"The Manufacture of Chinese Wildmen " Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 May 2015 10:48 p.m. PST |
"This comes from a British newspaper and 1892. It appeared in a curiosity column along with an item on marrying trees (really!). All this to say that this material should probably be treated with circumspection if not downright superstition. Or perhaps someone recognizes an obscure Chinese custom or institution: drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com Beach would love to know…"
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| GarrisonMiniatures | 07 May 2015 11:31 p.m. PST |
Well, for a start the skin grafting wouln't work. |
rvandusen  | 08 May 2015 2:48 a.m. PST |
That is one odd story. It reminds me of The Island of Doctor Moreau. Vivisecting animals and men into man-beasts and so on. I wonder if H.G. Wells was inspired by newspaper yarns like this example? I see they refer to the legendary Chinese wild man as the Deren, but I thought it was Yeren. |
| John the Greater | 08 May 2015 8:11 a.m. PST |
for a start the skin grafting wouln't work I'm sure there is some secret Chinese herb that makes the graft work. Why spoil a yarn with pesky scientific quibbles? |
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