Smell,lungcancer [and mashiach ]

The Sages interpreted this to mean that ……….[see also end of article]
‘Electronic Nose’ Sniffs Out Lung Cancer: Study [I SHORTENED THE ARTICLE]
By Charlene Laino
Monday, May 19, 2003
SEATTLE (Reuters Health) – A novel “electronic nose” shows promise for sniffing out lung cancer, a new study suggests.
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Known as the Cyranose, the device picks up the scent of certain compounds exhaled in the breath of lung cancer patients, according to the team led by Dr. Roberto F. Machado, a fellow at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
In a study of 59 people, the electronic nose was able to distinguish between those who had lung cancer and those who did not, Machado reported here at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Cyranose takes advantage of the fact that human breath contains a mixture of hundreds of volatile chemicals. In a person with lung cancer, there is a distinct mixture of these chemicals that is high in alkanes and benzene derivatives.
When a person breathes into the device, dozens of sensors go to work, hunting down any chemicals that are present and generating a “smellprint” that can be seen on a video display monitor.
“The person just blows out and the device analyzes their breath,” Machado said.

The prophesy of Isaiah continues: “and his delight will be in the fear of G-d and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, nor decide after the hearing of his ears…” The word for “delight” (v’haricho) has the same root as the word “smell,” (rayach). The Sages interpreted this to mean that the Mashiach will be able to judge through the sense of smell. According to tradition, the four senses of sight, hearing, taste and touch were all blemished due to their participation in the sin of eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden. Only the sense of smell does not appear in the verses describing the sin, thus retaining its original pristine state. The common expressions “something doesn’t smell right,” and “this stinks” used to illustrate situations that feel intuitively wrong, allude to the association between smell and judgment. Smell is connected to intuition and inspiration, both of which emanate from a superconscious level above logic and reason. Mashiach represents the consummate state of ongoing inspiration from G-d; therefore he will be able to judge through his rectified sense of smell.
Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh