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A Notable Psychometric Test. 407
the particular piece to be handed to her, and even admitting that the
slight odor of asafetida, or even the imperceptible odor of sulphur,
or the" foul smell", was perceived by me and transmitted telepathically
to the medium, while in rapport with her, what about the sensation
of heat and cold so positively felt by Mrs. Z. in the tips of her
fingers, while holding No.3 and No.4, the atmospheric temperature
of the room being about 70° F.
Does not this single fact prohibit any possibility of telepathic
transmission, and does it not on the contrary, lead directly to the
conclusion that all our sensorial perceptions as light, sound, smell
and even the sensation of cold and heat, are due to vibrations of
different amplitude, length and rapidity, which are perceived in this
case by the original organ of sense, ( 11 ) (the ectoderm) , and carried
through channels hitherto unknown to science, into the perceptive
brain centres? .
Therefore, I CONCLUDE: The sensorial perceptions of Mrs.
Z., in a state of deep trance, with her terminal receiving organs absolutely
cut off, have nothing to do with Telepathy, but must be
looked upon as centripetal transmissions of the external impacts
received by the exterior tegument to the perceiving brain centres by
the way of nervous channels, hitherto unknown to science, though
existing since the earliest generations, (before the development of
specific organs, as eye, ear, nose, tongue had taken place), and of
which scientific remnants are still to be found occasionally in highly
sensitive mediums, such as Mrs. Z.
Very affectionately yours,
.. RJ;;SOLUTJ;; BELIJ;;VJ;;R '',
(Sgd.) DR. PAGJ;;NSTJ;;CHER.
Vice-Pres., President and Hon. Pres. of the
1st, 2d and 3d Pan-American Medical Congress
of Mexico City, San Luis Potosi and
Guadalajara, Mex.
Mexico City, 16 March, 1920.
11. Embryology shows that the skin, product of the ectoderm, was originally
the only perceiving organ for all of our SEVEN different senses; but
nowadays it retains only the functions of three, i. e., of pain, pressure and
temperature, (cold and heat), while the perception of light, sounds, taste and
smell is performed by the so-called specific organs, (eye, ear, tongue and
nose).
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