The herald., 1896-07-05
AND NOW YOUR THOU0HTS
CAN BE PHOTOGRA PIE

PARIS. June ia communication
has Just been made to the Paris Acade-
ME de Medicin by DR.. Baraduc, wnlcn*
is SO startling that if he had made 1t be-
fore DR.. Roentgen had published MS as 2
covery of cathode rays very rev people
would have been inclined even TO IN
quire into the matter. DR.. Baraduc
actually claims to have succeeded in
photosraphing thought and he has
shown numerous photographs In PROOF
of his assertion.
DR.. Baraduc goes further and says.
that it is possible by his device and
method to produce Photographic imag
at a great distance. r.
Most marvellous instances OF his e1
peIiences are related in his commun
cation to the academic. He says that
has conducted his investigations WIG
the help of colleagues in distant coun
tries, with whom he was in constan
correspondence on the subject, and wh(
are as enthusiastic in the work and as
sanguine of still more satisfactory re-<
suits as he is himself.
DR.. Baraduc quotes, among otherss
this most remarkable instance:
Two of his friends Italian savants,
named respectively DIR. 1strati and DIR.
Hasden, having for a long time pur-
sued curious researches into psychic
photography, as 1t may be called, deter
mined after careful preparations to oo-
tain Photographic specimen credtsu
by the effort of the will.
In order that there may be no mis-
understanding or erroneous report OF
| such an extraordinary experiment you
must be contented with an exact trans
lation of the terms of DR.. Baraduc's COM
| munication. DIR. Istrati. when he was
going to Campana, declared that he
would appear on a Photographic Plate
of his friend, DIR. Hadsen, who was at
| Bucharest.
In accordance with DIR. Istrati's in
! structions, DR.. Hadsen went to bed at
! prearranged hour with q Photographic
! plate at his feet and another at his head.
At that hour DR.. Istrati went to sleep at
| Campana, at distance of about 300
lxilometers from Bucharest, and while
| gradually SurrenderinG himself into the
! arms of Morpheus he willed with ell his
might and concentrated all his thoughts
| on the desire that his image should be
; impressed on the Photographic plate in
| his friends room.
DIR. Baraduc voucheS for the success
| of this experiment. DR.. Hasden, When
| he awoke. found the image in strong
! outlines on his plate, and at once set to
work to develop it. 1t is not as perfect
: in lights and shades as would have been
! the case from personal sitting, but the
| journalists who have examined the
| photograph in question state that the
mans profile can be distinctly traced on
! this specimen. The silhouette of the
! beard is correctly outlined, and every
| lneament is sharp and excellently re-
! produced.
| DR.. Baraduc explains in part his meth
! DDS of psychic photography which
seems simple enough The experimenter
locks himself in dark room, where he
has previously placed a sensitive plate.
After seating himself and divesting his
mind of vagrant thoughts and delibera-
tions, and after steadying his nerves, he
| concentrates all his ideas on a certain
| image, be it man, beast or inanimate OBJ
ject, and it will be found that the accur-
acy of the image will be in proportion to
the power of his will. If no other image
has intruded a perfect likeness will have
been obtained.
The reproduction may prove to be
greatly exaggerated or not sufficiently
clear. which is all owing. according to
DR.. Baraduc. to the lack of decision.
precision and failure to accomplish the
contour
In conclusion DIR. Raraduc says that
not everybody has this power to con-
troll his voiition, and in order to succeed
a strong imagination is absolutely nee
essary and an energetic will indispensa-
ble.-New York Journal.