Translations:Victor of Aveyron/61/en

These symptoms, however, were confined only to some of the organs; those of the sight and hearing were not at all affected by them: evidently, because these two senses, being much less simple than the rest, required a minute and more protracted education, as will appear from the sequel of this history. The simultaneous improvement of three senses, that was produced in consequence of the stimulants applied to the skin, at the same time that these two last remained stationary, is an important fact, and deserves particular attention from physiologists. It seems to prove, what from other sources appeared not improbable, that the sense of touch, smell, and taste, are merely different modifications of the organ of the skin; whilst those of the ear and the eye, being less exposed to external impressions, and enveloped with a covering much more complicated, are subject to other laws of amelioration, and ought, on that account, to be considered as constituting a class perfectly distinct.