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hardiest men I have ever seen, who has traveled through Per- 

 sia and Kurdistan, and twice penetrated from Egypt into the heart 

 of Africa; who is therefore a rare example or iron health and 

 strength of constitution, namely, M. Kotschy, who accompanied 

 M. Kusseger in part of his travels. He perceives the effect most 

 distinctly when the temperature of the air is agreeable, and less dis- 

 tinctly when it is cold. The fingers, therefore, act, as on the sensi- 

 tive nerve, exactly in the same way as a crystal of middling size. 



" 'I compared the two forces with reference to their conducti- 

 bility. I caused Mile. Sturman to take hold of one end of a rod of 

 German silver with her right hand, taking care previously to avoid 

 touching it myself. I allowed her some time to become accustomed 

 to the sensation caused by the rod taken alone. I now placed on the 

 other end the points of the fingers of my right hand, which were 

 rather moist. She instantly perceived a warm sensation and this 

 passed upward as far as the elbow. I now added the fingers of my 

 left hand; the sensation became much stronger and reached to the 

 shoulder. I removed my fingers ; the sensation rapidly diminished, 

 without however instantly disappearing. 1 next attached and 

 removed my fingers alternately ; the sensation kept pace with the 

 changes, increasing and diminishing regularly. I repeated these 

 experiments, substituting for the rod of German silver an iron wire 

 about five feet in length. When one end was held by the patient 

 and I applied five fingers to the other, the patient perceived a cur- 

 rent of decided heat ; and with my ten fingers the sensation was 

 stronger. It always quickly disappeared when I dropped the wire 

 out or my hand. This fact was confirmed by frequent repetitions. 



" 'I now wished to try whether bodies could be charged with 

 the force from the hand. I began with Mile. Sturman. Ilaid the 

 German silver, rod near her and allowed it to lie for a quarter of an 

 hour. I then begged her to take it in her hand and thus to become 

 accustomed to the sensation it might cause. After doing so she laid 

 it down and then I took it in my nand for some seconds and laid it 

 down. When she took hold of it she felt warm and so strangely 

 charged that the well-known sensation caused under similar circum- 

 stances by crystals, rose through the hand as far as the elbow. This 

 was of course repeated with many variations, for the sake of control. 

 Her physician, Dr. Lippich, made a similar experiment. At my 

 request, in another room he took into his hands for a short time one 

 of two precisely similar porcelain saucers, not touching the other. 

 They were now presented to the patient, who with the greatest 

 facility and accuracy distinguished that which had been held in the 

 hand from the other. After about ten minutes the effect was dissi- 

 pated and both saucers felt alike. The experiment with the rod 

 was soon after repeated with Mile. Maix in the same way as above. 

 It yielded the same results; the rod was charged by my fingers and 

 the charge which Mile. Sturman had felt for five minutes was per- 

 ceived by the more sensitive Mile. Maix to the last, gradually 





