On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:03:37 +0200, "scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:

>
>Question: Does such a substance exist in real life?  What is it?
> 
What you are seeing is a hangover from the days when women (and some men) wore
tightly corseted clothes. This restricted their breathing and the fainting was
generally caused by a lack of sufficient blood and oxygen in the brain. A faint
has a low score on the Glasgow Coma Scale meaning it is not a deep state of
unconsciousness. Since the sense of smell is one of the last things we loose
when we loose consciousness a strong smell will often elicit a response. (Before
smelling salts became common burning feathers were used.)
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Regards
     Stephen

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