Good Eyesight of Indians.
Df L. Webster Eos is of opinmn that savage races sihe pei-cept'oo of color to a greater degree than do civilised races. In a lecture lately delivered before the Fraokliolnstitute, l.’hi'adelphia, be stated that he had just concluded an examination of 250 Indian children, of whom 1C ) were boys. Had he selected 100 white hoys from various parts of the United States, he would have found at least five of them color blind ; among the Indian boys he did not discover a single ease of colour blindness. Some years ago ho examined 250 Indian boys, and found two colour blind, a very low percentage when compared with the whites. Among the Indian girls he did not find any. Considering that only two females in e.’ery 1,000 among whites are colour bl'ud, he does not think it surprising that he did not find any examples among the Indian girls.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 2713, 26 January 1892, Page 4
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152Good Eyesight of Indians. Waipawa Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 2713, 26 January 1892, Page 4
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