 And Schweitzer grapples frequently with the issue of race in his book as he tries to see blacks as equals but still has different expectations of Africans.One difference between the men is that Schweitzer clearly segregated his hospital, building a separate building for white patients while Coquard's hospital according to the Lagos Standard, “makes no distinction of creed or colour in the objects of its benevolence.” Schweitzer and Coquard both performed work that resulted in the availability of medical care for West Africans, indicating that they did care about the African people but saw white men as higher up the social ladder.Jean-Marie Coquard is remembered for his 43 years of missionary work in Yorubaland, only returning to Europe twice in so many years.