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In addition to his work as a medical examiner, Dr. Butler developed a groundbreaking method of treating chemical addiction. If an addict was terminally ill or incurable, he received maintenance doses of morphine. If otherwise healthy, an addict received a weaning dose of morphine in an attempt to stop the addiction. For those cured, Butler required that they be employed, if possible, and procure fresh air and recreation. Those fighting addiction were urged to interact socially with non-users in the community. hey receive a steady diet of fresh air and recreation. Addicts were encouraged to interact socially with non-users in the community.Butler's clinic closed in 1923, but its reputation on how to treat addicts effectively has grown over the decades. Butler was possibly seventy-five years ahead of his time in the treatment of addiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nwla-archives.org/handbook/butlerWillisPollard.htm|title=Butler, Willis Pollard (1888-1991)|publisher=Handbook of North Louisiana online|accessdate=August 28, 2019}}</ref>

In addition to his work as a medical examiner, Dr. Butler developed a groundbreaking method of treating chemical addiction. If an addict was terminally ill or incurable, he received maintenance doses of morphine. If otherwise healthy, an addict received a weaning dose of morphine in an attempt to stop the addiction. For those cured, Butler required that they be employed, if possible, and procure fresh air and recreation. Those fighting addiction were urged to interact socially with non-users in the community. hey receive a steady diet of fresh air and recreation. Addicts were encouraged to interact socially with non-users in the community.Butler's clinic closed in 1923, but its reputation on how to treat addicts effectively has grown over the decades. Butler was possibly seventy-five years ahead of his time in the treatment of addiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nwla-archives.org/handbook/butlerWillisPollard.htm|title=Butler, Willis Pollard (1888-1991)|publisher=Handbook of North Louisiana online|accessdate=August 28, 2019}}</ref>

Butler's book contains many humorous anecdotes but also frightening stories. He cites missing persons who turn up alive after having been declared dead and racial tensions in the  [[Segregation|segregated]] society in which he lived prior to 1964. In his early years, Butler went to work in a horse-and-buggy, made arrests for murders that he investigated, fought lynch mobs at the parish courthouse, and came close to being killed himself on several occasions. Upon his death in Hermitage, Tennessee, at the age of 103, he was the oldest former medical examiner in the world. He was the Caddo Parish coroner for a total of fifty-six nonconsecutive years.<ref name=callcoroner/>

Butler's book contains many humorous anecdotes but also frightening stories. He cites missing persons who turn up alive after having been declared dead and racial tensions in the  [[Segregation|segregated]] society in which he lived prior to 1964. In his early years, Butler went to work in a horse-and-buggy, made arrests for murders that he investigated, fought lynch mobs at the parish courthouse, and came close to being killed himself on several occasions. Upon his death in Hermitage, Tennessee, at the age of 103, he was the oldest former medical examiner in the world. He was the Caddo Parish coroner for a total of fifty-six nonconsecutive years.<ref name=ebrock/>

Information is unavailable on the burial sites of Dr. Butler and his second wife. The first Mrs. Butler is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=adbutler/>

Information is unavailable on the burial sites of Dr. Butler and his second wife. The first Mrs. Butler is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=adbutler/>