The Collective Works of Yves: Haiti's Number One Patriot

By Dr. Yves Jerome

The first in a fascinating series. This two(2) book collection blends and depicts Haitis quest for freedom from its inception to the present day. A looking glass, if you will, into the passions that fueled this modern day life scientist to prism and harness the pains and costs of a revolution. Book I is commemorative of Haitis bicentennial: initiated, installed and inspired by its seminal leader, Toussaint LOuverture. In Book II, the laboratory notes and writings of Dr. Yves Jerome examines and analyzes the epidemic scourge of HIV. A lifetimes work, these notes peer into the challenging groundwork and principles for his treatment program; now in a clinical trial development process in a race to the finish for the cure

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 9, 2003
• ISBN: 9781462830503

Dr. Yves Jerome

Yves J. Jerome was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1929. He attended the University of Haiti and graduated from the School of Medicine in 1955, training further in cardiovascular surgery at Montreal University. He became a citizen of the United States in 1973, and is currently practicing in Philadelphia. He is fluent in five languages.

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD

PART I

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

PART II

VII

VIII

IX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PREFACE

1

2

3

4

5

5A

6

7

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9

10

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CONCLUSION

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I wish to thank Mr. Weber Turnier for his help in the gathering of the documents and for his advises.

I also wish to thank Dr. Alfred Laurent who put at my disposal the documents he had on Toussaint L’Ouverture.

I would also like to thank my dear wife Marie-Therese, as well as my children Frantz, Karl, Eddy, Frederick and Patrick.

I would like to thank Robert Land, Esquire, my friend and colleague, whose diligence and support enabled my life’s work to continue and flourish.

FOREWORD

The Collective Works of Yves is a compilation of the thoughts, research and writings of one of Philadelphia’s most prominent physicians, Yves J. Jerome, M.D. Although he became a United States Citizen in 1973, Dr. Jerome had been practicing medicine and serving the citizens in Philadelphia since the early sixties. Dr. Jerome’s practice was nestled in the heart of the community, in Philadelphia’s Olney section. Even though Dr. Jerome’s practice served a diverse population, he clearly was a devoted medical practitioner to his beloved Haitian brethren. Haitians spanning all economic strata; from the newly arrived immigrant to the friendly cab driver to the prominent politician all called Dr. Jerome their personal physician. A man of great philanthropic and humanitarian spirit, no one was ever turned away for medical care; neither the hour of the day nor their ability to pay dissuaded him. Medicine, no, healing was his primary goal and focus for all who came to see him. The first half of this book, Toussaint L’Ouverture is a tribute to Haiti and the spirit of its people. Toussaint as written by Dr. Jerome gives the reader a blueprint of a young, multicultural nation and its struggle for freedom while Europe and the United States look on. His direct prose styles in Toussaint prepare us for the medical writings that are in the second half of this book. Lovingly edited by his eldest son Frantz, the numerous writings, political musings and the like were housed in his medical office. Dr. Jerome performed countless hours of research and experimentation on the AIDS virus and a possible cure. The EVE was the technique he developed during his experimentation that he hoped would lead to a cure for the virus. Technical at times, Dr. Jerome’s writings show glimpses of his personality and wit that was evident in his every day conversation. A cure for the AIDS virus was critical to Dr. Jerome not for any self-aggrandizement, but as a measure of healing and freedom for all people. I sincerely hope that you enjoy and are edified by The Collective Works of Yves, in its first edition, the work of a man deeply inspired by the spirit of Toussaint L’Ouverture and supplanted him as Haiti’s number one patriot.

Tracy A. Sylvester

PART I

I

THE LAND WHERE HE WAS BORN

In a world torn by hatred, prejudices, bigotry, and racial strife, it is relevant to make it known that a black African who was born in slavery, in his quest to solve these problems, conceived and created in 1801, a society in which men of different races, of different national origins, lived free … with dignity!

One hundred and fifty years after his death, the world is marred with the same problems he solved in his society. In a time when statesmen, scientists of many disciplines, men of religion, and men of goodwill are expending their energies and fusing their knowledge to make the planet earth a decent place for man to live, the presentation of the work of Toussaint L’Ouverture is timely and inspiring!

It has become a truism that no man can be adequately understood outside the setting of time and place in which he lived, his personal experience, and fortune. Toussaint L’Ouverture is no exception; he cannot be understood outside of his historical and biographical setting. In following Toussaint L’Ouverture from his cradle to his glory as the leader of the first successful slave revolution in the history of the world, the reader will be able to understand how a man can bend history to fit his will!

The land which gave birth to Toussaint L’Ouverture was St. Domingue, now called Haiti. This land was discovered on December 6, 1492 by Christopher Columbus. It was the third stop Columbus made in his glorious journey across the Atlantic Ocean. The magnificent landscape reminded Columbus of southern

Spain, so he called the land Hispaniola (Little Spain) which the Indians, in their sonorous dialect named Haiti (mountainous land).

In letters to his friends about Haiti, Columbus said that it was the most beautiful thing in the world and also the most pleasant place in the world! He loved it so much that he further wrote:

Here I will dwell, I and my children. Here I shall remain and the last remnant of my days be spent, and here I will be buried.

He was not only pleased with the island, so was he with the inhabitants of whom he wrote:

They are loving people without covetousness. I declare that there is not a better country nor a better people in the world than these. They love their neighbors as themselves and their speech is the sweetest and gentlest in the world … and always with a smile!

Hispaniola saw the first European settlement of the New World. The natives to whom Columbus referred were Arawak Indians and some settled Caribbean tribes. There were 1,500,000 Indians on the island when Columbus set foot on this part of the world.

Fifty years after the prise de possession—under the shadow of the holy cross, with which the Spaniards landed on the shore, the Indian population was practically extinct. A census in 1535 showed a population of 4,500 Indians left! What happened to the others? They perished by the thousands as a consequence of harsh treatment in the mines. They also perished gloriously, let it be said, in their fights for freedom, defending the land they considered theirs and which they were determined to keep by all means!

The West Indian historian, Bryan Edwards, said:

The whole story of mankind affords no scene of barbarity equal to that of the cruelties exercised by the Spaniards on the inoffensive natives of the Leeward Islands.

An eyewitness of these cruelties—none of the least—Bartolomé de Las Casas, Bishop of Chiapas wrote:

I once beheld four or five Indian chiefs roasted on a slow fire, and as the victims poured forth screams which disturbed the commanding officer in his slumbers, he sent word that they should be strangled. But the officer on guard would not suffer it. Causing their mouths to be gagged that their cries might not be heard, he stirred up the fire with his own hands and roasted them till they expired!

The enslavement of the Indian population which brought its extinction was set forth by the disappointment of the Spaniards who discovered that Haiti was not the fabulous Cipanghu where gold pellets and ingots were rolling in the