Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1913 — SEE HUMAN AURA WITH UNAIDED EYE [ARTICLE]

SEE HUMAN AURA WITH UNAIDED EYE

Doctors Watch the Demonstration with Young Professional Woman as the Subject HAZE APPEARS ABOUT HER BODY Bluish-Gray Film, In Three Layers, Rings Model’s Form—Broken by Touch —Shows Diseased Portion of Lungs. Philadelphia, Pa. —Several Philadelphia physicians who witnessed a series of experiments conducted by Dr. Arthur W. Yale, a consumption specialist, are convinced the human body is surrounded by a sort of film, known as the human aura, saving seen it with their own eyes. For fear his work would prove fruitless the experiments were conducted secretly until a few days ago. Then physicians and friends interested in scientific work were invited to what is termed a “scientific seance.” An artists’ model, a girl 20 years old, was obtained as a subject. The aura is more distinct in a woman than a man for a reason as yet unexplained. The room was darkened so all chance of a shadow falling on the model was removed. The guests then were provided with slides, designed to make the aura visible. After a few moments of looking at the model the observers asserted the girl’s body was surrounded by a nebulous gaze in the form of a distinct bluish-gray ring. After the eye had been aided the lenses were dispensed with and the unaided sight discerned the aura’s glow. Professor Rosenthal says the aura is visible in three distinct' places; Next to the body a dark band a quarter of an inch wide, an inner aura, or band of light, and the outer aura. Dr. Yale intends to continue his experiments, believing it may aid him In making a correct diagnosis when treating consumption by indicating the position of the diseased portions of the lungs. That may be possible, as it is a theory that whenever the body 1b diseased, there is a break in the aura. To test that theory further, the physician had a patient undress and examined his chest through the slide. The aura was visible, but' under the left shoulder wa3 broken, seemingly indicating that part of the chest was where the disease lay.