Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-05-19
rHANcINo TIE NEGRo,s SKIN
@h attempt to Demonstrate z1sat MAN.
ioriginsl Color Was rd;t ,,srk

AN Attempt to Demonsirat. <1sat Men.
loriginsi Color Was For Dark.
me scientific world is curiouslv
awaiting the results of an experiment
now being made by DR.. John Foe. a
Rsomlnent physician Of Reading, Pa.
II successful DR.. Eye expects to ac,
compilsn the miracle of turning the
negro white and the white man
OiaSK. He will also establish, at the
pane time, the original color of man.
Kind. Inc process by which the won.
perful revolution In changing the
color of the skins of the human fam,
NY IS to be brought about is by skin
grating, an operation which has
Deen known and performed through.
out the civilized world for ages, but
winch DIR. Eye, by his exper.rlents
hopes and expects to very materially
advance.
he has been treating for some
time Joel Saul, young man residing
at NO 5S9 Mulberry street, Reading,
VINO Tor over two years has been
troabled with an obstinate ulcer, in
Eolvlng almost the entire lower DOR
zion OF the left leg. AS last resort
20 eHect permanent cure he decided
upon grating new skin en- the sore
aeg Having obtained permission
Erom Mr.. Saul to graft the skin OF a
celored man 1t opened up to him an
opportunity for experiment which he
nad long been looking for, and he at
once entered into the project with a
spirit and zeal born of determine
Zion to advance the cause Of science
or possible, After considerable effort
NE finally, by the aid Of money, Sc
cured two healthy negroes Of ebony
black, who consented to part with a
certain portion of their skins, and
Fhe process of grating, under both Of
Nbe prescribed methods, was accom-
Pllshed. To await the result of the
operation, and to watch for any
Change in the color of the black skin,
attended with considerable
klety on hls part; and when, after
Jew days of patient watching, he
rewarded by observing that the
~ h of the black was gradually but
surely turning white, he at
once determined to further pursue
MS scientific investigation, and as
pertain II it was possible to change
Tue skin of the Caucasian to CORE
spond with that of the Ethiopian.
Accordingly Tuesday last he Sc.
cured James Lewis healthy negro
OF 3oyears who consented to undergo
the operation for the benefit Of
science. The doctor used a large
knife resembling the blade of razor,
and cut bare on the negro's arm a
space two inches by three-quarters Of
an inch. la this place he planted
twelve pieces of skin from his own
arm and twenty-five pieces from the
arm OF an intimate friend. The in
grated skin appeared whittier than
before, possibly by contrast, and it
Will require possibly four or five days
longer to determine what the result
will be.
Should the color change to CORE.
epond with the blacks skin, the doc
tor will pursue his investigation still
further, and the intermixing Of the
skins Of the Caucasian and Monaghan
will be his next attempt.
DR.. Eye says: eff this white in
grated skin continues to grow and
remain white on the black mans
arm it will show the constancy of the
white race as well as the originality
of color. Should white skin thus in.
grated change to black, scientists
could argue that black was the origi-
nal color OF mankind. Philadelphia
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