Translations:Victor of Aveyron/52/en

• Laroche : Analyze des fonctions du system encriveux and men learned in political science, that the inhabitants of the southern climates are indebted to the action of heat, on the surface of the skin, for that exquisite sensibility which is superior to theirs who live in the northern regions. I made use of this stimulus in every kind of way. I did not think it was sufficient to provide him with com table clothing, a warm bed, and a lodging room, but I thought it is like necessary to put him in the hot bath for two or three hours every day, during which, water at the same temperature as that of the bath was frequently dashed on his head. I did observe that the heat and repetition of the bathing were followed by their usual debilitating effect, effect, which might have been expected. I wished that this might have happened, being perfectly convinced that, in such a case, the loss of muscular force is advantageous to the nervous sensibility.