The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-06-23
TURNS HIS SKIN
Into Souvenir Purses and Gives
Them to His
Friends.

IF this city. is undergoing a second
process of shedding his cuticle like a
black snake.
Wooster physicians who have
studied the peculiar case say it is the
most remarkable they ever heard Of.
Goodman says they are not more
puzzled than physicians in Philadel-
phia. Pittsburg and in Europe,
where he has made a change. For
~ years he has had new set of skin
each year and in some years
he will have two new sets.
Before the process of the first
shedding was complete, Goodman
noticed another layer of skin under
the outer cuticle. which began to
harden few days after the old skin
was removed.
He has given strips of hide to his
acquaintance. When they heard
that he was to have another change
If skin he was besieged with re-
Quests for souvenir patches.
THE second shedding which ! am
undergoing" he said yesterday. lis
the first have had that is not pain
full. All ask is relief from
pain. have given up hope ofbeing
cured"
THE pain suffer Is what annoys
me. Otherwise ! do not mind il.
After getting a new skin feel like
a sixteen-year-old boy. In the seven
weeks since the first shedding be-
gan, | have lost y pounds. !
weighed l65 pounds and now tip the
scale at l40. am beginning TO feel
strong again. The second change
is not weakening me half so much as
the first one.
II have peeled the skin from my
body. legs and arms. am letting
il harden on my hands and feet.
Before the skin begins to harden ]
suffer with rash which is tortur-
Gus"
81 expect in two days time TO FIN
ish the second round
Mr.. Goodman showed two patches
of skin, each three by four inches.
taken from the palms of his hands
at the first shedding. The lines are
plainly visible. The skin is hard, and
by tanning they will make a cover
ing for a real handmade handbag,
he says:
II have been offered SIS for
these" he continued. but do not
care to make capital out Of it. |
give them to acquaintance. will
have these two patches made into a
souvenir pocketbook. ] have quit
trying to learn the cause or cure
for it. Every physician whom ]
have seen admits that it puzzles
him."
Goodman was born IN Tilsit. Prus-
STA, Germany, jung 26, 1864. He
was reared across on the Russian
border, where his parents still live.
His grandfather on his fathers side
and grandmother on his mothers side
are living, and each is nearly 100
years old. He has four brothers,
three of them in the United States,
and one sister. None of them is af-
fected the way he is. His father is
a grain merchant and well-to-do.
Il was 8 years old when j first
shed my skin," he said. IL was
taken to Koenigsberg, where DR..
Kaburok, a specialist of skin dis
eases. said he had never heard of a
similar case. OF all the different
treatments | have undergone none
of them cured. DR.. Bradford treat
ed me Is years ago, in Philadelphia,
and was in bed 26 weeks. Last
year DR.. John Moffatt. of Philadel-
phia, was my attending physician.
He advised buttermilk and light
diet. DR.. Nightingale Endorsed this
and adds salve. Usually it
takes from six to ten weeks for one
This year ! will go
with two in seven weeks.
THE skin on my feet is twice as
thick as that on my hand. lam saw
ing it for an acquaintance, who
wants the patches for wallet