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The Nations Rattlers and Africa Wake in Public Eye
A vivid account describes a snake exhibit at the Smithsonian with Dr. H C Yarrow and assistant E S Rheem, detailing a rattlesnake touch test and venom questions. The piece then shifts to Stanley in Africa, European imperial moves, and calls for anti slave trade action and ethics in colonization. Through it all, a public focus on language, dictionaries, and health claims remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
H.C. Yarrow
General Sheridan
Rheem
O’brien-Bain
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Institute
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Rheem
Stanley
Christendom
White Nile
Bahr-el- Ghazel
Niam-Niam
Congo
Khartoum
Emen
Equatorial
Africa
Tangier
Cape of Good Hope
Spain
France
England
Germany
Portugal
Senegal
Niger
Orange
Central Africa
Congo Free State
South Africa
Bechuanaland
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
Zambesi
Shire
Great Lakes
Nyassa
Tanganyika
Equator
East African Company
Victoria Nyanza
Livingstone
Nyassa Tanganyika
Nile
Zanzibar
Congo Valley
Massawa
Zanzabir
Nyassa-Tanganyika
Tropical