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Show l r W C , .giSL , tt. $r.,.,s i , By Jean 3T. de La Rne, Special Cor- respondent! Paris, France How a young American from the 1 province 'or state of Missouri, as it I is called In the United Statcj, is making good at the front not only as a doctor, but as a practical soldier sol-dier and also as a hero, is being related re-lated here in Paris. His bravery caused him to be honored before an entire army division. I use the expression "making good," for it is an American bon mot, as it were, and exactly describes de-scribes the heroic action of this young doctor now serving in the r) tienches. . I The act 'for which he was deco rated was rushing from the trench under the terrific fire of the German riflemen and bringing back to safety safe-ty a daring officer who alone had attempted at-tempted to rush a German trench. This young American, however, has attempted something more daring dar-ing in his relations with the French army to introduce osteopathy over allopathic medicine, i such as our great surgeons have excelled in. A' OSTEOPATH. His efforts in behalf of this new l. science, which we had heard little of ' i until it was explained by this young : ' man, have Avon great admiration of our people for the independent ! United States" Itself and for that great province or state of Missouri of which we understand Jeff ei son ; ' Cltv is a big place and the most , J important parish is called Pike J ; county, the latter name being used i in American provinces to describe I their parishes or units. The man of whom we speak Is Dr. : I Jean Baptiste Claverle, who comes, or as the Americans say, hails from Kirksvllle, and his acts have won ; - the great admiration of the French and have caused them to regard with great love that dear state of i; America where so many fine men i reside. The above story is -written by a French correspondent. The following follow-ing is from tho American side, from Kirksvllle, whore letters from the bravo young doctor, tell of his ex-II ex-II periences In Franco. I In his letters to his Kirksvllle friends, Dr. Claverio says but little of his reward for bravery. He refers to it as "an opportunity of doing some good work." Ho fails to tell of the German shells breaking with mad shrieks above tho French I trenches, of the young officer who 4 climbed over the trench and mado I) a mad dash toward the foe only to 't fall with a bullet wound In his j; chest; of his spontaneous act in j rushing from tho trench, through I the maze of bullets and bringing tho wounded officer to safety; bis escape from being wounded in his ' work of mercy, accomplished almost by the miraculous. As the brave deed was accom-l accom-l plibhed an entire regiment Taised I itself from the mud and mire of the j trench, forgot the weariness of many I j hours of fighting and cheered the I I doctor-soldier who had walked into I I the jaws of death to bring back I f through smoke and Are tho wounded - officer. I I Bravery is recognized more quick- I i ly by the men in tho trenches than If' by officers, and when ono receives I i their commendation his reward D 1 with a medal or decoration may be I y expected. The fact that an Amerl- R ' can entering voluntary service, was I ' capable of such bravery made his I act the greater and called for addi- I i tional commendation and praise of the United States. I Tho use of osteopathy in tho li French army has been the hero- Hi, doctor's hardest fight for ho has K some of the greatest surgeons and 8 physicians iu the world opposed to the new art he is introducing. OKIGIXALLY A FREXCIIMA He was born in France, was Dr. laverie, the son of a prosperous farmer. He studied in Paris, where ' he first became interested In the methods of drugless healing. Ten years ago he visited New York, where he met Dr. St. Goorge Fech-tig, Fech-tig, a leading osteopath. This friendship friend-ship led him to enter the Kirksvllle school. In August, 1914, while he was at Valparaiso, Ind., taking summer . work at Valparaiso University, Dr. Claverle read of the declaration of war between France and Germany. Although he needed but five days io complete his summer studies, he caught the first train back to Kirksvllle Kirks-vllle to get his military papers, rushed to New York City, wheie h'e reported to the French consul. He with 1,500 other Frenchmen sailed for Havre. He was at once allowed to join his old regiment and went into immediate service. His letters to his friends in Kirksvllle Kirks-vllle are as full of interesting detailB as the delecting pencil of the censors cen-sors would permit; and he also tells of his other battle his struggle to Introduce osteopathy while doing his work as a member of the medical corps. Of his bravery, rewarded as it was by an unusual appreciation by the commanders, he says but little; of his efforts to practice his profession in the face of the sneers and discouragements dis-couragements by the officers of the medical staff, he is enthusiastic. He Is a member of Kirksvllle Lodge, A. F. &. A. M No. 366, and of the Theta Psl Fraternity at the Kirksville school. On September 28 in a letter to his Kirksvllle friends, he wrote': "At Bivouac, the place where I am at present (I cannot tell where) looks more like a picnic party than anything else. Quite a number of us are camped in a forest, and while the soup is cooking I am writing you. The censor is such that I hardly know what to write, the little lit-tle things that would interest jou, I can't tell, and you may readily see why. However, I am feeling fine and having the time ojC my life so far as experiences go. I have become be-come accustomed to the big guns, which I assure don't even intoifere with my stealing a nap every now and then. I haven't seen a bed for many moons, but the weather is not cold, so I don't mind gazing at " tho stars. My education on tho sleeping porch at tho old Theta Psi Fraternity house has been of service serv-ice to me. September loth was a sad day for mo, thinking of you all going back to school and wishing I might be with you." HIS OWX BECITAL. On October 15 he said; "At last I received your four postals; together togeth-er with friends, we were trying to read our mail last night, when a shell exploded above us, killing four, wounding five, but I escaped with but a few scratches. The spot is now In ruins. I am inclosing you a picture of the place beforo the shell exploded. This is worse than h 1. I am now in the Hospital Corps and wo are taking care of tho French and Germans alike. Whllo still with the Infantry, I had the opportunity op-portunity of doing some good work on the 24th and 25th of September, for which I received open felicitations felicita-tions of my chiefs. I gave my first demonstration in osteopathy yesterday yester-day and tho results were great." The service of Septembor 24-25 referred to was the rescuing of a wounded lieutenant under fire of the Germans. On October 26 ho wrote: "I bavo '$- ' : '''aasMjaa " '"r'Si'" 8aptiste 11 'I Wailing for Something U Turn l.'i. fc7 mftifflH, ... . ? " J&T, . - J? CLAVEBlE ll'l His Line of Emer- IgM i' ' J gency and Hospital I'2HH3 B' v r . c t 1 . . Ct I 3nHPil2r rtfH? '''& Young Doctor From Treatments is New WiiI& ., .t Ktl f i . i.u c. i- LAJraffflwBfc Ik tMSm 1L- - the United States Is 1 to the Frenchmen WmmKm- dBwWMRS "' i i - HaB RM ilj IIHwJBlH'S S Lauded For Bravery Has oeen Under iSS&ti'i'W--rt-'4C' jr m Fire Many Times BBWBW ' :' ' J Regiments In the 1 '.- But As 'Yet Is mip ror Franco Trenches 1 Unhurt "AT T" before Joed ' - 1 WDMICOPDS ' ;'- ""': - ' , in 16 men under me, helping to carry and care for the wounded. Had a funny experience with a wounded German the other night Those who brought him in told me he was badly bad-ly wounded In the arm and when I walked toward him to cut his sleeve and tunic preparatory to dressing the wound, the poor fellow screamed scream-ed as though someone were going to kill him, and It took several fel- lows' assistance before I could attend at-tend him. I afterwards learned through an interpreter that he had been told by his superior officers that the French killed all Germans, wounded or not, and ho believed 1 was going to kill him. It's a dirty shame, not to say a crime, for wo take care of all wounded, French and German alike. Remember me to all the Theta Psl widows and be sure to tell the old doctor I said 'hello. " On November 21 he writes: "I had the time of my life today watching watch-ing an M. D. working with a fellow's liver, trying to find the cause of the pain in that region. (Although there was a rib lesion as large as a house). He never found It and got out of the affair by prescribing an opium pill and a few dabs of tine-, ture of iodine. You would be amazed at the amount of pills consumed per day by our bravo little soldiers. Of course, they are like the M. D.'s; they don't know any better and it wouldn't be wise to enlighten them at this timo. But watch me if I ever get out of this alive and put in two more years of osteopathy. When the roll is called do not report me as being absent, but please say 'Sous les Drapeaux.' Please remember me to Daddy Still, and, if you think it will give him any pleasure, jou may tell him that I havo given many osteopathic treatments, to friends and foes alike, and in every case have had fine success. Sometimes men fall or are thrown by the atmospheric at-mospheric disturbance produced by the bursting of Borne big shell, in such cases I havo always revived them by a good loosening up, given ofttlmes on the spot." A HEDICAL ASSISTANT. In January Claverle passed the examination for and assumed tho dutlog of,'Me4iclaAuxIllarot".axo- sition that is given only to those . who have attended a Fronch medical school for three years. On January 25 Claverie was in ihe battleof Cia-onne Cia-onne and as in the stone quarry at La Creute but a short while before the landslide closed the entrance to the quarrj'i which resulted In the capture of two battalions of French. On January 27 he writes: "Have just returned from X , where we had a terrific combat during four days 75 per cent of our ugl-ment ugl-ment were wiped out, but with four battalions we withstood the attack ofi five regiments during four days and four nights. I never expect to see anything like It again.. All of my friends from America and those hero are . Am so tired and worn out I can neither sleep nor eat. Am not wounded, only tired. Had word from my brother, who is in tho hospital for treatment at Clermont-Ferard. Clermont-Ferard. From my other brother, who is prisoner In Austria, no word since October." Under the date of March 3, a long letter was received in which ho let loose all the feeling that had been accumulating for six weeks or more. "Not being at liberty," he writes, "to tell you of the things that happened hap-pened during January 25-26, I am inclosing a clipping from the newspapers news-papers which I have received from New York and which give a splendid idea of what went on. All the vacancies va-cancies of my regiment were filled up within three days and the iegi-ment iegi-ment has been In the trenches almost al-most ever since. Trench life is not an ideal way of living. I can assure you, and I want to say that I am as 'lame' as any 'lame duck' you ever saw. I received a letter from my brother in Austria, the second in seven months. He was not permitted permit-ted to write, neither was ho allowed to receive any of my letters, except the part of one In which it was told that all were well He speaks well of the United Slates Consul, and adds that without his aid he is confident con-fident the Frenchmen would find their time long (?) 'HAYOC IX TILE TREXC1IES. "It doesn't ta.ko a great imagination imagina-tion to realize what a havoc six months in these trenches has worked work-ed upon tho men. When they come to the dispensary every i morning we even I have to do it give them one of three 'things, an opium rill, an asperin pill or a quinine pill. "Just think of it, no matter where or what the lesion is, the fellow gets a pill! Colds, hepatic disturbances, nephritis and what not are all treated treat-ed with the same pill, and an occa-sioal occa-sioal doss of sulphate of magnesium. magnesi-um. Physical examinations are reserved re-served for the wounded and then only to determine where tho wound is. I have had several heated dis-cusslous dis-cusslous with the Majors, went even so far as to give them blackboard black-board demonstrations in order to try and make them see the logic of what I was trying to tell them But I honestly believe that their brain centeis which deal with logic and common sense are absolutely atrophied. atro-phied. I've cured all kinds of hcad-" hcad-" aches, relieved colds, set innoniinate lesions, etc. but I, always get ihe same ironic look as well as the same stupid answer: 'Why, it was a mere coincidence, the thing would have gotten well with a pill anc waioui spending any physical energy of mine.' . "None of them believe in my work. Just the same, when my fallows came for their treatment, they were interested enough to come right iu and see how I would proceed. "Well, Dad, I could ia::c to you hours on drug administration, but what's the use. If Dr, Fechtlg had never done anything else ror me than advise me to come to Kirksville Kirks-ville and tako up osteopathy it would be my duty to thank him all my life for it. Mind you! Tho 7U. -'s are not ignorant, far from it. Thoy all have an enviable preliminary prelim-inary education and all sorts of degrees; de-grees; they "know all about anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology and all the rest, but their brains have associated as-sociated drugs with every function of thfr body. I told some of them all these things and more besides. Result? They politely hate me. They never speak to me or refer to me other than as the 'American.' A Mfetimc may not be enough to open their eyes to the truth, but if I am successful in retaining my life and my body Intact I assure you the people pL Franco shall be given a chance. "Indeed, I am expecting j'ou. to be with me in what I call the missionary mission-ary work for osteopathy in France. I have received Dr. Still's books on 'Principles and Practice' which you sent and now shall have something greater to read, think and talk about. I have received my credits which were sent me and have -had them translated and turned over to the Major. I have not received my official appointment as Adjutant and shouldn't be a bit surprised if I did not. for my antimedicnl views so openly expressed went straight home with some of the M. D.'s. But I am not worrying about any stripe that I might have got on my sleeve, or would havo received had I kept my mouth shut. I am thankful to God that Andrew Taylor Still mado possible in the little town of Kirksville, Kirks-ville, Mo., the opportunity for men to be instructed in hlsv science of osteopathy and so long' as I havo JeJ breath to speak and strength to per- v foira the movements I shall use jlf them for the furtherance of tho 'jtijli science." ( I'll I Thus is this young doctor .from I Ml! America fighting the battle of osteo- Jjfjl pathy against allopathy as well as (j fighting the battle of the French ;JJ and allies against Germans in the jHJ! trenches. His school of practice 1R, maintains that manipulation of tho jpilt bones, especially of the vertebrae jffl r protecting the spinal cord, will alle- jM , viate practically all diseases. His jaj i school opposes the use of drugs or M herbs and has no use for surgery 1 other than in cases of real accident. hi I For a young doctor of a faith that vi , most allopaths detest to attempt to Im convert a nation of surgeons to JllBj drugless healing is one of the great- bat est sidelights of tho war. iwjj |