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Background

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

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Part 1: “Smell”

Introduction-Part 1

A Natural History of the Senses Introduction-Part 1

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Part 2: “Touch”

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Part 3: “Taste”

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Part 4: “Hearing”

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Part 5: “Vision” - Part 6: “Synesthesia”

Part 5-Postscript

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