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"These particular sittings at Turin made a great sensation in Italy

Date of account: Published 1908
Source: The Shadow World
Reference: The Shadow World · selected passage 110
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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"These particular sittings at Turin made a great sensation in Italy. They were under the direction of Drs. Herlitzka, Foa, and Aggazzotti, assistants to Professor Mosso, of the University of Turin. Dr. Pio Foa, Professor of Pathologic Anatomy, was also present during one seance. The conditions were all of the experimenters' own contriving. They were young men and had been companion workers in science for many years, and were accustomed to laboratory work. They all came to this experiment perfectly sure that no mediumistic phenomena could endure the light of science. At the end of their three sittings they manfully said: '_Now that we are persuaded of the authenticity of the phenomena_, we feel it our duty to state the fact publicly in our turn, and to proclaim that the few pioneers in this branch of biology (destined to become one of the most important) generally saw and observed correctly....

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