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A CRITICAL SURVEY OF RECENT LITERATURE

MISCELLANEOUS OTOLOGIC AND RHINOGENIC CONDITIONS

OLFACTORY SYSTEM

WELLS P. EAGLETON, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1937;26(5):534-582.

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Physiology of Olfactory System.—The sense of smell is of vital importance in the lives of most of the members of the animal kingdom, for it is primarily connected with the search for food. Seydell¹ reviewed this function in some of the lower animals:

Coelenterata: Water hydra react to mechanical and chemical stimuli brought into contact with their tentacles, causing movements of the tentacles and the mouth slits.

Vermes: Worms also have an acute sense of smell. Only the head is sensitive to odors.

Insects: The olfactory end-organs in insects are probably located in the antennae; insects themselves produce odors for a variety of purposes.

Butterflies: These have the enticing odor developed to its highest degree.

Ants: Each ant hill, or colony, has its individual odor. If an ant from one hill is placed in another, it will be destroyed immediately, but if the antennae of the ants in this hill . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEWARK, N. J.

Footnotes
A mimeographed index of all the articles surveyed by me for the ARCHIVES during the years 1925 to 1937 has been prepared, and a copy will be sent to any physician or library on personal application to Dr. W. P. Eagleton, 15 Lombardy St., Newark, N. J.

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