Abstract
In 1897 Fliess1first called attention to the hitherto unknown and remarkable results obtained by treatment of the nose for the relief of dysmenorrhea and labor pains. In the same brochure he presented a series of facts tending to prove the existence of a periodicity in human life stated to be twenty-eight days in the female and twenty-three days in the male. The relationship between the nose and uterine organs was limited, according to Fliess, to certain points in the nasal mucosa which he termed the genital spots. These are the tuberculum septi and the anterior portion of the inferior turbinate in either side of the nose. At menstruation these swell, bleed easily, are sensitive to the touch of a probe and are slightly cyanotic. During labor Fliess noted a swelling of the erectile tissue of the nose at each uterine contraction. His first experiments were with cocain. During
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