| Description Of Item | Clipped article by an unnamed author from the British Medical Journal in a scrapbook from the collection of John Ritchie relating to the connection between smell and memory. The author cites evidence from French memoirs – such as by architect Viollet-le-Duc – from the 17th and 18th centuries that discuss unsanitary practices such as public defecation and in Paris, Versailles, and the Louvre. |