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I KNOW a person who has never been conscious of any odour from a bed of mignonette, and I know another person who has never been conscious of any odour from a bean-field. Both of these persons have the sense of smell acute and discriminating as regards other odours.
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MITCHELL, A. The Sense of Smell. Nature 34, 521 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034521c0
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