Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-08-26
MAKES PHOTO OF
ASTRAL THUMB
California Surgeons Experiment
Raises interesting Question
Among Scientists.
HOLD DISCOVERY VALUABLE
Doctor Believes He Has Provided
Basis for Far-Resching Biological
Research-Etherie Double Of
Amputated Member Pictured.

San Franc.Seo.-TEc = recent an
nouncement by Dr. T.. =. Haley, local
surgeon, that he las photographed the
etherlc double of q mans thumb,
which had been cut or nj the joint,
has aroused an Interesting scientific
discussion. =
Scientists say Doctor Haley's ex-
pertinent raises the question Of wbeth-
er man possesses within himself dor
mant energy TO reproduce parts of
himself, such as an arm or leg, when
he loses them.
Doctor Haley does not profess that
his experiment proves such a theory,
but declares that he believes he has
provided the hasis for far-reachlng
biological research.
Likewise he insists his experiment
in no wise is of Il "splrituallstic' ma
ture.
MY own contribution is simply 10
show by photography that crystaliza-
tion OF energy exists. Scientists may
go much further HHd possibly in time
demonstrate that such rehabilitation
of energy may be made permanent In
stead of m0mentary. such as my
photographs SHOW" Doctor Haley
said.
Likewise II may prove that ghosts
are not supernatural, but simply a
natural and material compound of ex.
ternalized energy. II is certain that
Il, ~. slxf,
10 human eyes. Likewise certain per.
sons are psyehically sensitive TO
things which others are not. There is
IL great field for investigation opened
by my experiment.
Thur,h Off; Fit Pa'1.
Doctor llaley's subject IN his inter
esting test was woodworker who
had LOST his hlanh. The wnd vorker
believed himself conscious to pain
when n pin WAS lne"rted wi"re the
thumb once was. For The exp rlnHnt
the stump was placed on highly sen.
sltized paper in a Photographic solu-
ton. -Four impressions were taken
ranging In time from one.half to a
minute and half.
"My theory Is that the etherie dou-
and, under influence of will power and
With the mid of other factors possibly
not understood, the body energy 'radi-
ates from the point where the stump
is, filling In the etheric double" said
Doctor Haley, illustrating with one of
the photographs.
"In such an event as the photo
graphs show the etheric double acts
as n blue print" continued the doc
tor. Decentralization of energy Is n
fact that has been known for years
and which fsfct | took into consi,lera-
ton I'm my work.
Holds Discovery Valuable.
"This sort of work may throw light
on many of the biological problems.
such as heredity, and should have an
application on medicine. The expert
ment is not exactly along my line, ot
work. and 1t Is my intention 70 turn
what facts | have over to the Univer-
sity of California or the California
Academy of Science for further con-
sideration, If they care for them.
"The value Of my discovery Will be
possible diagnostic factor IN neurol-
ogy and contribution to biological
knowledge. believe" said Doctor
Haley. when asked what his findings
might be used for.
THE 'etheric double Is not spiritu-
alistic. but, as I say, biological and,
aided by the power of the human body
and psychic mechanism effects on the
body, Ii may be applied TO medicine
II Is my firm belief that n system of
medical diagnosis may eventually be
founded on the theory" the doctor
concluded.
Doctor Haley said he had been
working ON his latest experiment sbut
one month.