AMERICAN DOCTOR

Traces the growth of medicine through the centuries and establishes the osteopathic profession as part of the continuing development of the healing arts. Flashbacks depict the contributions of Hippocrates, Andreas Vesalius and Thomas Sydenham. Tells the story of Dr. Still's boyhood, his study of medicine under his father and his Civil War army service. Pictures the opening of the college in Kirksville and, in the graduation of its first class, the establishment of the osteopathic profession.