But neither the physicist nor the chemist can detect any
difference between the primordial germ, say of the fowl, and that of a
female of the human race.
In answer to this question--a question before which science stands
perplexed--we need only remember what has been said before about the
protoplasmic scent. We have spoken before of the specific scent of the
animal as a whole. We know, however, that every organ and tissue in a
given animal has again its peculiar scent and taste. The scent and
taste of the liver, spleen, brain, &c., are quite different in the same
animal.
And if our theory is correct, then it could not be otherwise. Each of
these organs is differently constructed, and as variety of organic
structure is supposed to be dependent upon variety of scent, there must
necessarily be a specific cerebral scent, a specific splenetic scent, a
specific hepatic scent, &c. &c. What we call, then, the specific scent
of the living animal must, therefore, be considered as the aggregate of
all the different scents of its organs.
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