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Harry Burrcson TeachingPoilus Similarly Afflicted toMend Themselves.I'lWiWintnWiiBordeaux, April *0, An American, with one leg off below the kneeand the other off above the knee la in charge of the French government 'a school for teaching crippled soldier* how to make artificial limbs here, After experimenting With experts from hair a doxen countries. Including the best limb makers of France,the government has selected HarryBurreson, formerly of New York and fit Louis and San Francisco, as theman best qualified to organise and! j operntft 1h e school that will eventi*ally provide all men maimed in thewar with false members and keepthem In repair,Burreson. who was born Inrag© and had hi* early education in St Louis, was run over by a railroad train at the age of twelve years, losing both legs After he was able t«| move about again he started to woi k j in an artificial leg factorv Heworked out the cost of two legs for'himself. After bn had earned thelegs he began to experiment with them, seeking to Improve them. He has obtained several patents tor Improved It mbs and Incorporated the ideas into product* of various con*I corns by whom he was cm, Hest Fit toil forHe was in Paris selling legs for an American firm when the French government sought him out and askedhim to take charge of the school It Intended to open at Bordeaux. The officials believed that a man wearing artificial limbs himself would bo-better fitted for the position than a man with ordinary flesh and biood legs.“It's true i d rattnr hnve on#* legged or no-legged workmen than regular men at any time, aaid Burreson. “Cripples put sympathy into their work; they realise just what it means if the leg doesn’t fit properly and exactly, and they are more painstaking about the trifles which mean so much more than an man who has never worn an artificial leg coulu possibly be“f estimate that xve will need onethousand artificial legs In Fiance during the next few year*, j And 1 think that a large proportion ; of the ‘mutiles,* as they are called, can be utilized In the manufacture of these articles. The only thing that {hampers us is the lack of willow wood. There is no wood In the world that can match willow for making artificial limbs, but we find It hard to get enough of the timber. We have plenty in America and some one should see to It that he gets a shipment over here. We can use allMia talma.j In Burreson * *, wmtilat«dmen are received direct £ro«n their convalescence course after leaving the hospital. The first thing theytare set to work doing is making leg* . j for themselves under Burreson'? j | tutelage. After they have made then i own legs they are set to work in th* . I manufacture of limbs for others wbci i may not be skilful enough to work They also learn to make artificial hands and arms. Some of Burre f son’s pupils make two legs in a I ( week—-which is fast work for begin ners.“France and all the nations an wasting lota of money in giving thi ’mutiles' peglega’ temporarily whili they are awaiting their articulated limbs, said Burreson. “You would r hi surprised what an ordinary wood* en stump costs. It’s very expensiveand the cost of it should be appflec to the cost of the regular leg. Aftei we get going we will try to do awajentirely with the custom of puttlni f i a one-legged man on a peg for sev eral months or a year, until suet* j time at* a good leg is ready for him ’I 1 i SB S® Sip ——• —• -0W win .r Our shipment of Electric WalI j Paper Cleaner has arrived. We ca now fill all orders. Make your pap* walls as good as new. 24 40 WashOgden Paint. Oil A Glass Co.
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Ogden Examiner
Ogden, Utah, US
Sat, Apr 21, 1917
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