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4arry Burreson Teaching Poilus Similarly Afflicted toMend Themselves.Bordeaux, April IP. An Ameri--an, with one leg off below the kuee md the other off above the knee 1* in charge of the French government* school for teaching crippled aoidiers j how to make artificial limb* here ! After experiment inn with expert* j from half a dosen countries, Includ-i Inn the best limb-maker* of France, |the government has selected Harry; Burreson, formerly of New York and Bt, Louis and San Francisco, as the. man best qualified to organise and! operate the school that will eventv , ally provide all men maimed in the war with false members and keepthem in repair,Burreson, who was born In Chi rago *pd had his early education inst Louis, was run over by a railroad ; train at the ape of twelve years, loa-j ing both legs After he was able to j move about again he started to workin an artificial leg factory, Hoiworked out the cost of two legs for himself. After he had earned the legs he began to experiment withthem, seeking to Improve them. He has obtained several patents for Improved limbs and Incorporated I he idenn into product* of various concerns by whom he was employed.Best Fitted forthe Work,He was in Paris selling legs for an jAmerican firm when the French gov-1 ernment sought him out and asked him to take charge of the school It Intended to open at Bordeaux, The officials believed that a man wearing artificial limbs himself would bp-better fitted for the position than a man with ordinary flesh and blood legs.It’s true I’d rather have one-legged or no-legged workmen than regular men at any time,” said Bur reson. 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 eoulupossibly bear. i 1 ik ak. w jm
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Ogden Examiner
Ogden, Utah, US
Sat, Apr 21, 1917
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