The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-03-20
THE NEGRO viewed MEDICALLY.
Unless Facts are Weighed, South May
be Done Injustice.

| VI inc race issue 10 comment upon
NEGRO Supremacy from Medical
Standpoint" In an editorial upon
that subject in it's issue of February
2S the Medical News states that in
leading papers Of the North and
South have appeared editorials of
great acumen and power, "but
none seem IA yet to have dealt,
except i'll superficial manner, with
the race problem as seen from Il
biological, chronological or medical
standpoint" The News continues:
| One cannot intelligently answer the
question whether the negro cun take
a place in the social and economic
progress Of the nation without being
in possession of tho main morphol,
ogical differences between the Cau-
casian and the African, since these
are the fundamental bases for men.
tai and moral discrepancies between
the races.
That the negro more nearly ap-
proaches in body to the quadrumana
or anthropoid apes is shown 10y the
following points The arm is alb
normally long-in the erect position
it often reaches the knee pans, and
on an averge exceeds that of the
Caucasian by about two inches The
facial angle, which is granted by all
to have n definite ethnologlcal bear
ing, even if the function Of the from.
tai lobes is still but little known,
average 81 degrees in the Caucasian
and 70 degrees in the black. Coin
cidentally with this is the fact that
in brain weight the white man OK
ceeds the negro by fully 10 ounces
almost as much IA he in turn exceeds
the highest gorilla. Another point
of difference anatomically rs seen in
the lower extremity--,this is not 80
we'll developed ~ the white mans,
the foot is broad and fiat, the great
toe prehensile and divergent, the
heel often projecting 30 far back kwald
rs to merit the term clark heel"
1t is needless to dwell longer on
the we'll known difference which ex .
lists, or to urge that they demonstrate
a distinct race of mankind and show
conclusively in the negro IN inferior
type. Among the fair minded this
ls automatic.
Some years ago we we're all alarm
ed over the "yellow peril" Now
the "black perir confronts us.
The article quotes the late Prof.
Ogden S. Rood, of Columbia, as ask
ing: GLOW can there be any uues
ton of superiority or ir rferiority be.
tween two peoples who develop men
tally are separated by chasm of
10000 years?" Eugene r.. Corson, in
his contribution to tho Wilder.Quar
ter Century Book, states that as n re-
suit of Il most careful study of the
census, and dependent upon personal
observation in the city of Savannah,
he ls confident that tuberculosis and
alcoholism are madin stultifying in
roads Jon the making negro, poor,
weakened product, that he ia, of
miscogenaton.
Sir Spencer ST. John says of the
inhabitants OF Hayti: "Aftcr req.
idenco OF over twenty yohrs in this
island am forced to the conclusion
that the negro IL incapable Of hold
ing an independent position. Hayti
shows no sign of improvement
the other hand, it is constantly retro.
grading, and without external nflu.
ence the inhabitants will soon fall in
to the stage Of the dwellers Of the
COngo." Tho Medical News thus
continues it's comments:
II it il true, M some have perhaps
we'll said, that the time is ripe for q
recognition Of the negro, in sub.
stance rather than in theory, earnest
thought should be given by those
who would literally interpret our
! laws, and they should be well versed
in the opinions of such mon OF
, science aa wo have quoted. They
, must know and recognize that pro
found differences do exist .--t that one
race is 10000 years behind the
other. They must know that ethnol.
:, ogicalIy, physioIogically, anatomical
, ly the negro and Caucasian
. | must ulWava NO ,vi1elv 1ifroraDt II