Now with every increase in her emotion, either while I was
putting questions to her or showing her the pictures, whether she
showed it outwardly or not, she increased her body's resistance to
the current that was being passed in through her hands. The
increase was felt by the galvanometer connected by wires in the
music-room, the mirror swung, the light travelled on the scale,
the arrow was moved by Dr. Guthrie, and her varying emotions were
recorded indelibly upon the revolving sheet of paper, recorded in
such a way as to show their intensity and reveal to the trained
scientist much of the mental condition of the subject."
Kennedy and Dr. Guthrie now conversed in low tones. Once in a
while I could catch a scrap of the conversation--"not an
epileptic," "no abnormal conformation of the head," "certain
mental defects," "often the result of sickness or accident."
"Every time that woman appeared there was a most peculiar
disturbance," remarked Dr. Guthrie as Kennedy took the roll of
paper from him and studied it carefully.
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