The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-04
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RRMARKABLE CASE or EAE AEFIoTHi
WITH A RARE AND sTEaEcE DTsEAsB-
CHASGEs N COLOR AID AsFOETsHBs
TIE NEDICsL Profession.

One OF the most remarkable ca5es eyeT
known 10 the medical profession Is that OF :
H Robson, Of GreeHyille, Ohio, who, since
November last has changed In color until he
Is as dark rs native Of Africa. The pecu
liar and very rare disease Known ss melanO-
sis, with which Robson Is sf1icted, has
brought him into prominence, 50 that physi-
clans are going from all parts Of the cOrut-T
to see him. Bunnell, the New 7 ork mu sum
man, has made him an offer, which his de-
cllnlng health will not permit him - accept.
Among the numerous physicians Of proni-
nence to give attention to the case Is DR.. W.
II. Fails, OF this city, who returned from
Greenville yesterday, and was seen IN The
evening by an Enquirer reporter. 1T is Ger
tainly one Of the most singular and remark
able cases on record, " said the doctor when
FIRST approached. DR.. Falls, after showing
the reporter 9 number Of photographs of tho
patient taken recently, proceeded to describe
the case from the beginning s. II. Robson
was born in Greenyille, August 81. 1854, Of
white parents, being the eldest son OF X.
Luther and Lavina Robson He Is, as was
bis father. . carpenter by trade. He + msr-
ried and has one young child. Last SOveJa-
Der the sight OF his eye became impaired, and
about the first Of March his right eve became
entirely blind. On the 10th Of March ne c~ma
to Cincinnati to be treated by DR. Williams
and Ayres About that time email Jumps
about the size OF . mlllet seed began to 10
velop on various parts OF his body and ne
mentioned his condition to the physicians.
In April, while In this city, be commenced to
change In color, assuming an ashen hue The
Jumps on bis body grew larger and more nu-
merous. BE was shen attended by Dr.. Falls,
who, after careful examination, pronounced
his disease TO be melanosis. This disease Is
very rare, especially in this country, and DR..
Falls can recall but one other case, Which
was In New York In 1873 and attended by
DR.. L. d. Bulkley. MelanOsls consists Of
small tumOrs or cancers OF q black substance
all over the body. II is 8 fatal disease but
generally does not affect the appearance Of
the body Ike the case In question. Several
cases are reported from abroad similar to that
| Of-RobisOn. One worthy OF special msrio
came under the attention OF the fsmsus DR..
Lawrence, OF St. BsrtholOmew's hospital,
| London, In 1864 One Of the Jumps Oh Rob
! isOn was removed by Drs. Falls and Mus=ey
and examined by Professor Fcbherz, Of the
| Miami Medical college, who found It - be
| positively melAnosiS, OF black cancer. Rob
/ isOn, who was = fine looking fellow, with
/ skin and complexion as light as the wfitest
man, continued to change In color, and now
/ he Is as black as coal. Doctors Williams ard
! Ayres said he suffered from detBchmeaC OF
/ the rectins, due to the deposit Of the black
! cancers OF nOdules In smaller form within he
coats OF the eye. After the case had bee n
thoroughly studied the physicians Do
nOunced Robson hOpelessly blind. Doctors
Carson. Clendenin and others have spent
much time with Robson, and, like all others,
they pronounce e a most remarkable case.
Returning TO his homo, Robson continued
to grow worse. The podules on his bo5y now
number about seven hundred. sud are abol {
the size OF bean. The sight q ? 5z s'ght ey q
is entirely gone. Just recently every p0--' On
| OF the mans body that vas T=5 has turned
black. The inside Of his lips and toO cue are
black. What be spits from Lis mouth j. u
the same color Cincinnati Enquirer.