Martin Vaughan
Vesalius. 2007 Dec;13(2):68-74.
The explorer and missionary David Livingstone was identified after death by the appearances of his humerus which had been damaged in an encounter with a lion. In his writings Livingstone suggested that the consequences of the lion's attack were not as bad as he might have expected. He wondered if this was due to the fact that he was wearing a tartan jacket when he was attacked and suggested that this curious point should be investigated. This paper looks at some of the dyes used in tartans of the time and investigates their effect on the bacteria that might be present in the mouths of lions.
探险家兼传教士大卫·利文斯通死后，人们通过他那在与狮子遭遇时受伤的肱骨确认了他的身份。利文斯通在著作中表示，狮子攻击造成的后果并没有他预想的那么严重。他想知道这是否是因为他被攻击时穿着一件格子花呢夹克，并建议对这一奇特现象展开调查。本文研究了当时格子花呢所使用的一些染料，并探究了它们对狮子口腔中可能存在的细菌的影响。
