e fact that my laboratory is very warm.
She again holds out her right hand, and a left hand, attached to a
long, thin arm, is seen by her to detach itself and place itself
over the plate held in my hand. Upon being developed, the
impression of a very large left hand was found upon the plate--so
large that only a portion of the hand could be seen! The whole of
the medium's hand can easily be placed upon the plate. These are
very similar to the enormous hands frequently seen in the Palladino
seances, and said to be those of 'John King.'

"From the above facts I think we are justified in arriving at the
following tentative conclusions:

"1. That the hand of the double can be larger than that of the
medium.

"2. That a left hand can be projected from a right arm, drawing its
force from the entire body of the subject, this being accompanied
by a chilly feeling in the extremities and by congestion of the
head.

"3. That the arm of the double appears to shrink in size according
to its distance from the medium's body.

"4. That it is easier for the fluidic hand to imprint itself upon
the photographic plate (negative) in white than in black.

"5. That in the case of the large and shining thumb it is
surrounded by a clear halo of light.

"6. The etheric body of the medium, the 'double,' behaves as though
it were an independent spirit."

In a second series of experiments very small hands were produced by
request. These hands terminated abruptly at the wrist, but it was found
by a series of independent experiments that any hand would appear to do
so if the illumination came from a certain direction. In one case the
photographic plate was placed on the sofa, three feet from the entranced
somnambule. Dr. Ochorowicz took his seat by her side. A fluidic hand was
seen to approach the plate, then retreat into the medium's body,
avoiding the red light. Upon the plate being developed, the imprints of
two small hands were seen, somewhat resembling the hands of the medium,
though smaller. They were not typical children's hands. The medium had,
in fact, made two distinct efforts to impress the plate and have the
fluidic hand place itself upon it. These semi-materializations are very
interesting, since they form the connecting link between true
materialization, which is solid and substantial, and so-called thought
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