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January 12, 1881
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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In New York on January 10, Professor Geo. Henry Fox lectures on skin diseases at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, exhibiting an 11-year-old boy known as the 'Leopard Boy,' whose black skin is turning white in patches since age three, with no pain reported.
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The "Leopard Boy."
New York, January 10.—Professor Geo. Henry Fox, in a lecture on skin diseases, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons to-day, exhibited as an illustration the "leopard boy." After the Professor had explained that the color of the different races depended on the amount of pigment contained in the skin, the boy, a young negro about eleven years old, was led in. He was scantily dressed. His body is mottled with patches of white skin. Prof. Fox said that the spots had enlarged considerably since his first examination of the boy three years ago, and it was safe to predict that the process would go on until the transformation would be complete. The lad, in response to questions, said that he was black at birth and that white spots began to appear when he was three years old. He suffered no pain.
New York, January 10.—Professor Geo. Henry Fox, in a lecture on skin diseases, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons to-day, exhibited as an illustration the "leopard boy." After the Professor had explained that the color of the different races depended on the amount of pigment contained in the skin, the boy, a young negro about eleven years old, was led in. He was scantily dressed. His body is mottled with patches of white skin. Prof. Fox said that the spots had enlarged considerably since his first examination of the boy three years ago, and it was safe to predict that the process would go on until the transformation would be complete. The lad, in response to questions, said that he was black at birth and that white spots began to appear when he was three years old. He suffered no pain.
What sub-type of article is it?
Medical Curiosity
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Leopard Boy
Skin Pigmentation
Medical Lecture
Racial Color Change
Vitiligo Like Condition
What entities or persons were involved?
Professor Geo. Henry Fox
Leopard Boy
Where did it happen?
New York, College Of Physicians And Surgeons
Story Details
Key Persons
Professor Geo. Henry Fox
Leopard Boy
Location
New York, College Of Physicians And Surgeons
Event Date
January 10
Story Details
Professor Fox exhibits an 11-year-old boy with progressively enlarging white patches on his originally black skin, predicting complete transformation; boy reports spots started at age three with no pain.