Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1899 — Magnetism of the Head. [ARTICLE]

Magnetism of the Head.

A scientific paper some time ago r< ported that the following experiment was made under the direction of tbe French Academy of Sciences, with the body of a man who was guillotined. A moment after the operation the head was placed on a vertical pivot, on which, after some oscillations, it turned to the north and remained stationary. It was then turned part way by the professors in attendance and it moved back into the same north and south position. This was repeated until “the final cessation of the organic movement”