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.