ABSTRACT
The first published report of post-traumatic anosmia appeared in volume 1 of the London Hospital Report (Jackson, 1864). In this article, John Hughlings Jackson describes the case of a 50-year-old patient who lost his sense of smell after being knocked off his horse by a high-wayman. The patient, who received a blow to the head, suffered a severe concussion and afterwards never regained his sense of smell. Subsequent reports of posttraumatic anosmia in the late 1800s also involved blows to the head or falls from horses or horse-drawn vehicles (Ferrier, 1876; Legg, 1873; Notta, 1870; Ogle, 1870; Rotch, 1878).
