The slightest odor was to her intolerable; sometimes she could not tolerate the presence of certain individuals.

She could tell in a numerous circle which women were menstruating.

This woman could not sleep in a bed which any one else had made, and for this reason discharged her maid, preparing her own toilet and her sleeping apartments.

Cadet de Gassieourt witnessed this peculiar instance, and in consultation with several of the physicians of Paris attributed this excessive sensitiveness to the climate.

There is a tale told of a Hungarian monk who affirmed that he was able to decide the chastity of females by the sense of smell alone.