抄録
Examinations were made on the olfactory sense and on both subjective and objective nasal symptoms of women under menstruation, pregnancy and climacterium. Stated in the following are the results obtained thereof.
Varying examinations were made on 30 women under menstruation, but subjective complaints were found in only 4 cases (13 %) . After classifying those women into 3 groups of regular and irregular menses and dysmenrrhea, examinations of olfactory sense were made on different stages of before, during and after respective menstrual period. But, findings of practical importance were not detectable both in nasal symptoms and in the sensibility of the olfactori mucosa.
Olfactory sense examinations were also applied on the cases of hyperemesis and on those in varying stages of pregnancy, but there were on significant findings. Findings of the examibations made on the women in climateric stadium were also the same.
Accordingly, it is believed that the subjective disturbance in olfactory sense of the women under menstruation, pregnancy and climacterium is due to the psychological factors rather than the mechanical changes produced in the olfactory sense
