Note 42 — Chapter VIII · OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANIMAL LIFE.

Of these four sources of sensation, the first, whatever Bichat may say, exists in the fœtus before birth, and the other three, do not exist some hours after; the eye is insensible to light, the ear to sound, and the taste is not really in exercise when the first food creates in the organ an unaccustomed sensation.