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in- in ^aiiux*u uiik it tor worldI War I and served as major and lieutenant colonel in France in!Base hospital No 32 at Contrexvilleand Red Cross hospital No 5 inParts Both hospitals were com*manded tv him during the final weeks of this service.He was responsible for the build* ing of Jefferson county hospital in Fairfield and served as mayor of Fairfield and in the General As*I sembly. He was twice elected vice | president of the Iowa State Mecti*I m! Society and president of the Des Moines Valley Medical Assort*j at ion and the Southeastern IowaMedical Society. He made the first X-ray pictures in Jefferson county, performed the first appendectomyand Introduced organotherapy in;the county. jHe was also surgeon for the C j B *V Q and C R I P railroads for 30 years. He retired from practice in 1041 after 52 years jDr Clarke married Melinda | Clapp October 13. 1891. The Clarke 1 Immr was at 500 South Main Dr Clarke died on April 12. PH2 and his wife followed him in death onAugust 12, KH*hâ– a
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Fairfield Daily Ledger
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 25, 1946
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