In
another case luminous sparks were given out whenever the patient
passed urine. Marsh relates two cases of phthisis in which the
heads of the patients were surrounded by phosphorescent lights.
Kaster mentions an instance in which light was seen in the
perspiration and on the body linen after violent exertion. After
exertion Jurine, Guyton, and Driessen observed luminous urine
passed by healthy persons, and Nasse mentions the same phenomenon
in a phthisical patient. Percy and Stokes have observed
phosphorescence in a carcinomatous ulcer.
There is a description of a Zulu boy exhibited in Edinburgh in
1882 whose body was so charged with electricity that he could
impart a shock to any of his patrons. He was about six-and-a-half
years of age, bright, happy, and spoke English thoroughly well.
From infancy he had been distinguished for this faculty, variable
with the state of the atmosphere. As a rule, the act of shaking
hands was generally attended by a quivering sensation like that
produced by an electric current, and contact with his tongue gave
a still sharper shock.
Sir Charles Bell has made extensive investigation of the subject
of human magnetism and is probably the best authority on the
subject, but many celebrated scientists have studied it
thoroughly.
Pages:
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837