The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-01-09
BOSTON
BAKED
By MABE KOUNTZE

"YOu can never find a good
man who isn't a worker"
Nurse Mary SeacoIe
TWO DOCTORS of color have
been honored III recent weeks.
They are DR.. George w. Car
yer, and Dr.. William A. Hin
ton. Both men were pioneers,
one in medical research, the
other in agricultural research.
Both men benefited world wide
humanity by their labor. And
both have exploded the modern
mythy (of Toynbee and others)
that colored peoples have con
tributed nothing" to civiliza-
ton. In medicine alone, colored
peoples have led the way.
AFRICAN NATIVE so-called
witch Doctors" invented amaz-
ing cures from roots and herbs
which modern science is to-day
beginning to accept as genius,
and not just ignorance and
superstition as once believed.
The early tribal doctors, with
out benefit of college degrees,
worked long years compiling
secret medicine formulas. This
African interest" was one of
the first and well proved pio-
neer efforts in the medical field.
THE EGYPTIANS, among
other native Africans, produced
some of the worlds earliest doc
tors. The real Father of Medi-
cine" was the colored Egyptian,
Imhotep, who lived about 1900
BC and whose knowledge OF
medicine was passed on to the
West by the Greeks and Ro-
mans. The West credited Hip
pocrates as being Father OF
Medicine. Hippocrates lived
1900 years after Inhotep, &C
cording to historian J. A. Ro-
gers.
DIR. CARVER, son of an Afri-
can slave, was following ancient
precedent as he reached into
the humble soil for fantastic
discoveries in food, fibreS and
medicine. Carver extracted 283
products from the peanut and
118 products from the sweet
potato. He found products OF
nutrition, industry, medicine,
and agricultural improvement.
But he was following "a long
line" of ancient endeavor of a
great people before him.
DIR. HINTON boldly attacked
a problem which had baffled
palefaee physicians. Even more
amazing, the sickness was one
which had never afflicted the
Colored Peoples before the COM
ING of the European. 1t was
virtually unknown in Africa.
But DR.. Hinton, with all the
patient courage of his ances-
tors tackled and helped pave
the way toward a program that
will aid the entire world. He.
too, is a great doctor.
y THE FIRST doctor to perform
ia successful operation on the
human heart was sepia sur
qeon. DR.. Daniel Williams Of
chicago. An African native doc
tor g, Taveres, was the private
physician of King Charles Of
Portugal. Another African ma
tive doctor, Aleb Ali, was pri-
vate physician to King Charles
VII of France. The world doesn't
know the true record of colored
doctors. But even greater re-
cords will be written IN days
to come,
MARY sEACoLE, whose words
grace to-day's column, is called
the pioneer fore-runner of the
Red Cross. She was heroine
of the Crimean war and was
on the field of battle before
Florence Nightingale and she
remained after the famous
FLORENCE was sent home due to
illness. These and other facts
NAV be found in the Worlds
Great People of Color" by J. A
Rogers. You haven't read his
tory until you read his volumes
THE WORLD authority or
blood pIasna, serum and sub
stitutes and organizer and direc,
tor of the World War II Alice
blood Bank, was, of course, DR.
charles r. Drew, Springarr
Medal Award winner of 1874
The best testimonial to colorec
doctors and other men OF ACHE.
venent is to provide fuller arlc
equal opportunities to their rac'
so that others may follow II
serving the needs of humanity
DR.. Carver said that