Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-02-01
CHANGING THE NEGRo's SKIN
an Att-rzpt to Demonstrate That Man,
.OrigtnSI Color Was Not DARK.

AttcfG ut TO bsnonstrSt6 InRt ho1't
,OrigtnsI Color Was Not DARK.
The scientific world is curiously
Awaiting the results of an experiment
now being made by DR.. John Eye, a
prominent physician of Reading, Pa.
II successful DR.. Ege 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
derful 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 DR.. Eye, by his experiments,
hopes and expects to very materially
advance.
He has been treating for some
ame Joel Saul, young man residing
at No. 239 Mulberry street, Reading,
troubled with an obstinate ulcer, in
volving almost the entire lower por-
tion Of the left leg. AS last resort
to effect a permanent cure he decided
upon grating new skin on the sore
leg. Having obtained permission
/ from Mr.. Saul to graft the skin Of a
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 advance the cause Of science
if possible. After considerable effort
he finally, by the aid of money, Sc
4 cured two 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
few days of patient watching, he
was rewarded by observing that the
skin of the black was gradually but
surely turning white, he at
once determined to further pursue
his scientific investigation, and as
certain if IL was possible TO change
the skin of the Caucasian to CORE.
spond with that of the Ethiopian.
Accordingly Tuesday last he Sc
cured James Lewis, a healthy negro
of 35 years. who consented to undergo
the operation for the benefit OF
science. The doctor used a large
knife resembling the blade of a razor,
and cut bare on the negro's arm a
/ space two inches py three-quarters OF
an 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
| ,rafted skin appeared whittier than
before, possibly by contrast, and ii
will require possibly four or five days
longer to determine what the result
NNll be.
Should the color change to CORE
/ .pond with the blacks skin, the doc
tor will pursue his investigation still
further, and the intermixing OF the
skins OF the Caucasian and Mongolian
I will be his next attempt.
DR.. Ege says: ''If this wlste in.
| grated skin continues to grow and
! remain white on the black mans
I arm it will show the ,Onstancy OF the
white race as well as the originality
of Color. should white skin thus in.
/ grated change to black, scientists
I could argue that black was the origi-
nal color of mankind. d.-Philadelp phIa
Record.