What would you do if you had the chance to see a blue person? Well when a man by the name of Madison Cawein first heard of someone with blue skin, he sought to understand how it happened and if it could be fixed. He searched all over the place, protecting himself from “the two mean dogs that everyone had in their front yards.” (Trost 1982 3) With the help of a nurse by the name of Ruth Pendergrass, he finally found his blue man. Cawein went through a lot of troubles to figure out the problem, but when he did, the answer shocked him. The most complex problem have the simplest answers.
There were many speculations on why the Fugate family was blue. Most involved with the possibility of a heart disease or lung disorder. One old timer proposed the idea of their blood being closer to the surface. It didn’t get much medical attention because so few doctors visited the remote region the Fugate’s lived in. This lead to most of the talk of it being rumors, and Ruth Pendergrass, a nurse in the area, tried desperately to get attention to this medical abnormality. Nothing really happened until these rumors fell onto the ears of a young hematologist named Madison Cawein. At the time he heard it, he was working at Kentucky’s Lexington medical clinic. By now, Cawein had already done some major works. He did some of the earlier works on L-dopa and was involved in isolating a cure for cholera. He headed for a clinic owned by the American Heart Association in a town called Hazard. This is the fateful place he met Ruth. Together they searched for blue people. They never could seem to catch one in time. One day two literally walked in through the front door much to the frustrated doctor’s delight. After asking many questions and ruling out …show more content…
It was thanks to Madison Cawein that the Fugate family or “blue people” were able to get their skin to look pink again. The family is now enjoying themselves thanks to this young
There were many speculations on why the Fugate family was blue. Most involved with the possibility of a heart disease or lung disorder. One old timer proposed the idea of their blood being closer to the surface. It didn’t get much medical attention because so few doctors visited the remote region the Fugate’s lived in. This lead to most of the talk of it being rumors, and Ruth Pendergrass, a nurse in the area, tried desperately to get attention to this medical abnormality. Nothing really happened until these rumors fell onto the ears of a young hematologist named Madison Cawein. At the time he heard it, he was working at Kentucky’s Lexington medical clinic. By now, Cawein had already done some major works. He did some of the earlier works on L-dopa and was involved in isolating a cure for cholera. He headed for a clinic owned by the American Heart Association in a town called Hazard. This is the fateful place he met Ruth. Together they searched for blue people. They never could seem to catch one in time. One day two literally walked in through the front door much to the frustrated doctor’s delight. After asking many questions and ruling out …show more content…
It was thanks to Madison Cawein that the Fugate family or “blue people” were able to get their skin to look pink again. The family is now enjoying themselves thanks to this young