Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-12

graph what DR.. Bourbon saw there
Some were able on examining that
strange picture to see in the black and
white haze some figures us singular and
dissmilar as those which the amiablo
| Polonius perceived in the clouds under
the suggestion Of Hamlet
Dr. Vernois, appointed to write re-
port on DR.. Bourbon communication,
asked him then how the operation had
been conducted, and Dr. Bourbon had
given him these details which Bcr-
nardet was now reading and studying
The assassination had taken place on
Sunday between noon and o clock.
| The extraction of the eyes from thelr
orbits had not been mado until the fol-
lowing day at O'Clock i'll the evening.
The experiment on the eyes, those
terribly accusing eyes of this dead man,
could be made "a hours earlier than
that other experiment. The iiuage-if
there was any imago--ought to be i'll
consequence more clearly defined than
i'll DR.. Bourbon S experiment.
about & o'clock in the evening""
thought Bcrnardet, 'and the photo
graphic light was sufficient
Dr. Bourbon had taken pictures Of
both Of the child 5 eyes as well as both
of the mothers eyes. 7 The child $ eyes
showed nothing but hazy clouds, but
the mothers eyes were different. Upon
the left eye, next to a circular section
back of the iris, IL dclicatcly marked
image of Il dogs head appeared; on the
C t., ~, ~ l.r
picturo-onc could see the assassin rails
ing his arm to strike and the dog leap
ing to protect his little charge.
"With much good will, it must be
confessed, thought Bernardet, looking
again and again at the photograph,
land with much imagination too. But
ii was between 80 and ~ hours after
the murder that the proof was taken,
while this time it will he while the
body is still warm that the experiment
will be tried"
Seventeen times already had DIR. Yer
nois experimental On animals--s0mo-
times just after he had stranaled them,
again when thoy had died from prussia
acid He had held in front of their eyes
simple object which could be easily
rccogni1ed He had taken out the eyes
and hurried with them to the photog-
rapher. lie had, in order to better OK
pose the retina to photographic action,
made sort Of Maltese cross hy making
four missions ON the edge Of the sclorCt-
ic He removed the yitrcous humor,
fixed il on q piece of card with four pins
and submitted the rctila as quickly as
possible to the camera.
In rcreadlnE the learned man'S report
Hornardet studied, porcd over, carefully
scrutlnizcd tie text, investigated tine
dozen proofs submitted to the Society
of Medical Jurisprudence by DR. Nernois:
hetlna OF a cat eye killed ~ prusslc
acld. \ernCls had h"Id the animal III
front Of thc bars OF the cage III which
ii was confined. No result.
Rctma of Il struggled dogs eye. y
watch was held i'll front OF its eyes. No
result.
Rctina Of dog killed by strangula-
ton. y bunch OF shining keys was held
III front Of his eyes. No result.
Rctina Of stranglod dog. An eye
glass held i'll front Of its eyes Photo
graph made two hours after death
Nothing. II all Dr.. Nernols expert
= menta-nothlng, nothing!
Bernardet repeated the word anSrlly.
. still he kept ON. lie read page after
page But all this was 20 years ago
photography has made great strides
since then. What wonderful results
; have been obtained! The skeleton Of the
human body seen through the f!cSh the
instantaneous photograph, the klnoto-
scopic views, man voice registered for
eternity in the phonosraph, the mysteri-
Gus dragged forth into the llHht or DAY,
. nany hitherto unknown secrets become
. common property, the lhvlsible-ovcn
the lnVisiulo-thc occult, placed before
our eyes as Il spectacle!
. lone does not know all that may be
done with kodak, " murmurcd Bernar-
= Diet
As he ascortainod il rercadinG Or.
: \oInols report on Tho Application 81
Photography to Medical Jurispru-
n doncc, y the savant himself, even while
Q denying the results Of which DR.. Bou'
: rlcn spoke III his communication, devot
@ ed himself TO the general consideration
II upon the role which photography ought
! to play III medical jurisprudence. Yes,
;, in 1869 he asked that i'll the researches
8 On poisonous substances, where the mi
+ crO,COpe alone had been used, phOtogra
"a 81, ia 10, L., zoo