THE WEIGHT OF SOUL

 

 On 10th April 1901, Dr. Duncan "om" MacDougall led an uncommon examination to demonstrate that people have soul. As per MacDougall in case soul is consider as Issue & it is available in human body then it should have some mass. To ascertain mass of soul Dr.MacDougall need to gauge weight of human body before & after death.

To measure precise weight macdougall made a custom weight measure machine on which he continued biting the dust patient & delay until patient pass on normally with no outer reason. He pick TB(tuberculosis).

patients as his guinea pig due to 2 significant reasons:

• in 1901 fix TB was not known so understanding color naturally
• at the hour of death TB patients bite the dust with no weighty development of muscles or body, consequently weight scale can not be upset & give more exact reading.

In the organization of four different specialists, Dr. MacDougall painstakingly estimated the heaviness of his first quiet preceding his passing. When the patient passed on, a fascinating occasion occurred. Suddenly, correspondent with death," composed Macdougall, "the bar end dropped with a perceptible stroke hitting against the lower restricting bar and staying there with no bounce back. The misfortune was discovered to be three-fourths of an ounce."

It implies his first understanding misfortune some measure of weight at the hour of death & weight measures is 21g.

He forged ahead the following patient with similar outcomes. Dr. MacDougall felt he was on to something uncommon. A statement from the 11 Walk 1907 New York Times article catches the notable moment: " The moment life stopped the contrary scale dish fell with an abruptness that was astounding – as though something had been unexpectedly lifted from the body. Promptly every one of the typical allowances were made for actual deficiency of weight, and it was found that there was as yet a full ounce of weight unaccounted for".

Macdougall group of 4 specialists take their own perusing & none of the perusing were same. Not all quiet misfortune same measure of weight but rather they did misfortune some measure of weight which was unaccounted for.Only 4 out of 6 patient's weight was considered & other 2 readings were not noted because of machine disappointment or the patient kicking the bucket before the test gear being in place.

In this analysis one thing was normal was weight reduction at the hour of death & all persistent show diverse weight reduction. To demonstrate his hypothesis Macdougall has considered everything, from the air in the lungs to organic liquids. It actually couldn't be clarified weight reduction. A fascinating variety happened on the third understanding, who kept up with his equivalent weight promptly upon death. Yet, following one moment, he lost about an ounce of weight. Dr. MacDougall clarified this inconsistency as follows: " I accept that for this situation, that of an indifferent man delayed of thought and activity, that the spirit stayed suspended in the body after death, during the moment that passed before its opportunity. There could be no alternate method of representing it, and it is what may be generally anticipated to occur in a man of the subject's temperament".

In 1911 Dr.MacDougall had stop the trial because of low assets & strict conviction of people.Is this examination demonstrate the presence of soul in human, we won't ever know except if somebody attempt this analysis with present day technology.