Aristotle: Problems with the Nose

'Why is it that one sneezes more after one has looked at the sun? Is it because the sun engenders heat and so causes movement, just as does tickling the nose with a feather? For both have the same effect; by setting up movement they cause heat and create breath more quickly from the moisture; and it is the escape of this breath which causes sneezing.'


Barnes, J. (ed.). 1984. The Complete Works of Aristotle. Vol. 2. Princeton Univ. Press, pp. 1515-1516.