Dysgeusia
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Dysgeusia is a subjective disorder of taste characterized by its perversion. Patients with dysgeusia often take particular pleasure in substances that healthy people find difficult to consume or find repulsive. This condition is most commonly observed in hysterical individuals or those with mental illness.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
DYSGEUSIA, dysgeusia, subjective disorder of taste in the direction of its perversion. Patients with D. take particular pleasure in substances which are consumed with great difficulty or with disgust by healthy people. D. is most commonly observed in hysterical subjects or in mentally ill patients. Partial D., which manifests in that the perception of one taste irritation occurs quickly and correctly, while the sensation of other irritations is completely lost, or which appears as a mixture of one taste sensation with another, is distinguished under the name of dysesthesia.
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“Dysgeusia.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/dysgeusia/