The Osteopathic Physician

April 1912

Vol. 21, No. 4

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most rapidly growing. Accordingly we find Anatomical and Physiological Pictures of Diseases in the first place that tumors seldom occur until after forty or forty-five years, and in the Tumors second place that they tend to occur in those tissue's which normally proliferate most rap­ Being Chapter: XIV of This Series by Dr. E. E. Tucker, of New York City. idly. Having begun to cause growth there, they actually specialize this tissue for the func­ tion of liminating this growth energy, and UMORS are not isolated phenomena. The tion does not cease to accumulate during old a~ b~dy become a safety valve to the body. The re­ natural laws of which they are expres­ age,' even when the mec.hanis.m. of .the. semblance of this action to the normal func­ T sion are the same natural lnws which show has become so stiff that ItS eltmmatlOn IS Im­ themselves in physiology and pathology and in tion of growth lies in the tendency to form possible. At ·this time it becomes a danger, a embryonic tissue, to endow it with the power every phenomenon of 'life, and moreover, ,ev­ two-fold danger. Its non-elimination leads to ery phenomenon of life doubtless shows in of independent growth, and to develop the new growth and to autointoxication, at the power of functional ~bsorption. .. tumors. same time that the tissue, stiffening, loses its This, however, bnngs up a phYSIOlogical The study of this subject seems to divide perfect specialization. What happens then itself into three lines. First the general ten­ law which I think I am describing to you for alw~rs the first time. If anyone can show me a dis­ dency to continuous growth which is cussion of this principle elsewhere, where I present in living tissu~. ?econd, '!- speclfi.c stimulus to growth which IS found m prach­ can read it, I should be glad to have him do so. cally every case of tumors. Third, the local This principle might be called the principle of functional absorptiol~. Every tissue tends :0 irritation which is the local or incidental cause specialize for some function, and then to do all of the growth. The first of these is the biological cause. of that work-to absorb it away from the rest Everything that is alive te~ds t? fill the. earth, of the body. It is on the whole very simple. ea and sky with more of ItS kmd. ThiS con­ It is most clearly seen in the action of the tinuous growth is restrained in the bo?y only nerves. The stimulus is applied to the skin, by specialization of tissue. When l1ssue IS this stimulus passes up the spinal cord to the specialized for one thing, it of course loses to brain, and down again to about the same spot that degree, or rather it t? that d~gree .holds from which it came. Why did it travel this long route instead of traveling across the in­ in suspense, all other quahl1es. Tissue 111 the body, which is to all intents and purposes per­ finitely smaller distance from the skin directly to the muscle? Loeb has shown that in the fectly specialized, has therefore perfectly su5­ pended this tendency to unlimited growth. And absence of the nervous system, the stimulus here is a biological principle to which I wish will pass directly into the muscular tissue. to call your attention as being one of the c.hief What then does the nervous system do? It factors in evolution, namely, that all thmgs absorbs this stimulus. It is more sensitive tend to complete their specialization before than the cells oT the skin, and robs them en­ they tend to l·eprodttction. . tirely of it, so that instead of the skin grow­ Next to the biological energy is the bIO­ ing in proportion to the stimulus it received, chemical energy which is the same biological the growth takes place in the nervous system Dr. Otis F. Akin, of Portland, are., Who Has Just or brain, and there the equilibrium between energy transfor~ed by its passing through Retu'rned from a Sojourn in Europe. ' some of the specialized organs of the body. the external and internal conditions is brought about. But there are two sets of nerves ter­ Naturally most cases of unbalance take effect is very simply that this growth energy partly through the biochemical mechanis~, minating in the skin, in fact there are three, tends to cause further growth. It fastens it­ perhaps more. There are the sensory nerves, which is the stronger of the two because tiS­ self upon the tissues in the body which are sue energy tends to specinli~alion. ... (Continued on page 2.) The third of these factors IS local lrntatlOn. The local irritation has the same effect from one angle that the biological or biochemical stimulation has from the opposite angle. It Do You Want An ',Osteopath" Door Plate of lowers tissue resistance and tends to prolifer­ ation of cell . Brass Free? ow I said that there were no isolated phe­ nomena in nature nor, of course, in tumors O vehement and continuous has been the office or home want another one to use at the which were natural products. \N'e shall show stream of requests to obtain our souvenir other location. a beautiful illustration of this here. 'vVe shall S o S TEO PAT H door-plate that we Do you want one or two? show that the first of these forces, the biolog­ have been compelled to satisfy our friends by It would cost you $12.00 to $15.00 to get one ical force. act in tumors exactly as it doe in providing another supply of them. of these made to or'der for yourself. the growing body. The second of these, the This spells "opportunity" for you if you want You can be sure that no M. D. ever had a biochemical factors, acts in tumor growths one. finer or more "classy" physician's sign for his exactly as it does in the infective diseases. The Do you? office or residence. One seldom ,sees one as third. the local irritant, behaves in tumors Possibly you know from some friend in the handsome. It will last a lifetime. This "Bunt­ exactly like the whole process in a wound 01' profession who has one how very fine and hand­ ing" souvenir is one that should be in ~ervice the regeneration of tissue. some this osteopathic door-plate is. If not, we after you and Bunting both cash in and quit earthly labors. Let u take up the first of them and show are glad to adv~se you that it is a solid brass this. Some time ago I presented a theory of Every new contractor who is {"nrolled by THE tumors (Boston. Mass., January, 1911), based plate, 3x15 inches, with embossed brass letters O. P. Co. this month on a basis of 100 copies Upon the biological law that all life is in quan­ on a black-enameled dull-finish backgr'ou·nd. monthly will receive one of these valuable pro­ tity inexhaustible. The life energy which dur­ There are four small holes at the corners for fessional door-plates, expressage prepaid, with ing childhood causes the growth of the body, screws. The plate is also adapted to suspend the compliments of "H. S. B." which during mature life is used in reproduc- just inside the window from the sash by a If you want one of these hall-marks of a . brass chain which is provided by us. So it is in­ successful practitioner, write us today. 'Copyright, 1912, by The Osteopathic Publishing Com· terchangeable as a door-plate or a window ,sign. The new supply is not large, and like the pany, ·Chicago. Many of our friends who have one at the first installment is not expected to last long. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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the motor nerves, and the vasomotor nerves. I t is the business of these organs to do some­ Of these three the sensory nerves are more thing with it. They are the protection be­ Dr._Otis F. Akin Enthusiastic About sensitive, and they therefore absorb all the tween the body and this explosive force. European Experience stimulus away from the other two, as well as Sajous seems to hold that the source of from the skin. They carry it to the spinal ~hese enzymes, the spermin and the ovarin, is Dr. Otis F. Akin has resumed practice at centers. There the end of each nerve is in III the adrenal body. But I am forced to dif­ Portland, Ore., after an absence of nearly a contact with numerous other sets of nerves. fer with Dr. Sajous to this extent, that I think year.. Mos~?f this time was spent in European motor nerves, vasomotor nerves, other sensory the source of the proliferative enzymes found surgical clllllcs. Dr. Akin took the regular nerves. Why does it not cross over to the moto;' in the genital organs is the same as that of all course~ 0!Iered in the Vienna hospitals and is nerves and cause much more directly the spas­ other enzymes of whatever nature; namely, e~lthuslashc over the work in pathology and modic action which removes the stimulus? It that they come from all of the cells in the dlagn.os.ls. The abundance and variety of bone does if the stimulus be too severe, but other­ body. Dr. Still says that "Every cell has a and J~l~t work in the Lorenz.clinic with op­ wise it is always absorbed by the higher sen­ vote in a drop of saliva, a tear, or anything por.tu.llItles for. personal dIagnostic and operative sory nerves, which are still more sensitive than else." Each cell contributes its mite to all of trallllI1g are lIlvaluable to the bone surgeon. the nnes in contact with the skin, and absorb these internal secretions, its mite being that One. sees. here almost exclusive practice of the all of its stimulus away from the first nerve, part of the vital equilibrium for which it is ma1l1pulahve and osteoclastic art in the correc­ except perhaps just enough to keep the first not specialized, and which is held in its case tion of flat and clubbed feet, bow-legs, knock­ nerve alive. And by successive relays of sen­ in complete suspense. But through this power knees, etc. Many congenital hips are reduced sory nerves, each one more sensitive than the of functional absorption, the different special­ here but Dr. Adkin thinks the results not so one below, each therefore absorbing it away ized organs attract to themselves all of that good as those of Calot or Paci, who was from the one below, the stimulus is carried particular function for which they were spe­ probably the real originator of the so-called cialized, and take it away from, all the other bloodless reposition of the hip. finally to the highest center, where it is ad­ Lore~1Z justed to the equilibrium of the body as a cells of the body. When, however, there is an warmly champions ambulatory - treat­ whole; then by cumulative action it obtains excess of one kind or another then the tissue ment III plaster for congenital hip, hip-joint enough strength to be reflected into the motor most nearly related to that particular kind will disease, Pott's disease, and even fracture of paths and produce action. take it up and tend to grow until it is equal the neck of the femur. In tuberculosis Lorenz I use the word absorption-we are not sure to the burden thrown upon it. considers a firm ankylosis the ideal result de­ Thus when this growth energy has been formity to be later corrected by osteotom'y or that the action is a true absorption, but it is epiphyseal separation over the wedge. just as though it were an absorption, and we thrown upon the organs of internal secretion will continue to use this word until the labo­ it is handled by them more or less, and throw~ Calot is also an able exponent of manual ratories have supplied us with a proper equiv­ back upon the body in a specialized form, but adjustment o·f gross lesions and his reduction alent. still in excess; and it tends to cause either of congenital dislocation of the hips displays Take another instance. that of the breath. excited function of some organ with the re­ the work of a master. Seven cases were re­ The blood in the lung has a greater affinity sults thereof (which may be indeed inhibition duced at one afternoon clinic, one girl being for oxygen than for carbon. so the oxygen from overstimulation or else growth of some twelve years of age' and another fourteen, both is absorbed in the blood of the lung. But at particular kind of tissue, or both. of these having had a month's preliminary treat­ the other end of the blood tree, the lymph There is a great deal of evidence of the ment by heavy weight extension. Calol's claim has a greater affinity for oxygen than has the specific nature in these tumor growths and of of 100 per cent cures seems extravagant in blood and draws it out, returning carbon di­ the specific stimulus that leads to them. I view of the pathology. His plaster work is oxid. Then the cytoplasm has a greater af­ want to quote Leo Loeb of Philadelphia, from unexcelled. finity than the lymph. and the nucleus a the New YOl'k Medical Jounzal of July 24, 1909. Some time was spent by Dr. Adkin in the stronger affinity than the cytoplasm; so the "If under ordinary conditions you make in­ hospitals of Paris, London, and Liverpool. oxygen goes from one to the other in propor­ cisions into the uterus of the guinea pig the Robert Jones of Liverpool impressed him as tion to this affinity, each drawing it from the usual wound healing takes place without any the premier operating orthopedist, the techinque others. noteworthy tissue proliferation accompanying of his tendon transplantations, operations on the In pathology and in medicine we have many It. If, however, the incisions are made durin" fol~ knee and for spastic paraplegias entitling him to instances of an absorptive power, not only dif­ the first \line days after the rupture of a just fame. Fibrous adhesions following joint ferent in degree, but specific. which of course licle, each cut, or almost each cut, leads to the sprains and fractures are broken up by Jones means different in degree for particular sub­ formation of a tumorlike deciduom.a." stances. We find, for instance. that if sul­ The internal secretions from the ovary it­ without anesthesia in the manner in vogue phuretted hydrogen be absorbed from intes­ self are to some degree specific, as is shown among the English "bone setters." The ideas of Lane of London on auto-in­ tinal putrefaction, it is found altogether in the here, but there is no isolated fact in nature, nervous system, and nowhere else in the body. and as Loeb himself says, "Organs which are toxication are more interesting to osteopaths The science of medicine is replete with such sensitized, as by some specific enzyme. may than his open treatment of fractures. Lane instances. and in fact different drugs have spe­ take on a growth of this kind from a . imple is a disciple of Metchnikoff in ascribing to in­ cific effect largely on account of this fact. Fur­ trauma." And any organ may be so sensitized testinal stasis the most of human ills. Lane thermore. as anyone could see at a glance, the by an excess of its own specific stimulus. insists that tuberculosis, arthritis deformans, gas­ organs of internal secretion would be unable E. E. Tyzzer in the Boston Medical Journal tric and duodenal ulcer and gall stones are all to exist as such if they did not have this par­ (I have not the date) says "The demonstra­ due to intestinal stasis and that the proper ticular power. The same thing is true ind'eed tion of the pre ence of substances which pre­ remedy lies in laparotomy and implantation of of the liver and all of the organs of the body. pare tissue for growth on subsequent injury the ileum into the upper part of the rectum Indeed this principle must necessarily be at or stimulation is of great importance." Evi­ thereby short-circuiting the colon and insuring the basis of the whole process of specialization. dence of specific character is evident also in prompt elminination. Perfect specialization could never occur with­ the metastases of tumors. Adami states that Dr. Akin attended the Clinical Congress of out it, and no specialization could go very far melanotic tumors are especially liable to form Surgeons of North America at Philadelphia. and without it. And this is exactly what the tu­ new growths specifically in tIle liver. Tu­ visited the surgical clinics of New York, Boston, 1110r does. It becomes the organ for eliminat­ mors of the thyroid are peculiarly liable to Baltimore, Chicago and the Mayos at Rochester, ing this growth energy-it absorbs all of the form secondary growths in bone. Reckling­ Minn., and also addressed osteopathic meetings growth energy from the body, it specializes haus say prostatic, mammary and thyroid at Boston, Portland, Me., Toledo and Spokane. itself for that purpose. In this it acts just as cancer produce metastases in bone. Menatier He was accompanied by his wife, Dr. Mabel organs in the growing foetus do. The 1110st and Handford note the liability to muscular Akin, who met him in New York in October. rapidly growing tissue always seems to have new growths from a primary lung cancer. In the future Dr. Akin will devote his time the greatest affinity for the energy and the ma­ E. F. Bashford states that metastasis from to surgery, general and orthopedic, gynecology terial of the body. For instance. the fcetus mammary cancer is liable to take place in the and obstetrics. Dr. Mabel Akin will continue will grow even to the starv'ation of ·the moth­ lung, that new growths of the peritoneum will to specialize in diseases of women and children. er's body. We are ready to understand now find their way into the intestine. Numerous why tumors grow at the expense of the body other authors referred to specific tendencies and produce that withered condition and of this kind. In this respect the tumor cells cachexia that their hosts show. Thus we see behave just as germ cells from an infected The Right Path. that· the biological energy acts in tumors just spot. BY GUY OLIVER. The importance of the internal secretions is as it acts in functional growth. Some the path occult are treading, The second of the facto'rs in tUl110r growth indicated by this fact. The same thing is at­ Hoping thus good health to win; is the biochemical energy, the specialized en­ tested by the experience of numerous investi­ Some, deluded, blind, are heading ergy of the body. This original biological gators in connection with infective diseases. I Down the path of medi-sin. will quote Dr. W. B. Coley. Amel'ican J01t1'll'I.l energy when thrown back upon the body is There's a straight path that's not narrow, thrown directly back upon the organs of in­ of Medical Science, March, 1906. He presents ,Vhere all may escape the wrath; ternal secretion. the organs of chemical bal­ 51 cases of inoperable sarcoma successfully That is where I wheel my barrow- ance, the auto-protective mechanism of Sajous. (Continued on page 6.) Down the flow'r-lined osteo-path! Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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400 People Attend Open Meeting of M:aryland Osteopaths at Baltimore EQUAL TO TWO HUMAN ASSISTANTS! HE Maryland and Baltimore City Osteop­ athic Association held a convention in WORKING WITHOUT WAGES! T Baltimore on February 17th at the Emer­ son Hotel. The convention was opened at ALBRIGHT We are 3 o'clock. Dr. H. Alfred Leonard presided. Manufacturers, Mayor James H. Preston delivered an address "Standard" Importers and of welcome. Dr. Charles Hazzard of New York TABLE Jobbers of City spoke on auto-intoxication. He was followed Ball Bearing by Dr. O. J. Snyder of Philadelphia, whose sub­ "EVERYTHING ject was Visualized Osteopathic Mechanics. The A Manual OSTEOPATHIC" meeting was open to the public, its object being to enlighten the people of Baltimore and Mary­ of land upon the subject of osteopathy. Fully 400 Technique Complete line of were present and the committee feel that the Special Treating with Coats, Cabinets, meeting served its purpose from an educational Every Table Tables, Instru­ standpoint. ments, Rubber A banquet was held at the Emerson Hotel at Goods and 7:30. Dr. Harrison McMains was toastmaster. Price $75.00 Specialties. COlT1plete with Several solos were rendered by Mrs. Ethel handsolTle Nickel Thompson and recitations were rendered by Miss Plated Gyn. WriteforIllustrated Anne Rothwell Stewart. Those who spoke in Stirrups. UCatalog-ette" response to toasts were: Hon.]. Barry Mahool, 5% For Cash. L-. --'-'----'-_---'- -=:..::.:..._-"-_=- ----' with prices. Dr. Henry A. McMains, Mr. George H. Gist, Hon. George H. Shibley, Dr. O. J. Snyder, Mr. High Grade Black Leather over Curl~d Horsehair and Burlap, used on all Tables. W. H. Barse, Mr. Edwin C. Quarles, Dr. Charles Hazzard and Mr. Lawrence J. McCormick. Dur­ SOLD WITH OUR POSITIVE GUARANTEE ing the evening a set of resolutions were sent from the Maryland Osteopathic Society to the diners who were assembled in banquet in honor of the famous surgeon, ]. M. T. Finney, M. D., expressing their appreciation of his value and of the great good he would do for Baltimore in the future years by his philanthropy. A mes­ sage of love and affection were wired to the "Old a matter which has resulted in considerable discussion tions, which will be styled Marie Feodorovna among insurance companies and it seems like the profes­ Doctor" at Kirksville. There were about 100 sion has not been recognized for this particular work and general. The former is a prize competi­ present at the banquet. Among me practitioners up to this date." . tion, with prizes aggregating 1S,000 rubles, or present from out of the state were: Dr. Arthur They then referred me to two M. Do's who they said approximately $9,000, divided into nine prizes, M. Flack, Dr. Charles Hazzard, Dr. Chloe C. were located in my town, according to their records. Both were dead and I presume their names were found one of 6,000 rubles, approximately $3,000; two Riley, Dr. Alice Patterson Shibley, Dr. Earle S. in some medical directory. .. of 3,000 rubles each, and six of 1,000 rubles Willard, Dr. Alice N. Willard, Dr. Harry M. It seems to me that it is time that osteopathic publica­ each. Vastine, Dr. Charles H. Nicholls,"'" Dr. T. ]. How­ tions stopped giving this company undeserved favorable mention.-H. F. Morse, D.O., Wenatchee, Wash. • The subjects of this competition are as fol­ erton, Dr. Ross, Dr. Richard Wanless, Dr. H. S. lows: Beckler, Dr. Wen.dlestadt, and Dr Bright.­ Woodman Circle Accepts Woodmen of the World 1. A scheme for the removal of wounded Howard M. Houck, D.O., Secretary, 'Baltimore Declines. , from the battlefield with the minimum number Osteopathic Society. I notice in the February number of THE OSTEOPATHIC of stretcher bearers. PHYSICIAN there is considerable talk about life insurance, and the request by many osteopaths that we turn our 2. Portable (surgeon's) washstands, for use business and that of our friends to those companies em­ in the field. Insurance Companies Boost Owen ploying osteopaths as examiners. In December I ,was 3. The best method of packing dressings asked to become examiner for the Woodman Circle, an auxiliary of the Woodmen of the World, with head­ for use at first aid and dressing stations. Bill quarters at Omaha, Neb. I explained that I would do 4. Wheeled stretchers. the work, if the company would accept my work, 'and 5. Transport of stretchers on mule back. HE medical department of the Postal Life while I did not know about that particular company, I Insurance Company is sending out health knew there were a good many that would not accept 6. Easily folding portable stretchers. T. bulletins to its policy holders, in which it osteopaths as examiners. The secretary wrote the head 7. Transport of the wounded between war­ ~ncludes physician, who answered that they regarded osteopaths ships and hospital ships, and the coast. the following foot-note printed in red as physicians and I was duly elected and installed in Ink: the local lodge, and have made several examinations, S. The best method of heating railway cars "Write your Representative and Senator to all of which have gone through without any questions. by a system independent of steam fr0111 the vote for the Owen Bill for a consolidation of It is rather an expensive fraternal order, but I took locomotive. a small policy, not thinking it wise to turn down the Federal health-activities. This Bill WILL NOT offer after all we have said about desiring recognition. 9. The best model of portable Roentgen ap­ interfere with personal liberty, but simply bring They have a good many members here and pleasant paratus, permitting utilization of X-rays on the about a more rapid dissemination of information' times in their meetings and' I consider them a solid battlefield and at first aid stations. company and worthy of the support of those who want r.egarding disease-prevention. Citizens are en­ fraternal insurance.-Dr. Ca-rolyn Barker, Fort Dodge, The maximum prize will be awarded to the titled to as much protection as cattle." Iowa. best exhibit, irrespective of the subject, and so Commenting on this Dr. W. C. Armstrong, of 1Vork 1Vasted for 1VoodD1en. on. The general exhibit is again divided into Ingram, Pa., says: "If all the insurance com­ The Woodmen of the World, headquarters in the panies are doing this kind of work in support of W. O. W. building, Omaha, Neb., have refused to accept two parts; the first will be an exhibition by the Owen bill it may have quite an influence on osteopathic examiners. I was appointed camp physician the various Red Cross associations of the Congress and the scheme should be exposed at a few weeks ago for a camp to be started here, made world. The second will be devoted to exhib­ nearly a dozen examinations and then had the examina­ once. I sent a copy of the circular to the "League tion reports returned to the state organizer, and a let· its Iby individuals or business houses of any for Medical Freedom" and also wrote a letter to ter to me informing me that the rules of the order articles having to do with the amelioration of the Postal Life telling them what I thought of will not permit the appointing of an osteopath camp the sufferings of sick and wounded in war, physician. I might add here that the Improved Order such action on their part, and that if they of Heptasophs DO accept us as examiners.-loseph Fer­ which are not covered by the Marie Feodor­ continued send out such literature I should feel guson, D.O., Middletown, N. Y. ovna prize competition for the year. While :nore like discontinuing my policy than trying to the American Red Cross will be glad to have Influence anyone to take out insurance with any articles pertaining to medical and surgi­ them. Ninth International.Red Cross cal practice in the field, it is especially anx­ Unsatisfactory Experience with Mi880uri State ious to secure a full exhibit relating to pre­ Life. Conference . ventive measures in campaign. Such articles . Every little while we see the statement popping up will be classified as follows: 'In osteopathic publications that "the Missouri State Life HE American Red Cross desires again to 1. Apparatus for furnishing good water in nsurance Company of St. Louis is friendly to Osteo­ paths." invite attention to the exhibition,in con­ the field. I was influenced by such a statement to decide to T nection with the Ninth International 2. Field apparatus for the disposal of take out insu'rance with them and in response to my Red Cross conference, which will be held in wastes. request for examination by an osteopath, received the Washington, D. from May 7th to May following: "We are very sorry to advise you that the c., 3. Shelter such as portable huts, tents and bY·laws of the company will not permit you to be ex­ lTIh. . the like, for hospital purposes. amined by an osteopathic physician. This is, of course, The exhibition will be divided into two sec- 4. Transport apparatus (to prevent the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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were among the most prominent M. D.'s of the state, two from Seattle and one from Taco~ and without exception, every M. D. approached Weare Both Working for the Same End concerning it, declared the board's low markinaa an outrage. OU, doctor, by your strict physic~l examinations ~ust dis­ Ycover the appalling prevalence of spmal troubles and diseases. 1'he case in hand hinged upon the value of tbe In your practice, adapted· to giving efficient aid in all such paper in one subject whicH all of the twenty-two cases, doubtless you have discovered the need of some p:ac­ doctors had graded above 75 per cent and the tical appliance designed on scientific principles, as a substi­ board member who had this suojec.t regraded, tute for the old, cumbersome and painful Plaster, Leather giving a passing grade, but on the witness stand and Starch Jackets, as an adjunct to your treatment reconsidered and graded 45 per cent, while the of spinal deformities. other members graded it 35 and 45 per cent re­ spectively. We have such an appliance. We ask you to carefully consider our claims of excellence and The trial varied from being interesting and exciting to prosy at times, was technical and Ion, effectiveness for drawn out. The board confessed they had not had the applicants' names and numbers sealed, as the law Our No.1 Appliance demands and as they had always done previously' int~ Light and comfortable to wear, easy of adjustment,. br.in~ing that they had interjected a number of things the desired pressure upon the parts, made only to mdlvldual the examination that the law did not require; measurements to meet the requirements of each case, from that they had arbitrarly decided the general materials of lasting quality, OUR NO. 1 APPLIANCE is the average must be 75 per cent, the law requiring adjunct you need. - .. 60 in each subject. "The Sheldon Method of Curing Spinal Curvature When all the evidence was submitted, the CQllrt contains a full description, fully illustrated from actual photo­ held that in his opinion there should be no appeal graphs, of Our No. 1 Appli~nce, in use..Let us send you a from a state board's d~cision and that it was a copy of this book and other lIterature be~nng upon the sub· llOor law that permitted it. That -he knew noth~ ject of Diseases and Disorders of the Spme. . ing of medicine and was wholly unqualified to We hope also to interest you in our plan of co-operatIOn pass upon the merits of papers written upon with you in reducing the enormo.us total of s';1fferers from mC'dical subjects. That any man or group of \ Spinal troubles which are producmg a generation of hunch· m<'n acting as a board might make mistakes but backs and cripples. Write to us. he did not believe it was the court's duty to cor-I rect these mistakes, therefore he would sustain PHILO BURT MFG. CO. 141 16th St., Jamestown, N. Y. the board's decision. _ The appellant's attorney immediately appealed to the Supreme Court, but before the case was called the board gave the mid-winter examination ! suffering of sick and wounded) exclusive of January, 1911, examined 1 D.O., 1 passed, the such apparatus as specified for the Marie Feo­ one who failed July exam.; 74 M. D.'s, 50 passeo. in Spokane and the plaintiff thinking to save a dorovna prize competition. July, 1911, examined 5 D. O.'s, 1 passed; SO great expenditure of time and money, wrote the As with the Marie Feodorovna prize compe­ M. D.'s, 52 passed. examination a second time and was granted a ~ tition for this country only articles having January, 1912, examined 2 D. O.'s, 1 passed; license. the approval of the central committee of the 47 M. D.'s, 14 passed. Many things in the trial brought out the fact American Red Cross will be accepted. Five M. D.'s licenses have been revoked. that an osteopathic applicant before a Composite Diplomas will be awarded for exhibits in this Of the five osteopathic applicants before the Board is facing a hard proposition, unless the section of the exhibition as approved and rec- Medical Board July, 1911, one was granted a osteopathic members are shrewd, alert, active;. ommended by the jury. , license. Two of those not receiving licenses well up on the underhanded methods of the great Further information may be obtained from were dissatisfied and started an investigation. In A. M. A. trust and possessed of sufficient back­ the chairman, exhibition committee, American Washington all medical examinati~m pap.ers are bone to fight it. Washington has had but three Red Cross, Washington D. C. held as public records-

that some very prominent men are going to be t pr. "Bill" Smith _Fund Started for the active officens of the companYr-men with un­ Benefit of His Son and doubted ability and integrity in the insurance filycoJhYJRoline world. So this all looks very good to the Mrs. Smith profession, indeed. , The editor has become a subscriber to the T the suggestion of Dr. Albert Fisher, stock of the new company along with the other Sr" of Chicago, we are pleased to open osteopathic boosters and hopes that the company A the columns of THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSI­ will mature its plans fully and make the deal CIAN for subscriptions to a fund for the benefit of a successful company from the start and prove Mrs. Smith and Cuthbert Smith. Dr. Fisher a credit to the profession. has contributed $5.00, Mrs. Fisher, Sr., $1.00, The osteopathic profession is receiving .a and The Osteopathic Publishing Company preference in subscribing to this stock and It $5.ao. We hope and anticipate that many will is desired to have as many osteopaths become feel it a privilege to contribute to this fund stockholders as possible. Subscriptions of any and we shall be glad to receive all donations amount from $100 up to $5,000 are accepted. and forward same to Mrs. Smith after pub­ Certain financial interests stand back of the lishing them in THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. proposition who will be glad to get all the stoc~ CmRRIlAL It would be a very worthy thing if the pro­ that is left unsubscribed after the oseopathlc fession could pr.ovide a fund of several hun­ profession has been satisfied. So we are to!d dred dollars, but whatever amount is raised the whole proposition could be closed up 111 we know it will be a welcome assistance and a day if it were desired to do so: But the (ONDIIIONS fully appreciated, as Mrs. Smith said in her ambition of Mr. Parsons, the orga111zer of the letter that all Dr. Smith was able to leave to company is to have the stock as widely scat­ M\S~L/T"RO~T herself and Cuthbert was his love: tered through the osteopathic profession as pos­ Contributions to Dr. "Bill" Smith Fund sible. ] NTESTINJ\L Dr. Albert Fisher, Sr., Chicago $5.00 ST(5MACH~,RECTAL Mrs. Fisher, Sr., Chicago...... 1.00 The Osteopathic Publishing Co., Chicago .... 5.00 Elbert Hubbard on Osteopathy ~1:UT.ERO-VAGJJ~JAL HE leading feature in the June issue of American National Assurance Com- .the Fra will be an article by Elbert Hub­ KUcSS .&, OWER CoMPANt pany Secures $100,000 Support T bard on "The Success ·of .Osteopathy." This article is written in Hubbard's sp~rkling 210 fultonSt~~ewYorK . From Osteopaths. Many style and will make a most excellent piece of . ' Well Known Practition­ campaign literature. It is a much ~ette~ aI',: I ticle than his "Little Journey to KirkSVille, ers Endorse The which appeared some time agq. . the privilege of visiting any of the clinics at the Enterprise. Mr. Hubbard is thoroughly conversant With large hospitals. Harvard Medical School gives T is now fully assured that the osteopathic osteopathic philosophy and no well-known special classes on all where the work on those profession is going to have one insuranc com­ writer is better qualified than he to produce subjects may be taken up by the osteopath who I pany in the field, properly founded and ably a readable and true exposition of the sciens:e. is a registered physician as well as by the M. D. conducted, which will give preference to osteo­ I t is hoped that a great number of. this issue who is a registered physician. pathic examiners in preference to medical ex- will be circulated by the profeSSIOn. The The state of Massachusetts has today the best I aminers and which will become known in the price is 20 cents per copy prepaid. They will law governing the practice of medicine that ex­ insurance world as the Osteopathic Insurance be mailed out at this price if a mailing list: is ists in the United States and with one slight Company. provided. It is requested that all orders be change in the law I feel that it would be the Events have progressed so far in the organ­ sent to Dr. Percy H. Woodall, Chairman Bu­ law for all states who have a law to work for. ization of this company that it is now fully reau 6f Publicity, First National Bank Bldg., The osteopaths of Massachusetts who are regis­ assured that the National American Assurance Birmingham, Ala, tered under out law have the same privileges as the M. D,'s, and when I say the same privi­ Company will be duly organized in the course leges, I mean in every respect. He is alloweu of three months. It will in all likelihood be to sign birth and death certificates and' use any a fully equipped institution at the time of the Dr. Perkins Thinks Massachusetts therapeutic measures whatever that he sees fit. Detroit meeting of the A. O. A. Temporary offices are at 809 Merchants La­ Has Best Law He is not barred from obstetrical cases, from the use of the hypodermics, from the use of any clede building, St. Louis. AVING read the arti.cle O? legislative affai;s Osteopaths to the number of more than a drugs or from the use of any instruments what... in Massachusetts, which appeared. 111 hundred have subscribed to the stock of this or­ ever, and his examination when taken includes H THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, I feel that' questions on all those subjects. He is, however, ganization embracing a lot of our most promi­ it is no more than right that the profes­ nent practitioners and educators from coast .to held by the law as to his proficiency in the use of sion throughout the country should be further en­ these different therapeutic measures as regards Coast. lightened as to the exact legislative situation in The American National Assurance Company Massachusetts and 'given a few facts pertaining to malpractice. has been organized by Mr, William Parsons the bill mentioned in that article. It seems to me, therefore, rather the wrong who has in the past ninety days travelled from This article is practically a reprint of the method to take to gain admission to the hospitals the Atlantic to the Pacific visiting all the promi­ last letter sent out by the chairman of the legis­ here by placing a bill before the legislature which nent practitioners in the cities covered. He has lative committee of the Massachusetts Osteo­ would tend to force the hospitals to take all already secured more than $110,000 of osteo­ pathic Society. As a letter, it sounds good, but osteopaths when there was really no department pathic money for the enterprise which is paid to those who are intimate with the legislative under the head of osteopathy. In regard to in­ in in the form of cash or notes. The com­ affairs of Massachusetts, it means nothing. The sane hospitals and institutions outside of the city pany is to be organized, we understand, for bill is supposed to be (and the statement is ma~e of Boston, will say that the parents or relatives $500,000 paid in capital and $500,000 of surplus. in this article) without any reference to a special of the person who is confined in the institution Dr. Chas. E. Still, of Kirksville, who is sec­ class of physicians, and to bear therefore the may apply to the authorities of that institution retary of the organization committee, very early stamp of fairness. However, as a matter of fact, for the privilege of having that patient treated by became interested in the enterprise, endorsed it being introduced by the Massachusetts Osteo­ an osteopath and that privilege will be granted. as the thing the profession had long waited for pathic Society stamps it as class legislation, and The majority of the hospitals in the small cities and is now very active in helping Mr. Parsons the chairman admitted, before the legislative com­ and towns allow the osteopaths the same privi­ and the other promoters. and officers of the mittee at the State House, Boston, that it would leges as the M. D,'s. I feel that this may pos­ Company to crystallize the 'movement into a specially benefit the osteopaths. full fledged going life insurance company. Dr. sibly better explain the true legislative condition This bill was not supported unanimously by which exists in Massachusetts.-George E. Per­ Barry M. Still has acted as temporary recipient the members of the Massachusetts Osteopathic of funds. The old doctor, too, is much in­ Society; in fact, a majority 0'£ thos.e present at kins, D. O. terested and wants to see the Osteopathic Life the meeting voted against plac111g thIS bIll before Insurance Company made a big success. the coming legislatur:e. The vott;S which wer.e A Short Story. Under the terms of organization the money sent through' the mall and were m favor of It paid in is not to be turned over to the com­ were by those who knew only one side of the "What seems to be the matter with him?1t asked the I doctor, approaching the bedside of the man, who lay pany until the full amount required is subscribed question. This piece of legislation is, at the swathed in bandages. and in hand. We are told by Mr. Parsons that present time, unnecessary. "He found the gas leak," briefly explained the nurse.­ the preliminaries have all heen attended to and We have, as registered physicians, in this state. Tit·Bits. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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ure as they proposed would be feasible? 'vVe epidemic ongmates. Some individual has, for have had evidence in this country already that some reason, become suddenly weakened ita the idea has taken firm root, in the mind of our his vital resistance to germs. Some one Or medical brethren, and is being pushed by them for more germs lying in his throat or in his skin all it is worth. Doubtless the doctors think that begin to multiply. They may do no more than those who have been "swallowing the miracles of this in the first individual. From him they are Lout'dis" and others who have been swallowing transm,itted to perhaps a dozen others with JNotice to Publishers! If you have a book worth reo viewing that you want praised or blamed on its merits their own concoctions for so many centuries 'slightly increased strength. If in that second in this column, send a copy to Dr. Ernest E. Tucker, at could certainly be prevailed upon to swallow dozen they find some one who 'is weak, they 18 West Thirty·fourth Street, New York City, and be this? multiply again and still further increase their sure he will give it the hooks if it deserves censure. The publisher expressly disclaims responsibility at law for Those whom the gods would destroy, they strength. Thus they go on from one to -an­ Ye Book Reviewer's sins of omission, commission or per· first make mad. other until they become strong enough to at­ mission. You've simply got to take chances with his tack even those who are normal, as in an epi­ dyspepsia. J Truths, Talks with a Boy Concerning Himself. demic of smallpox or measles, or in those who "The T""e Significance of the Times is Reflected i.. Its' By Dr. E. B. Lowry. Forbes & Co., Chi­ Books." are nearly normal, as in the case of other in­ cago, Ill. Price, 50 Cents. fections. This war is constantly going on. The Dawn of the Health Age-By Benjamin Confidences, Talks with a Young Girl Con­ The same thing exactly is true in our bodies. Moore, M. C., D. Sc., M. R. C. S., L. R. C. P. cerning Herself. By Dr. E. B. Lowry. All cells still reta-i-n in a latent form the ca­ Forbes & Co., Chicago, Ill. Price, 50 Cents. pacity to multiply without limit. Tiny "Why so often is it left to the doctor to pro­ transient tumors are continually forming and nounce a death sentence? Why is the doctor Herself, Talks with Women Concerning Them­ selves. By. Dr. E. B. Lowry. Forbes & disappearing. If one breaks away from na­ looked upon as a person only to be called in to ture'srestraint, it can form a tumor. So also exorcise disease? Would it not be a change for Co., Chicago, Ill. Price, $1.00. Thousands of copies of these three books from a tumor are continuously being cast off the better if we could get to look upon him' as free cells; these are devoured by the tissue the minister of health rather than of disease, and should be sold to members of the osteopathic profession. It is seldom that we can review where they lodge, just as germs are, unless evolved a corresponding system?" that tissue be specifically weak, when they The way the doctor intends to accomplish thi~, books with so much plea-sure. The subject is a difficult and delicate one, and if not rightly may grow. Adami describes how the vigor of is by a public health service "worthy of the name­ growth increases with each successive metas­ to embrace' all the medical practitioners in the handled, much harm as well as good can come from it. The right comhination of frankness tasis; and he presents cases where all the dif­ country with the government pay. ferent stages are shown to be present in the This means, of course, all of the physicians in and delicacy, truth of nature, and lack of sen­ timentality, is t,o be found in these three same body. (Principles of Path'Ology, Vol. I, Great Britain, but we see a similar ambition on Page 677). He further describes the behavior th'e part of our brothers of the medical profes­ books of Dr. Lowry's. In the first of these books, "Truths," Dick's of these secondary growths as being exactly sion in our own country. "Until we have our like the secondary infections from some local properly organized national medical service, this uncle takes him through the woods, the frog­ pond, the chicken-yard and the domestic cir­ abscess in that the secondary growth will oc­ hideous sacrifice of at least 90,000 children every cur in what he calls tissue of, election, as already year is going on, and is bound to continue. When cle and unfolds gradually rhe truth and the beauty of nature's methods. Then he takes described. He also calls attention to the ex­ we get our service it can be stopped." p'eriments of Sir Almroth Wright, in which it The children are not the only ones to cease him through the mechanism of the body and the venders of fake advice, discusses standards is shown that the resistance to cancer cells dying when Dr. Moore's health service i.s an ac­ fluctuates exactly as does the resistance tet complished fact. No more deaths from tubercu­ of efficiency and the experiences of men. In the second volume, "Confidences," the little germs. That is to say there is an opsonic in­ losis, no more deaths from scarlet fever, or dex for cancer. 'He further shows that the venereal diseases, or any infection. Old age girl is introduced first to the cradle of the flowers, the nest of the birds, then the human resistance to infection strengthens the resist­ would be the only thing in those days that would baby's nest. The author pictures beautifully ance to cancer, and it m5ght be stated that ravage our population and decimate our numbers. the care that must be taken thereof, and t'he just as we are constantly at war with germs, The question is, whether in those day,s there dangers thereto. The third volume is a more so are we constantly at war with tendency to will be any more slums! "Aften ten years of detailed and expanded discussi,on of.., the prob­ overgrowth of tissue. such a system, nine-tenths of the diseases, and lems of woman's life. Our cue here then is to study the internal almost an equal proportion of the destitution will Every parent should take the burden of this secretions since they are undoubtedly the or­ be found no longer, but the benefit will be felt labor of love on himself or herself, but should gans concerned in infection and immunity: from palace to hovel if, indeed, the hovel still have .these books to suggest the best methods as well as the genital organs, which when nor­ exists." therefor, and in time to hand to the young mal should render innocuous the biological ex­ Nor is this the least of the benefits that the generations. Physicians, who meet these prob­ cess. The osteopathic lesion is undeniably a fac­ doctor would confer on the human race. He lems more frequently than any other persons, tor. At Worcester after an address on this sub­ is firmly of the opinion that one-half of the pres­ will have 'special cause to be grateful to Dr. ject many reports were made by osteopaths. ent birth rate will be quite sufficient. Lowry for his beautiful presentation. of tumors that have been apparently cured by To accomplish all this, "we must form our osteopathic means. highly organized and equipped army of health, The osteopathic physician with his super­ and must give them plenary powers by legisla­ Anatomical and Physiological ior methods of examining the body can detect tion." Instead of waiting for the disease to come evidence of strain to differe'nt organs which J, to the doctor, the doctor i,s to go and ferret out Pictures of Diseases are invisible to those not so trained. If in all the disease, examine all persons, big and little­ (Continued from page 2.) cases of tumors, observations were carefully with plenary powers. treated with the germ,S of erysipelas and bacil­ made to find out, if possible, just where the ( Many parts of this book consists of a most lus prodigiosus which produced a temporary source of the chemical unbalance was to b~ rabid denunciation of the medical profession in and in some cases a permanent disappearance. found, as for instance, the genital organs or general and health boards, and other such or­ Although some of the osteopaths in Boston the organs of internal secretion, or per~aps \ ganizations in particular. "It is develollp.d on who have been somewhat closely associated the digestive organs, and if those ob'ervat1~ns wrong and inadequate lines of tinkering the in­ with this work, have learned to be very sus­ were collected, it is not improbable that a slfi­ dividual for fees. The present system," he says, picious of its value as of its safety, yet there gle decade would see a solution of this, at "is turning doctor's practices into fraudulently is a certain amount of scientific evidence of present, most hopeless problem before the conducted business concerns." And yet it is this value in the facts as reported. world. . system and thi,s group of men that Dr. Moore The importance of internal secretions is still The third factor in the growth of tumors would have organized into a nation of wide further attested by instances referred to by I said was local irritation. I have asserted service. "We require a cosmos evolved out of Loeb, in which certain amido derivatives of that all actual changes in the tissue were parts j the chaos and driven by one motive power, man­ the aromatic group are able to call forth in­ of this tissue repair process. That, although aged by one overseeing intelligence." (human!) filitrative growths. So also the dietary errors th ere were some other symptoms, they were We wonder if the motive which lies behind this referred to by numerous others; and among secondary changes which were due to the lo­ J volume could after all be found in,the numero,us osteopaths may be mentioned Dr. H. T. Craw­ cal exaggeration of this process in different references into the "none too magnificent livings" ford of Boston, and A. P. Firth of Newark, organs, or to the effects of these chang-es ac­ of the doctors! The poorer they grow, the higher who believes that there is an alimentary fac­ cording to the physiology of the part effecte~. their ambition. A spectacle of what has been tor. Diet is known to have a strong influence Nor have I ever discovered any processes Ifi done by the trusts in other lines is too much on these organs. the body which could not be included under for even scientific minds. Even the doctor must N ow when the tumor has once started, it one of these heads. The formation of tumors live. behaves very much like the infective diseases. can be included as an exaggeration of the This volume, this epic of ambition, would bl> It is held', and I believe by the best thinkers proliferative stage. (This is not to claim that the joke· of the century, if it were not perhaps now, that there is no such thing as an essen­ the explanation is proven the true one; but It serious. The question is, is it not really serious? tially pathogenic germ, but that any germ may is certainly a possible and a logical one.) Did this gentleman not really think such a mea,s- become pathogenic. Let us picture how an This tissue repair proc,ess is briefly as f01- Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

lowS: Every disease passes through these Missouri Osteopathic Association: President, Directory of Officers of State Dr. W. F. Englehart, St. Louis; first vice-presi­ stages and in this order; there is first a sen­ dent, Dr. J. B. Cole, Columbia; second vice-presi­ sory disturbance, then there is a motor dis­ Associations dent, Dr. Malvin Slaughter, Webb City; secretary, turbance, then there is a congestive disturb­ W E want to make this directory a permanent Dr. Arlowyne Orr, St. LouiS; treasurer, Dr. Lou ance, and coming on with this congestive dis­ feature and we sha1l appreciate the assistance Tway Noland, Springfield. turbance there is a rapid proliferation of the of the various officers and of a1l our readers in Nebraska Osteopathic Association: President, keeping it accurate and up-to·date. Dr. H. M·. Ireland, Kearney; vice-president, Dr. resident tissue cells. That item is the one that American Osteopathic Association: President, Wm. F. Wurth, Fairbury; treasurer, Dr. Lulu L. interests us. This merges into a catarrhal James L. Holloway, Dallas; vice-president, Edythe Cramb, Fairbury; secretary, Dr. C. B. Atzen, condition, with oedema. 'From this point the F. Ashmore, Detroit; vice-president, H. M. Vas­ Omaha. tine, Harrisburg, Plio.; secretary, Harry L. Chiles, process goes on to the formation of fibrin ap­ Orange, N. J.; assistant secretary, . Geo. T. Mon­ New Jersey Osteopathic Association.-President, pearing first as phlegm, and later as mem­ roe, Silver Springs, N. Y.; treasurer, M. F. Hulet, Dr. D. Webb Granberry, Orange; vice-president, brane. During this, the rapid proliferation is Columbus. Ohio. Dr. E. F. Miner, Rutherford; secretary, Dr. F. Alberta Osteopathic Association: President, Myrell Plummer, Orange; treasurer, Dr. R. L. delayed. The process may even gp further, Colburn, Newark. and result in death, from shock of the local Dr. M. E. Church, Calgary; vice-president, Dr. Frank C. Ghostley, Edmonton; secretary-treas­ New Mexico Osteopathic Society: President, Dr. ,cells. urer, Dr. N. L. Sage. Calgary; assistant secretary­ Walter Mayes, Magdalena; vice-president, Dr. As the disease subsides, it again passes in treasurer, Dr. H. E. Walker, Calgary. Annette Beckwith, Raton; secretary, Dr. M. lone reverse order, through these same changes. Arkansas Osteopathic Association: President, Hulett, Alamagordo; treasurer, Dr. Leonard Ta­ When the irritation is not removed, and the Dr. E. A. Laughlin, of Bentonville; vice-president, bor:,. Silver City. disease subsides through compensation, all the Dr. Jeannette Miller, of Siloam Springs; secre­ New York State Osteopathic Associ.a.tion: Presi­ tary-treasurer, Dr. M. W. Higginbotham, of Little dent, Dr. Clinton D. Berry, of Rochester; vlce­ congestive features are apt to disappear, and Rock. president, Dr. Charles W. Proctor, of Butralo; to drive the process back as far as the failure California Osteopathic Association: President, secretary, Dr. Grant E. Phillips, of Schenectady; of function, or even the stage below it, which Dr. L. L. Haight, Los Angeles; first vice-presi­ treasurer, Dr. Ralph Wallace, of Brockport. dent, Dr. Martha Barmby, Berkeley; second vice­ is slight congestion with the rapid proliferation president, Dr. Ella Ferguson; secretary, Dr. E. E. North Carolina Osteopathic Society: President, of the local tissue cells. If it is held at this York, San Francisco; treasurer, Dr. Lester R. Dr. A. H. Zealy, Goldsboro; vice-president, Dr. point, it is apt to fluctuate between a functional Daniels, Sacramento. A. R. Lincoln, Durham; secretary·treasurer, Dr. stimulus marked by spasm, and a congestive Colorado Osteopathic Association: President, M. J. Carson, Rocl,y Mount. stimulus marked by rapid proliferation. Here Dr. G. W. Perrin, Denver; first vice-president, Dr. Ohio Osteopathic Association: President, Dr. U. S. G. Bowersox, Longmont; second vice-presi­ L. C. Sorenson, Toledo; vice-president, Dr. O. Z. we have the ideal condition for tumor forma­ dent, Dr. Cara Richards, Denver; secretary, Dr. Prescott, Lorain; secretary, Dr. E. H. Cosner, tion; strong functional stimulation, which J. Alvin Stewart, Denver; treasurer, Dr. F. A. Dayton; treasurer, Dr. G. W. Bumpus, East Liver-, would tend to strong growth, but bordering on Luedicke, Denver. pool. Florida Osteopathic Association: President, Dr. the abnormal; mixed with rapid growth of new J. R. Moseley, St. Augustine; vice-presiaent, Dr. Oklahoma Osteopathic Association: President, tissue, granulation or embryonic in character, Ida Ellis Bush, Jacksonville; secretary-treasurer, Dr. W. F. Nay, Phoenix; vice-president, Dr. John­ I' as in the process of repair. Dr. E. Adelyn Ellis, St. Petersburg, son, Ardmore; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Eol­ N ow this I believe to be the true etiology Georgia Osteopathic Association: President, Dr. more, Elk City. of most tumors, taken with the proliferative l~. Muir Turner, Savannah; vice-president, Dr. W. Ontario OsteolPathic Associatio.: President, H. BOWdoin. Atlanta; secretary, Dr. G. M. Phil­ Dr. R. B. Henderson, Toronto; vice-president, Dr. enzyme. In the first place the majority of lips, Atlanta; assistant secretary, Dr. James J. S. Bach, Toronto; secretary, Dr. E. D. Heist, them grow fr0111 an irritant or along the edges Gorin, Savannah. Berlin; assistant secretary, Dr. F. P. Millard, of a ciccatrix. In the second, they have a Idaho Osteopathic Association.-President, Dr. Toronto; treasurer, Dr. J. N. MacRae, Galt. Earl D. Jones, Pocatello; first vice-president, Dr. Oregon Osteopathic Association: President, Dr. catarrhal basis. In the third place they cor­ W. M. Hatfield, of Moscow; second vice-president, respond with the tissue repair process, in that P. B. Shepard, Portland; vice-president, Dr. Vir­ Dr. Franl, P. Smith, of Caldwell; secretary, Dr. ginia Leweaux, Albany; second vice-president, Dr. this feature is exaggerated in all these organs Walter S. Kingsbury, of Boise; treasurer, Dr. W. G. Keller, Portland; secretary, Dr. Lillian in which rapid proliferation normally occurs. H. D. Morris, of Boise. Baker, Portland; treasurer, Dr. L. H. Howland, That is, organs that normally grow rapidly are nUnois Osteopathic Association: President, Portland. more likely to exaggerate this feature and to Dr. Emery Ennis; vice-president, Dr. John Lucas; Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association: Presi­ secretary-treasurer, Dr. A. P. Kottler. dent, Dr. H. M. Vastine, 109 Locust street, Har­ form tumors. In the fourth place, in examin­ Indiana Osteopathic Association: President', Dr. risburg; vice-president, Dr. C. W. McCurdy, 332 ing the pathology of the different tumors, w~ W. C. Thomasson, Terre Haute; vice-president, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia; secretary, find there decided evidence that they are a Dr. Lydia M. Copper, Warsaw; secretary, Dr. W. Dr. E. M. Downing, Rupp Building, York; treas­ C. Montagu.e, Evansville; treasurer, Dr. C. V. urer, Dr. H. A. Leonard, 404 Mint Arcade Build­ repair process; that the formations correspond Fulham, Frankfort. ing. Philadelphia. with the formations of the growth or regener­ :Iowa Osteopathic Association: President, Dr. Rhode Island Osteopathic Society.-Presldent, ation in that kind of tissue. Nature has not Della B. Caldwell, Des Moines; first vice-presi­ Dr. W. B. Shepard, of Providence; vice-president, n,ade a new process. And finally, almost every dent, Dr. A. E. Cook, Cherokee; second vice-presi­ Dr. H. M. Hutchins, of Providence, and secretary­ tumor is mixed with fibrous tissue,. which is dent, Dr. H. H. H. Hitchcock, Vinton; secrlltary, treasurer, Dr. F. W. Wetmore, of Pawtucket. Dr. Carrie B. Collier, Clarinda; treasurer, Dr. L. South Carolina. Osteopathic Association: Presi­ certainly a product of inflammation. And O. Thompson, Red Oak. dent, Dr. W. E. Scott, Greenville; vice-president, there are. a good many other items bearing out Kansas Osteopathic Association: Pre,ident, Dr. Dr. W. K. Hale, Spartanburg; secretary-treasurer, this opinion. I regard the matter as important J. H. Bower, Salina; vice-prf'sident, Dr. :E. B. Dr. Mary Lyles Sims, Columbia. Waters. Wichita; secretary-treasurer, Dr. 'G. B. for the simple reason that if it can be demon­ South Dakota Osteopathic Association: Presi­ strated. it brings tumors well within' the range Wolf, Ottawa. dent. Dr. J. H. Mahaffy, Huron; secretary and Kentucky Osteopathic Association: President, treasurer, Dr. H. F. Ludwig, Parker. of available methods of treatment, osteopathic Dr. Thomas Gilbert. Paducah; vice-president. Dr. and otherwise. It at least increa~es our hope J. M. Coffman. Owen'boro; secretary and treas­ Tennessee Osteopathic Association: President, urer, Dr. Martha Petree. Paris. Dr. E. C. Ray, of Nashville; first vice-president, of being able to master them. We must re­ Dr. H. Vlehe, of Memphis; secretary-treasurer, member that it is tissue of low vitality, inclined Louisiana Osteopathic Association: President, Dr. Bessie A. Duffield, of Nashville; assistant Dr. Paul W. Gedile,. Shrf'vf'sport; vice-pre~ldent, secretary, Dr. Alice Lynch, of Winchester. to brqak down easily.. We have merely to Dr. H. We"ley Mackie. New Orlf'an~; secretary­ check its further formation. and its tendency treasurer. Dr. Henry Tete. New Orleans. Texas Osteopathic Association.-President, Dr. to disappear of its own accord will be worth a. Maryland Osteonathic Association: President, G. A. Cobb, Port Arthur; vice-pl'esident, Dr. C. great deal. Dr. Henry McMains, Baltimore; vice-president, Strum, San Antonio; secretary-treasurer, Dr. H. Dr. Is'abel Eiler. Cumberland: secretary-treasurer, B. Mason, Temple. Osteopathic stimulation must be specific or Dr. Harry D. Hurlock, Baltimore. Utah Osteopathic Association: President, Dr. it is wasted. To perfect this technique re­ Massachusetts Osteopathic Society: President, Austin Kerr; vice-president, Dr. J. F. Morrison; quires experience with many cases of cancers secretary, Dr. Grace Stratton; treasurer, Dr. Alice Dr. Aubrey W. Hart, Boston: vice-president, Dr. Houghton. All of Salt Lake City except Dr.· and oth'er tumors. To learn where constant Fr~nk M. Vaugh'tn. Somerville: secretary. Dr. F,llJe L. RO"'f'r~. Bo,ton; treasurer, Dr. Geo. E. Morrison, of Ogden. lesions are to be found if there are such. to Utah Osteopathic Association.-Presldent, Dr. learn if possible what particular organs of in­ Perkins, Wellesley Hills. Maine Osteopathic Association: Pre~ldent, Dr. Mary Gamble; vice-president, Dr. ·F. Austin Kerr; ternal secretion are at fault in the different W. Clare Brown. Watprville; vlce-pre-Ident, Dr. spcretary. Dr. Alice Haughton; treasurer, Dr. M. classes of tumors. and to learn what abuses of Genoa A. SAnhorn. Skowhegan; secretary, Dr. McDowell, all of Salt Lake City. functions of these organs or of the local tissue Mayme K. Tuttle. Portland; treasurer, Dr. Geo. Virginia Osteopathic Association: President, are most constantly at fault, must be the ob­ M. Whlbley, Portlanil. . Dr. J. Meek Wolfe, Lynchburg; vice-president, Dr. Montana Osteopathic Association: President, H. Bright, Norfolk; secretary and treasuer, Dr. ject of our search. Dr. C. E. nOVel', of Glenillve; vlcp-nresldent. Dr. W. D. Bowen, Richmond. The science of Therapeutics begins with M. C. Crafft. of Deer T,od",e: secretary-treasurer, Washington Osteopathic Association: Presi­ Dr. W. C. Dawes, of Bozeman. dent, Dr. T. C. Morris, Spokane; first vice presi­ osteopathy. The prognosis must always be dent, Dr. W. J. Ford, Seattle; second vice presi­ bad where the m.ethods of cure are used ex­ Minnesota Osteopathic Assoclation.-Pre~ident. Dr. Arthur D. Becker. Pre,ton; vice-president. Dr. dent, Dr. H. F. Morse, Wenatchee; treasurer, Dr. perimentally, or where the diseased organs are LeonA. Woolsen, St. Paul; second vice-president, Ida M. Jaynes Weaver, Seattle; secretary, Dr. removed. Osteopathy must inherit the world. Dr. W. O. Flory. Minneapolis: se"retary. Dr. F. E. W. T. Thomas, Tacoma. And it should endeavor to stamp its whole .Torris. Minneapolis; treasurer, Dr. D. J. Kenney, West Virginia State Society: President, Dr. future with the truly scientific method of ac­ Minnf'apolis. W. J. Seaman. Hunting-ton; vice-president, Dr. Michigan Osteopathic Association.-President, J. O. Miller; Morg-antown; secretary and treas­ cumulating statistics. Dr. William H ..Tonf's. Adrian: vice-president, Dr. urer. Dr. W. A. Fletcher, Clarksburg. Such marvelous results have been accom­ C. A. Bennett, Detroit: treasurer. Dr. James C. Wisconsin State Osteopathic Association: Presi­ plished in the past by its "ery simple means. Simon~, MAnistee: secretary, Dr. Rebecca MAyers, dent, Dr. E. M. Olds, Gre~n Bay; vice-president, Detroit: chairman Executive Committee, Dr. T. Dr. E. C. Murphy, Eau ClaIre; secretary. Dr. E. J. that hope cannot but be strong, that it will Sellards. Detroit; chairmAn Legislative Commit­ Elton, Milwaukee; treasurer, Dr. Harriet A. 1ind. solution for this greatest of problems. tet', Dr. T. L. Herroder, Detroit. Whitehead, Wausau. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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When there is editorial work to do the editor "0, let your Uncle Samuel take care of it!" does not rise as usual with the sun as it bursts One would think that Uncle Samuel really ex­ out of the glorious lake, in order to hasten to isted as a kindly old gentleman, without pas­ his work, "in the terrible town," but instead, sions or prejudices, without self-interests, or dose to the throbbing heart of nature, in fel­ self-seeking associates-just a lovely" lonely lowship with the trees and birds and murmur­ relative longing to do us good. The Organ of News and Opinion for the Profession ing br-ook that sings as it runs to meet the This conception is all very well for poetic inland sea, the editor spreads out his files on artistic or oratorical purposes, but we are prac: Published on the 15th of Every Month by one or another subject and holds an "editorial tical men and women, and we have had too . clinic" with his subscribers, friends, advisers, many "uncles" anxious to "do us" good, and so The Osteopathic Publishing Co. and his sternest critics-yes, particularly his we refuse to put ourselves or our children in sternest critics. There our joint problems of hock to any uncle. ' 215 SOUTH MARKET STREET professional life and duty are threshed over "But shall our hogs have protection and our Chicago, Ill. and worked out to conclusions amid an en­ children none?" piteously pleads the Medical vironment that ought to make a poet out of Apologist. H"nry 'Stanhope Hunting, A. B. M. D. D. O. a wooden man, even! It depends upon what you mean by "protec­ Editor and Manager • Into this conference and clinic which con­ tion," but if you mean the governmental con­ sumes one or two undivided days each week, trol of children with the same authority over Halph AlllOld, Assistallt Manager I invite you, Doctor. them that government has, or can have, over WiI1 you come? hogs (as your argument indicates) I answer: Subscriptiol1 Price $1.00 a Year. Write me one of your best ideas. Tell me "Protect our hogs, 'but spare our children." how you think I can improve our literature You who are impressed by the hog argument, Advertising Rates on Application. so as to make it appeal better, and stilI bet­ suppose you follow it to its logical conclusion. ter, to the uninformed and disinterested mil­ If cholera breaks out among your hogs, the lions. Even if your suggestion does not seem government' can step in and kill them. That's Entered as second·c/ass matter April 7th. 1903, /II lhe to you to have been duly regarded-or to have part of the hog protection game. Or, if the Posloffice 01 Chicl1lgo, Illinois. ""der Acl of March 3d, 1879. produced any change, please do not be impa­ governmental killing of hogs with cholera be tient or get discouraged. Keep up your in­ unusual, certainly the killing of other diseased terest and helpfulness. Remember you are animals is hot. If your horse has glanders, if duly "filed" on every subject you discuss with your cow has tuberculosis, the government me, and when that topic is up for treatment knocks them on the head to protect other &/jloriul and professional policy is in the making, you horses, other cattle. Well and good, perhaps, are duly heard and considered. but does that strike you as a practical plan to :fOirne.lS! Jketlom.l fiarleJJlJeJJ!' Of course, with a multitude of views and sug­ apply to children? Would you like to have your, 7e1'J to ,pe line, let c&~I/T.Jliere(n, will" gestions it is not possible to act upon aI1 of children killed off by a government official for them, or use aI1 of them; and sometimes the their "protection," should they become dis­ editor cannot agree with a proposal outlined; eased? but in the aggregate they an help and are ap­ VOL. XXI. APRIL, 1912. NO.4. Don't say this is absurd. Of course it is ab­ preciated, I assure you. surd to a mind which refttses the hog argument, I am much indebted to those friends who but if you accept the hog argument, it is the NOT A SUGGESTION ABOUT IMPROV. regularly or spasmodically send me their ex­ logical deduction and just a little more' absurd periences, clippings, tips of helpful things they than your original hog argument, because car­ ING "OSTEOPATHIC HEALTH" have read, news, quotations, suggestions, etc., ried further in order that you cannot escape IS EVER LOST. relating eithe'r to the 'field of O. H. or The '0. seeing its absurdity. I wonder if those who make suggestions to P. Please keep it up. Then when your little hogs-I beg pardon, I the editor about how to improve Osteopathic The purpose of this editorial is to assure mean your children-become older, you may Health realize how much their help is valued. such friends as may feel that their effort is have expert advice from the government as to Not a word of criticism, of advice or sug­ not appreciated that their help is very much how to breed them, how to marry them, how to gestion as to new features ·or new angles of appreciated, and that not a suggestion is cross them so as to get better children-or presenting ideas is ever lost! Not any least ever lost which' comes to the osteopathic edi­ hogs-than have been produced thus far. Per­ effort on the part of any osteopathic practi­ torial sanctum-the lyric in the woods on the haps your children are white and your hogs tioner or teacher to help 'the editor is ever bluffs of old Lake Michigan. are Poland Blacks, while your neighbor's chil­ wasted! Not the least line or word of coun­ dren are black and his hogs are Chester Whites. sel is ever disregarded! Along comes a government expert, perhaps, If you have been kind enough to write me "In Hog Signo Vinces?" Says the and advises you that you can O'btain hogs and at any time in the past two 'Or three years­ Medical Apologist children better able to resist certain diseases If even a brief sentence or two about how you you cross' your children 'and your hogs with think our field literature could be improved, OME of the proponents of a national board your neighbors. What would you do to the be assured; good friend, your words on this of "health" state the case thus: ' expert? Hold on! You wouldn't do any such subject have been .'carefully copied by type­ S "A farmer has a sick hog. He sends to thing because the government wouldn't advise writer and are reposited in the editorial arch­ the Department of Agriculture, and the gov­ you about children as it does about hogs, and ives, duly filed, under the subject discussed, ernment at once sends him an expert-a hog now that it gives you ~dvice about human off­ where Dr. Bunting may have the benefit of doctor-to attend to the hog. spring along the same lines it advises about re-reading and ponde'ring ,over the ideas you , "A poor woman has a sick child. She appeals hog offspring, you ought to accept it gratefully. advance when that subject is next up for edi­ to the government, but the government has no St'and by the hog argument and accept its logi­ torial treatment.. department which will, or can, do anything for cal ,deduction! This symposium of views of our practition­ her suffering .baby. Heaven forbid that I should resurrect the ers on this all-absorbing and highly important "Shameful We need a department of medi­ race question in this controversy, or. add one question of how best to educate the laity is cine (or caI1 it 'health') to protect our babies as finger-weight to race prejudice. But, 'while I not kept down town in the heart of ChicalYo, we protect our hogs." utterly abhor miscegenation, I am not prepared either, where the hum of industry, the shriek ow this is an aI1uring argument. I admit to'say-Cis anyone prepared to say?)-that a of whistles, the clanging of bells and the mo­ its appeal, and I should dearly love to believe mixture of race bloods might not produce a mentary innumerable demands and diversions in it, for the protection of childhood is a ten­ physically superior, a better disease-resistant of the day's business schedule make studious der point in aI1 rightly constituted minds, and race. At least, it is easily conceivable that some thought impossible. if a "paternal government" reaI1y were paternal government expert might eventually work out The editor's sanctum is at home-thirty -or, 'better stiI1, maternal-there might be some such theory in his laboratory, and if chil­ miles out in the country. In an academic , something in the argument. dren are to be considered as hogs, he would be grove of white birches, noble oaks, and bleak But, as a matter of fact, a government is not' thoroughly justified in improving the breed cedars, on a tall bluff over-topping Lake Michi­ a God, beneficent and omniscient, as some by exercising such departmental authority as gan, with the sunny 'slope of a wild, dank, people seem to think. It is man-administered he would possess. wooded ravine as its southern and western and is no better than you and I make it, by con­ The answer to the hog argument is o'bvious. boundary-alone and free, almost, from the stant attention·to the making. It consists of four words: sight of human beings or the sound of human Once we let go of it and leave it to some Children are not hogs.-Edmund Vance Cooke, voices, the sanctum of "0. H." and "The O. public official to make it for us, we are pretty in Medical Freedom P." is established. Nothing harsher than the certain to suffer, and we always let go of it lapping of the waves, the song of the brook, when it becomes departmental government. "When in doubt remove the appendix."-A Chicago the sighing waves, and the joy of the ,birds is It is so easy to shirk every question, every physician. heard in this editorial "work room." per onal and public responsibility, and say: Or when yOll ne'ed the money.-Chicago Trib"n~. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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- I THE BUSINESS SIDE OF PRACTICE. The purely busilless side of practice is too often almost elltil'ely neglected and seldom gets the attention it deserves, The a'lJerage doctor be­ comes so engrossed in the study of his scienre a lid its practical application that he overlooks many details that would tend to better success, financially, and greater enjoyment in his work. 01/ this .~age we want to disCllss such (hings as the keeping of case records and accounts; office equipments and fltrnishings; arrangements of offi ces a,nd treating rooms; conveniences for callers and patients, etc. We shall welcome suggestions from doctol'S as to the methods they have found satisfactory, and also information from manufacturers of physicians' furniture and equipment. Anything that will make an office more attractive in appearance, or more convenient; or any system or method by which business efficiency may be increased will be germane and acceptable.

plan, We do not claim any marked originality, private hall, and were planned with a '"iew New Office of Drs. F. E. and H. C. but we have endeavored to co-ordinate ideas to securing the maximum of convenience, The P. Moore, at Portland Oregon regarding ideal offices which we have gathered building is a Class A twelve-story structure, in our travels and in studying over the matter. which was built one year ago. All floors are Very Conveniently Arranged While Mrs. Moore's individuality is apparent concrete, and the woodwork is mahogany, in many of the details, we have merely carried while the walls are ivory tinted. The floor is and Most Attractive and out our purpose to have an office complete painted an excellent dust color, and all floor Artistic in Appearance and attractive in every way, which would be a coverings are Oriental rugs which harmonize credit to osteopathy, a satisfaction to our­ in color plan with the different rooms. Meier and Decoration selves, and a comfort to our patients. Having & Frank Company's interior decorator assisted unlimited confidence in the future of osteo­ in our selection of draperies and a number of AM pleased to respond to your request for pathy, we did not hesitate to lease sufficient the n!gs. a description and pictures of our new space to meet our requirements in the years All furniture is solid mahogany except in I office. We have received letters asking to come. We have about 1100 square feet. the operating room and laboratory, which for a drawing of the office and in order that which was originally divided into three two­ are furnished in white enamel. The desks, readers may have an intelligent idea of the r00111 suites 13x27V, feet. The rooms were re­ bookcases, wardrobes, etc., are all on sani­ arrangement I ubmit herewith the floor arranged 0 that we have seven rooms and a tary bases, which adds to the cleanliness of

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10 the office. The reception room and the pri­ draping the doors, transoms and side lights, Directory of Officers of City and vate office are furnished wi th strictly office as also in the private office. The laboratory furniture, including arm chairs, but no rock­ is Mrs. Moore's work room, and is all in District Associations ers. We avoided the regular furniture houses white. Here we also have a wardrobs for our Baltimore City Olllteopa.thic Society: President, where only household furniture is sold, and private use. The dressing rooms, laboratory Dr_ H. Alfred Leonard; vice-president, Dr. Wil. found just what we desired at the J. K. Gill and private hall are all brilliantly lighted with lIam A. Hurlock; secretary, Dr. Howard ll. Company, a book and stationery store carry­ electricity. At the end of the hall is a cabinet Houck; treasurer, Dr. Aloha Kirkpatrick. ing an extensive line of office furniture. Desks containing pigeonholes 6 inches square by 12 Bexa.r County, TexlUl, Osteopathic Associatioa_ and tables were manufactured by the Na­ inches deep, which was made to hold gowns President; Dr. A. G. Church; vice president, Dr. for each patient. We furnish all gowns and Pary E. Peck; secretary-treasurer, Dr. J ..R. Cun­ tional Desk Company, while the chairs were nigham. all of San Antonio. made by the Milwaukee Chair Company. All have them made suitable to osteopathic prac­ tice. All picture framing is in old gold or Canada, London Osteopathic Association: Presi_ the furniture is on straight lines. The center dent, Dr. E. J. Gray, St. Thomas; vice-president, table is a directors' table, 6 feet by 3 feet. mahogany. A few pictures decorate the walls Dr. Marie H. Harkins, London; secretary and The stenographer's desk for office attendant of reception room, while all diplomas, certifi­ treasurer, Dr. E. S. Detwiler, London. and the patients' writing table are also in the cates, etc., are in private office and laboratory. Canada, Toronto Osteopathic Association: Presi­ reception room. This room is 13 by 27Yz No wall decorations elsewhere. dent; Dr. H. C. Jaquith; vice-president, Dr. Adalya feet. Doors lead from reception room to the Our. efforts to have a complete office have K. Pigott; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Frederick private hall, and also to the private office; been inspired by the desire to make the Schilling. thus the r~st of the office is entirely cut off beautiful city .of Portland our future home, California, Pasedena Osteopathic Associa.tioa: President, Dr. Lee C. Deeming; vice-president, Dr. where we hope to build up a substantial prac­ Chas. R. Palmer; secretary and treasurer, Dr. tice. It was our purpose to have the office Clara StilJman. look strictly like an office and not resemble a California, Sacramento Valley Osteopa.thic As­ I parlor, so while we made an effort to have sociation: President, Dr. L. F. Daniels, Sacra­ I everything rich and in good taste, we avoided mento; vice-president, Dr. E. B. Palmer, Sacra­ OPERATING all but plain, substantial business appeat-ance.­ mento; secretary, Dr. C. E. Turner, Sacramento; 2...00.....M treasurer, Dr. Carrie Slater, Sacamento. t F. E. NT nOl-e, D.O., 908 'Selling Building, Port­ lan

Michigan, Upper Peninsular, Osteopathic As­ _oelation: President, D. J. L. Shorey, of Ma.r­ quette; vice-president, Dr. H. M. Stoel, of Hough­ ton; secretary, Dr. J. P. Whitmore; treasurer, Dr. E. B. Guild, of Escanaba. ESSENTIAL BLOOD· ELEMENTS Michigan, lIrorthern, Osteopathic Ass"elation: President, Dr. J. O. Trueblood, of Traverse City; vice-president, Dr. A. B. Carter, of Cheboygan; Which all convalescents lack, have been found by secretary, Dr. L. Verna Simons, of Manistee; treasurer, Dr. E. H. Calvert, of Cadillac. thousandsof the leading physiciansfor their patientsin llIIlchigan, West, Osteopathic AssoCiation: Presi­ dent, Dr. P. Shoemaker, of Grand Rapids; vlce­ president, Dr. F. Hollingsworth, of Grand Rapids; secretary, Dr. Margaret Thompson, of Grand Rapids; treasurer, Dr. C. H. Jennings, of Grand Rapids. :M:Ichia-an, Central, Olfteopathic Association: President, Dr. E. A. Seeley, of Lansing; vice-presi­ .dent, Dr. R. A. Northway, of Mt. Pleasant; secre­ BOVININE~ tary, Dr. L. D. Benedict, of Lansing; treasurer, Dr. Florence Gates. of Ionia. Michigan., East, Osteopathic AB8ociation: Presi­ .dent, Dr. F. J. Harlan, of Flint; vice-president, Dr. R. E. McGavock, of Saginaw; secretary-treas­ BOVININE supplies all this as no Beef Extract can. It urer, Dr. O. B. Gates, of Bay City. raises the Opsonic Index 'to normal standard and prevents :M:Ichigan, Southwest, Osteopa.thic Association: , President, Dr. R. B. Peebles, of Kalamazoo; vice­ chronic invalidism. president, Dr. B. L. Hayden, of Battle Creek; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Francis Platt, of Kala­ BOVININE is not only a perfect nutritive tonic in itself, but mazoo. Misso'uri lIrorthwestern Osteopathic Association: being rich in elementary iron and all essential elements neces­ President, Dr. F. P. Walker, St. Joseph; vice­ president, Dr. Geo. Moffet, Kansas City; second sary for complete cell r e con s t ru c t ion and nutrition, it "ice-president, Dr. Anna Holme Hurst, St. Joseph; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Zudie P. Purdon, re-establishes completely normal metabolism, thus assuring a Kansas City. quick recovery from all wasting diseases. lIrew England Osteopathic Association: Presi­ <'lent, Dr. Geo. W. Goode, Boston, Mass.; first vice­ Write for Sample, also for one of our new Glass (sterilizable) Tongue Depressors president, Dr. Geo. W. Reid, Worcester, Mass.; second vice-president, Dr. Margaret B. Carleton, Keene, N. H.; third vice-president, Dr. Sophronia '1'. Rosebrook, Portland, M'e.; secretary, Dr. Eva THE BOVININE COMPANY G. Reid, Worcester, Mass.; treasurer, Dr. Clarence 73 West Houston St.. N,O'" York City ) H. Wall, Providence, R. 1. :New York City Osteopathic Society: President, Dr. N. D. Mattison, Manhattan; vice-president, Dr. M. M. Henney, Brooltlyn; secretary, Dr. Rich­ well. Dr. E. C. Bond, president of the Mil­ .ard Wa.nless, Manhattan; treasurer, Dr. C. R. IWisconsin AssociationNews ColumnI waukee District Society, very appropriately Rogers, Manhattan. • welcomed the memb.ers of the board, stating lIrortheastern Pennsylvania Osteopathic Asso­ Address all communications to this column to Dr. E. J. that it was the desire of those located in ciation: President, Dr. W. J. Perkins, Carbon­ dale; vice-president, Dr. Edna MacCollum, Dor­ Elton, Secretary, 306 Matthews Bldg., Milwaukee. Milwaukee to assist them in their plans ·for ranceton; secretary-trea5urer, Dr. A. May Bene­ HE fourteenth annual meeting of the Wis­ making the 1912 meeting a successful one. dict, Scranton. consin Association will be held at Green Ohio, Miami Valley Osteopathic Society: Presi­ The complete program of the Green Bay dent, Dr. W. B. Linville, Middletown; Vice-presi­ T Bay Wednesday and Thursday, J.une 5 dent, Dr. E. W. Sackett, Springfi,eld; secretary­ and 6, 1912. . meeting will be mailed about May 1, and we treasurer, Dr. W. A. Gravett, Dayton. The headquarters of the convention will be trust all will plan to be present. The month Pennsylvania, lIrorthwesteorn Osteopathic Asso­ at the Beaumont Hotel, although the meet­ of June is an ideal time for a convention, and .eiation: President, Dr. Mathew C. O'Brien, Pitts­ ings will be held elsewhere. The hotel rates the local osteopaths of Green Bay are ex­ ton; vice-president, Dr. Sidney Cres5well, Scran­ pecting to give the visiting doctors an un­ ton; secretary and treasilrer, Dr. A. May Bene­ are $2.50 per day up, American pi-an. Engage

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Big Convention a.t Kirksville lIIay 24 and 25. The Missouri Osteopathic Association and the Missis­ sippi Valley Osteopathic Association will meet in joint Green Gables Osteopathic Health Resort session May 24 and 25 at Kirksville. D.O. Land- Time will be divided 'each day between the two asso­ The Country Club idea with all city con­ ciations. veniences-electric lights-steam heat-run­ An excellent program has been provided. :Northwest Missouri Meeting. ning spring water throughout the building. All osteopaths are invited, whether a member of the' The Northwest Missouri Osteopathic Association held Located in the beautiful lakedistrict of Wis­ association or not. its quarterly meeting April 11th at Kansas Llty. '1 he We expect 500 in attendance.-W. F. Englehart, oJ. 0., members li.tened to an address by Dr. H. DeLamater, consin. PreSIdent M. O. A.; E. M. Browne, D.O., President assistant city health commissioner, on the subject, "The DOCTOR M. V. O. A. Public Health." You do not need us to help you treat your patients, but you do need Green Gables to Montana State Board Appointments. Maryland Meeting. help you hold until cured the three or four On April 3rd Governor Edwin L. Norris, of Montana: The seventh semi-annual meeting of the Maryland patients a year who drift away from you and appointed Dr. C. W. MahafIay of Helena to succeed Osteopathic Association will be held April 20th at Balti­ osteopathy. Try it. No osteopath has sent Dr. L. K. Cramb, of Butte, and Dr. Asa Willard of more. There will be an address by Dr. Earl S. Willard, Missoula, to succeed himself as members of the Mon. of Philadelphia. and clinics by Dr. J. W. Boyles and one patient without sending more-seem tana. State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. These Dr. John W. Jones. satisfied, do they not? appOIntments were made in accordance with the recom­ PHYSICIANS IN CHARGE mendations of the osteopaths of the state. Dr. L. K. DilllCuss In1"antile Paralysis. William D. McNary, M. D., D. O. Cramb did not desire reappointment. The board is, Dr. Frederick W. Gottschalk entertained the mem­ J. Foster McNary, M. D., D. O. organized as follows: President, Dr. C. W. MahafIay, bers of the A. T. Still Osteopathic Association of Massa­ ASSOCIATES Helena; secretary, Dr. Asa Willard, Missoula; treasurer, chusetts at his home in' Brookline, March 28d, and O. W. Williams, D. O. Dr. W. C. Dawes, Bozeman. presented a case of infantile paralysis and one of' an­ A. W. Brockway, D. o. terior poliomyelitis. Both were interesting cases. Address Nagawicka Lake" Iota Tau Sigma Beunion. San Francisco Bay Meeting. P. O. Hartland, Wis. A reunion of the Iota Tau Sigma fraternity will be The seventh annual meeting of the San Francisco Bay Milwaukee 01llce, su. Mathews Bldg. held at Detroit during the "Convention Week." It is Osteopathic Association was held February 10th at the planned to make this the largest and most enjoyable St. Francis Hotel. The feature of the meeting was a gathering of Iota Tau Sigma men ever held. To use lecture by Dr. Otis Akin, of Portland, Oregon. In the the words of the committee in charge, "It will he an evening a dinner was served at the Hotel Stewart. old-fashioned rousing fraternity reunion"-with a splen­ did banquet as a special feature. Plans for other features are in course of preparation and it is promised Boston Keeting for lIotarch. th:Broadway 6 West Randolph St. . . been working on· this proposition deserve to be con­ New York Chicago gratulated, and if the fraternity, active and alumni, get W. AUGUSTUS PRATT, B. S., M. D. behind it as they should, The Gozzle Nipper has good It's a good investment to have an extra prospects of becoming an influential magazine. We be­ Texas to Hold Annual Meeting. hundred or so of a number of this kind. speak for The Gozzle Nipper the encouragement it deserves and wish it long life and much usefulness. The Twelfth Annual Convention of the Texas Oste­ Single order prices-IOO $3.50; 500 $15.00 opathic Association will be held at Fort Worth, April 26th and 27th. A good program has been prepared, with a number of the best known men in the state Indiana Meeting. taking part, and Dr. George M. Laughlin, of the A. The Osteopathic Publishing Co. The semi·annual meeting of the Indiana Osteopathic S. O. Hospital. will conduct Orthopedic Clinics on both Association will be held in Indianapolis May 4th. The days of the convention. Judging from the program -as 215 South Market St., CHICAGO members of the program committee believe they have a. announced, the osteopaths of Texas are going to have very good program to offer the profession, covering a mighty profitable and interesting time. subjects which are of interest to all. The committee is Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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especially fortunate in securing Dr. C. W. Proctor of the first ca~al~g-;ette are ~'cleverly designed cabinet for Buffalo, N. Y., who will discuss the Internal Secretions holding ladles kl.monas, .plllow cases, treating coats, etc., r and their value as an anti-toxic agent in the treatment a new osteopathIC treatmg stool, loose leaf ledger and of acute diseases. Dr. Proctor is one of the best chem­ case record for osteopaths, treating coats and gowns ists in the profession and is well qualified to speak on brass door plates, charts, rubber goods, pillows, etc. ' this subject. The longer we are in practice the more The Pacific .The new Peerless Hydraulic Universal Twist Table we come in contact with acute diseases, and it is well WIll also be shown in the new catalog-ette as well as for us to know our own resources, that are found in other new tables of various kinds. ' the human body, at such times, in order that our work may be intelligent and efficient.-W. C. Manla.que, D. a., College of Secretor}'. Plans Made for Big' Convention at KlrkllViU•. May 24th and 25th is the date selected for the .oint Northwest Missouri Meeting. Osteopathy meetml!" o! the Mlssoun Osteopathic Association and the The re-gular meeting of the Northwest Missouri Oste· MI.SS,'SS'PPI Valley Osteopathic Association at "Pap" (INCORPORATED) StIll s Home of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo. Have you opathic Association was held at the Robidoux Hotel, St. ~o Joseph, January 11th, with an excellent attendance con­ LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA mtd'h all a,rrangements attend this grand home-coming sidering the extreme weather. An interesting programme o a Pap s boys and gIrls? If not, get busy and make was carried out, consisting of several good papers and Member of Associated Colleges of Osteopathy. those arrangements at once. Let us give Dr. Still an clinical demonstrations. At 6 P. M. the members and Established 1896. ovatIOn equal to. that of his BOth birthday when the guests had dinner in the banquet room, with Mayor A. NatIOnal ASSOCIatIon met WIth him. We can do this P. Clayton and Mrs. Clayton as guests of honor. The THREE YEARS' COURSE of STUDY yow. We may not h~ve the. opportunity to do so again. St. Joseph osteopaths are to be congratulated on their ou !leed two days vacatIOn. Besides, the program comm!ttee has !'repared an osteopathic feast worthy of hospitality and success of the meeting. After dinner Dr. This college has long stood for thoro~gh J. Deason, of the A. S. 0., gave a very interesting and a natIOnal meetmg. 'I'he faculty of the A. S. O. has instructive paper on the "Study of Bony Lesions." The and practical professional training. It generously offc:red aSSIstance and accommodations that next meeting will be held in Kansas City, Kupper Hotel, ass'!re success;n every way. Do not neglect this oppor­ April lIth. All northwestern osteopaths make an effort asks the favorable consideration of such tunIty to be present to pay a fitting tribute to the pro. to be present; we want a full attendance. Remember men and women as wish to base their prac­ fessIO~ that has made you, and to its founder, Dr. A. the time, place and meeting.-Zucfie P. Purdom, D. a., T. StIll. Remember the dates. Friday and Saturday Se·cretary. tice of Osteopathy upon a thoroughly May 24.th and 25th. All osteopathic physicians and theIr fnends welcome and wanted, whether you are a scientific foundation. member of any osteopathic society or not -E M More Discrimination. Browne, D. a., Presidwt M, V. O. A. ". Aoout ten days ago a gentleman came into my office Thirty Instructors and Lecturers. asking me if I would put my name down as a charter member for a chapter of The Woodmen of the World Well Equipped Chemical, Physiological, Histological. Por the New Eng'land Meeting'. in Ridgefield, and also if I would act as a medical ex­ Bacteriological and Anatomical Laboratories. aminer fo~ the new chapter. I told him I was per­ Progress is being made in rounding up arrangements fectly wllhng to do what I could to help them organize Clinical Advantages Unsurpassed. for our next annual convention, to be held at the Hotel and would be glad to take out a policy providing the Vendome, Boston, May 24 and 25. Everything points Work throuihout based upon Laboratory Methods. !o a grand success. The co-operation of every member general association WQll'ld accept a D. O's. certificate. ,,:,ak~ The man left, saying he would write to the head chair Faculty composed of Specialists in their several lines IS only wanted to this the best meeting in the hIstory of the orgalllzatIOn. Every detail will be car. and let me know the result. He called a few days who have had Wide Experience in Teaching. later and showed me a telegram in answer to his letter ~ied lette~ with the one word "No" in it. The Masons, Odd Fel­ Excellent Opportunities are offered for Post Graduate out to t.1,e and it is hoped that a esprit de corps :oVlll eXIst at thIS convention and that every mem­ lows, The Loyal Protective Insurance Company, who Work. handle the insurance side of the Odd Fellows Associa­ ber WIll, feel at home. A reception committee of live tion, and several others have accepted examining certi­ Por Catalogue or Purther Information Address wIres :WIll look after the wants of the members and ficates for me many times. Wishing you all success make 1t a. pomt that our members become better ac­ with "The O. P." and "0. H.," I remain-Hen.ry Carso'n, qual!'ted WIth each other. We expect a large attendance Jr., D. a., Ridgefield, Conn. outSIde of New England and it is hoped by the officers c. A.Whiting, Se.D., D.O. that every member of the association will make an effort to be present. Chalrman of the FaCUlty A,?ong the good. things to be offered at this Osteo­ Kansas Annual Meeting'. Daly St. and Mission Road, LOS ANGELES, CAL. p.athlc feast we mIght mention the following at this The eleventh annual meeting of the Kansas Osteopathic tIme: . Dr. Mark Shrum of Lynn, "Typhoid Fever"; Association was held in the Commercial Club rooms at Dr. WIllard D. ;Emery of Manchester, "Something Fur­ Topeka April 5th and 6th with the largest attendance ther .on the S'ObJect of Auto--toxemia"; Dr. Norman D. in the history of the association. An interesting pro­ MattIson, PreSIdent of the Osteopathic Society of the gram was carried out. Dr. Conner, of Kansas City, CIty of. New York, "Flat Feet"; Dr. Clarke F. Fletcher, gave us a good talk on Meningitis and Infantile Para· ~x-pre~.'dent. of the J;: ew York State Osteopathic So­ lysis, giving us some new pointers. Dr. G. A. Still cIety, P.elvlc LeSIOns; Dr. C. Edward Farnum of New­ was with us and the way he conducted the question SUGGESTION: port, "Neurasthenia"; Dr. Lottie C. Barbee of Spring­ box would convince anyone that he could answer ques­ field, "Cervical Lesions"; Dr. Ward C Bryant of Green. tions. The consideration of Dr. Pellette's case took up ITS LAWS AND ITS APPLICATION; OR fi~ld, ':9hildrc:1"!"~, Diseases"; Dr. A. B: Clark, New York considerable time. The association voted to stand by CIty, ArthntIs; Dr. J. Ivan Dufur Philadelphia the doctor, and with the aid of the A. O. A. furnish THE PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE "Nerves"; Dr. Eugene C. Link, Stamford' Conn uGyne: what assistance that is necessary. Officers elected were: OF PSYCHO-THERAPEUTICS c?logy"; Dr. H. 1. Russell, Buffalo, Schlerosis::' More President, Dr. J. E. Gibbons, of Concordia; vice-presi­ :WIll be announc~d later. Yours for a successful meet­ dent, Dr. W. M. Koons, Herington; secretary-treasurer, BY mg.-Eva G. Retd, D. Q., Secretary. Dr. G. B. Wolf, Ottawa; assistant secretary, Dr. F. M. Godfrey, Holton; trustee for three years, Dr. S. Temple, CHARLES F. WINBIGLER, Ph. M., D. O. Topeka. Hutchinson will be the next meeting place. Iowa Seventh District Meeting'. A very important and practical book for The Seventh District Osteopathic Association of Iowa students and the general reader. cover­ held its r,egular quarterly meeting at the home of Dr. ing the whole field of discussiol;l ·in a C. F. SprIng and D~. Kathryn Ridgway, in Des Moines. nUnois Osteopaths Plan Big' Convention. March 16. Over thIrty members of the association and The regular annual convention of the Illinois Oste­ ---:-thorough and· definite manner= a number of students from Des Moines Still College opathic Association will be held at Peoria, June 15th. attended the afternoon and evening sessions. The after­ The headquarters will be at the Hotel Jefferson, a fine The Evening Star, Washington, D. C.: "A noonuprogram consisted of: Invocation, Rev. E. C. Fin­ new hotel that is the best of its kind in the city. Great splendid and helpful work." tel; Amenorrhoea/' Dr. Bertha M. Gates, Ames; liEn­ efforts are being made to have the program especially zymes," Prof. D. S. Jackman, Des Moines; "Discussion good, and Dr. George Still, of Kirksville, has been New Thought and Psychic Review, Lon­ of Bowel Conditions," Dr. D. E. McAlpin, Boone' "The secured for an addreSs. Dr. George Still's ability as don, Eng., Dr. Stocker, editor, says: "New Osteopathic Concept," Dr. C. E. Thompson, Des Moines. an osteopathic surgeon and as a speaker is well known, Officers elected were: President, Dr. D. W. Roberts of and those who take time off to go and hear him will light is thrown upon the study and every Des Moines; vice-president, Dr. Nina Wilson·Dewey' of be well repaid. The convention will wind up with a first phase of the subject is discussed in a lucid Des Moines; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Bertha M. G~tes class banquet. There are many good reasons why manner." . of Ames. At the evening session a Round Table 0"; Illinois osteopaths should get together in a rousing Pneumonia was substituted for the proposed debate on meeting, and it is hoped that every osteopath in the Mr. E.E.Purington, editor of the"Center," "The Present Osteopathic Law in Iowa," and the fol. state, whether a member of the association or not, will says: "Your book on Suggestion is the brief­ lowing resolutions were. passed as the sentiment of the make it a point to be in attendance at' this Peoria est, sanest and most comprehensive work of association: meeting. Subjects of importance to the welfare of the "Be it Resolved, By the Seventh District Osteopathic profession in the state. will he discussed. This is an the kind that I have seen. It is the best Association, in regular session assembled, that opportunity for Illinois osteopaths to get new enthusiasm work of the kind in print." . "Whereas, The A'. O. A., in its association assembled and new ideas, as well as to meet old friends, and take Health Record, London, Eng.: "Thelauthor at Chicago, passed strong resolutions condemning any an active part in the progress of the profession in the procedures or efforts that would be a hindrance to the state. By all means, arrange to attend. deals with this large and important study in passage of laws providing for separate examining boards, a manner both fascinating and practical, and and in a style marked by originality and careful "Whereas, The Iowa Osteopathic Association, the authen­ tic State Organization of Osteopathic Practitioners, has Table Company Chang'U Name•. investigation. The author has embodied in at every vote taken gone on record by a large majority Dr. Chester W.· Albright, manager of Albright's Re­ this book the knowledge gained by long and favoring a separate board; and volving Leaf Table Company, with offices in the new earnest study." "Whereas, In a signed statement, only seventeen in the Hearst building, Madison and Market streets, Chicago, state are said to be opposed to a separate board; and wishes to announce that the name of the company is Price $2.00 (Delivered) "Whereas, A discussion would only engender strife in changed to Chester W. Albright Company, and here· and magnify unduly the very sman number opposing the after the company will be manufacturers, jobbers and Send Orders to many; be it therefore importers of "everything osteopathic." "Resolved,. That in the judgment of this meeting this de­ Dr. Albright for almost two years has been devoting bate would have been inimical to the best interests of the his sole and undivided attention to the needs of the The Osteopathic Publishing Co. profession; and be it further osteopathic profession along these lines. Before May 215 South Market Street "Resolved, That we commend tbe substituting in Its 1st the new company expects to publish an unique and place something more profitable and advantal!'eous for the original osteopathic catalog--ette of special supplies for CHICAGO advancement of the profession in general and of this osteopaths. district in particular,' -Bertha M. Gates, D.O., Secre­ Amor;g the special supplies which will be shown in tary. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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Washington State Convention. The twelfth annual convention of the \Vashington State Osteopathic Association was held at Spokane, April 5th and 6th. Dr. Otis F. Akin, of Portland, Oregon, gave a demonstration on a new method of treating spinal curvature. An interesting case was brought to the The Most Beautiful Table in Existence convention by Dr. Ina F. Rlt}>ert. The patient was a girl of thirteen who had been affected with infantile paralysis in June, 1910, and was completely paralyzed in July. Dr. Rupert took the case in August, and after twenty-four treatments the child was able to take some SALIENT FEATURES steps, and is now able to walk without cane or crutch. Dr. Roberta Wimer Ford, of Seattle, gave a paper all osteopathic influences in dentistry. A banquet was THE UNIVERSAL JOINT. served at which forty were present, Dr. T. C. :hlorris, The spring adjustment. (One-half inch spiral spring.) of Spokane, acking as toastmaster. Officers elected were: The friction clutch. President, Dr. H. F. Morse, Wenatchee; vice-presIdent, The traction device. (Traction with manipulation. Dr. Roberta Wimer Ford, Seattle; second vice-president, The only one in existence.) Dr. F. P. Teter, Davenport; treasurer, Dr. Frank The leg hooks. Holmes, Spokane; secretary, W. T. Thomas, Tacoma. Anchor strap. Gynecological feature. Stability. . Durability. ) Appearance. (Many parts are nickeled.) "What I Have Found Out" Valuable aid in detecting rigidity in an individual joint or in groups of joints. Instead of paying twenty-five cents for a Complete relaxation of patient during treatment. The procuring of forced relaxation by approximation of small tube of lubricant, I have, in collabora­ vertebrae, aiding the effectiveness of treatments given. tion with my druggist, devised the following The absolute lack of discomfort to patient while being . treated. This in part accounts for the marked re­ formula, which produces a lubricating material laxation secured. superior to anything else that I have tried, and The marked beneficial effect of traction with manipu­ it costs me seventy-five cents. Illustrating the use of the UNIVERSAL JOINT. The sec­ lation upon the circulation to the spinal structures can tion swings in a complete circle and requires very little effort only be fully appreciated by those who have used it. :ij on part of ope,ator. Weight being supported by a central Irish moss oz. 10 spring. Glycerine oz. 0 Write for further particulars. Boric acid dr. 1 Water qt. 1 TWENTIETH CENTURY Lilac oil (perfume) gtl. 10 McMANIS TABLE CO. TREATING TABLE Boil moss with water, strain, boric acid and glycerine, and enough water through strainer 500 West Jefferson Street KIRKSVILLE, MO. to make one quart.. When cold, add the per­ fume and stir in with glass rod. The consist­ It gives me" pleasure to express my appreciatlOll of ency can be regulated by the amount of water the March and April Issue of OsteopathiC Health. I used, but it should not be so thick that it will thought that March was most excellent, but I found that April did not lag behind in a single line. The wording not pour. was vinIc,. the facts secure, and easily understood, and This makes a nice, aseptic lubricant for in­ every s~bJect touched upon seemed clear and plain. struments or fingers, which is not difficult to Indeed, It seemed to me that it would be impossible for any OI)C to produce matter morc calculated to help the remove, as is oil or vaseline. To cleanse the o!Jteopathic propaganda movement. hands after an examination, I use tincture I ought to say, perhaps, that the reason why I have green soap, which I purchase by the quart, and not used more of Osteopathic Health lies solely in the fact that Blackman Sanitarium even now has morc busi­ of which I keep a small supply in a sprinkle­ ness than it can comfortably handle. Vve are very top bottle on my lavatory sheIL-D·r. F. I. much pressed for time, as it is, and unquestionably the FWr1'y, Cheyenlle, W),o. continued use of your matter would give us morc than we could possibly do. However, I appreciate the fact that you have kept SUMMER POST me on your mailing list; and, to show you that we are at the very least, quit.e cognizant of your efforts iI; behalf of osteopathy, I herewith place my order for 300 GRADUATE COURSE copies of your April issue. Trusting that you will feel my appreciation and realize my faith in the "forward movement.JJ-C. J. Blackman AT D. 0., Bluffton, Ind., April 12th. ' *** Kindly send me another 100 copies of the April num­ Des Moines Still ber of Osteopathic Health. I think it is an exceptionally "Facts and Fallacies Regarding good one.-Dr. J. H. Deeks, \Villllipeg, Manitoba, April College of Osteopathy 13th. Osteopathy" Well Presented Please send us 100 copies of the April issue of Osteopathic Health. It is an unusually fine number, du will find delight in the May issue of and Just what we have wanted for some tirne.-Drs. Osteopathic Health 'because it voices in Tpe following Graduate courses are offered Johllson & Wi/so'lI, Grand Junction, Colo., April 12th. Y"Facts and Fallacies Regarding Osteopathy" for the month of June, 1912: *** just the thought you have so often presented to The April number of Osteopathic Health is a splendid number and is just what I have been wanting.-Dr. Fred your friends, patients and inquirers to set them Osteopathy and Osteopathic E. Keefer, Fitzgerald, Ga., April 4th. right on matters osteopathic. Technique (clinics). You know the round of errors and miscon­ Please send me at once, 200 copies of the April issue of ceptions popularly held-thi,~gs that aren't true­ Osteopathic Hea.lth. It is the cap sheaf of them all.­ that one hears so frequently uttered about oste­ Surgery and SurgiCal clinics. Dr. J. J. Schmidt, Tulsa, Okla., April 6th. opathy. These are practically all ?,athered 111) in a Obstetrics and Obstetrical Please send me 50 copies of the April issue of Oste­ bundle and answered, one at a time, in this ad­ opathic H ea/th. I consider it the best thing you have mirable article. clinics. put out on woman's ills.-Dr. Wa,lter S. Sl1u'th, :Marlin, You could not name a subj ect or its treatment Texas, April 3d. that would not be more timely and admirable just Gynecology and Gynecologi­ I have found Osteopathic Health of great service in now than what is contained in this article "Facts cal clinics. educating the people concerning osteopathy and in help' and Fallacies Regarding Osteopathy." ing me to build up my practice.-Dr. Edward Ellison, "Rheumatism" comes in for a good article 111 Urinalysis, Microscopy and Lebanon, Ore., March 16th. this issue. Dissection. ' What osteopathy may be expected to do 111 Kindly discontinue our monthly shipments of Oste· opathic Health until further notice.' The extra work "Heart Diseases" is well p:resented. Abundant clinic, Osteopathic, Surgical that the magazines brought, together with the strenuous An article makes it plain how "Hay Fever" Gynecological and Obstetrical. Terms $20.00 winter, has about "done us up" and we will take a often gets relief by our treatment and advises if registered by May 1st or $25.00 if later. short rest. We will be pleased to resume our order sufferers to begin treatment early in the year. $10.00 extra if Dissection is taken. when we return.-Drs. Da1"gherty & lV!antel, Bloom­ It is explained that, osteopathy is economical, ington, Ill., April 10th. and why, in a separate story. This is such a valuable .statement of osteo­ S. L. TAYLOR, Pre3. The only obi ection I have to the February number of Osteopathic Health is that it increased my practice pathic truths-our claims moderately presented­ D. S. JACKMAN, Sec. so much that I am about broken down physically in that you ought not to miss the good it will do attending to it.-Dr. W. J. Seaman, Huntington, \V. Va., distribtited in your territory. April 1st. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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The April issue of Osteopathic Health is a very fine "The O. P." Clock Give. Satisfaction. editian indeed. Please send me 100 copies.-Dr. D. C. I re"",ived the pretty clock all O. K. Thank you! Westfall, Cochocton, Ohio, April 8th. Osteopathic Would not take $2.00 for il.-o,r. G. A. Aupperle, Sutl,. erlaudl Iowa, I a1t1fary Ioth. I certainly like the covers on Osteopathic Health, "ut Treatment of TYPHOID not better than the contents.-Dr. Lester A. M eMaster, !Iomer, Ill., March 30th. A popular explanation for the laity. Proves osteopathy the safe and effective method for ~=---R_e_~_'J'o_n_a_l---=M Enclosed please find remillance to cover February and all acute diseases. Corrects a widespread March Osteopathic Health. The magazines have already roo~ed brought enough business to pay for their cost, and also and deep miwnderstanding. Will for the stamps for mailing them.-Dr. Bu,·t R. White, win many new patients. Should be on hand . Dr. C,. G. Sieberg, of Marinette, Wis., who has sold Lawrence, Kan., March 30th. in every osteopathic office. Sample copy hIS practlce at that place and at Menominee Mich. to Drs. Bell. & Settle, is preparing for a trip 'to Eur~pe. free upon request. He WIll VISIt London and Paris, and attend the Olympic Kindly send me 200 extra copies of the April issue of games at Stockholm, Sweden, where he will also visit Osteopathic Health. It is good material, and just what relatives. Later he will be at Waldemarsvik, Sweden. I need.-Dr. B. R. Spraf!"ue,* H;met, Cal., April 4th.• THE OSTEOPATHIC PUBLISHING CO. I-Ie expects to stay m Sweden at least a year and may 215 Market Street, Chicago possibly settle down and practice there. ' Mutual tTnderstanding lias Been Increa.ed. We are in receipt of a postal card from Dr. M. C. That a man was able to withstand well meant criticism I-~urd, from Duluth, Minn., showing a picture of a very and not let it sour him I have always considered indi w vIgorous stork, and announcing the birth on March 24th cative of strength of character. After the full and free of John Joseph Hurd, a strong ten-pound osteopathic discussion in the last "0. P." I am sure we all under­ boy, doing well. stand one another better and that good will come of it. The April number of "0. H." is a dandy.-Ernest C. . Dr. Alice Willard, of Norfolk, Va., has been spend­ ln~ a three w.eeks' v.isit with her SOIl, Dr. Earl S. BOlld, D. 0., Milwaukee, Wis., April 5th. TREATING TABLES WIllard, of Phlladelplua. ** Six New Patients from One Distribution. After a hard winter's work which was partly induced by the regular use of Osteopathic Health, Drs. Daugh­ Our last distribution of Osteopathic Health brought us erty .& Mantel, of Bloomington, IlL, are taking a short six new patients, one of which has paid us over a hun­ vacatIon. jred dollars and is practically cured.-Dr. G. F. Lathrop, South Haven, Michigan, February 15th. Dr. Claude M. Bancroft, of Penn Yan, N. Y., has T will pay you 10 write us purchased the practice of Dr. J. P. Burlingham at I for price list and samples CanandaIgua, N. Y., and wIll hereafter make his resi­ of covers. We make lables dence at Canandaigua. He will practice in Canandaigua A Chance for a Big Saving 10 much your office fur- l'uesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and in Penn Yan nishings. Ten us what you Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. You are, doubtless, sending Osteopathic Health want, we will do the rest. regularly to a number of people each month. 1£ Dr. Frederick J. Harlan, of Flint, Mich., has re­ FOLDING TABLES STRONG AND moved from The Dryden to the Flint P. Smith buildin~ you will send us a list of persons who are to DURABLE, $6.00 where he has nicely arranged offices in rooms 608 and get the magazines each month for twelve months QUALITY, DURABILITY, NEATNESS 609. we will do the addressing and delivering to post Dr. G. H. Buffum, of Sheridan, Wyo., has removed office without charge. The cost of the magazines Dr. GEORGE T. H4YMAN. ManufacttU'er from the Barr block to more commodious offices in and postage must be paid in advance. 317 Mint Arcade Bldg~ PHILADELPHIA, PA. room 708, Masonic Temple. The schedule is as follows: Dr. Nellie M. Fisher, of Wausau, Wis., has purchased 25 annual subscriptions $12.50 the practice of Dr. Whitehead, of that place. 50 annual subscriptions 25.00 D~. Henry Tete, of New Orleans, La., has been 100 annual subscriptions 50.00 appomted by Governor Sanders as a member of the These prices cover all costs, including maga­ State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. zines, postage, and addressing. Addresses will be AManual of Dr. Edward Albright, of 267 West Seventy-ninth street New York City, has opened an office at 1002-1004 Mar: changed, or names removed and new ones sub­ bridge building, 47 West Thirty-fonrth street. He still stituted without charge, provided that such c~:)I:til1ues his office at West Seventy-ninth street, prac­ changes do not exceed five in anyone month. O'sleopalhic Gynecology tlcmg there on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and By this plan you save express charges, and also at the Marbridge building on Mondays, Wednesday~ and Fridays. our regular charge for addressing envelopes and By PEI{CY U. WOODALL, M. D., D. O. affixing stamps. Dr. R. W. Walt~l1, of Breyman block, Salem, Ore., SECOND EDITION and Dr. B. H. WhIte, of 505-506 U. S. National Bank building of the same city, have consolidated their prac­ Revised, Enlarged and Illustrated tice and formed a partnership, under the firm name of More Good Words About the Drs. White & Walton. Their offices will be at rooms NOW READY 505·506 U. S. National Bank building. Brass Door Plate PRICE, PREPAID, $3.50 Dr. Joseph Henry Sullivan, of Chicago while out walking with hrs dog, February 11th, had the misfortune The brass door plate came duly to hand. I consider it For sale by the author to lose his balance on a slippery 'Pot and fell and a dandy. Thank YOl1.-Dr. Chas. C. S",ith, King Hill, subluxated his right shoulder. However, on getting up Idaho, January 25th. he proceeded to set it again like a good osteopath should. 615 First National Bank Building and he only lost two days' time from work and ha~ Many thanks for door plate and desk clock. They collected $150.00 accident money for partial' disability are fine.-Dr. F. C. Curtis, Mt. Vernon, Ill., January BIRMINGHAM. ALA. as his arm is still somewhat stiff. ' 25th. Dr. J. O. Schwentker, of Albuquerque, N. M., who I received the door plate sent by you Christmas and has been away on a three months' vacation for the im­ certainly appreciate the gift very much. It is all that provement of his health, has returned to practice and it was represented to be.-Dr. E. L. Schmid, Frederick, reopened his office in the N. T. Armijo building. '. Md., January 25th. The Dr. Glascock Folding Table Dr. Margie D. Simmons, formerly of 259 Graham Your door plate' Christmas gift is certainly very nice. ~~:~~eJ64~a~.rs~~th~trl~t. will change her address May r thank you for having such a happy thought for your fellow practitioners. I appreciate this very much.­ Dr. Ella Edwards, formerly of Oberlin, Kan., has Dr. Pa;"li"e R. Ma"tle, Springfield, Ill., January. 16th. removed to Norton, Kan. The various issues of Osteopathic Health are certainly Dr. M. E. Corbin has sold his practice at Boise City, O. K. and Our door plate is beautifuL-Dr. Harriet Idaho, to Dr. J. H. Bodle, and has located at Great Seat's, Ontal-ioJ Ore., January 16th, Falls, Mont., where he opened his offices April 1st. ** • Dr. G. G. Redfield, and Dr. D. May Redfield, of Rapid I want to thank you for the very beautiful brass plate. City, S. D., have moved into fine offices in the New Elks II was a happy thought, and I am sure it is much appre­ building. They report that they are highly satisfied ciated by all. Trusting the New Year holds much good with their new location, and that practice is very fine. and great happiness for you.-Dr. Mar)' C. Moomaw, Dr. J' J. Kaufman, of Buckhannon, W. Va., has New York City, January 18th. change his office address from the Mullins building * !' .... to suite 421-422 People's Bank building, where he has Many thanks for the deor plate. It is very neat had the rooms especially arranged for him. and pretty.-Dr. Ja,,,t N..Pe",.ose, Philadelphia, Pa., ll. (5 fOL Dr. John A. MacDonald of Boston is now making his January 31st. outside calls in a handsome new Ford runabout machine. *** C) IT'S A BACK SAVER, and obviates all awkwardness. em­ Dr. G. F. Lathrop, of South Haven, Mich., with his r received my brass door plate. It is a dandy. Many barrassment and weariness connected with treating on low beds; wife and son, are spending a vacation trip in the West. thanks.-D.r. Homer E. Sou'ers, SharonJ Pa., February folds Oat to set in closet; oak turned legs, pantasote cover. perfectly Dr. M. E. Bachman of Des Moines, is taking care of 8th. strong and aolid. Rubber ",..ps on legs, so that they will not mar the practice. finest 100r or rug. Won't alip or turn over; weight 351bo. Just the . The door plate received. and I like it very much thing for treating in bomes or branch office. Patients often buy The birthday of Dr. Benjamin Smyth occurred on mdeed. Please acce·pt my thanks.-Dr. Ella D. Coltrain, them. Tell them about it. Price SIO.OO. March 28th, and he received a birthday present in the Manhattan, Kan., January 30th. C) For full deacription and recommendations address form of a ten·pound son, Karlos Benjamin Smyth. He *** says he is going to be an osteopath like his pa. I received my door plate. and I want to tell you it is E. O. MILLAY, D. O. Dr. Clyde K. Bonham, of Seattle, Wash., has removed a beauty. Thank you very much.-Dr. Joseplti"e De 232 Woodward Avenue, Detroit. Mtoh. his office from 1314 43d street to 4332 14th avenue, Fra11Ce, St. Louis, Mo. N. E. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

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Dr. R. L. Robie, of Belvidere, Illinois made a fly­ ing trip to New York City, March 26th.' Dr. Marion L. Burns, of Los Angeles, Cal., has re­ moved' her office from '175 N. Spring street, to, Rooms Osteopathic HeaLth 215·16-17 O. T. Johnson bnilding, where she has a very convenient and commodious suite. FOR MAY CONTAINS: , Dr. R. W. 'Valton, of Breyman block, and Dr. B. H Dr. L. Ludlow Haight, of Los Angeles, Cal., is the WI11te, of U. S. National Bank building, Salem Ore' happy possessor of a new Franklin motor' car. He com­ Facts and Fallacies Abo~t Osteopathy. at Salem, Ore., with offices in rooms 505-506 'u. S' plains that it rained the day after he bought it, just to National Bank building. . make it unpleasant for him to try it out. Slow Dethronement of Drug Fetich. Dr. Edward N. Hansen and Dr. Cora C Hansen, of How People Get Ideas About Osteopathy. Pittsburgh, Pa., annou'nce t,he opening of an office at When the Blind Lead the' Blind. 1007 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N. J. The new offiee will be open all the year, and will be in charge of Dr. Some Insist it is What it is Not. :Born Cora C. Hansen associated with her brother, Dr. Theo. Physicians Admit Drugs Don't Cure. P. Berger, of 2686 Broadway, New York City, from April Human Freedom Evolves Slowly. 1st to October 1st. The balance of the year Dr. Berger To Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Hurd, of Duluth, Minn., March will be in full charge. Dr. Edward N. Hansen will con­ Those Who Don't Give it a Fair Trial. 24th, a ten-pounl boy, John Joseph. duct the Pittsburgh practice alo'ne during the summer, The Myth that Osteopathy is Severe. To Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Smyth, of Yankton, S. D., Dr. Cora C. Hansen returning about October 1st and Mistaken Fears Prevent Relief. March 28th, a ten-pound son, Karlos Benjamin. remaining for the winter. Dr. Berger will not give up Osteopathy is Not Rough. his New York practice, but will run down to Athmtic City two or three days each week during the winter and Some Think Patients are Treated Nude. spring, and Dr. Edward N. Hansen will spend a good How Patients Dress for Treatment. deal of his time there during the months of July and Folly of Selling Limitations. Died August. Many People Think it is "Good ior Only One Thing." Martha Massey Jones, wife of Dr. E. F. Jones, of Macon, Ga., March 23d, at Macon, following an illness Patients Sometim.s Go Astray. of several "months. Osteopathy Often Stops Pain Promptly. Mrs. J. B. Wyland, of Chariton, Iowa, mother of Dr. Thought it was a Substitute for Exercise. S. 1. Wyland, of Santa Rosa, Cal., and Dr. Dora Mc­ "Adjustment"~That's All. Afee, of Chariton, April 2d. Dr. H. Raindge, from 716 y, Main street, Keokuk, Iowa, Still Multitudes Will be Misinformed. to 110 Jefferson street, Washington, Mo. Still We Must Educate. Dr. J. S. Logu'e, from Germantown, Pa., to Atlantic "Osteopathic Med.cines." City, N. J. Dr. J. D. Glover, 116 23d street, Colorado Springs, to Rheumatism Due to Body Poisoning. I~ 535 Majestic building, Denver, Colo. WantAdJ Dr. Annie P. Thompson-Handy, from Yates Hotel, to Waste in the System. the Olivia, Joplin, Mo. Injury the Beginning. Dr. May Foster, from Interstate building, Bristol, FOR RENT-Two and one-half days a week, furnished Tenn., to Saragoza 27, Monterey, Mexico. How Some Heart Diseases May be Cured office; central location. Address No. 320, care The O. P. Dr. J. H. Bodle, from Moscow, to Boise City, Idaho. Co., 215 South Market St., Cbicago, Ill. Dr. M. E. Corbin, from Boise City, Idaho, to Great by .Osteopathy. Falls, Mont. Hay Fever. WANTED-By A. S. O. graduate, position as assistant, Dr. J. J. Kaufman, from Mullins building, to 422 or to take ca.re of practIce for the summer, Colorado or Peoples Bank building, Buchannon, W. Va. _Why Osteopathy is Economical. the West preferred. Highest references. Address No. Dr. C. M. Bancroft, from Cornwall block, Penn Yan, 301, care The O. P. Co., 215' S. Market St., Chicago, IIi. to Finley block, Canadaigua, New York. Dr. Mary E. Burns, from 175 N. Spring street, to 215 FOR SALE-Established practice in one of the best O. T. Johnson building, Los Angeles, Cal. The Osteopathic PUblishing Co. valleys in California, 8,000 people in and tributary to Drs. F. J. and Phoebe Harlan, from 200 Dryden build­ 215 South Market Street town. Cash receipts last two years, $5,000.00. Address ing, to 608-609 Flint P. Smith building, Flint, Mich. Dr. D. G. Sniff, Escondido, Cal. Dr. May Redfield, from Humphrey block to Elks build­ CHICAGO ing, Rapid City, S. D. W AN.TED-An O. S. O. man with Missouri license, Dr. Florence O. Schaepe, from Bon Ami, La., to over two years' experience and not afraid to work, desires Holman's Abstract Company, Huntsville, Mo. position as assistant, to take charge of practice or to Dr. Geo. R. Westgate, at 803 Waldheim building, Kan- buy a practice. Address No. 137, care The O. P. Co., sas City, Mo. ·DRUG~ 215 S. Market St., Chicago. Dr. G. R. Witham, at Brookings, S. D. LIQUOR AND Dr. R. M. Wolf, at Webb City, Mo. Dr. C. D. Sawtelle, at King City, Mo. Dr. Chas. A. Rose, at Humboldt, Tenn. TOBACCO HABITS Dr. Annie R. Murphy, at 6433 Engleside avenue, Chi­ cago, Ill. Dr. M. L. P. MacDonald, at Erlsmere, Greenock, Scotland. Dr. W. K. Jaeobs, at Freeport, Ill. Dr. T. V. Anderson, at Galt, Ont., Canada. Baltimore, Maryland, April 20th, sE)venth' semi­ Dr. W. R. Archer, at 140 S. 13th street, Lincoln, Neb. annual meeting of the Baltimore Osteopathic Dr. J. L. Searin, at 214 4th street, Danville, Ky. ·CURED AS30ciation. Dr. James E. Marsh, at 420 Boyleston street, Boston, Mass. Fort worth, Texas, April 26th and 27th, annual Dr. W. J. Koeling, at Hutchinson, Kan. convention of the Texas Osteopathic Association. Dr. Henry R. Cowgill, at Hutchinson, Kan. IN 3 DAYS Headquarters, Wiestbrook Hotel. Dr. John W. Brashear, at Hutchinson, Kan. Dr. Mitchell Miller, at 5969 Easton avenue, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Ind., May 4th, semi-annual meet­ ing of the Indiana Osteopathic Association. Mo. Dr. Olga Beaver, at Old Bank building, Waupaca, Wis. The original and only non-alcoholic and Sacramento, May 16, 17, 18, regular meeting Dr. G. P. Smith, at Masonic Temple, Clarksville, Tenn. of the Osteopathic Association of the state of Dr. G. Harry Buffum, at Masonic Temple, Sheridan, non-opiate treatment for hospital or home California. Wyo. D,. W. R. Archer, at 140 S. 13th street, Lincoln, Neb. administration. The Xirksville" Mo" May 24th and 25th, annual Dr. T. V. Anderson, at Galt, Ontario, Canada. meeting of the Mississippi Valley Osteopathic Dr. L. G. Feilder, at Seattle, Wash. Association. Joint meeting with the Missouri Dr. Wellington K. Jacobs, at Freeport, Ill. Osteopatliic Association. Dr. M. L. P. MacDonald, at Erlsmere, Greenock, Scot­ Antidotal Treatment Xirksville, Missouri, May 24th and 25th, annual land. Dr. Annie R. Murphy, at 6433 Engleside avenue, Chi- meeting of the Missouri Valley Osteopathic AEi- cago, Ill. removes all desir~, craving demand or neces­ sociation. ' Dr. Chas. A. Rose, at Humboldt, Tenn. sity for ~i ther alcoholics, narcC?tics, drugs or Dr. C. D. Sawtelle, at King City, Mo. Boston, Massachusetts, May 24th and 25th. Dr. R. M. Wolf, at Webb City, Mo. tobacco In THREE DAYS, Without pain or eighth annual convention of the New England Dr. J. R. Witham, at Brookings, S. D. danger, delirium or bad after effects, bars, Osteopathic Association. Headquarters, Hotel Dr. Geo. R.' Westgate, at 803 Waldheim building, Kan· locks or long recuperation. Vendome. sas City, Mo. Endorsed by Doctors, Dentists, Druggists, Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 5th and 6th, an­ nual meeting of the Wisconsin Osteopathic Asso­ Society as the Doctor saw It. \ Clergymen, La.wyers, Teachers, Temperance ciation. Headquarters, Beaumont Hotel. When the doctor was asked what he thought of the Lecturers, Busmess Men, Nurses, Mechanics reception he had attended the previous evening he said: Railway Men,etc.,etc., as the ideal treatment: Peoria, nlinols, June 15th, annual meeting of the Illinois Osteopathic Association. Head,- lilt was a carbuncle." quarters, Hotel Jefferson. "What do you mean by that?" It will pay you, Doctor, to investigate the HWhy, it was a great gathering and a swell affair!'­ ANTIDOTAL TREATMENT for your next case. New York- Times. C/lOice territory on terms to suit purchaser. No More Cheap Stnff. Very Bich. Address Manager "Has Adkins succeeded in getting much of a fortune?" A. F. Milke, forme.,!ly with the Amuse Theater at "Yes. He's rich enough to be able to chew a stogy Madison, has purchased the Grand Theater in this citY, in public." ANTIDOTAL TREATMENT and has closed it for repairs. The theater will be re­ modeled inside and repainted throughout and when r~ lIl'ot Always. 904 North 22nd St., St. Louis, Mo. pairs are made, Mr. Milke will reopen' it as a 5-cent Opportunity doesn't always present an engraved camng theater, giving three clean ree'ls for that price and will card\ discontinue cheap vaudeville.-Platteville (Wis.) Wit..,ss.