St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
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Nm Attempt to Demonstrate That Mans
lOrlgtneI Color Was Not Dark.

ENANSlN0 TIE NEtHO'S OHM
nm Astempt to Demonstrate That Mans
iOrlgfnsl Color Was Not Dark.
The scientific world is curiously
gwaiting the results Of an experiment
now being made by DR.. John Eye, a
prominent physician Of Reading, Pa.
III successful DR.. Eye expects to ac-
complish the miracle Of turning the
negro white and the white man
black. He will also establish, at the
same time. the original color of man
Kind. The process by which the Won
6erful revolution in changing the
color Of the skins of the human fam.
lily is to be brought about Is by skin
grating, an operation which has
been known and performed through
out the civilized world for ages, but
which DIR. Eye, by his experiments,
hopes and expects to ve1 materially
He has been treating for some
time Joel Saul, young man residing
at No. 239 Mulberry street, Reading,
who for over two years has been
troubled with an obstinate ulcer, in
volving almost the entire lower por-
sion of the left leg. AS last resort
to effect a permanent cure he decided
upon grating a new skin on the sore
leg. Having obtained permission
from Mr.. Saul to graft the skin of
Colored man it opened up to him an
opportunity for experiment which he
had long been looking for. and he at
once entered into the project with a
spirit and zeal born of a determlna-
tiOn to advanccr6he cause Of science
If possible. after considerable effort
! he final by the aid Of money, Sc
cured !. % healthy negroes Of ebony
black, who consented to part with a
certain portion. Of their skins, and
the process Of grating, under both Of
the prescribed methods, was accom-
plished. To await the result Of the
operation, and to watch for any
change in the color Of the black skin,
was attended with considerable
anxiety on his part; and when, after
D few days Of patient watching, he
was rewarded by observing that the
skin of the black was gradually but
surely turning white, he at
pnce determined to further pursue
his scientific Investigation, and as
certain If it was possible to change
the skin of the Caucasian to corre-
spond with that of the Ethiopian.
Accordingly Tuesday last he Sc
cured James Lewis, healthy negro
Of IS years, who consented to undergo
the operation for the benefit of
science. The doctor used large
knife resembling the blade Of razor,
and cut bare on the negro's arm a
space two inches by three-quarters Of
On inch. In 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 ii
will require possibly four or five days
longer to determine what the result
will be.
Should the color change to CORE.
Bpond 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.
DIR. Eye says: "If this white in
grated skin continues to grow and
remain white on the black mans
arm it will Gaow 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. -Philadelphla
Record.