The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-04

ruuf utDef pnfSlCiaus, uUucf my
direction, made the tirst test upon a
patient dying with tuberculosis.
This man was one of the ordinary
type OF the usual American tempera-
ment, neither particularly high
strung nor OF marked pnlee matte dis
position, We placed him few hours
preceding death upon scale plat.
form which | had constructed and
which was accurately balanced.
Four hours later, with five doctors In
attendance, he died. The instant
life ceased the opposite scale fell
with a suddenness that was as,onisli.
Ing, as II something had been sud
denly lifted from the body.
Immediately all the usual deduc.
tions were made for physical loss of
weight. and IL was discovered that
there was still full ounce OF weight
unaccounted for.
my fellow physicians were mysti-
lied aud onl, half convinced. |, my
self, had grave doubts that our calcu.
lstions were correct. Otherwise,
how, was IL possible To account for
this strange lossy There was no
known scientific manner OF doing so.
CAS- result OF this doubt | sub
mitted another subject afflicted with
the same disease and nearing death
TO the same experiments. lie was a
man OF much the same temperament
rs the preceding patient and OF about
the same physical type.
1.-THE same result happened at the
passing OF his life. The instant the
heart ceased TO beat there was the
sudden aud almost uncanny dimin.
ishment OF weight. AS experiment.
ers, each physician In attendance
made figures OF his own concerning
this loss, and. nj q consulta ton,
these figures we're compared. The
understandable loss continued TO be
shown.
THE question then arose ms 10
what the loss meant. II was a loss
OF substance, which could he obtained
In known figures, AMI which was also
such a sinenlarly appreciable loss as
to place IL beyond all doubt that &c
might he due TO any error In calcutta.
ton. This two separate differences
obtained correspond. each being OF
about an ounce. But this was less
remarkable than what took place In
the third case. The subject was that
OF a man OF larger physical build,
with a pronounced sluggish tempera.
ment.
"Wben life ceased, as The body lay
In bed upon the scales, for full min
ute there appeared to be no change
In weight. The physicians waiting
In the room looked into each other S
faces. silently shaking their heads In
the conviction that our test had
failed.
Then suddenly, the same thing
happened that had occurred 10 the
other cases. There was sudden
dimiDishment In weight, which was
soou found TO be the same as that of
the preceding experiments.
II believe that In this case that OF
phlegmatic man, slow Of thought
and action the soul remained sus.
pended in the body after death, dur.
Ing the minute that elapsed before II
came 10 the consciousness Of It's free.
dom. There is no other way OF nc
counting for IL, and IL Is what might
be expected to Happen In man OF
the subjects temperament.
Three other eases were tried, In.
Guiding that OF woman, and In eacl
IL was established that n weight oil
from one half 10 full ounce depart
ed from the body at the moment ol
expiration. In nearly every expert
ment each physician made his owl
figures and then comparison OF re
suits followed.
Every test was made TO disproyi
as well as 10 prove the peculiar ne
suits. but always with the same def
mite and marked change.
Thus II appears that the sou
must he some space occupying body
either Of grasitated or some othe
form OF matter which has weight.
''If this strange loss IL not due d
the weight OF the departing soul 1
remains for some one 20 offer a tie.
ter solution Of the mystery.
II think that any one present n
those tests and witnessing the start
ling change IN the body's weigh
when lie lied would he convincer
that this Is the only solution.
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