The Journal of Osteopathy

September 1911

Vol. 18, No. 9

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The Journal of Osteopathy Edited by W. K. Jacobs.

LOCAL &DlTOR8 . n E Ll> ED1TO• • O. M . Laull:blin,M.B.D .,D.O. Editor Clinic Dept. A. G. Hildreth, D .O., Prell. A. 0 A•. . Lell:i!!datiofl Gee. A. Still, M.S., M.D.. D.O.•....Dept. of Bura:ery C. P. McConnell, M. D••D.O.. • ...... •Practice It. E. Hamilton. M .Pd.,D .O Staff Writer H . F. Goetl, B. S•• D. 0 ...• . . . . .•.• ...... Prac tice

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUM BER.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS ...... 63l< ED ITO RIAL ...... 64.>

TECH NIQUE AJ.'1D HESULTS, DR. O RREN E. SMITH .' "...... ••...•6S0 NON-ALCOHOLIC MEDICATION : WlL-\T IS IT? Dn . F. A. COV" Y . .65S NOVEL ADVERTISI NG, Dn. F. C. FARMf,U. . . , ...... HO:? TlII, SOClA LIZATIOX OF OSTEOPATHY, On. J . H. BOLLES. . . .665

CHI LDHEN'S DISEASES, DR. M. A. R OBINSON ...... •...... ••.. . . 66:-: SCm:-lCE CIRCLES OF OSTEOP ATHy : 66OJ TilE FORHM 671 LEGAL A:-.'D LEGIS LATIVE . .. 672 ASSOCIATIONS 677 BOOK REVIEWS 67OJ PERSONALS .. .. 684 BUSINESS OPPO RT UNI TIES 6OJ4 LOCAT IONS AXD R E~IO VALS 6OJ6 BORN, MARRIED, DIED 69S

E ntered a t the P08t Offic e at K i r k svi lle, Mis, ou ,", as {:lecond Olau Matte,', JIrofr.6nional ClIarlln of iRrgular Ql)nfropafQ.6

T bcee whose cards appear in the columns of this Journal are endo~ by the ~eicanlsSchool of Osteopath y 88 qualified pra ctitioners . All are grad uates 0 recogwz Be 00 • TheJournal of Osteopathy CALIFORNIA. Edited by W. K. Jacobs. GEO. F . B URTON. D . O. DR. ROYAL H. CRIST. D. O. VOL. XVIII. SEPTEM BER. 1911 Corner Second and Broadway No.9 50s Frost Building LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA. Editorial

.INO. S . ALLISON. D. Sc.. D . O. .IEN NETTE S. ALLISON. D. O• Dr. Laughlin • While it was with a feeling of hesitancy that. the Chair or Philoecphy, P . C. O. T he Ne w Dean Graduates of the American School of Osteopathy. resigna tion of Dr. Emmett Hamil ton was nc­ 128 West Lime 01 t h e A. S . O. cepto! as Dean of t he A. S. 0 ., becau se he proved MONROVIA. CALIFORNIA. himself an efficient administ rator of that impor­ tant office, it will he a source of gratificat ion to th e st uden ts of the OK. A. C. M OORE.Osteopathic Sanitorium. school and the profession that the " mantle" fell upon no less a person 1121..1123 Devlsdero St•• San F rancisco. than our well known and esteemed Dr. George Laughlin. His long Treatm ent at your home if d~ired . Pho ne West 2071 for appoint ment. and intimate tu;sociation with th e revered found er of Osteopathy, Dr. Terms on application for Treatment, Room and Board. Andrew Taylor Still, the breadt h and th oroughness of his prepara tion along the lines of his chosen profession , his experience as a teacher and WILLIAM HORACE IVIE. B. S.D•• D. O. his executive ability, all th ese arc a combination of qualifications which Graduate and Poet-graduate and formerly member of the A. S. O. Faculty. make him the man above all ot hers for the place. Dr. George, con­ Office hours , 10 a. m.-6 p. m. Te l e~hone Berkele! 1183. Lady Attenda nt. 501-510 Iat National Buak Bldg. OPPOSIte San Francisco. CALIF gratulations arc in ord er. The Journal exte nds its best wishes for :l BERKELEY. st ill greater American School of Osteopnthy und er your administra­ tion as Dean. Phones F 5394 Hours 2 to 5 Main 4111 It Is O n ly a Th e Fifty-First Annual Annoullcement of t he New DR. ALICE B. CHAFFEE. UT es t Meal?09 O STE OPATHIC P HYSICI AN. York Homeopathic ?\'I cdicaJ College and Flower Instructor in Osteopathic Technique Suite 418-25 Lissner Bldg., Huspitnl is going: to give its seniors a dose of "O~­ Los Angeles College or Osteopathy. 524 S.Spring St. teopathy," but Test assured that t he dust' is " homeopathie," and "L OS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA. from th e appearance of thing, the view th ey will get of Osteo pathy will be "kaleidoscopic" in t he extreme. In making the announce­ L. LUDLOW HAIGHT. Oph . 0 .. D. 0 : . ment for the department of .:\IanipuIativc Therapeu t.ics, t he Annual Osteopathic PhYSICian. Oculist reads: 'T his department is ' in chnrgo of a graduate of this college Phones: Residence, Hollywood 5151. Office, Home F 3551;Sunset M.Wn 716 (Dr. J umes E. Burt) who abo , ub"'(luellt ly graduated from an osteo­ 506 Mason Building, 4t h and Broad way L OS AN GELES. CALIFORNIA pathic college. The instructor comments upon the value and limitations Please m ention t he J ourn al when wri t l n~ t o a dvertisers. of the practice of Osteopathy. He 11 1:-;0 delivers a lecture upon the Principles of O~ tf'opathy . " EDlTOHIAL. 64.1 THE J OURNAL OFOSTEOPATHY. ut ion.T he noise created by his enemies got beyond t hei r control and \Vhile this is an unlookcd for recognition and the college is to he an investigat ion of t heir charges has resulted. Obser vers of th e wor k­ r-ougrntulated for t his sign of scient ific p ro~r ~ss l one cannot help hut ings or t he Depar tment of Agricult ure wit h respect to t he Burea u of symp ut hize with Dr . Burt in his task of giving ~10r1C than t h; most Chemist ry, ha ve long suspected that somet hing was not right and the superfic ial idea of t he principles of osteopa thy 10 a lecture . But investigat ing ha d not proceeded far until t he reve lat ions which Dr. perh aps it is only a "test meal; " if it works the st udents ma y get more 'Vii",)" promised , were duly forthcomi ng . The result has been t hat next ycaT. . . nearly all the newspapers and t hinking people of the count ry have h l ~ ­ But whv is t his part icular school ready to commercmhze the fact come prett y firmly convi nced that it j:-; not Dr. 'Viley who alight to he that Dr. Bu~rt is a graduate of 'an ost eopathic college,' bu t is not "fired ," but t he first who ought to go is Solicitor George P. 1IcCal )(· willing to indicate th e degree conferred by t his same college upon t he of t he Depart ment of Agriculture, who has had charge of all the pros­ doctor'? His name is published as " James E . Burt, 1\'1. D.," t he" D. O." ccuti ous under t he pure food la w. The evidence so far produced luis conspicuously ab sent. Rut perhaps t he school is. not to blame. sat isfied th e \\'ashingt oll T imes t hat Solicito r .:\ IeCa be hns been "bo~s ­ ing t he whole works ." In fact, so muc h eviden ce has been prod uced The Ne w Alt hough the registrations are not yet conplete, t hat the obst ruct ive act ivities of this gentleman di rected against th e Enrollment t he prospects are t hat t hc enrollment in the Amer­ work of Dr. Wiley, have been to the ent ire liking of Secretary Wilson. ican School of Osteopathy ,,;11 equal if not exceed that it is therefore a serious question in the minds of nmuy wheth er the high water mark in t he attenda nce du ring this coming year. The his resignat ion is not. next in order. T he inqu iry has also shown t hat in increased facilit ies and t he better equipment toward s which th~ m~n­ t he restrictions which ha ve been successively pluced a round t he Ch ief ngem ent is constantly st riving, together with a constantly wI~emn.g of t he Bu reau of Chemistry, a -lefinitc effort has been made t u "draw famili arity with osteopathic theory and methods among the laity, IS t ho fangs of t he law" by making it impossible to carry out its rea l intent. responsible for t his in a measure, hu t the splendid loyalt y of many of the It ha s been shown t hat Solicitor l\lc Cahe and Dr. Du nlap wen' practi cing osteopathic physicians to t he. "Old Do?t or ," and their Alma placed wit h Dr. Wiley on the Board or Food and Drug In spection . In Mater, is a large and appreciated factor ill producm~ so large an at te nd­ two-t hirds of the cases t hat have come before the Board. Dr. \Vilp.'f ance. That the science of Osteopat hy has tak en a firm hold among t he :;ays he has been' overruled by his two colleagues, a nd the "seerc t ury ed ucated clastics is evide nced by t he great number of college men and in variubly up held t he dec ision of tho Board." Then there is the Hem ­ women who arc taking up osteopathy as a profession. T he addition RCIl Rpf('ree Bo ard appointed hy P resident Roosevelt and composed of annuallv of this class of recruits in such large numbers to t he ranks of such high a ut horities as Ira Remsen, Russell II. Chit teudon, J ohn H . ost.('opa~thy, is a factor of immense importance not only in the. advance­ Long, Alonzo E. T aylor and C. A. Herter. This is th e Board which ment of the science, hut by t his added stre ngt h osteopathy mil bec~me overruled Dr. \Vilt,y in hi :" decision against benzoate of soda. As to more and more fir mly entrenched agai nst the usurpations of political tilt" Board, fi Xew York Times correspondent has drawn the conclusion medicine. It is the kind of reinforcement which coun ts. tha t "its principal function has been to restrict and oppose Dr. \V i l ('." ' ~ efforts to enfo rce t he law as he spes it." lteyond th is, thereis t he "Board That Wiley Som e of the officials and "adjuncts" of the De­ of T hree Secretaries," consist ing of t he heads of t he Departments of Inquiry partment of Agric ult ure have evid ently sta rted the T reasu ry, Comme rce and Labor, und Agri cult ure which makes pro­ something down in Washington whi ch has gotten vision for t he enlorcomeut, of t he Pure Food la w under certain con ditions, beyond their control. Not succeeding with tbeir intrigues and o~ficia l As to th e part which " Lawyer l\l eCube has played in the sumo, ham pering of t he work of D r. Wiley, Chief of t he Bureau of C h en ll st~y , the 1 ~ c w York Times bas summnriaed it ed itorially as follows : t hey were evidently read y to accept any method, fair or foul, which "By th e clever fra ming and manipulat ion of depnrtmentul rules pro mised anything in the way of getting Wiley 's official . scalp. The he became the Mole ju dge whet her cases against manufacturers of foods cry of " irregularit y," " illegal t ransact ions, " etc., was r.aIsetl . and. all an d dispensers of drugs sho uld be prosecuted or held in abeyance. Mor« possible pressure was brought upon t he chief to force his reslgnatlO.n. th an one-fift h of th e 2,800 cnses recommended for prosecuti on hy tilt· T hat Dr. Wiley has st uck to his guns is a cause for increased admir- 646 THE ,JOUHi\AL OF OSTEOPATHY. EDITOHUL. 647

Bureau of Chemistry since J uly, 1910, have by Solicitor M cCahe's anapolis to te stify until a writ of mandam us was sued out in the Dis­ fiat been kept out of t he courts, and the ma nufacturers and the dispens­ trict of Columbia which compelled permission. Floyd W. Robinson, en; if they were guilt y, have been "protected." a chemist of the Department, went to Indian apolis, in response to a , "Solicitor McCabe, according to Chief Dr uggist Keh ler, gave him summons, to test ify ; he was dismissed from the governm ent service. an 'unmerciful dressing down' for conferring with a District Attorney T he Secret ary has manifestly been unabl e to keep the " interests" from about the prosec ution without first obtaining the Solicitor's permis..:;io.n. interfering with the beneficent work of the Bureau of Chemistry , and \Vhilc the Solicitor was employing scientific investigators as court \nt­ by allowing Solicitor ::\lcCabc or anyo ne else to "boss the works," he nesses, and paying th em $50 a da y extra for their testimony, he ,\~ as has pro ved that th e days of his usefuln ess are at an end . The sit uation secretly formulating charges against Dr. Wiley, Dr . Kobler, yr. ~l g­ is intolerable from every viewpoint. There can be littl e question as elow, and Dr. Rusby, recom mend ing their removal because Chief \\ iley to the nature of the findings of the Committee of Invest igation under had san cti oned a like salary arrangement in Dr. Rushy's case. By the Congressman M oss. T here is a wide-spread and well-founded nssur­ Solicitor's instigation, Secretary Wilson was loaning out t~ th~ food ance that Dr. Wiley will retain his position and that the att ack upon puckers his Government expert-s to testify in the.ir private SUIt with the him will prove a boomerang. State of Indiana, and for this work they were paid by th e Government. Another reprehensible method employed by some one to discredit li lt was but a short step, to a man who could thus give to the courts Dr. Wiley, is the distribution among edito rs of magazines and news­ or withhold from them evidence of vio lations of the law, to alter the papers of unsigned pamphl ets calling for the removal of Dr.Wiley. T he cou rt 's decrees, Thus in promulgating J udgment No. 742 of t~e court pa mphlets pu rport to be clippings from the "S. F. Chronicle, June 23, in the Eastern District of Missouri, wherein a Company t~ lat dl sp~nsed and July 14, HHI." It would he interesting to know the identi ty of a certain beverage pleaded guilty to tin indictment charging the mcl.u­ th e distributors and who inspired these articles. Just as we go to press sion of 'cocain, benzoic acid , and coal-tar dye, ' 1\'11'. :l\lcCabe admits comes the int elligence th at Dr. Wiley has heen fully exonerated. hnving cha nged the notice of the court as published by the Department of Agriculture, to read that the 'd efendant was fined becau se the bev­ Medical Commenting upon an ed itorial which appeared in ca ~e i n, eruge contained 'cocain, and 'harmful' coal-tar dye.' He had Monopoly­ the American Journal of Clinical Medicine, in h a~ th e reference to 'benzoic acid' erased 'because the Department . Shall It Be? which the theory was advocated that "the inhnb­ never alleged that of Benzoate of Soda . It was hekl t he opposite. itants of each community should be equally divid­ T he Wnshington correspondcnts further explain that none of these ed among the ph ysicians," a California newspaper makes t he following I Ie ot t'sil " It • things came to light because of t he departmenta ru e 0 Sl ence, . . SI- pointed observations, which we take the liberty of quoting: lence even toward members of Congress, as interpreted by Solicitor "After announcing this rather startl ing plan assuring prosperity ~l e Ca be . " h . h to members of the profession regardless of qualifications or the prefer­ As to McCabe, his resignation should be demanded fort Mt.; ences of the dear people, the editorial goes on to say that 'if there were dismissal should follow his refusal. So far as the Hemsen Board IS no extra fees for surgery, it is possible that operating would become conecrned, based upon t he remark of Secretary " Ti lson soon after th e somewhat less common." ap point ment of t he Board : " I want t.o say t~ you 'gentlemen t hat the referee board was orga nized and put mto nct ion for the very purpose "Arc we to infer from this high medical authority t hat surgical of conserving the interests of the man ufacturers, so ~ o u would have a operations are superinduced by t he expectation of financial reward? sa ne hearing," the New York Globe declares its fun ction to be. no more " But this editorial writer continues : 'T he pro fession would (as nor less than the conservut.ion of benzoate, and should be abolished. a result of dividing th e inhabitants of each community equally among As to t he responsibility of Secretary Wilson, thrce members of the the physicians) be more nearly approximated to the ideal of a fratcr­ Board testi fied against t he State in Indiana , two took a pro-benzoate uity ; and while a few colossal incomes might be dimi nished, every mem­ stand at a Denver Food conve ntion, all wi th t he full consent of the D ~­ ber of th e profession would have enough. " partment ·of Agricult ure. He also refused to lct Dr. Wiley go to Indi- " Hcre we have as bold a prop osal for publi c exploitation of suffer- 648 THE JOURKAL OF OSTEO PATHY. EDITO RIAL. 649

ing humanity and the persona l nggrandizPIll('ut of the nu-mbers of the "T he peoplo uf th is country are going to submit to no med ical tyr­

make less radical changes in st ruct ure and henc e disturb function much less t ha n corrective treatment. Chronic illness presents a very complicated pathology. T he cap­ illnries and interstitial spaces are extensively engorged wit h blood : Technique and Results t he cells contain toxic substances, which create 3m1 mai ntain a greatly (Paper delivered by Dr. Orren E. Smith of Indianapolis at the K O. A. increased tensile state of the ent ire st ruct ura l mechanism, an d in ad­ Convention in Louisville, K y .) vanced stages of disease degeneration processes are present in varying degree of development. In cases presenting such condit ions it is worse Each year t he public is becomi ng more st rict in its requirements of than folly to attempt radical correction of the st ruct ura l mechanism all public serv ants. The ph ysician has felt t his pressure along with at this t ime, even though t he structural mechanism has deviated far others, and especially the graduates of our school of medi cine. It is from the normal position, and is beyond a reason abl e dou bt , th e cause t rue t hat more is required of our school of pra cti ce t han any ot her, he­ of all the symptomatology . . cau se osteopathy is an improvement over other met hods of t reatment Preparatory t reat ment approaches disease in H more diplomatic an d is therefore more successful in handling disease, and for this. rea..son way, making usc of t he already exist ing, but heavily taxed, natural people expect more of us. They not only ask that we cure them, but Jaws of vital ph enomena . Prior to degeneration, the cellular tissues arc that we also prevent fut ure .illness-a request that is reasonable, :'.0 far responsive to mechanical stimulat ion, and in beginning- t reatment , as chro nic illness is concerned, beca use results from t reat ment are more need only to be furnished with a small amoimt of t his st imulus, nrtifi­ O!' less permanent. cially, in ord er to obtain a strong reacti on. Owing to the fad t hat the These requirements lead up to t he Tact that we must perfect our tissues are alread y carrying u cumulative stimulus imparted to them technique, if we expect to show results t hat are reasonably perma nent . by t he general pathology, a heavy stimulus, such as would be produ ced It is not enough to make the patient feel well just while he is under our by a corrective treatment, is not requ ired. The increased irrita bility cure, but we must administer t reat ment that will maintain no rmal of the cells, in disease, is nature's method of st imulating functional ac­ function long after the patient discontinues treatment. tivity, and t he fact that this irritability is already increased above the A good technique is both an art and a science. The 'science has norma l state , is good reason why t he a rtificial st imulus imparted by the reference to a kno wledge of the principles governing techniq ue, while physician should not he too intense in begi nning treatment. t he art is comprised in perfecti on of performa nce of that technique. If t he treatment is too sti mulating at first , it culls forth a reacti on Many ph ysicians have t he science of technique with out t he a rt, and in functional activity beyond safety and benefits to t he organ ism. The t hey never become first-class physicians. The correct application of debris of disease is already taxing excretion to its utmost limits, and any knowledge is quite as important in producing results as the possession factor which throws waste and cell wreckage into the . circulat ion be­ of that knowledge. Applied therapeutics tak es precedence of all re­ yond th e eliminating ca pacity of excretory organ s, is in danger of ex­ sults . hau sti ng the funct iona l acti on of those organs, and thus retarding ex­ It is convenient to consider t rea tment of t wo kind s, viz.: prepa ra­ cret ion. tory and corrective. Strictly speaking, this classification is not easily Overtreatment is very likely to rai se the temperat ure in t he organ­ defined. It is like t he divisions of surgery into maj or and minor oper­ ism, either locally, or generally, which stimu lates catabolic met nbolism at ions. The query is where does one leave off and t he othe r begin? excessively clue to t he Iact t hat chemical reactions take place much more Preparatory t reatments are th ose used for t he purpose of leading rapidly in high t ha n low temperatur es, and th erefore in this way tox­ up to the point where corrective treatments may be given with imp unity. ines nrc released into the gcnt"ral circulntlon mu ch more ra pidly t ha n The term " preparatory" does not have reference to time in the course elimination can take plate. of treatment, 80 much as to conditions of th e ti &511eS that must he brought These excesses of toxic substances circulat iug through t he body aho ut prior to advanced treatment. Prepa ratory t reatments are given affect the nervous system profoundly, a nd bri ng on sensations of fatigue t hroughout th e whole course of t reatment. T hey are t reatments which and malaise. And t hro ugh the nervous system, intense tension in t he THE .JOUnXAI. OF O';TEOPAT H Y. TECHNIQUE AND Im SULTS. muscles utul ligaments of the body is abo produced hy t he-e toxmes, After a sufficient number of preparatory treatments hnve been given It will he appa rent on st udyi ng t he effects of pathogenic micro-organ­ old lesions in t he spine to lessen the irritabil ity of t he nervous system, isms, in acute d iseuse, th at t he deleterious effects of these organisms is improve circulation, increase excret ion, etc., then it is t ime to begin t he du e to their excretions, which set up to xn-mius in the body. Th ese ad justment of st ru ct ure where by t he self-regulating government of th e fever cuscs a ll show intense r-ontruct ion of m uscle and ligunu-n ts due to organism is to be re-established. the effects of toxic subst nnces in t ilt' blood. Osteopathic treatment is meant to restore automatic funct ioning: T his te nsile state of mu scles and ligaments, whether PI'O(!lH'('d by of the organi sm , hy adjust ing the physical mech anism of man , which, uiicro-orgnnisms, 0 1' by excess of cell. wreckages from trentmcnt, is a in disease, vari es from t he normal. very clet rimontal factor to t he pa tient, us it lessens mobility in t he joints, Here is where a good tec hnique is of inestimable val ue. Just any obstructs circulation, retards excret ion, IOWf' fS the vitality. and should one ca n massage a patient, but it req uires skill and long t reating to ad­ eertninly not he produced hy over -treat ment, a~ t he very purpose of just chronic lesions, which have a complicated pathology, without set­ treatment , i. e.. th e n-storution of no rtuul physiologic activity th roughout ting up very disagreeable reactions. the entire body, is th ereby defeat ed . Long exper ience in practice, and good tec hnique, is required of t he Preparatory treatm ents are for th e purpose of producing milder physician to be ab le to adjust lesion s with a minimum amount of pain rea ct ions in function. They arc 1II0re ar tificial and also less permanent an d afte r soreness. When he can create the desired reactions in fun c­ th an corrective treatments, but highly essentia l in II Ul n ~' cases. The t ion, without causing the patient any discomfort by administration of pathology of many diseases is so grave, and of such long standing that treatment, t he physician is approaching the ideal te chnique. There any other th an prepara tory treatment would be out of the questio n is no virtue in a treatment which lames the patient and ca uses him to for the patient. Failure to recogni ze this fact has cost many of us ou r d read the next treatment . A rough shot-gun t reatment is not neees-n­ patie nt a nd t hereby injured our profession. rily a good t reatment. An effective treatment does not consist in the This kind of treatment can he given oft ener t han correcti ve treat­ amount of force used in administe ring it , but in the extent and kind of meut., as the reaction is not only mild er bu t also of shorter du ratiun­ reaction obtained. It should be reme mbered t hat the purpose of trout­ n fact which ma kes this treatment. very udnpt able to , and very service­ merit is to change func t ion from t he a bnormal to the normal, and the a ble in acute practice. react ion produced by treatment is t he one accurate and scient ific guide There is a certain per cent of our profession who never get beyon d in making up a good technique. As the react ion varies, so should the th e preparatory treatment stage in the practice of osteopathy . They t rea t ment . Of course, it is understood that t he reactions from t reat­ an ' drawers of water and hewers of stone all t heir dnys. This is cer­ ment arc not always pleasant to t he patient , no ma tter how careful the physician may be. This is especially so of the first t rcatment given tainly 0I1f' of the most deplorable situat ions that could come to any pa rt of our profession . because their work will never be entirely satis­ a patient , and also of those give n later wherc extensive corrective :.td­ factory to their clientele, for the reason th at it will be temporary at just rnents are made. Here th e reactions are sometimes very trouble­ most, a nd mor e-over. many diseases will not yield ut all to such treat­ -ome to t hc patient and also cause the physician much concern. It is a notable fact t hat many old lesions cannot he redu ced without setting ment. up extensive reactions, no matter how mu ch preparatory t reatment is There is one principle in t he prac tice of ost eop athy which stands given, or how finished ami skillful the technique employed. out clea r-cut. and alon e. Fa ilure to gra sp this one point has been the While it is very necessa ry to perfect technique in t he way of its undo ing: of ma ny a promising osteopathist . It ca nnot be put more nrlmini st ration, it is of much greater imp ortance to have a technique tersely than Dr. Hul ett states it in his Pri nciples of Osteopath y, viz.: that is effective. Patients will forgive t he physician for crude and rou gh " D ISF~ A SE IS N OR\IAL TO TilE ST HVCTFRAI. CONDITIO N PROU VCINO [1'. " treatment if in the end good results are obtained. The un pard onabl e That is to say, that so long as st ructu re remains unchanged in t he pa­ offense is that of failure to curc. tient the disease will cont inue. T herefore, we come to t his conclusion : In order to produce good results it is necessary to have a technique CI-L-\!\GE THE STRUCTURE. that will remove lesions. It is absolutely necessary to have methods 654 T ilE JOURNAL OFOSTEOPATHY. TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS. 655 of t reatment t hat furnish un unlimited amount of power for adj usti ng ited harm t hat may be done by corrective treat ment being a pplied im­ struct ural deviations of anatomy. :l\Iany times failure to cure t he C U~(' properly, and have been very conservative about endorsing it openly, lies in the fact that the physician has not the power at his command to although perhaps using it extensively in their own private practice. make t he adj ustment. In pathology, na t ure makes many changes in Correct ive t reatment is, of course, dangerous if improperly used . struct ure. In order to st rengthen weak places in t he anatomical mec han­ N o one doubts, or will dispute, t his fact. A Icthal dose of osteopat hy ism , adhesions are formed and increase in st rength until the weak place is by no means an impossibility if administered carelessly by t he ignor­ becomes as strong as the original normal tissue. Adhesions are formed ant or unskilled person. Corrective treatment is not a toy to play with, of cicatricial tissue whi ch is one of t he most resistan t ti ssues in the body, but a sharp-edged tool to be used by t he intelligent operato r as an emer­ yielding almost imp ercept ihly to treat ment .In order to cope wit h t his gency agent. Even t hough it be conceded t hat harm may be done by t isl::i uC su cces.'5fully, it seems necessary to use the blood st ream as a means t he wrong use of right methods, that is no argument against the right. of absorbing it by setti ng up excess ive congestion or mild i~ft am l~l ato ry lise of a dan gerous method. processes in t hese cicatricial t issues. In order to acco mplish t his end , \Ve must leave behind us t he two extremes of rudiealism and ro n­ successfully, enough force is used to st ra in t he scar and t hus engorge the servutism, and adopt th e intelligent use of a techniqu e that is of grea t local area . Of cou rse such t reatment as t his is to be used wit h ext reme service to us, if we are to serve the p ubli c most successfully . Educate care, just as one would tlSC the keen edg.e of the surgeon's knife in oper­ our profession in th e use of osteopat hic mechanics, as t he surgeon is ating. In fact, this kind of treatment IS really. b lo~dless . surgery. t rained to use t he knife, and we will have fewer dissatisfied practition­ While t he finished operat or is able to use his skill quite as much as ers with the osteopathic science, and more appreciative patients. The his method yet t he met hod is alw ays of great importance, for t he reuson proper use of osteopat hic technique is difficult and requires long t rain­ t hat the technique furnishes t he principle upon which t hc applicat ion ing to acq uire skill in its administration. It is often necessar y to spend of treatment is ba sed. A technique is good when it is adapted to the months in learnin g to use a new method of correcting: lesion s, a nd it purpose for which it is used. It should contain tl~e pri~eipl e of ad j us~­ may he necessary to modify t he method of another before it can be used ment· it should yield enough power to correct lesions: It should admit successfully in practice. of specific npp lieation; it should not arouse fear in th e patient: it should Reacti ons ha ve to be st udied very carefully to use corrective t rea t­ not injure the physician using it. Keep on t he look-out for a good tec h­ ment successfully. It should not be forgotte n that t he reacti ons from niqu e. Go to all your state and national con ventio ns. Cons ult y o ~ r corrective treatment a re cumulative and t hat t he ad ministrat ion of friends in t he profession. Think for yourself. Use every means 111 such treatment should be limited and infrequent. your power to discover and possess a good techniqu e, for it will repay you T he lesion cannot be shifted radically each time the patient is treat­ ;, tho usandfold. (Oil , beca use it dist urbs fun ct ion too mu ch. N ature does not have t ime From time to t ime we hea r complai nts from some of our profes­ to adjust herself to th e cha nge in struct ure, if administered too soou, sion, in which it is alleged that osteop athy is an incomplete system ~f until an other change is. creat ed . In t his way cumu lative rea ct ions a re th erapeutics. T here seems to be a desire on the pa~t of the~c prac ti­ created. Dr. Still puts t hc question squarely before us wben he snys, tioners to add somet hing to osteop athic care of t he SICk.. It IS re a~~n ­ " Fix it, t hen let it alon e." The last part of t his sentence is just as im­ uble to infer t hat these persons have been unsuccessful in t he practice por tant as t he first. of osteopat hy-r-t hcy have failcd to make good , otherwi se t hey would ' Ye mu st learn to let t he lesion alone, for a ti me, after administrn­ be satisfied with t he science . tio n of a corrective treat ment. Reacti ons from correct ive t reatment The probabilities are that these physician s h~ v e a .very poor tec h­ often do not set in until t he t hird, fourth or even later clay , after t reat­ nique and are unable to correct lesions, hence t heir patients do not get ment. In suc h cases, if treatments are give n every other day, or three well. t imes a week, t he effect of thc las t t rcatment has not begun to take of­ It is safe to say t hat a large per cent of our profession hav e Iw v(:r feet before a not her treat ment is give n. Now such treatment is ex­ understood t he power !lnll effect iveness of corrective t r~a tment . I ~ IS ac tly similar to t he methods em ployed by physiologists in prod ucing equally certain that many of our profession have recognized the unlim- tetanus or continuous cont ract ion of muscular tissue by experime nta- NON-ALCOHOL IC MEDICAT[ON .

graph, speculum , ophthalmoscope and laryngoscope. Chemistry aJH I the microscope have been applied to the urine and its deposits. The ahove numed instruments are absolutely necessary for dinguosis. Non-Alcoholic Medication: B y \\Thom Is Al coholic MedIc ation Used ? What Is It? Our missionary field is great, ue whiskey, bra ndy and wine is used By DIt. I'LOltENCE ALlCE C OVEY. in disease in every township and county uf these United States ; not as many are used in Europe. A bill was introduced in Congress last (Resd before the W. C. T .D., of Portland, Main e.) yea r to pro vide for a national health burea u. Alt hough subt le, the At first glance it seemed that our subject was a myth. Talking contents of their bill provided for the recognition of drug medication it over with some regular physicians, we were assured that we had been as the national way to combat disease. If passed, such a hill would asked abo ut a matter of myt hology, because commonly, the term "med­ establish a condition similar to whnt was formerly known as state re­ icine" indicates a healing art which only includes the giving of drugs. ligion. T his bill was killed. Thus applied, the word is universally used by the laity and by mnny Alcoholic medication has been so common that, by its ab use it has physicians. caused its own death. An allopathic physician will not allow wine in Knowing that this o r~ani zati on docs not usually trad e in myths, :111 eggshake for tu bercul ar cases at the present time. , further research was made. Geo. 1\ 1. Gould, A. M., M . D., aut hor of The morning dram begun in early life causes cirrhosis of the liver, our Illustrated Dictionary of . Medicine, Biology an d allied sciences, atrophy of t he muscles and pigmented deposits beneath the skin. T his says that Medicine is the science and art of preserving health ; of pre­ amount taken by healthy people when not needed dues not give nature venting and curing disease: a healing art. a fair chan ce, and punishes the individual by causing disease. Drugs of all kinds are preserved in alcohol. It is invalu able as a In New York City, t he amo unt of whiskey used in -the hospitals solvent of the active principles of substances that arc insolubl e in wa­ in [902 was 375 gallons; in 1909 t here were 938 gallons used. For the ter and that would soon decompose in an aqueous solution, These sake of economy in 1910 there were 2,3 gallons used. This economical alcoholic solutions are generally called t inctures. decrease will be a benefit to the health of the patients. In the History of Medicine we find that the healing nrt was first Today many physicians in our own and other lands agree with Dr. practiced through stews fro m herbs, th e laying on of hands and prayer. Joslin of the Harvard Medical School that alcohol is rarely helpful in Its first use was by the healers of t he soul, and priest s, to promote clea n­ the treatm ent of disease. liness and prevent contagion. The first physicians were in Egypt, and It is only review to you to state that alcohol makes the well man the first medical school was at Alexandria, 300 years before the Chris­ sick, and does not make t he sick man well. It is not a st rengt h giver. tian era . Later Chiron, the Centaur, introduced the art of medicine Peop le whose walks in life require a clear head cannot indulge; and yet, umong the Greeks. Che mistry was united wit h physiology during t he during 1910 one man sold 875,000 worth of his concoction, a patent seventeenth century . Then began our complicated prescriptions and medicine, so-called, in Boston, and we kn ow of persons in our own city our ph armacopeia. For the two following cent uries the healing art was who are taking alcoholic preparations and keeping their diseases. Cer­ largely practiced by a dose from a bottle or a pill-box, commonly called ta inly there is a feeling of exhilaration after taking a dose, hut so there drugs. In the nineteenth century there was a revolt and non-alcoholic is from food, ami th e latter does no harm in mod eration. Many times medicat ion became popular. During the nineteenth century we had when peop le feel sick they are not as ill as they are in need of easily di­ the epoch of physiological experiment and clinica l observation. The gestcd, nourishing food. Because your brother eats three times a day physical diagnosis of disease has been facilitated to an extent far beyo nd does not signify that you need three and three ouly. Perhaps you what the most hopeful physicians of the eighteenth cent ury would have need more, perhaps less. " 'hen you have that " tired feeling" eat. six deemed possible, by th e discovery and use of t he stethoscope, sphygmo- oranges ur drink four glasses of water sufficiently cold to be palatabl e; NON-ALCOHOL IC MEDICAT ION. 661 sou T HE JOU RN AL OF OSTEOPATHY. ~em, which works over the worst trash in the body and t hen it is tu rned take n rid e or walk; open 3. window wide, put on a sweate r and laprobo into t he venou s syste m and t hen into the lungs, for the last purifi cation and sit by the window ; have a good laugh ; lie down to relax on a stiff­ of the blood . sprillgcd couch or the floor. Now, these things will remove tired feel­ And so wonderful provision is made in nature for the health of this ings, bu t not all of them. Saner it is to t ry a simple remedy ns above body. Therefore, let us have faith in the struct ure of divine crea tion. "" gge.ted thun to partake of the bottle on the shelf. . Boundless i.ntemperance in nature is a t yranny ; it hath been "t he Healizing the non-development accompanying alcoholism , Frnucc un timely ernptymg of the happy t hrone, and fall of many king s. at t he presen t time is exerting her powers to eradicate it. Fran ce has discovered a nu mber of cases whi;h started in drink­ ing st rong coffee. ' Vc scorn a man for being held in serfdom by liquor, and yet we arc often slaves to bonbons, tea or coffee. There is no influ­ FRUIT AS M EDI CINE eucc so strong as the personal; I admire and believe in women, and the strongest pillar is the true mother in the home. So when we practice .Appl es, .pears and quinces are nil memb ers of a botanical all that our Union represents then will ground be rapidly gained. Iumily that includes the roses and is scient ifically kno wn as­ pyrus malus. I ncidentally, t he apple has a wider ran ge ~r If a man desires to sell flying machines he must give his customers growth th an any other fruit, and the United States is the :\ ride in a flying machine and not an oxcart. He must be ent husiastic largest grower of a ny count ry in t he world . Ripe apples over airships, think it is the only way to trnvel and never ride in any ~aten raw and thorou ghly masticated, arc excellent for digest­ thing else himself. rve troubles. · T!I~ pe~ shares the medicinal qualities just recited, and What Are Its Advantages? tn addition , 18 somewhat more easily digested bv weak atom­ ach e t ha n is th e apple. The quince is only used in t he form Milton compares t he enchantment of Circe td intemp eran ce in of ~ reserv (, s , as a rule. It is said th at owing to its excessive the following: nst rmgeney when raw, it is employed by the peasant ry of Eu rope to sto~ hemorrhages by placing slices of it on wounds . " Soon as the potion works, their human countenance, Th~ curative powers of the grape are established Incts T he express resemblance of t he gods, is changed as the history of t he "cures" in which the vin e plays th e chief Into some bruti sh form of wolf, or bear, par t , tesfifiee. Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, · Rh ~l bar? , owi ng; to t he large proportion of oxalic acid that It contains, IS a capital anti-scorbutic. In th e case of minor All ot her parts remaining as they were; forms of scurvy, it acts as n curative. The young plant, when And t hey , so perfect in t heir misery Ht.ewt; l and eaten at breakfast, is of great ass istance to the Not once perceive t heir foul disfigureme nt." constipated. It s laxative qualiti es in general art> well known. Ban an as should be used 'wit h caution by the constipa ted . No gain , but loss, says Mil ton . · The fig possesses laxat-ive powers of a high ord er. T his T he Biblical teaching of temperance in every point is t he only road IS also true of dates and tamarinds. t o health an d success. Peaches, apricots and necta rines have marked laxative One advantage in alcohol is its antiseptic property. effects . . . The pI.um, greengage, damson, und so forth, all hav e med- As prev iously shown, we were twenty cent uries without nleoholi« icinal qualities. . medication. \Yo tried it for two centuries, and at present we arc in t he .Blackberries, raspberries, huckleberri es and most ot her revolt , ami civilization will be bettered as alcohol runs away. berm's act as blood purifi ers and laxati w·s.-From Phvsieal Drugs are being produced in our bodi es every instant . Not strych­ Culture for July. . nine, morphine, digitalis and the rest of the list , but gastric juice, lax­ ative bile and intestinal juices; saliva, a digestive. In childbirth t he nntiseptie amnioti c fluid ; the secretion of t he pancreas; the manufa c­ t ure of blood cells in the hone marrow; t he lymphatic circulatory sys- N OVEL ADVE RTISING. 663

" We will not knowingly be a party to that or any other fra ud, decep­ tion or swindle.c-Cnxs. :M CCONKELL, Pres." T o those would-be suicides who pushed by this display and asked Novel Advertising for one of the condemned nostrums was handed a red card reading thus : "To the Custo mers of the Economical: This card expla natory : B y Du. FRANK C. f ' AHME H, C HICAGO , I LL. " \Ve do not carry in stock the nostrum you ask for because it is cond emned hy the U. S. Pure Dru g Bureau as eit her impure, poisonous, J ust around the corner is one of Chicago's largest drug stores, the habit-forming or fraudulent and da ngerous to health. If after this Economical , Chas. :McConnell, President. expose , you st ill sec fit to imperil your life by taking this noxious drug, Mr. l\lcConnell is a shrewd, keen business mnn , as evidenced by you can doubtless be accommodated at almost any drug sto re in Chicago. the following. - C HAS. :\ICCON:'-: ELL, Pres." Some time ago , in th e show windows were pla ced several garbage Which all goes to show that the Economical is blessed with au effi ­ cuns filled wit h patent medici nes; while about them were placed sev­ cient and clever corps of advert isers. eral red pa per bags hearing such labels as " D ope, " " Hot ," " H umbug," "Swindle," "Trash," " Fake." At tached to the garbage cans were To at tack a medicine already bearing the Government stamp of a p­ cards rea ding as follows: " Nostrums consigned to the garbage can by proval is not an net of courage. It is only an inciden t in the war against t he Economical." La rge posters announced the following: nostrums and is evidence that the pharmacist has been in cahoots with Lyd ia Pinkh am , et ai, or else this militan t stand would not attract t he " :-lOT ON SALE uttention it has. T he abo ve list is only an atom compa red to the volume of " life­ saving nostrums, good for man or beast ," yet upon the market.M e­ ECONOMICAL DRUG CO. Co nnell and Company know full well th at t heir shelves still hord e nos­ "T he following nostrums having been condemned by the U. S. Agri­ trums as dangerous as the ones in the garbage cans, but the Government cultural Department, have been thrown out of stock and will no longer .Iuggemaut not having reached them, consigning to the public garbage be sold by us: Acker's English Remedy ; Adam son 's Batonic Cough can is fraught with prospect for a touch upon the company 's till via a Balsam ; Dr. Agnew's Catarrh Powder ; Ascatce ; Dr. Birney's Catarrh civil suit . Powder ; Dr. A. Boshee's German Syrup; Children' s Comfort; Coca The phrase, " No doubt almost an y ot her drug store will acco mmo­ Bola ; Dr.Coles' Catarrh Cure; Crown Catarrh Powder ; Espey's Syru p date you," has the ring of t he mart and money-changer, thereby debar­ for Children Denti tion ; Dr. Fahey's Pepsin Anodyne Compound ; Dr. ring M cConnell from a Carnegie hero medal for saving the lives of Fahney's Teething Syru p ; Dr. Fenner' s Cough Cold Syrup; Dr. Fow­ would-be suicides . ler's St rawberry and Peppermint M ixt .; Dr. Grove's Anodyne for In­ But there is anot her side to the qu esti on . So-called patent nos­ fants' Habitina; Prof. Hoff's Consumption Cure; Hooper's Anodyne trums as a rule, are prescriptions of practicing phy sicians that are put - tll: Infant's Friend ; Jackson's Magie Balsam ; Ladway' s Elixir for upon the ma rket and ad vertised and sold to whomsoever possesses the Infants : Dr.James' Soothing Syrup Cordial; Kohler's One-Night Cough price. If , in their patent form they are worthless or perilous to health Cure ' Kopp's Bab y Friend ; Linseed Licorice and Chlorodyne Cough a nd life, were they not thus when written by the physician'? Lozenge: Linseed Licorice and Chlorody ne' Pastelles: Dr . Mill er's Ano­ l\I cConn ell's garbage can is a sad commentary . In to it went a dv ne for Babies; Dr. Moffet 's Tecthina-Tecthing Powders; Pastelles glimmering the financial hopes of Drs. Birn ey, Boshec, Bull , etc. , Paj erma; Piso's Cure; Royal Head ache Tabl ets; Shiloh's Cure; To­ and from it we extract the bait that lured thousands to an early grave. baceo Bullets; Tucker's Asthma Specific; Victor Infant Relief; Von Methinks, could t hese ga rbage cans be rattled loud enough to retract Totta 's Cough Pectoral; M rs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ; Wonder their victim. through the valley of the shadow of death, State St reet " rorkers; Yonkerman's Consumption Cure. No S UBSTITUTIOS. would record its mightiest host. And as th e patriotic Japanese, in fancy 664 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. sees the ma rch of his dead comrades, we could review the parade of the multitud e of nostrum vict ims . In the van, we"see the phalanx of pale, wan remn ant s of stalwart young men, who, having caught a hard cold, placed their trust in good old Dr . Yonkcrman at a dollar a tryst, and blindly followed him to a The Socialization of Osteopathy point beyond recovery. Here and there we see a nicotine-soaked old B y D H. J ENETT H UBB AHD B OLL ES. man perforated by a Tobacco Bullett . Over there is a galaxy of women who hovered about the standard of Von Totta until called hence. M yr­ In Addi son' s " Vision of Mirzah ," the seer saw a deep valley crossed iads of children bespeak how wondrous were t he works of M rs. Win slow. by a bridge, hidden in mist at both ends. It had t hree score an d ten But why specify? Dr. Moffett 's Teethina, et cetera, have found a perfect arches and a number of broken ones. There were originally a resting place in the garbage can. The photographs of t he victims will thousand arches, Mirza was told, but a great tempest arose and the num­ ne'er adorn t estimonials in this world, and the hosts in heaven and else­ ber was reduced to what he now saw. Myriads of people emerged where, look down upon those garbage cans, we are loath to say- from the mist on t he one side, all tra velling in the same directi on, up wards "0, death, where is thy sting?" '". to the top in the first half of the bridge and then downwards to the last half. One .person in every six, however, stepped on a dan gerous trap­ door and fen through. Before the fifth arch was reached one-t hird had sunk below t he waves. Toward the ot her end of t he bridge the trav­ T ilE BUSINESS MAN AND HIS DIET ellers grew so few t hat only a few went on. " Is this necessary'?" Mirza Beyond a doub t th e av erage business man consum es more cried as one of a devoted pair fell through an d the other went on alon e. food than is necessar y to supply the energy he expends, to say HIs it necessary?" cried ?- modern M irza as he looked on three little nothing of the quality and murderous combinations he daily in­ forms only recently emerged from the mist and yet already caught in dulges in . Every business man who regard s his health as of an y value a trap known as spinal meningitis, "must one-third of us be caught in 'should know something about the food arti cles that contain these fearful traps?" But the Mirza of today determined that some­ staple life-giving elements. thing should be done to close up the fearful hazards that yawn a t the Every calory of any pa rticula r food tak en in excess of t he feet of unconscious humanity. So he spent years of toil and slowly physical requirement mu st be disposed of at great expense and the way of closing up these pitfalls grew clear to him . He saw what no hazard. Nature is ever striving to bring to perfection everyt hing she others t hrough the long centuries had been abl e to see. Long years of produces. One of her methods of doing t his is to strike a trial experiment showed him that the human body is a wonderful mac hine . balance at certain period s of time between her st ructures and It contains within itself the power of produ cing from raw materials stru ctural mat erial. This she does in some cases daily, some­ everything necessary for its sustenance. It contains the power to re­ times weekly, monthly or annually. Her best efforts to inforce pair damage, not mortal to its own mechanism. It is an exquisitely obedience to her laws of nutrition are to give signals da ily, or aft er each meal, so t hat errors, if there be any, can be removed delicate balance ; maintain the balan ce, health; and disturb the balan ce, or omitted. The so-called bad stomach is really th e best disease. A simple theory, but upon it hangs the health of mankind. stomac h. It will not permit its possessor to abu se himself. It is the application of this idea and this only that will close up the No w and t hen some may succeed in killing all distress mes­ horrible chasms that yawn at our feet . sengers, sniffing out all t he red lights by "takin g something," and But one unfo rtunate thing is that each one must close t he pitfalls beyond middle life may boast t ha t they can eat whatever they want in any combination, and quantity. Against this class " for himself. Such huge ones as smallpox and tuberculosis can be closed Nat ure keeps her unswerving record s and the day of settlement in a great measure by outside influences, but a great majority of people can und er no circumst an ces be escaped .-From P hysical Culture. are caught in the individual traps, and these can be closed only by the individual himself. Consequently, it is the ind ividual who mu st be taught how to avoid the dangers. li66 T HE ./OURKAL OF OSTEOPATHY. TilE SOCIALl ZAT IOX OF OST EOPAT HY. 667

But it is well known to the student of sociology that the socializa­ Anot her way is by the lecture and informal ta lks given by the dit­ tion of knowledge is slow. Thirty-seven years ago Dr. Still gave to the ferent members of our profession. The medical people have been try­ world the most important scientific discovery ever mad e on this side of ing to reach t he public through their interest in health. We mu st <1 0 the Atlantic, but today the knowledge of these important princip les the same, because heal th is one topic in which the public is interest ed. is the property of a few. How to bring it to the many; how best to ac­ A hearin g is gained for our speakers in many ways. Our association complish the socialization of osteopathy, is the problem which we have sends out speakers to all places where audiences can he gathered to­ to deal with , and I wish to mention some methods of making it know n. get her, composed mostly of conv erts. Parents' Associations are held In Colorado we have learned tbat nothing can be don e without and are a most excellent mean s of reaching the mothers of t he land. organi zat ion. Practically every member of the profession has received Here we do not talk osteopath y directly, but hygien e and perfect mech ­ :1 requ est to join the union. Every member should use every endeavor anism of the body. to get new members into the association and conve rt the indifferent There are college societ ies, church societies, clubs, in fact , any into active, enthusiastic members. Colorado had the first State associa­ organizat ion where two or three are gathered together, furnishes a field tion. It was formed only a few months after t he national organization for th e dissemination of the ~ospel of health or osteopathy. Clubs are ~ . was formed, and had four memb ers, bu t it was strong. I everywhere. The program committees are seeking whom they ma y de­ Ost eopathy must fight for its life. Nothing shows so well its growt h, vour in making up the programs.I n Denv er the medical people hnve as the opposition it now encounters. First we were ignored, then tol­ been asking for places on the programs. ' Ve must be on them and he era ted, and now we have grown big enough to be formidable and oppo­ ready for them as well. Describe th e body a.... the house in which we sition is being systemati zed in the most careful manner. The state live. Illustrate if possible by charts and a skeleto n. Locate the or­ secretary of the medical board is most bitter. He has told the sta te gan s of a person us he stands on the platform . Tak e a little girl, un­ organization that t heir problem is to fight osteopathy. Literature is button the dress and show the mothers how to not ice irregularities in heing sent out to t he voters.Xo stone is left unturned to down thi s the spine and tell them what such t hings mea n when they exist and are dangerou s rival. Many good things have had to give way to deter­ not attended to. Don't be too technical. Don 't give minute descrip­ mined and organi zed oppositi on, and if osteopaths do not organ ize, t ions. Don' t tell how muscles are attached and describe t he different they will be exterminated or absorbed. The enemies of our profession ti ssues of the body. Don't give too mu ch of tbe history of osteopathy . have carried organization to a very high degree. They have members A brief account of its origin and growth is not out of place and a tribute in the state legislature and are preparing t o carry the struggle to Con­ to th e dear Old Doctor is only ju st , but make it brief. I have yet to gress itself. They arc prepared to fight for the benefit of a decadent meet an intelligent person who does not become an advocate on a proper profession i shall we not fight for a profession immeasurably superior to understanding of the pri nciples.- (Synopsis of Add ress at. the San Fran­ theirs? cisco Convention, by special Journal correspondent.) The Colorado State Association has adopted two general methods of reac hing the general puhlic,-of getting the kn owledge of our princi­ ples before the public and taking away their depend ence on drugs. First , th rough our literature. ~I a ny use that published by the eastern publishers. We take the O.P., Osteopathic Health, Ost eopathic Journal and others, and distribute them. ' Ve must not expect results from sending one copy, or two or t hree. In a majority of cases results will follow in time. \Ve also have a little osteopathic magazine, "The Colorado Osteopath," and the editing is a labor of love. It is found that th e local magazine often satisfies local. condi tions th at cannot be 80 well sat isfn...i by the more distant publications. Children's Diseases

DR. M INA A BBOTT H OBI NSON. Science Circles of Osteopathy . Thes" rep orts ar e made up of the opinion s of the mem bers of the ci rcles. and are publis hed Osteopathy has no greater field t ha n t he prevention and treat­ wnho ue co mment. The Journal does not as sume any respon sibility for a .y of th em . We would sU.2"&'est that any criticisms pro and can be sent to Dr. Arthur Taylor. 'I'nrinus Block. StillWItte r , ment of children's diseases; results being quickly achieved and they MInn.-Ed. arc most gratifying as a rule. It is t he dnt y of every osteopathic physician not only to treat the Mi n nesota Science Circle No.2. va rions maladi es of children, but to teach t he parents how to keep their M any of t he physicians being away on t heir vacations and at t he offspring physically strong and healthy , as many serious diseases might National at Chicago, the report mu st be somewhat limi ted t his ti me; he prevented if children were carefully guarded and treated .during however the above reasons are essential to an ambitious practitioner. .infancy. The careless handling of infants by parents and nurses often produce lesions to the delicate structures, which if allowed to remain One member reports a case of congenital pulmonary stenosis. Lady uncorrected, may mean suffering and eveninvalidism in later life. We age 49 was confined, normal, presentation , etc., but it was a "blue babe." cnll to mind a ease where a parent persisted in swinging a child by its T his was t he tenth child born to t his mother, the ot her nine being nor­ arms, producing upper dorsal and rib lesions. Asa result the child mal labor, and chiidren all healthy. Father is in excellent health, but developed asthma, which was finally cure d by an osteopath with t he during t he last yea r mother has de veloped weak lungs and tachycardia, correction of the lesions. But how many just such cases do not receive due to over-work and exposure. This (tenth) child was cyanotic and t he proper t reatment? dyspnoea was very marked, on the slightest exertion on the part of t he Again, through ignorance of parents many children develop spinal infant, dyspnoea and cyanosis was greatly increased. There was a marked weakness of the second, or pulmonary heart-beat . curvatures from faul ty postures during the time of development ' of the " physiologic dorso-lumbar curvature. Another cause for spinal curva­ T he infant died afte r 36 hours. Treatment consiste d of raising the tures and various abnormal conditions' of bony structure, is allowing ribs as much as possible, keeping the infant warm and as quiet as possible. school children to assume careless and wrong position s while reading T he prognosis in theses cases is usually bad ; however there are rare and writing'.Of great importance to the growing child is the correct cases where they have developed into weak children, being able to do position in standing and walking, as a good carriage, with chest well' some very light work. The tendency is toward pulmonary disease, forward, means better oxygenation, as well as correct and better position especially t uberculosis. The local health officer, at first, que sti oned and relation of pelvic and abdominal viscera. Then, too, there are th e right of a D . O. to handle such a case and fill out both the birth . the inevitable falls and blows which may produce direct lesions, lowering I a nd death certificate, but upon being informed t hat a D. O. can handle resistance and paving the way for disease. ' t hese cases better t ha n t he average M . D . and that t he t rouble would Hence the importance and necessity of having children examined, all be on his side, if he atte mpted to mak e trouble, he becam e very at least twice a year, by a competent osteopath, since the early recogni­ agreeable and wished to learn more about our meth ods. tion and correction of any abnormal condition causing or maintaining The discussion on phlegmasia alba dolens brought out t he follow­ disease, will serve in a measure to prevent acute .diseases, as well as ing poin ts : That t here are t wo kinds, t hrombotic phlegmasia and cell­ spinal curvatures, wast ing diseases, and other chronic pathologic pro­ ulit ic. The former may be due to the pressure on the vessels during cesses. pregnacy or to septic inflammation of the wall of the blood-vessel, This is a line of work of which any physician should be proud to caus ing secondary throm bosis. Cellulitic, as the name implies, is in­ make a specialty,' since it means so much to humanity in general to have flammation of the cellular tissue, extension of the same to the limb the children physically st rong; and we are grateful to Dr.Still for giv­ produces the well known symptoms. Prognosis must he guarded. ing to the world a system of therapeutics t hat can do so much in treat­ The danger lying in pyemia, abscess formation ulceration, gangrene ment as well as prevention of disease. 670 TH E JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. may set in on ac count of the obstruction to the circulat ion, elephant­ iasis may even result , if the congestion is long continued. The greatest danger lies in pulmonary embolism where a portion of the thromh us is detached. Forum TREATM I~NT . -T hc reports show that the most satisfactory results have been obtained by resting on the back in bed, to avoid embolism. Tu g J OUHNA L 010' O ,sTEOPA'flIY, Kirksville, .1\10. Elevate the limb to aid the return circulation, keeping the eliminative GENTLE"IEN:- There arc three things in the August number of organ functioning freely and good nourishing food which does not over­ the J OU RNAL that greatly please me, and ] cannot refrain from writing tax the digestion. The patient must not get up too soon. M anipu­ you a line about t hem. The first and best is the very remarkable ar­ lation of the lumbar region and rotation of the thigh with correc t ion of ticle which you reproduce from that distinguished surgeon, Walter all other lesions possible in such a case. The ordinary termination is 'Vhitehead. The second comes in very nicely at this time, for the man­ by absorption of the thrombus and, of course, restora t ion of the circu­ ner in which you received this article from Dr . ' Villiam Smith is in line lation. ~ I ost of the cases cared for by the members of this Circle were with the a rguments of Dr. Chiles on page 60(; (not " 606") . Dr.Chiles following: thc puerperal period; however, one memher reports a case, desires a committee of Osteopaths "to cull the best on all subjects,' which followed an operation for appendicitis. The above met hods were etc.I have often t hought of some plan similar to t his, a nd really felt followed and, after the period of a year, patient is us well as ever, with th at I was not doing all I coul d do to help my fellow ost eop aths along t he exception of a slight varicosity of the veins of the right limb. If educational lines. Wh enever I read something particularly interesting many more of our physicians, who are in such a hurry to use the cu­ and instructive, I just wish for a journal or paper in which I can repro­ rette, would think of the danger due to extension of the inflammation duce it. I take seventeen medical journals and I find so much trash following such a procedure, the curette would not be used so hastily. and yet so much meat that I feel each month as I go over these journals The experience of this Circle is that a la rge percentage of the oper­ that if the meat could be carefully selected th e other osteopaths could a tions for ad enoids and tonsilitis can be eliminated by ost eopathic treat­ be spa red this awful t ask . ment , yet it is necessary to operate when these cases have progressed Now I do not mean to suggest that I do all the work outli ned by too far.- Du. ARTHUR TAYLOR, Torinus Block , Stillwater, Mi nnesot a, the Doctor, but I would do my part and others make select ions along Leader. certain lines t hat ap peal to t hem , and t hus t he entire field would be fairly well cove red . There are hundreds of our people who do uot t ake a Ringle medical journal. The t hird t hing t hat I referred to was this quotation from Dr . Hi ldret h : " If a national secretary of publi c hea lth is esta blished th e osteopa t hic profession demand s that a man be selected t o fill tbe posi­ tion who is non-partisan and that he be guided by A COUNCIL OF PHY SI­ CIANS, O:-l'E TO BE CHOSEN FROl l EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SCH OOL S OF , THEHAPEUTICS, WITH xo O~E DOM I:r-;" ATISG. " Thi s plan of Dr. Hil­ dreth's is in harmony with t he views of the Hon . Chas, \Y. M iller, who 1, is one of the officers of the National League for Medical Freedom, and one of the brightest of Iowa's statesmen. By the way, it is no secret • that he is likely to receive the nomination for Governor of Iowa from onc of t he great political parties. 'Vith every good wish for the continued success of T HE J OU RXAL OF OSTEOPATIlY, I am, Yours for a greater osteopathic literature,­ S. S. STILL, D. O. LEGAL AC"D LEGISLATIVE.

Ontario, and t he Provin ce, is under way t.o oppose to the utmost an v efforts to place the osteopat hic profession under the ban of Canad ia ~ law. The resolution passed at the last meeting of the Ontario Medical Legal and Legislative Council has been taken as a renewed threat of hostilities against 08t('0­ pathy, and a meeting has been called for December 4th, in plenty time S u it Ag ainst Osteopath Purely S pite w or k.- T he Southwest­ for the next session of the Legislature, at which the Ontario members of ern Osteopathic Association is rallying to the defense of Dr. Eugene the profession will all be present. At that meeting a bill will be read, F. Pellette, an osteopathic pra ctitioner , who has been arrested at Lib­ which it is intended to introduce at the next session, giving the osteo ­ era l on the nominal cha rge of assault and battery, paths more definite standing in the Provin ce and allowing them to e:"i­ It is charged that Dr. Pellette unduly spanked his one-yea r-old tabli sh a college for the training of physicians. baby. T he complaint was sworn to hy his next-door neighbor. Dr. Pellette asserts that the prosecution is part of a conspiracy to force him To Adjust MisunderstandIn gs . to quit his practice and leave Liberal, and he asserts that the other phy­ sicians of the regular school are back of the movement. Two promi­ A plan is also under way to solve the difficulties between th e osteo­ nent physicians were witnesses when the preliminary hearing was held, paths and the medical men hy having the Government appoint a board and testified to bruises on the child's body. of independent and qu alified examiners hefore whom all osteopathic Counsel has heen retained by th e Osteopathic Association, and am­ graduates shall appear for examination in nearly all brunches with the ple fund s have been offered Dr. Pellette to aid in the defense of the case, exception of materia medica . which will come to trial at the next session of district court in Libera l. The osteopaths are to ask for the privilege of administering anti­ From information we have that this suit is purely spite work and a septics in cases of need, but are willing to forego the privilege of using conspiracy on the part of medical men to induce Dr. Pellette to "move," chloroform in dealing with cases the latter of which would be necessary seems to be substantiated, and it is another illustration of the length in surgical work. At present there are 100 qualified osteopaths in On­ to which a certain class of medical men will go with the idea of putting tario, all of whom have spent either three years in training of eight something ove r osteopaths and osteopathy. mon ths each or four years of five months each.

Medical College a Political Tool ?- Charging that the medica l Accuses Medical Co u n cil . college of th e Oklahoma State University is merely a tool in the build­ ing of a powerful political machine, Dr. L. Haynes Buxton and Dr. A. "T he resolution of the M edical Council was aimed directly at th e L. Blesh , both of Oklahoma City, lecturers on the faculty of the medica l extinction of our profession," said Dr. J. S. Bach, the osteopath . "T hey college, tendered their resignations to the state boa rd of education. have been trying to get an interpretation of medicine to cover the cure Dr. Buxton in his letter of resignation cha rges that the subject of of all diseases, and thus deny us the right to practise." medical education at the state uni versity has been handled with indif­ Canad a a Dumping Ground. ference, incompetence and political maneuvering. He says that his resignation would be tendered if for no other reason than for the con­ As pointed out to The News by another leading practitioner,"T he tempt with which the hoard treated Dr .C. S.Bcbo, late dean of the osteopaths have no desire to dictate to the public who or who not they old medical faculty. should employ when sick, but simply desire a license to practice their Dr. Blesh also speaks in his letter of "political intrigue" in which profession and a law to protect the good name of osteopathy and stop the board is alleged to have indulged, and the general strictly polit ical unqualified persons from calling themselves hy our name. T here are lines along which affairs were conducte d by the hoard of education. laws enacted, licensing all qualified osteopaths, in pra ctically all of th e Osteo pa ths to Op pose M edIcal Co u n cll .- A concerted move­ States of the American Union. And as a result , Canada and particu­ ment on the part of the osteopathic ph ysicians of th e City of T oronto, larly Ontario is being mad e a dumping ground for all the so-called os- 674 THE JO URNAL OF OST EOPAT H Y. LEG AL AND LEGISLATIVE. (;75

teopat hs from the American side whose only qualificati on is a few weeks' 'schoo l of medicine"; they are thus differentiated from those who hold correspondence course and maybe not even that." certain te nets, Th at they are not 'allopat hs,' that, in fact , there i.. no It is understood that the position taken by the osteopaths has been allopathic school, needs perennially to be insisted on." assured of ratification at the next meeting of the Ontario Legislature. Osteopaths Barred front Regular Llst.- Att orney Benjamin Medical Sch ools and the Proposed Health Bureau.- T he T . Waldo, of t he Louisian a State Board of Heal th , has agai n rend ered American M edical Association, in its argumen t for the establishment an .adverse opini.on on ~ h~ question of the State Board of Health regis­ of a natio nal bureau of health, emphasizes the asserted fact that "no termg osteopathic physicians. T he present inquiry was due to the re­ school of medicine will be discriminated against," What this means is qu est of D r. Henry Tete that osteopathic physicians he incl uded in the shown by the following communication from New York: list of physicians published by t he Louisian a State Board of Heal t h in "In this matter it will be well for yo u to keep in mind th at regard­ its q uarterly journal. The opinion of Attorn ey Waldo is as follows: less of the character of the examination, the fact remains that even , " Replying to y~ ~ rs of August 29, enclosing letter from Dr. Henry though a homeopath or an eclectic or an osteopath should pass t he pre­ 1 ete, secretary L OUlSIUlltl. Osteopathic Association, in which Dr. Tete scribed examination, he would not be allo wed to practice his system request s that osteopaths practicing in this State he included in the list after havi ng gained an entrance to the government service, It was of physicians published by t he Louisiana State Board of Health I beg difficult to prove that the examinations are allopathic, since the allo­ to say t hat I ha ve given th e suhject matter of Dr. Tete's let ter mu ch path s vehemently deny that there is any such thing as an allopathic consideration, and urn forced to conclude that the opinion rendered by examination or an allopathic doctor . " 'hate ver the character of the me to the board immediately after the passage of the osteopath's act examination, it is sufficient for us to know that examination is held and (Act No. 185 of 1908) was, and is, correct. and that the Louisiana State pa ssed upon by an allopat h, and in this connection it is also sufficient Board of Healt h can not register osteopaths. for us to remind them that there are no homeopaths or osteopaths in "Under Section ij of Act No. 185 of 1908, osteopat hs must register the employ of the United States government, and that we cannot hope with the Clerk of t he District Court of each pa rish in which t hey prac­ for thi !f innovation, so long as representat ives of the dominant school tice. There is nothing in this act indicating that it wus the remotest have the power to sit in judgment upo n the proficiency of one who holds desire of the Legislature to have osteopaths regist er with the State Board views antagonistic to their own, The most convincing point in this of .Healt h, a f:,ct which pleased Dr. Tet e greatly at the time my origina l connection is to be drawn from Senator Owen's Bill No.1, Section 3, optmo n was given to the board. For at that time Dr . Tete did not want which reads: 'And prodded further t hat the Department of Health the osteopaths registered with the board, and complimented me upon shall recognize no so-called school or system of medicine." the sta nd I had taken. " In the light of this provision it would be well for you to keep in HI am sorry, on Dr. Tete 's account, that I cannot recomm end to mind that the dominant school and the Ame rican Med icalAssociation the board th at it undertake to register osteopaths and include t hem in protest against any suggestion that they belong to, or are a part of any the list of physicians which the law req uires he published : but th e net so-called school of medicine. (See editorial from A. M . A. .lournnl.) • \~hi ch requires the pUbli ca.ti o~ of the list of physicians and ~urgco ll s spe­ Th erefore, when Senator Owen pretends to provide for no other than the cificully pomts out that t his list shall be of those practicing under the act allopat hic school, the fact is, t ha t he has put into his bill a provision requiring the registration with the board; that is to say, the medical t hat specifically outlaws all other schools of medicine, leaving the allo­ pract ice act , relating to physicians and surgeons (Act No . 49 of 1894, pa ths (who deny school affiliation) in full control of t he sit uation." amen ded by Act No. 244 of 1905), and in which t here is no reference T he extract from t he ed itorial in t he J ournal of t he A. 1\1. A. above to osteopaths." referred to , is as follows : Os teo ~ a t~s to Ask l or Reclproclty.- At their recent meeting "Common talk about 'schools of medicine' is too often allowed to for reorgnmzati on the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners of Pennsvl­ go unchallenged because 'we do not emp hasize the fundamental sta nd­ vani a declared for a policy of reciprocity with other States. It was point of scienti fic medical work. 'Regulur' physicians belong to no announced that the Board had insisted upon all era of fair dealing and 676 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPAT HY. th at the new law under which thc board is working will permit of th e enforcement of this principle. " All we desire," said Dr. O. J. Snyder, president of the board, "is a squa re deal. You may know that even the regular. medical mel: ,,·..ho have qualified to practice in this State cannot p ra~tICe .on that h ~e ? sc Associations ph yslC l ~n in, say , New York and New Jersey, for instance. Now, .1f the Mi chigan Osteopaths Have Meeting.- The Southwest ~l i ch i glln Osteopathic is qualified to practice here, why should he not be ~uah fi ed to pract Ice Aesocint icn held its September meetin g in the office of Dr. Conklin of Battl e Creek . in New J ersey? It is to the detriment of th e puhhc «.I have It other- One of t he features of the meeting was a paper on " Medical I nspect ion of the Schools," by Dr. SnO\\~ ; a general discussion followed . A plan W WI also discussed to obt niu W I<.:C • ''' Many of the st ates will not reciprocate with us.Ohio and Cali- promi nent men in t he profession to appear before t he association during t he coming yea r. Tho Nove mber meetin g will be held in K alamazoo the first. Snturd uy in t l lt~ fornia, for instance, will not recognize our license. The law at first was month. It will tak e place in Dr . Platt 's office. worded that we 'shall' reciprocat e, but we had t hat word changed to 'may.' Now, we are in the position of accepting the license of any Montana Os teopaths Hold Annual Meettngc-c-T he eleve nt h annua l meet­ ing of t he Montnnn Osteopathic Association was held at Hunte r 's Hot Sprin gs, St'J)­ other State, if they will recognize our licenses, As a matter of fa~ t, tember 7 end 8.T he following pro gram was carried out: our standards of reqnired educatio n arc higher than those III Cahfonna, reco~ i z ~d . THURSDAY , S EPTEMBER 7TH yet in California our licenses are not OUT. requirements 9:30 a . m.- Call to order b)' President Dr. C. E . Dove, Glendive ; invornt.inn ; hoth on th e one board hill and th e osteopathic bill are higher than th e udd rese of welcome; respo nse : clinical demonstrat ions. standard of any State in the Union. We reqnire two years more study 1:30 p. m.c-Call to order ; Cretinism, its course and treat ment, Dr . W. C . Dawes, than does any other State." Hozemnn ; Torti collis, Dr. Mar ie C. Crafft, Deer Lodge: Paralysis following spina l injury, Dr. Asa Willard , Missoula ; " The Physician and t he Law," Dr. L. K. Crum b, • Butte ; Acute diseases, Dr. Eva ~1. H unter, Livingst on ; Fract ures, Dr. C. B. Spohr, White Sulphur Spri ngs. 7:30 p. m.-Banquet. Toast maste r, Dr. L. IC Crumb, Butte. F IUD AY, SEPTEWJER 8TH 9:30 a . m.-eall to order; Infantile paralysis, Dr. Carri e Crumb, Butte ; Genera l practice, Dr. Daisy Rieger, Billings; Question box} conducted. by Dr . W. C. Dawes, Bozeman . 1:30 p. m.- Call to order. Oste opat hic legislat ion, Dr . A SlL Willard , Missoul a : business, reading of minutes, repor ts, elect ion of officers, etc., ad journment. Pennsylvania State Board Organteess-e-At th e annua l meetin g of t he Penn­ sy lvania State Osteopathic Examining Board , held at Harrisburg, the elect ion of officers resulted thus: Dr. O. J . Snyder, Philad elphia, Pres ident ; D r. Virgil A. Hook , Wilkes-Bar re, secretary; Dr. Har ry M . Goehring , P ittsburg, treasurer. Dr. W. B . Sweet , Erie, and Dr. F. B. K arin of Harrisburg were appointed members of the board . Doth Dr. O. J . Snyder and Dr.Goehring were re-elect ed officers, Dr. Virgil A. Hook succeeded Dr. John P . Downing of Scranton as secretary . Dr. Goehring and Dr . Hook nrc both appo intees of Governor Tener. D uring the recent session of the Legislature the osteopathic law was amended and gives the board more power in protecting legit imat e practit ioner s in this State. An immediate campaign will be started to discover any irregular doctors. South Dakota Osteopathic Association.-D r. J . H . Mahaffy , President of t he Sout h Dakot a Osteopathic Associati on, called a meetin g of t hat organizatio n her" for Wedn esday, Septe mber 13, State Fair week . It will be t he annua l gathering, and besides the discussion of pap ers an d matt ers affecti ng the interests of the pro­ fession, officers for th e ensuing yenr will be chosen. 678 T HE J OURNAL OF OSTEOPAT HY.

Meettng or T h e So uthern Minnesota Osteopathic Associ ation.- T ht· Ill('t,tin/.!; was held at Luverne, :\linll., Septeml x-r Sth, lUll, und the following pru­ grum W ~1.."J carr ied out : s:oo Breukfust , Muuitou Hotel B:OO Delegat e report of Ameri ca n Osteop uth ic Ass'n Convent ion, Dr. W . II . Book Reviews Albertson, Aust in, :\l inn. 9:ao Neurasthenia, Dr. W. B. Bedw ell, Munkuto , Minn . T h e Ner ve Cerrtera.e-Btudies in The Osteopathic Sciences Series . 10:00 Pelvic Lesio ns a nd their Corrections, Dr. Ella D , Still , Des :\l oilll'S, l u. By Louisa Burns 1\'1. S., D.O., D. Be. 0 ., Professor of the Pa cific 11:00 Success and Failure in Practice, Dr. Arthur Taylor, Stillwater, Minn . College of Osteopathy . Ill ustra ted . Pp. :328. Published by 12:00 Dinner, Manitou Ho tel. Monfort & Co., Cincinnati, Oh io. 1911. I :00 Business Th e profession is already thoroughly acq uainted with th e exccllent 2 :00 Ope n Parliament, Dr . Ceo, L. Huntington , St. Pa ul, ),l inJl. :J:OO Clinics, Dr . Ella D.Still, DC'8 Moines, Iowa. characte r of t he research work which has been conducted by Dr. Burn s, -1:00 Minor Surgery, Dr . J . P . Smit h, Pipestone, Minn. and th is latest volume will be welcomed as a very important addition 4::m Co ntagious Diseuses, Prophylaxis and Treatm ent, Dr . A. F. Steffen , Worth­ to thc strictly Osteopathic literature. The book represents carefully ingto n, Minn. written chapters, reinforced by dissections and much experimentation :\t anuf l\ (' turin~ ;'):00 Au to mobile Trip, by courtesy of the Luv erne Automobile and original work, on the Structure of th e Neuron, the Metabolism of Co. ti :OO Supper, Manitou Hotd. Neuro ns, Relations of Neurons, the Physiology of Nerve Centers, the Nutrition of t he Nervous System, the Sensory Conduction Paths, the Will Hold An n ua l .M eetin~ . -T hc Nebraska Osteopathic Association will Control of th e Motor Neurons , th e Spinal Centers, the Medullary and hold its 12th annual meeting a t t he :\lilI ard Hotel, Oma ha , Neb r., on Friday anti Pontine Somatic Centers, the Medullary and Pontine Visceral Cente rs, Sat urday Septembe r 22n.1 and 2:lrd a good pro gram is assur ed . C. B. Af.zen, Secy . the Cerebellum, th e Mid-Brain Cente rs, the Ganglionar Centers of the Cerebrum, the Cortical Centers, th e Control of Special Functions; Ta­ • •• ble-The Osteopathic Centers, Glossary, Bibliography, and Index. This work cannot be too highly recommended to students of osteo­ . A Li t erary Contes tc--Tbe unnouneemcnt. which appears in our advertising pathy, as all this information is presented by an osteopath and from the forl~l ~ that. the Mar vel Co ., mak ers of t he popular Murvel Whirling Spra y Syringe standpoint of osteopathy. Fu rthermore, the work is scientifically ac­ have decided to offer a series of cash pr izes for the best nrt ioles upon the "T hera­ curate and besides the other advantages, it will serve as a splendid re­ peu t ic Value of the Vngin ul Douche" deser ves ca reful attention. .' Vith chumcteristir­ view of the anatomy and physiology of nerve centers. Dr. Burns is wh~ t undo ubted l~' t~t~ energy an d progressiveness, t he Mar vel Co. ha ve taken .1S to be congratulate d upon t he production of this second volume of th e best a nd most et hica l mean s to de monstrate the va lue of their inst rument which IS series "S tudies in Osteopathic Sciences." already well and most fav ora bly known to th e profession . . The cont est will he managed with absolute fai rn ess tow ard all eompetrtors. The urticles submitted will be judged st rictly upon meri t and the names of tin' writers • • • will not be known by the judges until after the awards have been mad e. T he Physiology of Reproduction.- By Fra ncis H . A. Marshall , T he result of t his competiti on should benefit eve ry physician.whether he competes ~I. A., (Ca ntab.), D. Sc. (Edin.), with a pr eface by Prof. E . A. or not since t here will be many articles of such scientific and pract ical value as to Schaefer , Sc. D ., 1.. 1.. . D ., F . H. S" and contributions by William well deser ve reading and pr eser ving . It is the intent ion of the Marvel Com pa ny to Cramer Ph. D " D. Se., and J ames Lockheed , i\L A., i\L D ., B. 8c ., publish the best of t he urt ieles submitted for distribution among ph ysician s. F . R. e. S. E. Pp . x v ii ~ 7 06. With illustrat ions.New Yor k, Bom ­ We ad vise our readers to enter the competition and muke eve ry effort to ~('urf' bay, and C alcutta. Longmens, Green a nd Co., 1910 . It prize. Hitherto this subject has been, of course, discussed in a limited way in the regular textbooks on Physiology, but anyone desiring more particular an d precise information, has found great diffic ulty in ob­ taining what he desired. In this work, for perhaps the first tim e, th e subject is presented in a fairly complete form. Resides presenting the ADVERTISING SECT IO!\'. ti81 680 THE JOUHNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. subject th oroug hly und comprehensively, the refe rences to lite rat ure is very exte nsive, t hus opening up a vast field to anyone incli ned to do spec ial research work long t hese lines. The information given cove rs "hope of relief is t he all per vading t hought of t he sick, and it is a field of litera ture which is scattered and the various phases of the t hat ability of t he attending physician to relieve suffering, whi ch phenomena of reproduction are discussed more fully and specifically builds his reputation and with it his practice. t han it is possible to present in eitber embryology or physiology, The knowledge of t hese matters is important not only to the medical men T he first thought afte r diagnosis is t he remedy most servicea ble, but a great deal of good could be accomplished by a further dissemina ­ and should it be a case requiring the application of continuous tion of this knowledge among the laity. \Ye welcome t his work, there­ moist heat, as in inflammations, whether deep or superficial, anti­ fore, as wit hout it a most important branch of Physiology would re­ ph logistine would, on acco unt of its ac knowledged uniformit y of ma in neglected. •• • action and serviceability, be fore most in the professional mind. On Disea ses of t h e Lu ngs and Pleura e In clud in g M ed ia s rtnal Confidence is the therapeutic va lue of nntiphlogistine in that wide Growths.- By Sir R . Douglas... Powell, Burt , K . C. V. 0 ., ).,1. D . ran ge of cases wherein it is particularly indicated , could in no way Lond ., F . R . C. P ., etc., etc., Physician in ordinary to H . ),,1. the King., Consulting Physician and E meritus Lecturer on Medi cin e t o he more forcibly expresse d than by its almost uni versal adoption the )., tiddlesex Hospital: Consulting Physician to t he Hospital for by t he medical profession to whom it is exclusively introduced ." Consumption an d Diseases of t he Chest , at Brompton, and Venter Hospital , etc ., a nd P . Hor ton-Smith Hartley, :\1. V. 0 ., M. A ., 1\l. D . Cantab., F . R. C. P ., Late Fellow of St. John's College, Cam­ bridge; Ph ysician to t he Hospital fur Consumption a nd Diseases of t he Chest, Brompton ; Han. Seeretury of t he Executive Co mmittee of th e King Edward VII San atorium, etc. Fift h Editicn . Illus­ trated . Pp . xxvii-712. Philadelphia. P . Hlakiston 's Son & Co ., 1911. Pri ce $6.00 net . THE ACK NOWLED G ED In pre senting this edition the authors have taken upon themselves the task of revising and rewriting practically the entire volum e. T he need for this is at once apparent, as eighteen years have elapsed since PEER the previou s edition was published and much of ou r practical informa­ tion regurding the diseases covered by t his work has been nbtniued O FT H EM ALL! since . Tuherculin and t he various serums-have come and almost gone, • "Albright's Revolving Leat Table" and the era of vacc ines is fairly under way and some of t hem are already going. However , great adv ancement has been ma de in t he knowledge AUTO:\IATIC RAISIN G LEAF STEEL RATCHET SUPPORT of the exact nature of the various diseases of t he lungs, particularly SPA N I SH LEATHER emphasizing t uberculosis and also pneumonia . Although the authors ADJUSTABLE HEAD R EST still place a great deal of reliance upo n drug medication , natural agen­ GYN. STIRRUPS. COMPLETE cies such as cleanliness, fresh air , pro per diet, exercise, climate, etc ., arc t horoughly discus.sed and t heir importance is in no wa"i underesti­ 5 Per Cent for Cash $65.00 Easy Ter ms mated, Parti cularl y good are t he chapters on t he Sanatorium trea t­ :\Ianual of Principles and T echnique Ready October 1st ment of Tuberculosis. The references which have been ad ded to t he end of (~ac h chapter, is a splendid feature. T he illust rations are ex- Albright's Revolving Leaf Table Co. DANVI LLE, ILLI NOIS ADVEHTlSING SECT ION 682 . '1'11 1' JOUHNAL OF OSTEOPAT HY. cclk-nt ancl t he book is to he he-artily recommerulcd. Ustcopathy has developed a distinct additio n to the etiology and pathology of these and Gould's Standard Medical Dictionaries other diseases, and it is predicted that before many yea rs elapse, the CONTAINING ALL THE WORDS AND PHRASES GENERA LL Y USE D IN M EDI CINE AN D THECOLL ATERAL SCIENCES . information can be ohtained in all standard works on path ology. WITH T HE IR P ROPER PRONUNCI ATION. DER IVATION, ANDDEFINI TION. BASED UP ON R EC ENT M EDICAL • • • LI T ERATRUE. WITH M ANY USEFUl. T ABLES. ETC. B)' GEO RGE M . GO ULD. A. M .. M . D . Trurhs. Talks With a Boy Concerrring Hlm selfc--dty E. B. Lowry, ;\1. D.Clot h Cover. Pp. 05. Chicago . Forbes & Co " 1911. IIDr . 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Personals The , judgment of these -ph ysicians who fit the She l­ don Applia nce in cases of spinal weakness. irr itat ion Re tires from Pr ac ti ce.- D r. Louis .\1. Goodrich of Hackensack, X. ,1., an­ and cur vatu re, has been j ustified by o ur record of nou nces his retirement from practice, which took effect September t at , successfully treating over 16,000 cas es in the Retu rn from Va ca ti on.- Dr. George Still and party have returned from a past ten years. short va cation in Northern Mi nnesota. If you are not acq uai nt ed with th e Following a week 's operations after the A. O. A. Convention in Chicago , t.11I ' doctor repaired to his summer home for a little recreation , hut since his return 10 Kirksville has been qu ite bu sy wit h ope rative cas es. E ver ything indicates a most, successful HCtHIOn at the Hospital t his year. Sheldon Spinal Appliance Ma tr imonial Su r prtses.c--Friende were genuinely surprised when they learned isn't this recor d of successful results, obtained by brot her practi tion ers that Dr. Linnie Lindsey, of E lsberry, ;\10., and Dr. Leon Willi ams, a lung specialist. in all part s of A merica, wo rth co nsidering seriously? Isn' t it a record of Chicago, had been married in St. Louis. Scarcely had t hey recovered from t he which makes desirable your own personal acq uaintance wit h the Sheldon A ppliance? surprise when t he St. Lou is papers a nnoun ced t he marriage of Dr . Clem Lindsey to T he Sheldon Applian ce is light, comfortable , cool, hu mane-yet it Miea Vesta Gree n of Elsberry. DrH. Linn ie an d Clem Lindsey have been praoti eing gh'es aU the required su pport to the affected spi ne and b rings gentle Osteopathy together for t he pas t. seve ral yea rs but last week the partuorship wn..'! pressure just «onere needed. The appliance can be qu ickl y adjusted dissolved by mutual consent. to meet im proved conditi ons in cases of curvature. It s easy removal T ransac t Business in Des Moin es .- Dr . Chas . E. Still ami S l'C. E. C . Brott facilita tes examination and treat ment. Every Sheldon Ap pliance is made to order, and to meet the requi rements in eac h indi vidual case. of the A. S. 0 ., Kirksville , Mo., ma de a business trip to Des Moines, Ia ., rece nt ly. w r ite to d ay for our pla n of co-operation. We will send deta il a nd illus­ Called at J ourn al Office.-Dr . T. C. Moffat of Wind sor, 1\'10., culled nt. On' trated descr ipti on or the Appliance , a nd pro% f its co rrective etrtcencv. Journal office Sept . 14th . Dr. Moffat was on his way home from 11 vacation spellI PHILO BURT MFG.CO. 163 8th St., Jamestown, N. Y. in Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois. East fo r a Yea r .- Dr . Ida Glasgow and daughter of Hanford ,Calif., will spend a year in t he east, where the doct or will attend special lectures in New York an d at Kiriuwillc, 1\10., at t.ho osteopathic colleges and hospitals there. During her absence her home and practice will be taken cnre of by Drs . Min a and C . S. Robi nson . Still College of Os teopa thy Clo sed.-Dr . S. L. T aylor, Presiden t of t ill' SAJOUS'S "INTERNALSECRETION S" Still College of Osteopathy, Des Moines, has announced that the institution is per­ man ent ly closed. Notices 1.0 all st udents who have boon signed for t he cornin g year T h is wor k is i.he first authoritative ex planation whi ch ha s e ver bee n made of. were sent out All money pa id in udvuuce tuition will be returned . t he action of t he auto-protective forc es o f tho body. T he in te rnal secretions are Visiti n~ Siste r in G ilroy, Cali f.-Dr . F. O. Edwards a recent grad uate of Nature' s own prote ctive forces. SA .10DS sho ws how they ca n be accurately em­ Los Angeles School of Osteopathy . is visiti ng his sist er , Miss Anna Edwards of G ilroy, plcy ed in the control and hea ling-of di sease. Ca lif. The Ostooputhic p rofession should be in te rested in this g roa t wor k as it. pro" Depar t fo r Deer lI u n t .- Dr. W. 'V. Vunderburgh of Sa n Francisco and Dr . se nts a new physiolog ica l system upon which a ll medicine will eventually be based. Da in L. T asker of Los Ange les left t heir homes for an ext ended deer hunt in nort hern "This work sho uld Ill' t im future or medicin e wh at lI a r v e.v · ~ work O il 11m c trculauon o f Sonoma and southern Mend ocino counties. They arc hath mem bers of t he State tile blood was to the stndy 01 ph y s i olfl ~O" - i t shcnld be the bcntnntn e of n ~ll. l l y scleutltk: Board of Medical Examiners a nd Dr. T as ker is president of t.hat body. They stop­ medicine. I t has pu t out or rlflte all work thnt does not Incl ude it . wh ich mea ns 11.11 PTl'("!:' rling wo rk 011 ph ysi o l o ~ y uu d med lc a l therapeuttc s: if indeed it docs not cause such ped off at Santa R OSIl , Calif", where they were guests of Dr. and Mrs. S. 1. Wyland pr ofou nd ChlHlges i ll meso st ud tes as to amount to a ll enti re rewriting of uu-m . i'tty p..rsouul oou victiou is th at Jl O uue should reKard hi mself us eduou.ted ill the s ub jec t of at. lun cheon. ph ysiolt,gy u n til he I m ~ ma stered the co ntents (> 1 these volumes . J lind lllys(·1t unable to Resumes Pra c tt cec--Dr. Blanche C. llu nker hus returned to her home' in rhink in the s ub jects of physiolog y Of of etiolog y, or even of thera neu ucs . witho ut re f­ .. renee to them.v-e-l rr. T ucker's review in the Oateop nthlc Physicia n. Aberdeen, S. D ., 'after a month's vacation in Woodstock, 111. , and will resu me her practice in the Van Slyke block . Descriptive ci rc ulars, ete., sen t on request. Spen ds Da y in Ki r ksville.-Dr. E. C. Brann of t.hc Juno Cluss, A. S. 0 ., wus Sold by s u bsc ri ption .-t wo volumes. in Kirksville September 5th, and mad e the J ournal office a \' NY pleusant cH11. He an d Dr . O. L. Dan iel arc pract icing together at Corydon, l a o New Fou rth Redsed Edi tion -Now R ea d y F. A. DAVIS COMPANY, Philadelph ia, Penn. ADVERTIS ING SECTIO N. 587 68(j THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPAT HY.

Entertained in St. Loule.c--Dr. J . L. Holloway of For t Worth, Te x., president of t he National Association of Osteopaths, was giv en an informa l dinn er at Forest The Total Energy Value Park Hi ghlands August 16th by members of t he St. Lou is Society. Dr. A. G. Hildreth, former nati onal president , was toast master. Dr. Hollovvay was returning, of One Ounce fro m il k; veeution. Openings for Osteopaths.-We ha ve been in formed that t here are good open­ ings for Osteopaths at Iowa Falls, Iu. an d Colome, S. D . Information regarding OF BORDEN'S MALTED MILK t he latter may be obtained by writ ing to Mise Fl ossie Wh itmer of t ha t place. Returned from Abroad.-Dr. Roy E. Tilden of t he New Arcade Building; Cleve land, Ohio, acco mpanied by his charming wife has just retur ned fro m a four IS 122 LARGE CALORIES mo nth's Post. Gra duate Course on Alimentary D iseases in Vienn a and other E uropean Schools. T his is more than double the ENER GY VA LUE of Location.-Dr. M a ude E . Ward inform s us t.hut she has located in Oregon , 11 1., It pretty place of 2 , .~ OO inhabi tan ts. the same amount of BEEF, EGGS, or COWS' MILK Reports Good Practice.--Dr . D. B. Roberts, who removed from Redford, la o tn La Junt a, Colo . last J anuary, reports a splendid practi ce. Full analysis, with table of Caloric Va lues, mailed Form Pa rtnership.-Dr . T . L. Bennett has removed from Orlan do, Fl a . 1,0 ph ysicians upon request. Pensacola, Fla. where he has joined Dr . C . E . Bennett, Dr. C. E. Bennett is re­ covering (rom illness and will rest for a short time. R eturned to W ork After a Vacation.- · Dr . Wm . O. Black and wife of Port land, M alted M ilk D epa r tment () rl'. have reccntdy returned fro m a t hree week's vacation spent at t he coast. H e BOR051"('S GOl"(051"(S50 MILK GOM~AI"(Y says " It feels good to get back in t he harness again after a good rest and a dip in 1"(5W Y OR K. t he Briny Dee p ." . " Till Close Branch Office .-Dr . C. A. W. Howland, who for the past. four years has maintained offices in Boston, Mass. an d Providence, R . I., will from Sept. 1st, devote his entire time to his pract ice in Providence, where as heretofore, his offices will be located at 200 Westminist er St . Vis its Mother.-Dr. Louis Brcnz and wife of Arkansas City, K ans., were visit­ ing his mother in Kirksville the first of Sept. Dr. Brens is a mem ber of t he It1n~ X-RAY PROTECTION eluse, A. S. O. Scheidel-Western T b Stand Removal.- C hauncey G. R ust has left his practice in T acoma, Wash ., with his Latest Protection U brother Dr. Otto J . Ru st , and located at San Francisco, Calif. e ... Has Charge of Practtcec-c-While D r. M . F . Smi th of Hartford , Mi ch., is taking ADVANTAGES, a vaoat.ion of about six weeks , Dr. Isab ell O. Barber of t he June class, A. S. 0 ., is (l ) IL affords absolute p rotection to in charge of his practice. opera tor from Ray . Returned From Trip in t he East.-Dr. Nellie Evans of Seattle, Wash ., has (2) One-half in ch G I ~ ASS protection returned from her vacat ion, which she spent traveling in the East. shield around n.be. Stops on Way Home from A. O . A. Conventton.c-On her way home from (il) Gives compression, and Brass cylin­ the A. O. A. convention, Dr . Roberta Wimer-Ford called on praoti cioners in Sf. der out second ary ray, etc. For th e phy sic ian u ~ ing XvRuy, th is is one of the " Rarest of Louis, Kansas City, and Billings. ' Bargains" ever offered . P ri ce, complete as In Kirksville For a Few Davs.c-Dr. E mmet Hamilton , who recently resigned illustrated, $50.00. his position as Dean of t he A.S. O. and opened offices in St . J oseph, Mo ., was in w r-i te us for pa rt .i culars regarding our In­ Kirksville about the 10th of Sept. packing an d shi pping his household goods . terr upt.less Mach ine and Suit Case Portable ; in fa ct anything th at you may desire to pur­ Another .tu ne Graduate Married.- On August Srd, D r. Wm. E. CrutJhfield chase in X- Hay or High-freq uen cy Appa ra tus. of Durham, X. c.. was mar ried to ~' 1i BS Id a Belle Stainback of Weldon, K. c., at t.hc home of the bride. Dr. Crutc hfield is now locat ed in Greensboro; N . C. S c h eide l - Wes t e r n X - Ra y Coli Co. Gave Paper a t Woman's Club.- At the September meeti ng to the Woman's 411 -419 South J eff e rson Street CHICAGO, ILL. Century Club, one of Seatth-'e leading clubs, whic h has a membership of over three R..presented in nll P rluctpul Cities. hun dred, Dr . Hobertn Wi mer Ford gave a paper on " Food Sanitation ." Lnnrest Exclusive ~l a n U !ll. et u re rs of X-Rll Y aunurat us in the world . ADVERTISI XG S EeTIn ),' G9 1 690 THE JOURN" .-\ L or OST EOP.-\T H Y.

Location .- Dr. J . U. Murphy has opened up offices in Bremerton, Wash . Pass es Co nnecticut State Boa rd.- Dr . Hoger Xel80D Squire, A. S. 0 ., 1911, ESSENTIAL BLOOD ELEMENTS has been grant ed a cert ificate to practice Osteopathy in Connecticut. W hich all convalescents Remarkab le C ure by Oateopathy.c--C hild regains speech and use of limb s lack, have been found by through osteopathic treatment. One of the most remarkable cures hcurd of in thousands of the leading p hysicians fortheir patients in t his vicini ty has just conic to light in t he case of t he chi ld of Samuel Converse ro­ siding 0 11 Fru ncher aven ue. . Lust October t he child was taken ill with infunr.ile purulyeis resu lting in the loss of ~ IWv'CC h a nd complete paralysis of both limbs. The child t tl)" in this cond it ion for severa l weeks when Dr. H . A. Xorthwuy of ~1t . I'leusunt, Mich . was culled . The child showed steady improvement un der t his new treatment and has now completely recovered, having regained his SIl('('('h nnd BOVININE the complete co ntrol of his limb". - Opens Branch Offi ce.- Df. Ch us. H . Wimpress of Upland, Cali f. ha.>; opened BOVININE supplies all this as no Beef Extract· can. I t a brach office at Claremont, Ca lif. for the convenience of patients at that place . raises the Opsoni c Index t o normal standard and prevents Reo pens Form er Office.- Dr. Effie Roa ch, who removed to Altus, Okla. ch ronic invalidism. from Holdenville, Okla. t he first of the year ha s returned to Holdenville. Called a t Journal Officc .-Dr. George T . N uckles, of Marshall, .\10. called BOVININE is not only a perfect ma ritiue tonic in itself, but at the Jo urnal office August 24t h. After u short st ay in Kirksv ille he was uccomp nnicd being rich in elementary iron and all essential' elements neces- home hy his wife who hud been visiting here two week s. sary for complete cell r ec 0 n s t r u c t io n and nutrition, it Anoth er Loculi on.-Dr. J . A. Qu intal has opened un office in Suitc 8, Co nverse re-establishes completely norm al me tabolism, thus assuring a Build ing, La ra mie, Wyo. Laramie is in the mid st of an extensive stock raising q uick recovery from all wast ing diseases. coun t ry . Irrigat ion hws but fairl y begun, a nd bias fair for vast developement (If that state . The State University, State Agricultural Co llege with a larg e ran ch Write fo r Sa mple, also f or one of ou r new Glass ( steriliza ble ) Ton g ue Depresso r s in connection for experimental Iarmiug and sto ck raising, und the St ate Normal School ure located there. A $60,000. High School has just been completed. The THE BOVININE COMPANY U. P. H. R . Co. is now building a $250,000. round house. In April Dr. Quintal ( 75 'Wesl Houston St.• N e_ York. C ity passed t he State Medi cal Examination in Colo rado and was granted a reciproca l • license in Wyoming 0 11 his Colorado cert ificate. Os teopath Dies .- D r. Re becca M. Magill of t he June Class, 1901, .-\. S. 0 ., died at her home at 500 Knoxv ille Ave., Peoria, Il1., August 19th. Ca use of death Our Big Catalog FREE was a stroke of pamlysie, which occured April 23, 1911.' T he last four weeks she ARE YOU INTERESTED A SK FOR IT NOW. ., IN"P REPAltING FOIL A suffered excruciating pain. Ever since her graduation she has been assisti ng Drs. Wendell and Megill in their practice. ONLY $1.0 0 State Board Examination? Os teopaths in De m a nd.-Washingt on, Mo . wants a live Osteopath. Many If 50, write for booklets and literature patients a re going to St . Louis for treatments . Puts this Magni6cent descriptive of my STATE BOARD PRE­ Dissolve Paem ersh tp .c--Drs. George P. Long and Hob <.'I1. H . Long announce Cuckoo Clock ill Y0Ul PARATO R Y COURSE. Du ring the past H_" 8 years, I have prepared abo ut 3000 ca nd i­ t hat on October first they will disso lve partnership, Dr . G. P. Long removing his A PerfedTrme- EeeJll:f. CaIIina- the Hourand the dates .for the various State Board, Army & office and residence from J amaica, L . 1. to The Oru enta, 302 West Seventy Ninth Half-Hour. Neadr .Two Nay}', and other exam inations, with un iform Feel Hivh. 14 in. W~ success . St ., New York, with a breeh office as heretofore at The Renaissance, 488 Nostrand in GemWJ Walnul Cue. Avenue., Brooklyn. D r. H . II . Long will cont inue his practice at 300 Shelto n Avc ., The lnlaid Wooo:lt of By this method of teaching, the know ­ ledge you already have, a nd that I give J ami cu, N . Y. with ~l. beach office at Rockville Centre, Lon g Island us heretofore. Ash. EOOnYllncI Mllhoslen y Ornllm",n ls lire put I ~h er you, IS systematized, so that yo u ca n Mak in g Annua l Visit.-Dr. Mary A. Conner. of Cincinnati, Ohio, ami Dr. Wilh minute ca re. Mllil ua $1.00 for one Y e~Ir' . tub. make full use of it at any examination. W. J . COIIIWl" of K ansas City, were in K irksville the first of Sept. ma king their annual ICriptioD to COM MON . You are taught to draw Oil your own SENS E. MId\VII,m you m ay reso urces, and answer all kinds of ques­ visit to their mother. pay$I.OOa month for Bmonlht . wlUch compktes the paymenlaan tions. T echnical ma tters taught in a ma n­ Rerurrt from T r ip in the East - Dr. nd Mrs.C. J . Gaddis of Oakla nd, Calif. both the clock a.nd the mlIawne. ner easy to remember. Labora tory work have reeentlv returned from an extended t rip in the Eastern states, where a part of and operative surgery on the cadaver includ­ t he t ime was spent in visit ing hospital clinic and calling on D. 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Vis hs Seat t le---Dr. Co unsel Faddis, J un e UH I Class, A. S. n., :w(,ulllpan il'd by her mother j:; the Jl;u('st. of her sister, Mr s. Thomas l\h'ad in Sea tt le. T HE LEUCODESCENT CHART Pass S ta te Boa rd Exa m tnu tto nv-s-The Montunu :-)tat,j' Board m et. in Helena AP ractical E xposition of the N·pt. ::'t.h an d lith und conducted exuminat ious grunting li"('IIl'\('S to t.! w Iullowi np ­ Dr. Fn',1 11. BUlin, loca t ing in l lurve ; Dr. C . H. West. IU(':llinl! ill Lcwi-tuwu ; Dr. Therapeut ic Application of all Forms of Mert ha S.•\ r l ('d ~I ·. lo-u ti ng in Lew istow n ; and Dr. C. 1.. Shulrcr, locnting in Helena. T he Huard in :\IUllt:lll:l requires un uvernge of i".J. per cent in all su bject s »rul an uver ag.. ~ADIA I"!T ~i"'i ~~GY uf ~u per cen t in I hl' three fundamental subjects, Ana tom y, PhysiolnJ.,!: Y, and Prin ­ and ciples and Pr act ice. with a minimum of 7.) pe r cent :\IIO\wd ('11 a ny one of t Ill' L."1U f'T, T R~A l I 8 ~ G O L O ~ Board members ere Pres . A.s3 Willa rd of ::\:Iis:

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To Dr. and :\l l"li . E. Clair .}0 0 ('8 of Lan cas ter, Pu., August 23rd, 1911, a SOO , Phillip Harris Jones. To Dr. and :\I rs. Walh'f Smith of "larlio, 'Texas, August 11, 1911, a son, Walter Scott J r. Died Dr. Hobert L. :\lc Ch'llrIl of Iowa Falls, Ia ., died August 9th. Dr. Antoinette Smith, one of the pioneer Osteopat hs of Washington, died of ca ncer, at the home of here daug hte r in Sea t tle , recently . Dr. Rebecca :\1. .\ l a ~ill of Peoria, ilL, died on August 19th, after a long illness. Mrs. Marcella Gibson, mother of Dr. Edith J . Dejardin, died Sept. i t'h, at Tor. onto , Ontario, Canada . . :\flL'K>n Frederick , sou of Dr . U. S. Parish of Storm Lake, Iowa . Married Dr. Will , Eo Crutchfield ofDurhum, N . C., and Misli Ida Belle Stn inback of Weldon, N. C., were married Augu st Sd. Dr. Eth el .M. Cook of Lensing, Mich., and Dr. :M. C . Ca rpenter of Long Beach, CatiL, were married in Chicago, August [30t h. Dr. Clem Lindsey an d Miss Vest a Green , both of Elsbe rry, .\10., were married in 81. Louis, .\10., in August. Dr . Linnie Lindsey of Elsberry, Mo., and Dr . Leon Williams of Chicago, Ill., were married in St. Louis, .\10., in August . Dr . Laura Wodetski of Lincoln , Ill. und Rev. william Roberts of Slater, '\-[0 ., were married August 29th.