Telepathic Transfer of Brain Action. 897 



pleasure, anxiety, fear, &<. (I) Intellectual ; as concrete ideas, such 

 as dramatic and historical scenes, apparitions, &c. , and abstract ideas. 



The success had in the purposive transfer of ideas of all the above 

 classes in the experiments of the P. R society, is sufficient, indepen- 

 dent of the hundreds of spontaneous cases which they have collected, 

 to fully justif} T the conclusion that such transfer is real. Of course, not 

 all, nor even a majority of the experiments have been successful, but so 

 large a percentage have been, that the results are unaccountable on any 

 other theory than that of telepathic transference. 



In 497 trials tabulated by the experimenters, in which playing cards, 

 numbers and words were thought of by the agent, and guessed by the 

 percipient, the results were as follows, two guesses being allowed when 

 the first was unsuccessful : 



Cards: 260 trials ; guessed right on first trial 29 times, on second 

 trial 18 times, total, 47. 



Numbers, &c. : 187 trials; guessed right first time 41, second time 

 17, total, 58. 



Words: 50 trials; guessed right first time 25, second time 10, total, 

 35 ; grand total, 140 successes in 497 trials, or 95 correct guesses at 

 first trial in 497, or nearly 20 per cent. The probability of obtaining 

 such result by the operation of mere chance, is not one in thousands of 

 millions of times. It happened at one time that there were nine com- 

 plete, and two partial successes in fourteen trials, at another time there 

 were eight correct guesses in succession. 



In experiments for the transfer of taste, strongly tasting substances 

 were selected, such as vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, wine, 

 aloes, alum, nutmeg, pepper, ginger, &c. , and these were tasted in an- 

 other room by the agent, who afterwards touched the percipient, in 

 some cases through a hole in a partition, the parties being in separate 

 rooms. The proportion of correct answers was large, and in some cases 

 there appeared to be a transference of smell as well as taste impressions. 

 The two senses are intimatel} 7 " related, taste being often at fault when 

 not supported by smell. During experiments in tasting, for example, 

 the agent smelled eau de cologne, and the percipient, though expecting a 

 taste sensation, experienced and reported the effect of cologne. Pain 

 impressions were likewise in many cases strikingly transferred. 



The following table of 20 trials shows the method and its results. The 

 percipient, a lady, was blindfolded, and seated with her back to the 

 agents, of whom there were three or more, and who inflicted on them- 

 selves, simultaneously the same pain on the same part of the body. 



1. Back of left hand pricked. Rightly localized. 



2. Lobe of left ear pricked. Rightly localized. 



3. Left, wrist pricked. " Is it the left hand?" pointing to the back near the little finger. 



4. Third finger of left hand tightly bound round with wire. A lower joint of that rin- 

 ger waslguessed. 



