The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-17
FLIGHT OF SOljL.
FROM BODY SEEN
CHICAGO X-RAY EXPERT WIT
NESSES PASSING OF AURA
FROM DYING MAN.
lis THE GUIDING POWER
Discovery Of Human Life-Light De-
sctibed as Electrical Radiation"
DIR. C'Donnell To Con-
tinue Experiments.

Chicago, H., July 16--The flight
Of life" from d dying person has been
witnessed. pr. Patrick S. O'Donnell,
an X-ray expert Of Chicago, today
declared that he actually observed
He spirit leaving dying man. who
Tas a charity patient at Mercy Hos
lital DR.. ODonnell couples this
startling announcement with an as
sertion that he believes he has dis
covered what lin fact, constitutes
he soul or spirit, at least the 'elec-
icol currcnt" which controls the
lctiona and movements Of the body,
Dr. O'Donnell already has surpris-
ed a score Of Chicago physicians by
demonstrating to them several ex-
noriments whereby the human aura
or electrical radiation was seen by
the human eve
An invited number Of physicians
attended his most recent demonstra-
ton Thursday night at Mercy Hospi.
tai, previous demonstrations had
been held in the physicians office in
the Ileyworth Building and on each
occasion four young women were used
as subjects.
Using a film Of dicyanin and other
chemicals held between two small
lates Of glass, sealed together, all
7f the physicians agreed that by
looking through the screen they
could distinguish the auras of all the
subjects. The aura developed as a
strong radiation of light surround
ing the eatire outline Of the body
and head
In carrying on these experiments
nr O'Donnell has been following ur
u discovery rnadehy Dr. W. = Kiluet
London aud described in book
written by the latter on THE HUI
an Atmosphere, or Aura"
Satisfied he has convinced his ply
clan friends Of the existence of The
human aura, Or. 0Donnell alone
conducted the experiment which he
declares revealed to him the flight
OF life" The patient was reported
It's having only few minutes tc
live.
a looked at the man through the
screen for almost half an hour" DR.
ODonnell said today "The aura
'yas plainly distinglishable. The
attending aoctor said the patient was
sinking rapidly | did not take my
ayes from the subject Suddenly the
physician announced that death had
occurred. At the Same instant the
aura, which as a bright light hat
been radiated from the body at all
points began to- spread from the
body and disappear Further obser-
cation of the body revealed no sign
Of the aura.
81 do not say that this aura is the
5o1l or spirit, in fact no one seems
to know just what it is. 1t is. in my
opinion, some SOIL Of radio activity
made visible by use OF the chemical
screen It undoubtedly is the guild
ng power on current of life, how
ever, as my experiment would seem
to prove"
Dr. ODonnell, in preparing for his
experiments, made careful and
thorough study of the discovery as
reported by DR.. kilner The two
physicians We're associated with each
other some years ago in London.
rhe value Of the discovery. ,ac-
cording to Dr.. O'Donnell, will be its
employment for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the nature of diseases In
this respect, the physician declares
he is Of the opinion it will prove to
be more important than the X-ray.
Or. O'Donnell promises to so still
further in his experiments in an en-
deayor to provide an answer for the
long-debated question HAS an ami
nal a soul or spirit kindred to the
human spirit?" He expects tomor-
row to apply his experiment to a
horse and dog to find out if these
animals possess auras The physic-
ian also has arranged several more
demonstrations in which human sub
jects are to be used.