Hippolyte Baraduc (1850–1909) was a French
physician and parapsychologist. He is most notable for his claim that a misty
form leaves the human body at the moment of death which he believed was
evidence for the soul.
In France, Dr Hippolyte Baraduc and Louis Darget[did experiments in 1895 on thought photography and he produced colour
photos on glass, mainly showing human fingerprints with aura forms.] attempted to photograph
thoughts or psychic energy (‘the light of the soul’) simply by placing
foreheads or fingers on a photographic plate. Despite refutations by experts,
who argued that the results claimed by the ‘effluvists’ were merely technical
accidents, these experiments continued throughout the 20th century.
