad Nose, Comes a Poor Flirt
143
It's All in the Sweat
147
The Smell of Fear
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What Epigenetics Owes to the Nose: How Fear Learned From an Odor can be Transmitted to Offspring
155
Odor and Pain
159
Odorology
163
On the Trail of Odors
167
The Electronic Nose
171
The Plane Nose: The Methods of the <i>Fraunhofer‐Institut für Bauphysik</i> to Get Up in the Air
175
The Gender of the Nose
179
The Newborn's Nose
183
The Smell of a Handshake
187
The Nose and Perfumes
191
Odors… A Hobby?
195
Tell Me What You Smell, I'll Tell You Who You Are, But Not Where You Come From: On Genetic Variations in Odor Perception
199
Conclusion
201
References
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Index
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