The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-13
rs TURNING BLACK.
The estranse Predisan,ent OF Ex.
plorcr Stanley.
.AGERM. AN PHYSICIANS THEORY
AN:sro's plo, ID Injected TO Pre,r,u Fever
white MIR. 81, 'nisy was IN Ant,a-suh-
ssqusnt pevel. pmsnt Of the Peculiar
s Pigment Found Ns che African SKIN.

II is not a ne " thing TO hear q, ne
gro gradually turning white ail the re-
suit OF a peculiar skin disease, 1Rys the
New York World, Such cases are quite
frequently rccorde In medical Journals,
/ But to find white man gradu Any turn
IN black Is certainly one of trS ourlosl-
i ties OF tho age. a German observer
{ has recently called tn atteni:lc n OF sci
y entists TO tho fact thG.t the lin OF no
less a parsonage than Hen rs NJ. Stanley
the famous African cxIlo rer. Is grNdn-
ally becoming black.
"a Those who remember stanley ms a
sinewspnper correspondent year ago VIII
3 recall tho fact that he v 'as hen quito
y fair, When one contrast th,s color OF
his skin Mt that time wit h his appear
ance at the present day I'll e clittm Of the
4 German scientist seems very reGsona-
Is bic one.
It Is n wcll-known fact tht I tho cll-
mate of. certain portions OF ar rlca lie e%.
tremcly dangerous to fore IS 1ers. The
= danger Is particularly grca along the
y west coast, where the land Is low and ln-
6teruected by numerous creeks and rivers
which arc subject TO frcshets. Aa re-
sNsult this land gives u malar bal chArnc-
ter 70 the entire section. Alth eIuGh there
"a IS much dry and elevated land. It Is
3 surrounded by swamps. mar .nE uni
& form malarlouS atmosphere Europeans
5 who travel through this part: Of Africa
are almost Invariably attaI iSad by Il
g,iScry severe form OF mRlhri n disease
called by any one OF the following
NAMES: African. Guiana. Bulai II or coast
fever This fever Is similar t. the ma
\ lariai fevers OF other countries, differing
only In severity.
InocuIntci with Negro III so'i.
When Stanley travelled through this
/, section Of Africa It was obser vGd that
he alone OF those who made UP iais party
escaped the terrible fever, 1t is nov
y stated that Stanley, learning OF the i'm
munity enjoyed by the natives and TINT
n blood transfused from native TO n for
& eigner would protect the latter against
the disease. submitted to the operation
b Ave times. That the treatment proved
8 successful cannot be doubted. as stan
IS ley travelled repeatedly with In punlty
i through the fever country"
The operation OF TRANSMISSION Is not
unattended with danger. the urcatfHt
care being necessary to prevent the Intro
ductIon OF air into blood vcSsei. When
q performed by sklllful operator 2hc pro-
ceellng IS simple enough. This 'ppGra-
tus used for the purpose consists OF n
e rubber tube with bulb In the center
Z To each end of the rubber tube there
4 are attached metallic needle-pointed
y tubes.
~ Before using the apparatus the air IL
: forced out OF the bulb and tube tT I'LL
Ing them with warm solution Of salt.
rhe patient and donor are placed side by
side and the tubes. still! filed With the
y saIt solution. are inserted in openings
s5 previously made into the veins. Thtn
the operator congresses the bulb, as
i well as the tube from the donors arm.
and the salt solution Is forced In. TIL"
~ pressure Is made on the tube con urcted
with the patients arm and the blood
q passes from the vein Of the donor filling
:ilc tube. Pressure Is again made on the
bulb and on the tube from the donors
~ arm as before. and so on until sufficient
: blood has been injected.
Stanley Turning Color.
81 The German physician mentioned
above claim that Stanley not only be-
came an Immune TO the fever, but that,
through the African blood traustuscd
4 Into his circulation and absorbed, 4
gradual metamorphcsls has taken place,
with the result that we no longer behold
the fa!r-skinned Stanley OF years ago.
: In his stead we see man who presents
the appearance OF a uulatto and dark
one at that.
Accepting the antltoxln theory rs i'd
vocatei by the medical men nowadays,
: the question OF lmmuniZing one with the
blood OF an immune Is certainly reason
- able Many may claim TINT the very
pronounced change in Stanley's color Is
due to augmentation dependent on dis
ease. such as malarial fever. or perhaps
n liver disorder, which might cause
Y jaundlce- Such suggestions. however.
cannot obtain In SANKEY'S case, for 1t IS
matter OF history that he suffered
from neither ono nor the other during
& his travels IN Africa.
s@ Again, there are those who will soy
the diScoloration Is due to the fierce heat
OF the African sun-a fairly REASONABLE"
supposItIon until VIC consider the fact
d that not only Is the skin OF his face md
ii hands dark. but the skin OF his entire
body Is said to be uniform In color
\ This. then, denolishcs tho tan theory
a and leave US with the one advanced by
s. tho Tcuton!c observer. who firmly be-
e licves TINT Stanley, through the abEorp-
ton Of African blood, with the subse-
.g quent development OK the peculiar pig
mcnt found In the African skin and
gradually dcposltn in tho skin, IL con-
s stantly growing darker.
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