The Nose

A Profile of Sex, Beauty, and Survival

By: Gabrielle Glaser

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Paperback | 18 September 2003 | Edition Number 1

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Each year Americans spend billions of dollars on their noses. From over-the-counter sinus remedies to cosmetic surgery, aromatherapy to Chanel no. 5, we are a nation immersed in all things nasal. But how did this one vital organ become an object of beauty, a status symbol, the basis for judging character? What led to the invention of cotton tissues? Why do we follow our noses when seeking a mate -- or choosing a president?
The Nose is a fascinating tour of its subject through history and biology, art and culture, sex and sensibility, sickness and health. Gabrielle Glaser breathes life into her research by offering engaging anecdotes and personal interviews with physicians and their patients; members of the FDA and the Fragrance Foundation; a rabbi who contemplates the nose in sacred Jewish texts; and a plastic surgeon who finally puts his own proboscis under the knife. Sure to awaken the senses of anyone who has pondered, probed, concealed, or cosmetically altered their noses, this book proves that there¹s more to the nose than meets the eye.

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"Glaser draws a thousand scents into a highly readable narrative that's a breath of fresh air."

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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Human Biology Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology Physical Anthropology History General & World History Medicine Medicine in General History of Medicine

Psychology Politics & Government Pre-Clinical Medicine & Basic Sciences Anatomy

Memoir of a Nose	p. 1
History of the Nose: The First Two Millennia	p. 15
Centuries of Stench	p. 17
The History of Science (As Told Through the Nose)	p. 46
Nagasaki Up the Nose	p. 73
The Nose and Modern Science	p. 93
What Smells?	p. 95
The Recreational Nose: A Glimpse	p. 127
Past Scents: Odor and Memory	p. 134
The Sinus Business	p. 150
The Commercial Nose	p. 179
Smells Like Money	p. 181
The War on Stink: Banishing Body Odor	p. 202
From the Bronx to America: Odyssey of a Nose	p. 214
Epilogue	p. 243
Notes	p. 251
Acknowledgments	p. 261
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