Tuesday 18 March 2014

An explorer got so sick, that he became an exhibit so he could pay for his food!


David Livingstone was a Scottish explorer who traveled to Africa as a pioneer medical missionary.During an expedition, Livingstone’s assistants abandoned him. They returned to the city and informed authorities that Livingstone was dead!
By the time he crossed lakes, swamps and various plains, Livingstone’s supplies were low and most of them had been stolen. After two years he became extremely ill, he was saved by Arab traders who gave him medicine and carried him to an Arab outpost.
After arriving with cholera, tropical ulcers and no supplies to his next destination, he had to eat his meals in a roped off open enclosure for the entertainment of the locals in return for food!
He finally died from malaria and internal bleeding caused by Dysentery.When it comes to your life, you will most likely be willing to do anything in order to stay alive. David Livingstone is a great hero, he fought for his ideals and he kept helping people even through his worst times. There is a lot you can learn from this man.

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