The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-07
DIR. BARADUC's ELECTRO-LUMIN-
Gus BATH AND ITS RE-
SUITS.
SORT OF FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF A FLUID
CURRENT IN THE HUMAN
BODY.
SOLVING A GREAT PROBLEM.
of Life and Death Are Ex-
pected

Verify, this is the age of advanced
science. Here, now, comes the noted
DR.. Baraduc with the assurance that
the human soul is no longer the rnys-
terry which we have hitherto supposed
it to be. This is not the wild statement
of visionary, but the calm assurance
- dentist, whose words on the sub
ject are just al ao.iiie sieae ~
tention, and who oouseu
great deal of sensation at ~ iiee' liis
of the Society of Medicine. In Pa
and at the congress of psychologists
at Munich, by his novel experiments
in the same line, says the New York
Herald
'The human soul moves and is lu-
minous," says DR.. Baraduc. 1.-The
movement of the soul is proved by
the action of the eff1uvia which es-
cape from the hands, and which are
able, after passing through bodies on
which neither heat nor light nor cleo
tricity produces any effect, to influence
the needle of an instrument known as
the biometer.
Their influence is shown by the
manner in which they attract or repel
this needle, according to the moral
or physical state of the person upon
whom the operation is performed The
! luminosity of the soul is proved by
the action Of these same eff1uvia upon
Photographic plates, this action being
the more evident according as the de-
Walton Of the biometer's needle be-
trays more pronounced movement.
What is most curious is the fact
that. when the needle is attracted,
the eff1uVia leave on the photogra phic
plate an image representing masses of
light which look like long stretches Of
thick network. On the other hand
when the needle is repealed, small
Whitish spots are formed, which look
like fakes of snow; under the influence
OF the will these spots can be made to
come together into any figure desired
by the operator
If we place a plate, not under the
hand, but on the forehead or chest
we obtain these whitish spots when
ever those states of the mind prevail
which repel the needle, such as anger.
JOY, terror, physical activity; but when
those conditions prevail which attract
the needle, such as meditation. an
! guish, sadness fatigue convalescence.
we obtain not whitish spots. but thick
masses of light. In the former case
the vital force takes outward form
under the influence of the vibrations
or the soul and the accelerated heats
! Of the heart; in the later case the vital
force surges back into the human soul
IN order to give it new strength and
courage"
A CURIOUS EXPERIMENT
In order to test the truth of these
statements, DR.. Baraduc, assisted bv
DR.. Maurice Adam, made a very curl
Gus experiment recently on a pigeon
The experiment was cruel and will
shock all NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. but the
results obtained were so wonderful that
! no one who has any faith in modern
science can blame DR.. Baraduc for test
ing his strange theories in this way.
Inc object of DR.. Baraduc and DR..
Adam was to find out whether an ami
NAL, when under the influence of vio
lent emotions, could make an impress
SION on Photographic plate, and, if SO.
IN what manner. The pigeon was
fastened on a table, with it's wings
spread out and Its feet tied. A plate
| was then placed over it's heart and the
room was darkened. Naturally the
| poor bird was terrified A minute later
the plate was developed and the two
doctors noted with satisfaction that a
great quantity of vital force had es-
caped and had covered the plate with q
multitude of luminous spots. The ex
pertinent was repeated four times. and
the result was that the spots gradually
diminished in size and intensity, and
hnally disappeared altogether at the
moment when the pigeon, having he
come accustomed to this extraordin-
airy treatment, ceased to feel even the
slightest emotion.
The next step was to take the birds
lie with the object of photographing
the different phases Of its death.
The light from a red lamp filled tha
laboratory at this moment and gave
1t rather diabolical aspect.
The bird was killed and four photo
graphs were taken One was taken
at the moment when the blood began to
now another at the moment when
syncope took place, a third at the mo-
ment when the bird drew the last
breath, and fourth immediately after
death. or these the first showed flakes
or vital force, which had taken out
ward form; the second showed a whirl-
pool OF vital force penetrating into the
body; the third showed thin clouds of
vital force, analogous to the astral
photographs Of the bodies of dead per
sons, and the fourth, taken after death.
showed absolutely nothing.
There is no doubt that the same ex.
would give the same results Proof Of
this statement, however, Is not forth,
coming. Eager as we may be to fathom
the mysteries of life and death we
cannot very well commit murder for
the purpose Of attaining our object.
GREAT RESULTS EXPECTED.
To the question as to what real use
are such strange experiments, the an
swer is obvious. One fact is clearly.
proven by them. The permanent rela-
tons which exist between the attrac-
ton and repulsion Of the biometer's
needle and the forms which are regis
tered by the Photographic plates prove
conclusively the existence of a fluid
current in the human body.
When man is in perfect health this
current is in play from right to left,
the right hand attracting the needle
| of the biometer about fifteen degrees,
while the left hand repels 1T an equal
or a slightly less distance. When man
is under the strain of prolonged physi-
cal or intellectual work, both hands
repel the needle; there is a loss of vital
force, which is shown by fatigue.
During sleep, convalescence and rest
both hands attract the needle An
increase of vital force comes to replace
that which has been expended. But a
current once established cannot be re-
versed at will.
Very often the waste of vital force
continues a long time after the phys
ical or cerebral effort is over, of course
to the great detriment of the body
There is, as 1T were, a flight" of vital
force, which is quite as depressing III
its way as an actual loss Of blood