Osteopathic Truth
December 1918
Vol. 3, No. 5
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May not be reproduced in any format without the permission of the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine,SM IN :M:EMORIAM >~steopatbtc Ututb A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR THE OSTEOPATHIC PROFESSION Pledged to the TRUTH which Father Andrew saw, No favor sways us, and no fear shall awe.
Volume III DECEMBER, 1918 Number 5 "To Your Tents, Oh Israel!" and Into Line of Battle for 1909 (1919) A. T. Still
Lik "'ith a,1I its attributes that are sccrcts of Uod are past finding out," and Il'I.V lI1ethoeb. 1 am sllre there is a sub as numerous as the sands of the sea is charge you a dollar for his wisdom. stance in that specimen, man, that the exhibit that we see every day in the How would you feel under such circum !I(·ither fire or chemicals can unfold. show cases of the mineral, the vegetable stances? \Yould you call him a fake which contaills Illotion, miud and all the and tl1e animal kingdoms, Each case who would take your money without attributes of both." J inquire, "To has a different showing, The mineral giving you ,'alue received:r )\'IlOm shall I go, ~Ir. Chemist 1" He pxhibits all its beauties to the e.l'e, Here J wish to make .the applie'ation kindly replies, "I have heard there are L'nder the microscope we see the ,'arious of my allcgo,ry. \Yc find another sub- men who give such thought to life, the minerals all haye some ea,rthly clothing s01l1 of man. You will find them in all and WP only see them dimly, But we "illages and cities." I ask how i may do see euough to know that there is a know when I comc to one of their chem snbstance of greater or less va lue en ical laboratories, He replies, "You will reloped, \Ye proceed by heat and other know a great number of them by uoting methods to separate the specinwn under the cross surmounting them. Others ('onsideration from its outer co,'ering arc marked '~l. I':. Church,' 'Baptist \rhich prepares it for another micro Church,' 'Presbyteriau Church,' all claIm .. scopic examination, VVe discover that ing to be able to give you all necessary we ha,ve by the first process sepa,ra,ted in forma,tion. the mineral from. its materiaL covering, I saddled up m~- as, and journeyed and the birth of the real substance j,- by with my specimen, man. to other cities thi process completed, The child is a,nd called upon thrsc chemist to ana horn, the delivery is complete. \Ye have lyze "'hat T had found, I ha\'e been something and we do IlOt kllow what traveling from office to office for many name to give it. lYe call in the wise years in search of the chemist who could men from the East. They p.roce~d now analyze the humall body and tell mc to a,nalyze this substance. On crucial ,,'hether life i a substance or a principlc. examination they report platinum, gold. Thu8 far 1 haye recei"ed no satisfactory aluminuJll, sih'er, copper. iron. tin, sul answer to the great question, Is the soul phur and numerous carthly ubstances, of man a substance? If ~o, what is the They separate all and report thc exact degree of purity, thc height of perfection amount that i' in each division, without to which the undiscovered chemist did which knowledge their judgment ,,'ould luake bis cOlllpollud known as the soul DR. STILL simply be a confusing blank, and the of man, whose attribute are as inuum August 6,1828 December 12, 1917 report would be unsatisfactory to the erable as the star8 of heaven, From my mau who explores the JIlountains for stance with whose attributes we desire youth I have listened to the rantings their "aluable substances, lYe expect sOllie acquaintancc, These substances and unsatisfactory assertions of the the by the chemist's analysis a report that come in organized buudles. generally fi"e ologian, They have contributed nothing is worthy of the amount exacted for such to six feet in length with a head, a neck to my store of ,knowledge on this one sen'ices. lYe know just what we have and a cylindrical trunk with arms and question. What i8 the oul of JIlan? Pa in each separate division, and by this legs attached. tiently, yet with intense desire, I await report and the value pf each substance, \\'e take this to the chemist for anal the answer for which I have paid all we can approximate the value of our ysi8. He reports all the chemical 8nb charges, and I'm frank to say, have re discovery, You go to the chemist in full stauccs found in earthly matter but fails ceived nothing in repl~' to this momen confidence that he can analyze and give to offer a satisfactory explanation of its tOilS question. you the results of his im-estigation. powers of motion. He says. "You must LET TJS PRAY uppose in your anxiety the chemist go to a chemist that is prepared to go would take the specimen and say, further in his analysis, The subject of o Lord. ThOll knowest Thy book says. "Grea t is the mystery of godliness! The motion 01' action i, out of the rcach of "Ask and ye shall receiye." Thou know-
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est that man is mentaJly far below .lj:n DR. ANDREW TAYLOR STILL OSTEOPATHY as 01' Thou wouldst not haye sent an (From the Medical Fortnightly and ass to counsel and advise Thy chosen Laboratory News of February 15, Om' Caning people. ,\Vilt thou please send us an up 1918.) to-date ass quick, one of' pedigree. We Oh sacred calling! Blessed task. \\'ant no Clydsdale. iVe want a live, The ills of hllmankind to heal! wide-awake ass, that will tell us some There was I a til rre when the Fort Deeply I pmy and humble ask facts a,bout life, whether it is a substance nightly paid cOllsiderable attention to For truth and knowledge. Do reveal, or a principle. If a ·substance, how fine osteopathy, dignifying it in a way that o thou great Healer, ample light that chemical compound had to be made was. pel'ha.ps. line' lIed for, for time To guide my eye and hand and brain before life, motion, and. mind, wjth their has a way of dealing justl.v with the '\Vithin Truth's channel, clear and bright, attributes were the absolute results of "pathies." DI'. .-\. T. Still.. the founder To help mankind, and lessen pain. that chemical effort? 0 Lord, we do of the then new cult, was lL physician ery piteously from morn 'till night. of the old school. His friends and ad Seek wisdom where it may be found Canst Thou not hear our groans? Please mirers called him "The Old Doctor," and III Xature's Book, with knowledge rife; dip our heads deeper into the riyers of he liked the appellation. Where he Its every page with truth is crowned reason. Let all the wrinkles of stupidity stud ied medicine is unknown to liS. God's Masterpiece-the Book of Life. be soaked out. Push our heads far Those were days when graduation was Seek not to follow gods unknown, ,. under; hold us there 'till we blubber, 0 not required as a pre~iminary to practice. But wisdom's narrow pathway tread; Lord. Let Thine ass bray steam in our All that was )'equire~ was an inclination, Thus fa,r the lamp of Truth has shown, ears. free from his compassionate lungs. an aptitude and stidk·td-it-iveness. He And still for us its light will sheel. Send him forth from thy stable, stir hegan to pradice osteopathy in IS74 him up soul and body, fill him full of and foullded his school in 1 92.' Since, The Streamlet from the mountain-side, energy, for Thou knowest he has a big ostcopathy has reached prett:1' much '\Vhich ever issues from its source, job before 'him, so warm him up and e\-erywhere; but time alone can tell Doth toward the great deep Ocean glide sene] him, on fire, into our camp. He "'hether or not it i.' permanentl.v estab Unceasingly ,,-ith ilent force. will have a Jericho job with us. He will lished. Certain it is that it will nevel' Oh. keep thine eye upon the stream, have to go around us more than seven supplant the practice of medicine, a Its growing wonders to explore, time~ before our wall of superstition considerable lIl.lInber f osteopathic prac And soon from out its depths will gleam, gives ,,·ay. titioners have studied m.edicine since, Its effica.cious truth and power. o Lord, grease our heels with the oil and nHtIly have abandoned the practice of energ.v. Pnt it on strong so that we in so far as concerns a, considerable Stand firmly with the man who saw may slip forward a little. Keep Thou n umber of diseases. But in a certain' The stream ere it had issued forth, all grease from off our toes; we want line of work they are effective. And crystalized into a law them dry and sharp, so they will hold A JIlan who departs this Iife at an To heal the millions of the earth. fast to every inch of progress that our ,~dl'anced age and leaves behind a ree His eye still sees the broadening stream, greasy heels have gained for us. 0 Lord, onl of kindlines. and so numerous ad Still firm and true his hand to guide: don't forget our dear professors. Oil herents to an institution which he has Fulfilled at last the Prophet's dream.! their spines with Thy most precious oil established, mllst be acknowledged a sue Stand, true disciples, at his ide! of Thy sunflower of light, and spank ('ess and a useful man. "The Old Doc -A. S. J. Lehr, pages 402-3, Auto them with the paddle of energy. tor" died at his 'home in Kirksville, :\10.. hiogra]lhy of A. T. Still. May that oil run down both arms and in December. Even thosc who do not purify their ha.nd to that degree that and never conld agree with him in :,rAJU"; THE WOR.LD SAFE FOR they will not accept anything whatso man." of, his idiosyncracies, who ermsid OSTEOpi\.'rHY ever that is handed down by tradition, crcd him hut an llllique figure, must rec Xovember 25, lOIS. l~nless it be the chemically pure gurg oglliz(' his executive ability and a.ccom Illlgs from Thy great jug of wisdom. plishmcnts as worthy of admi ration, and llca I' Doctors: I~nclosed yon will please find check for Shm\"' them the cecum, the vermiform his hold on thc affection of his friellds as nne dollar, renewal subscription to the appendix; give them their u~es and little short of wonderful. Truth. In these days of camouflage and speak to them as Thou didst to 'Abra sub titutes it is indeed very gratiiy·ing ham, "Put up your knife and let Isaac go; he liaS no appendicitis." PERSONALS to have a medium such as the Truth ])1'. 21lie A. )IcCorkle of 4051 Ken wherein pure and llnadulterated Ostc- Xow, Lord, we ask Thee once in a . opathy as given to mankind by Daddy great while to plimmel our lleads· with Illore Ave., Chicago. su tained rt severe 'liltomobile accident last Junc. COl1lpli StiIi nearly four decades· ago, can be the ha.ilstones of reason. Make our eyes I proclaimed by the faithful few who J1.ave snap with knowledge like a toad's in a ('atiolls caused somc doubt as to her re ea.llght the vision and cannot be swayed hailstorm. Be merciful to the beginners, (·over.)' during the JIlonth of October. bnt osteopath." \I'on and today she is recup hy the silly bickerings of the pill dis for Thon kn.owest their feet of reason penser a.nd the "half-baked osteopath." a,re tender and flat as the negroes' l?ra t i ng a L JI0r JOl'lncr llonle j n }~llrcka, , ] II. ('onll!' me with you on anything oste were before Abe Lin.coln set them free. opathic and if my Ii ttle doliar will help o Lord, the instep of the negro did push Ulings along and make the world rise with freedom, and Thou knO\\'est the Dr. .TlIlia .-\. Lanlloyeux has an safe for Osteopathy I shall be hapPY' instep of the young osteopath will rise lIounced that afler Xm'ember 25th, Dr. 1 am. very fraternally, with 'his freedOlll from the old theories. .-\\"is )Iartin\\'ilhers \I'ill he associated DR. R. T. WISE, Amen. "PAP." I\"ilh her in praetice at ~OO St..Tames telvart Office, Bldg.. May 2i, ID09. Hldg.. Jacksonville. Fla.. Rockford, Ill.
Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO J • OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH 67 The Science of Osteopathy By Nellie Fitch, Prairie City, Ill.
Second Prize Winner, Essay Contest meningitis, after which he began to discoveries. The cell theory had just Conducted by the Illinois study deeply into the relation of drugs been announced. The new pathology and Osteopathic Association and disease. the science of bacteriology were in their Last Year He studied the human skeleton, youth. Since then these scientific in the ligaJllents, muscles, lymphatics,' vestigators have given to the world a Osteopathy is a scientific svstem of blood vessels and nerves until he was better understanding of the causes, pre treating all classes of curable diseases. pQrfectly familiar with an pRJ·ts of vention and rational treatment of dis It is distinctly separate from any other the hUlllRJl body and with their func ease. \Vhat they have done is a scien system of healing. This system is based tions. The better acqua.inted he be tific demonstration of the same theory on a· thorough knowledge and under came with the body the farther away of the natural defence of the body which standing of the physiology and anatomy he got from the use of medicine. Dr. Still gave to the world forty years of the human body. Its method of treat ago. ing is through mechanical manipulation "'hen he began to practice his new His theory of the lesion stood the of the body, which removes the cause of theories a.nd to explain them to his same careful test. The osteopathic disease. After the cause of the disorder medical friends they sneered at his ideas. lesion is any abnormality of stl'uc has been removed nature is able to re He lost both friends and practice. For ture which inte'rferes with the ha,r move the disease itself. some time only the poor who could not monious working of the body by cut This science is built upon the princi ting off the nel've and blood supply ple that man is a wonderful machine to the bod~' tissues.' which will run smoothly into a ripe old ""e all know that a finger about which age if it is kept in proper adjustment a string is tied tightly soon swells, be and is properly nourished and cared for. comes red, and pains. If the string This human machine, like any machine, shonld be allowed to remain on ,the finger will do its work easily and well if all for some time the finger would become ils . parts are in their proper position diseased because the string would lnter and forces foreign to the body do not fere "'ith the natmal laws of health by interfere. But if all parts of the body shutting off the blood supply to the bod~' a.re not in their proper position, the body tissne. \"-hen the string is untied and loses its power to work in harmony and nature is no longer interfered with, the becomes diseased. Then the osteopath or redness, swelling and pain all disappear, human engineer who understands the not becanse of anything applied fr01l1 In,ws governing the human engine is the outside of the body, but because the needed to restore the body struc~ure to bod~' is allowed to use its own supply its normal state. of chemicals fumished by nature. This This science teaches that the body principle can be applied to any part of is not only a perfect mftchine, but it the body. Disease rarely attacks "'ell is also a pel1'ect organism which has nourished tissues. If the body is prop the power to produce its own chemi erly cared for, all its tissues will be well cals, That the body p,roduces cMmi NELLIE FITCH nourished and able to resist disease. In cals wWch a,l'e sufficient in the diges taking the proper care of the body its tion and assimilation of food has been pay for the regular method of treating structure should be kept in its normaI known fOl' a long time. This new eame to him. The results he got ill position and care should be given to science was first to find stored in the treating these eases advertised his work. sanitation and environment. \Vithout bod~' chemical compounds or anti After people saw what he could do, sanitary care the body is unable to bodies which are sufficient to combat TlIany who had failed to be relieved Of eliminate its poisons as nature intended disease, Osteopathy bases its theory their afflictions b,v the old methodR it to do. The blood is unable to obtain I of imInunjt~' on this. came to him. His cures were consid the na,tural amount of oxygen from foul Osteopathy was presented to the world ered as mimcles and many believed that ail' and therefore cannot do its work in 18H by Dr. A. T. Still at Eudora, his works would die with him. He efficiently. The digestive organs and Kas. DI·. Still was an early pioneer of proved that this was not so by teaching juices were not intended to digest the an observing, investigative turn of mind. his new-found science to his sons, so that food over rich, or poorly cooked which is He often assisted his father, who was a they might help take care of his increas often eaten. Tljfse sanitary conditions physician and missionary, in doctoring ing practice. Unlike most great men he can be provided for by the patients the Indians for the various diseases lived to see his work recognized by the themselves. The removal of the struc Which prevailed among them. His only world. tural disturbances is the object of the prepa.ration for this work consisted in All European scientists have accepted osteopathic treatment. The nerves and reading medical literature with his his theory of natuml immunity after blood vessels while passing through the father. Later he attended the Kansas testing it by clinical records, spinal trac soft body-tissues a re seldom subjected City ~redical School. When the Civil ings, dissections, autopsies, X-rays, to abnormal pressure, but along the \l'a.r-broke out he enlisted and served for al)imal experiments and the most care spine where they pass between the ver some time as surgeon. While in this ful microscopic investigations. In the tebrae they are· often interfered with. Work he began to lose faith in drugs. age in which Dr. Still appeared these On their way to and from the spinal Later he lost three chil~ren of spinal 8uropean scientists were making many corel they are in close relation to the
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hon~' yer(ehrae which may be forced from pI3', over' use, or injury fr'om outside for the teaching of osteopathy. The thcir proper position by a fall, a jerk force. This is in accol'd with the course of study extends over four years or "'hen the tissues surrounding them osteopathic theor'ies o,f lesion and and includes the same subjects taught in hecome over·(ired and contracted. Aftcr imnmnity. (he medical schools with the exception the osteopa th has the defect in struc· Osteopathy is nut unly a cure for of the treatment of disease, Besides ture definitely located he uses his knowl· disease, but i' also a preventative, It these colleges the profession has R nllm· edge of anatulIlY rather than force and is as great a \\'ork to know how to keep her of hospitals, sanatoriums and ,t reo rel11(?ves it by.means of mechanical ad· an engine working smoothly as it j" to search institution, . justment. After the causc of the dis he able to fix it when it is out of repair. Osteopathy has been so recognized b.\· turbance is removed the nerve and blood The careful cngineer can look over his forty·three states that in them the supplies are eet free amI are a.ble to heal lIlachine and find its "'eak place and osteopaths are licensed with the ame (he injured parts by carrying to them repair it before much damage has been privileges and protection received hy the (he antibodie' which the bod,\- has in done. older systems. store. Likewise (he human engineer or osteo· .Tudging from this progress in the There arc> some cOlidition' \\'hich from path can by careful palpation and ex· past many things may be pi'edicted for their very nature require surgery. 'Yhen amination find the defects in the ana· this science in the future.. Today all in· t.hrough viulelH'e or other causes the in· tomical structul'B and fix them be'fore telligent men and women realize the jury is so great that it can not. he (hey hRve caused much disorder. Often importance of having their teeth and healed hy R good blood supply alone, when R person falls he thinks at the time eyes examined aJ'I(l cared for oft...n. In the local tissues themselves should be reo (hat he is not injured, but after some time they will a,pply the same good moyed. , weeks 01' months some part of his body judgment to the remaining parts of their The osteopathic science 0,( healing hecomes unable to do its work in the hodies. Vi/hen in apparent good health. agrees with the late investigation!! natural and easy \\·a~'. Doctors on ex they will have the osteopaths examine and discovel'ies of scientists in bac amining patient and in operations have' them for any abnormality in order (0' teri~logy. These inv'estigators have often found the (rouble to be due to correct it before a.ny discomfort is found a lal'ge number of bacteriae, an injury which the patient received cRlIsed. some of which are capable of produc years before. The osteopaths arc able The osteopaths have cured many eases ing disease in the body. \Vhether at all times to tell whether the bod~' of partial paral)'sis which ,n!re caused the3' pl'odu('e disease 01' not depends strilctllre is properly adjusted. If it is h~' misplaced structure. These patients upon theil' virulence, theil' numbel' not they can readjust it before much dis· who would haNe lwen cripples for lifc. and the condition of the body tissue (1lrhanee rcsults. are again a,ble to work. It is reasonahle which the3' invade. 'rhese disease. In the next haH ('entm'y the public to believe tha.t when railroad companies pl'oducing gel'ms are ahva3's present in general will come to know what and fa.ctories which spend thousands in the a it· we breathe and the water' the science of osteopathy rea1l3' is and of dollars for damages realize tlJ(' ability we drink. If tile body did not have to appreciate the I'eal value of it as 'of the osteopaths in cases of thiti kind stored in it a natural resisting power a s~'stem of. healing. they will employ them as c(}mpan~' with which to overcome these gel'1lls physicians. The,v will be expedcd to it would be in a state of disease all Since its beginning fort.v·follr years (reat not onl)7 (he seriously injured men. the time. AU3'thing which intederes ago it lias made many advances. The hut all with physical Clefects, so that thcy with this natural I'esistance is the first school which \vas established in "'ill become more efficient workmell, . real cause o.f the disease whether it ·;\la.v. 180:2, has made remarkable The osteopa,ths will he employed as is obstl'uction of nel've and blood sup- progress. Therc are 110\\' seven colleges sl'hool phy'icians in public schools' and colleges. They .have shown their ability in tr'i\a.ting the foot ball teams hefore am] aftc>r the games and the players injlll'cd during the game. As school examining physieians the~' "'ill not only bc> able (0 find adenoids and defects in the teeth and tonsils, hut "'ill find the spina} defee,ts a.s ,,·ell. Then man~' cascs of spina1 Cll rvatures "'j 11 be detected while (he cllrves are slight and easier (0 cure. 1n the trcating and care of thc insane and feeble·minded the osteopa.ths ha\'e produced wonclerflll results. :'I[an~' of (hese conditions are eaused by nel'\'c irri· Still-Hildreth Osteopathic Sanatorium (Rtions whieh the osteopath is sUCC'Ctisflll MACON, MISSOURI in removing. Because of this they will be placed in all government institutions DEDICATED TO THE CURE OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES of tbis kind. In time some classes of diseasc "'ill be treated in no other way than by the osteopaths. A hospital an~' A. G. HILDRETH, D. O. corps will not be more complete Address All Communications "'ithollt the osteopath thllJl it would to the Above Institution, Superintendent without a. snrgeon. (Continued on Page 77)
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Pledged to the Tr'uth That Father and true Osteopath who follows our ven III London, England, on Friday and Andrew Sa,\\" no Favor Sways erable Founder's teachings should be. Saturday, Sept. 27th and 28th, 1918. In view of the difficulties of travel, the at Us and no Fear Shall Don't expect slackers to make good Osteopaths.' You can't be lazy for it tendance was excellent, and the meet Awe means hard work mentally and physic ings were most successful in every way. Dear Doctor: ally. This is.my practical experience in Papers were read by Dr,' F, Howard Somp recent articles have stimulated medicine and osteopathy and other allied Ashtun, :.'I1anche ·ter, on "Diabetes :.'I1elli, J1l,V Tri~h blood to compell all osteopaths sciences for the past eighteen years. tus," and Dr. Elmer T. Pheils. Birming to . follow our venerable leader Doctor Hue to the trail that the "Old Doc, ham, on "The Influence of Posture;" al111 A. T. Still's teachings, of Osteopathy, or tor" blazed, and you will never go wrong. Dr. :.'I[urphy, of vVinnipcg. i\ran., spoke not J'('('ognizing then, as true followers It matters not where the chips fall or must interestingly of his experiences of our master. who they hurt as it is Osteopathy for, with ~he Canadian Army Medical Corps. E\'{'r~' move made from an osteopathic e,'er and amen. The 'following ofl'ieel's ,,'ere eleeled for standpoint is to assist nature in her W. J. ~H;LRONY, the coming year: fnl)(·tioning. It is the knowledge of an M. D. D. P. D.O., atomy. physiology, and biology, and all Osteopath Physician and Surgeon, President, Dr, .T. , tewa rt :.'I.lo01'e. tht' other allied teachings of our colleges U. S. R. S., \'iee-Presidenl. Dr. Beatrice Hamilton. applied to the body that liberates the Yuma, Arizona. Treasurer, Dr. ,Harvey R. Foote. inlt'rnaI Rel'retions, which as the river of ~ecretary, Dr. E. H. Barker. lifl' irrigates the Garden of Eden-the Asst. Secretary. Dr. Ralph L. ,rest. BRI'l'ISH OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIA \I'hole ana.!omy. and the better and fret'r Ami the following ,,'ere elpcled to fill TION thp irrigation the better the man. vacaneies in the Council: Drs, \Villiam "OW let us compare the practice of The Eight.h 'Annual Convention of lhe Cooper. Georgiana G, \Vatson, F. 1L n)('dic'il1<' to our practice of Osteopathy, British 0 teopathic Association was held Ashton, and Dom Sutcliffe Lean. ever~' mo,'e made from a medical stand point i,.; to obstrlll't nature and force her to work.' This is just like taking a poor sil'k h')I'se out of the barn and hitching hi!n to a load that he. cannot pull unless OTTARI forc'ed h." the lise of a whip. When he '''''ii fat and healthy he could easily pull AN INSTITUTION FOR THE OSTEOPATHIC CARE the slime load. Xow how do yOl,' expect OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES to bllild lip the body when everY"move iliadI' tea rs down by force. If a man is \1'('11 h,' doesn't need force to make hilll ASHEVILLE, N. C. work 1)(,(,lInse he enjoys and loves work. ThORP O~teopathie slackers that writ.e prcst'riptions 11II\'e the yellow atrophy Dear Doctor: of the Ii"er, or in other words billious A mild climate, rest, diet, baths and ideal attac·ks. which make them lazy and no surroundings combined with Osteopathic care is desire to \I'ork. Anything stan~ling still what your post-influenza and chronic cases need. ,\'ithonl Illaking progress in it.s own line Our profession needs equipment and endowment sooi, die,.;. AU plant life dies after it ful for research work. All profits of OT'TARI go fill~ the law that Nature required of it; ultimately to the A. T. Still ResearCh Institute. so with man and all animal life. No ~ividends nor salary go to the management, T~et ns compare a healthy and well and our books are open to any accredited repre kept man 10 a well kept garden. You sentative of the Trustees of the R. I. prepare, YOllr soil in the garden b~' thorongh ellltivation and nonrish it by Any patient can be well cared for at OTTARI some process of fprlilization, Then you for forty dollars per week--including all pro plant the seed and watch its progress fessional services, board and room--but we have until it appears over the snrfal'e. Then suites and'choice rooms at higher rates. Private ~'on Iwgin to enllivate and keep dO\l'n and semi-private nurses cost extra, but nurses the w('eds and the better yon do this the are provided at no extra cost to carry out all orders better thp retnrns you get from YOllr of the physician. "rop., ,rhieh compares favon,bl.v with Help your patients--who will thank you, help l11an. your profession--that has already helped you, by TllP soil has got to be prepared before recommending OTTARI. the spf'd fnr mall is planted, then after Descriptive literature on application to his appparance on earth, cnltivated by cducatinn, in the different ways of his OTTARI, reqlli"elllcnts, which will make him R. F. D. No.1, ph.\'sically and mentally a perfect man W. Banks Meacham, D.O., Asheville, N. C. that does not need "spurring up" to make Physician-in-Charge. him move for he is all life and a bundle of live nerves. This is what every good
Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO 70 OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH The Osteopathic Profession Must Have A Definite Program Edited by Geo. W. Burton, D.O., 220 Story Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. (Dr. Burton Invites Correspondence) The democratization of the world Prcparation and orga-nization and uni thcy must define their mission and out seems vitally imminent. Nations are fication of purpose are all essential links line their program with a definitenekr; ready to sheathe t.he sword an'd accept in the chain of progTess. Bnt the chief so that their message cannot be mis an unconditional surrender that· calls for cement of strength that holds each link taken. As we are entering upon thc a just and lasting democrat.ie peace. in the chain intact and preserves the organized period of Osteopathic unfold The El1t.ente _'\Jlies are shedding their equal tenacity and complete solidarity ment, it seems to me that the battle for 0\\,1 blood as a sacrifice to martyred of the entire chain is the power behind complete osteopathic victory is hereb~ humanity. the throne. This powel' behind the and herein clearly manifested. ,"Ve must The great world-war is divided into throne in the world's war for democracy have preparation and more preparat.ion two great epochs or stages. is the cumuJatiYe yoice of at least 22 and still better preparation. rVe must T. The unorganized period of the war. allied nations. The thunderous voice of have organization, unqualified and demo From the beginning of the war until democracy in no uncertain sound is re cratic organization. \Ve must have sin the spring of 1918, a period of prac verberating throughout the length and gleness of vision and distinterested mo tically four years, may be de ignated as breadth of the earth. And: everywhere tive or purpose. the unorganized division of the world the yoice of democracy is heard, it is And there is but one way to arrivc war from the Entente-allied yiewpoint. being recognized, for not only have we at the mental concept or vision nece sar.y During this period we "'itne ed iso food and clothing and munitions and for a complete victory and that is b.v lat.ed :jroups of men. single principalities. guns and airplanes and tonnage and defining and outlining osteopathy as '1 entire nation battling with sporadic undersea vessels. but we haye also the definite, complete and scientific therapy; might and main, each in turn to be anni soldiers with pvery drop of blood in and while perforce t.his definition a.nd hilated, miserably crushed, or forced up their veins energized and consecrated t.h is outline of 0 teopathy must of neces against the last ,yalls of defense. and unified for the great cause, while sity be of.. elastic or tentative boundar.,-, But now we haye cnteJ'ed the second the untold millions at home are keeping yet from without and from within 'this -great phase or epoch of the war, namcly: thcAres ablaze with their prayers, their tcntative line of cl~avage. or demarca II. Organized warfare. tears, thcir dollars and their labo;·. tion mllst no longer leave any room for 1'01' four long, weary and heart-rend BlIt the cap-sheaf in the program for m'isllnderstanding, for doubt, for indli ing years the rulers and the peoples of the sllccess of democracy was definitely ciency or for inhanuony. the democratic nations of the world placed when the consensus of opinion In ot.her words the osteopathic pro struggled with all their inherent powers was agreed upon in the articles of con fession must have a definite program. to come into the light, to stencil the cor federation of the Entente Allied Gov red mental concept or vision of the crnments as setting forth the meaning OSTEOPATHY WORI\:S IF WE world's myriad millions enthralled, and and complete clarification of the under WORI{ IT to cyolve a scheme whereby not 'only all lying principles which entirely demolish \Vest Palm Beach, Fla., inhuman plutocratic practices of thieves, Prussian Plutocratic practices and set Dear Doctor: robbcrs and highwaymen might be irrev forth the only tenable basis for the Am cnclosing . 1.00 for "Osteopathic ocably throttled or beheaded, but also democratization of the peoples of the Truth." It has the tme ring. I got that the genial warmth of social demo carth. Osteopathy in Kirksville, M
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"'e ha ,'e becn asked '''hy we ha,'C de Osteopathy parted from the pro"ince of balneology or hydrology. It is a sufficient answer (This is the fifth part of the report treatmcnts in partie-ular ,,'cre suitable made by JustIce Hodgkins in reference to that thi. seelion has neyer regarded the the OsteopathIc Physician of Ontario. Read for bo01 surgical and medical cases, and scientific study and use' of physical these reports carefuIly.-Editor.) could be employed ,,'ith advantage not agencies as alien to its scop~ and pur onl~' at 1'he spas, but at the military "The old points have to be emphasized pose. LJea Itlt rcsorts cxist for the ap hospilaLs and else"'hcre in the great in the work of all the allied countries. plication of physical treatment and in towns. The signatorics also callcd at The cases who will require physical addition to waters and baths many tention to the scientific yaluc of a simple treatment must be drafted early to methods a re employed accessorv oi' ad and uniform system of case records, special institution; proper equipment jtn'ant to hydrological and'climatic whie-h should record the physical trcat for these institutions in eyery branch of tl'eatnlf'nt. Therefore, in recommending ment of disabled soldiers-a work which physical treatment and curative manual to tl:e al'llly medical aut.horitics the sys had not hitherto becn attempted in the work is nccessary; skilled men interested tema1'ic employment of combined physi l:ealth resorts in this country. in this kind of treatment must be found cal trealrnent for disabled soldicrs the Hnd appointcd to take charge of such "Iu .January, 191'>. the matter \\'as Section is on familial' ground. ;\0 Sec institutions, and to meet this demand discussed at a special meeting of the tion of medicine can opcrate in a ,,,ater f'iection. at ,,,hich Surgeon-General Rus thcre is needed at the prescnt time in a.1l tight compartn~ent, and least of all one the allicd countrics the establishment of sel, '0.'0.'0., A.:U.S., \\'as present. Agree dc,'ote!1 10 the interests of hydrology. ably to his proposal thc Council 1'herc eentres a.t which medical officers ~tu "At thc prescnt moment there are after procecded to appoint a committee dents and ordcrlies can bc pr~perly within the hospitals 01' lcaving the hos to prepare information for the Army trained in this work. pitaIs,in numerous con ,'alescen t homcs "J do not think tJlat Great Britain is . )ledical Senice. To its great adYantagc and in their o\\'u homes. thousands of It nnmbered among its members Sm' HO\\' behind hcr allies in the treatment disabled Inen. for whom we belicye a geon-(;eneral Russel and the Pre ident of Hnd rc-education of thc disabled oldier combined physical treatmcnt affords a the Soe-iet~- Dr. Frederick Taylor. On but neither France nor ourseh'cs ca~ hopeful and the only hopeful mcans of behalf of my colleague, Dr. Campbell pcrmit oursehes to be complacent. It recoYer~' and of retu1'l1 to peaceful avo )[cClure, and mysclf J have now to re \\'ould appear that in this country the cations. To meet this great need an port- thc result of its work durinO' the civil organiza.tion of the "'hole ubject altogether unique extension of what lIlay last fom-tf'en months. ., of re-education is well on its way to be perhap be calltd 'orthopaedic' work has "In April, 1915, the Committee was extremely effcctivc, but all organizations become lIeccssary. IYi thou t forgetting informed that a sy tem of 'combincd for professional re-education will fail if the achicvements of surgery ,,'e believc physical treatment' for wounded soldiers the prcliminary mcdical part does not go that in this particular field physical had bcen installed at the Palais in Paris. on improving." treatment ought to playa predominant 1 thereupon yisited Paris, and with Thc committce fl'Om whose report I part. Jt should take up the \\'ork which e-ourteous assistance of the officials, and lunc fIrst quoted has been very active in comes to an cnd in the hospital, and in particularl~' of our colleague, Dr. Quiscrno. in"<'stigating matters not only concern multitudes of cases should prc'"ent or examined the hydological and other ing hydrotherapy but all forms of physi minimize permanent disability, ,,\s re methods employed at thc Grand·Palais eal thcrapy which may be combined with gards t he British health resorts, they hospital. The application of yery high it. are dOlllg a. magnificent 'york, but the temp<'ra tures to the limb in a. ''''hid Tt calls attention to the present lack lack of records is, and 'Yill IJroye to be bath' (balneation a I'cflu cOUl'ante) ap . I .. ' of understanding thc benefits of physical III our opInIOn, a seriou evil. Rut in peared to me to be a. method of much mean sand complete physical'equipment, the present cnler!?eney we arc' all feeling vflh,C. espf'ci~Jly as a prepara.tion for and the entirc want of recognition of our way, and I ani sure there is no dis lllassagc and mobilization of the joints. thcsc and allicd means of healing which, position to neglcct ,yhat can be shown Full accollnts both of the methods and years ago, was commcnted on by Sir to be a nccessary duty. IVe also ac the results obtained ha"e since been William Osler. . knO'Yledgc ,,,jth much satisfaction that furnished to liS from time to time, with In their report to the council of the mOot yaluablc pliysical treatment is, and statistics. and these form thc bflsis of ~ociety in April, 1916, R. Fortescue Fox "'ill be, a\'l:lilablc for disabled me'n at the the report, which \\'as published by the )I. D.. made the follo\\'ing explanati~~ large ('oll\'alescent camps and command Committee in thc 'Lancet' of Feb: .>th, of their activitics: depots, in rcgard to some of ,Yhich we The Pwsident of onr Section has sincc "A memorandum on the yalue of medi .hn"e been asked to achise. that datc made a spccial yisit of inquiry cal baths in the treatment of woundcd . ':But. whf'n the full extent of this pro to Pflris, If onl.v a part of thc happy and ilwalid soldiers "'as addressed to nSlon has been made, thcre still rcmains resu Its that arc cIa imed to follow from thc Army Medie-al a.lIthorities on Decem " great I' sidium (ho\\' grcat may it not the 'combined physical treatment' of bcr 26. ] 914. Jt did not emanate froll1 bee-ome?) of men who \"ill not have the wounded soldiers is in fact realized it this Scction, but from a number of rc lJencfit of thc health resorts nor yet of appeflrs 10 the Committee that tl;ese prescntative mcdical men. It pointed the cOIwalcscent camps, many of them mcthods are justitied and '''ould pro"e out in thc first place the extensi,'e use being discharged and returned to thcir in this country of incstimablc yalue 110t of medical bath cstablishments for the o\\'n homes. For all these, both officers lll)htar~' only from the 'medical and humanitarian in Continental countries. It and men, the Committec are of opinion but from thc economic point- of ':ic\\'. 'hOwecI tl1e need for hydrological and that a combil)cd ph~-sical treatment· other II ' 1 The saying to the State in pensions and I ' '1yslca treatmcnt for the men should be proYided, and that it might be gratuities by the reduction of di abilitv titeH\'lIlO'., 110SPl'ta:1 tl. llIt largc numbers of \yell done. as in France, in institutions of disabled IlI<,n in Franec is stated t'o lese. evcn those labelcd 'incurablc' could de"oted to that purpose. Ruch institu Ie. If not d amoullt to fl ycry large sunl. I curc , at least O'rcatly relie"cd tions \\'ou Id not be ho pitals for in- 'y I'hySlcal. methods; .,.and that bath "In recommending physical treatment (Continued on Page 77)
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72 OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH ------®sf~llpnfl!it: A ~1ERRY CHHISTMAS You stepped away fruJll the crowd to &rufl! Christmas rcll'1,rates the hirlhdav of learn \dwt Andrew' tltill knew of the A MONTHLY JOURNAL'OF Christ, the ~Oll ,if Uod. who came to' Uliti laws uf God, in order .tha·t you might OSTEOPATHIC PROGRESS apply them to sick and suffering hUlTIau I';arth (0 spread the Gospel. iTe gave his EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY life that ,i'e might live. He lived an ity, and thrOllgh your ministrations gil'c them succnr as had Dr. Still. . PRACTICING OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS exenJphll''y life beset on all sides by per ~'ou FOR THE OSTEOPATHIC PROFESSION 'tie('lltion and prr,secution, and still He What arc doing today? Are you treatiug your patients as Dr. Still did President walked in t.he wa.v lhat His Father in H. M. Vastine, D.O.....Harrisburg, Pa. Heaven would have Him walk. 1\0 Jiv his? Are you still keeping away from 102 Locust St. the gang? They arc watching you, watch Vice-Presidcnt ing nHlll has ever gone through \vhat ing ever,v ITlOVC Yot! Jnake. You are Richard Wanless. D.O N. Y., N. Y. Chrisl did, no living man ever will. 347 Fifth Ave. tea(;hing those who come directlv in con Christ left with ns a marvelous Gospel. Secretal.·.,r_'I1reasllrer tact with you, and those who C01~1C undf'r Oliver C. Foreman, D.O....Chicago Ill. kay! What is lhe Gospel 27 E. Monroe St. .' your illfluem'e indirectly-the crowd. Arcoreling to YOU? allr~ Address ull cOl.'1·eSI)Ondcnce to You al'e a disciple, every word, deed. ~(ill 'rBE OSTEOPA'l'HIC 'rRU'rH PUB Andrew Taylor callie to this and thought will be reflected in you I' LISHING CO. I~arth, anel lhose whu believe in pre pltpils. Are .vou II true disciple of An 1421 I'lorse A ,-c., Chicng'o, III. detiiination wOldel say, tu give his life d rew Taylor Still-speaking, doing, and that others might live longer and III Editor thinking the principles he taught. Say! Earl J'. Drinkall, D.O Chicago, Ill. grealer comfort-wit.h less disease. \Vhat are YUe-an "engine wiper" or 1421 Morse Ave. 1301"11 and raised on the Frontier in an "engineer"? Business'lllnnng'er close communion with C:od's creatiolls. he Dr. Still ta.nght. that structure out George W. Good, D. 0 .....Boston, Mass. learned (0 live a life 'free from the false ·687 Boylston St. of its absolute perfeet position will pro and sham. Obstac.les . were oVercome Circulation Manager dUf'f" H disturbance of function, and to that n',ost nlen would go 11l'01lnd. He H. W. Shain, D. O Chicago, Ill. n'store function it must be adjusted to 1421 Morse Ave. learned, with the insight of an animal. its Tlormal position. Are you rcall.\' CONTRlBUTING EDITORS the lhings that were trlle and God given. George W. Re.id, D. 0 ..,Vorcester, Mass. making adjustrnents or arc you just P. 0 Ill. Through Iravail he realized that r~rugs Carl McConnell, D. Chicago, rubbing muscles? Francis A. Cave, D.O Boston, Mass. were fetters tea ring down (he human Geo. F. Burton, D. 0 Los Angeles, Cal. 'Yu'll .ne,-er sa\\' an engi neer in YOllr Louise A. Griffin, D. 0 ... Boulder, Colo. body faster than it could be builded, Nettie O. H. Stingle, D. 0 . life adjust misplaced structurf' by tak ...... San Gabriel, Cal. and ont of the clouds around him he ing a piece of waste and rubbing the W. Banks Meacham, D; 0 . gave birth to the ehild of his brain, that ...... , .....Asheville, N. C. outside uf the machine. Y uu hir ve newr Herbert E. Barnard, D. 0 .. Detroit, Mic.h. ma~ might live lunger and in greater E. Florence Gail', D. 0 ... Brooklyn, N. Y. seen an "engiile wiper" as he rubs and Josepl> H. Sullivan, D. 0 Chicag'o, Ill. comfurt. God given Truth-OSTE E. R. Booth, D. 0 Cincinnati, O. polishes the outside of the engi ne ever" OPATHY. "Talter J. Novinger, D. O.. Trenton, N. J. adjnst even the minutest deviation of Asa vValmsley, D. 0 .. Peterborough, Ont. Through yea 1'8 of persecutiun, even F. J. Feidler, D. 0 Seattle, Wash. struf'tJlre. The "engine wiper" cannot Ada Achorn, D. 0 Boston, Mass. from members uf his own family, he adjust misplaced' structure becanse he A. L. Evans, D. 0 Miami, Fla. trod on bearing his cross. Prosecution Asa Willard, D. 0 Missou1a, Mont. does not know how. Franklin H. Hudson, D. 0 .. London, Eng. deterred him not, but spurred him on hI Josephine L. Pierce, D. 0 ...... Lima, O. greater elTorts, llarder work. until in Dr. Still repca.ted and repeated the the darkest h~nr before t.he dawn, with words, "Do not be an 'engine wiper,' but SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 a year, in advance. Single copies Iv cents. ('redit gone and slarvation for his Lun be an 'engineer.''' If you were taught to Back numbers not over three months' be an "engine wiper" there is no reason old, 25 c'ents each; over three months ily imminent people came for the wou old, 50 cents each. r1erflll new treatment which cured with why your two eyes and the brain behind Instructions for RENEvVAL, DISCON canTlot study to know just how to be an TINUANCE, or CHANGE OF AD Ollt drllgs and little surgery; others carnc DRESS should be sent in two wee]
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l<,ngth of time mill ions of people have plete system; the Celestial bodies appear very long after that. A man wourd be heen taught to depend upon osteopathy to answer an immutable law. In what 'L fool to spcnd six years in a college, and to know its worth. Dr. Still rc do,.es the human system ditrer from all alld th~n come out as a limited prac ('cived results that no one today can cxtraneous created systems in obedience titioner who could not practice surgery dllplicate. \~:onderful was the Oosp<,1 to the Universal Law of Order? and who is not recog.)ized by the gov he has left to posterity-. Scoffed at. In what has the \I'orld progressed ernment. Osteopaths, Chiropractors and jeered at, then and 110W. we "'ho have relative to Universal Order in the past all the rest of them a re all in the same stepped away from the I!ang to tread score of years? The human body is a elass. and should be \I-iped out. They a. nanow path, mllst ever wateh 0111' minature l;niv<'rsc; yOll ha ,-e but to ob are a mena,ce to the public health. step lest someone following, unbeknown serve the frog's legs under the microscope The states do not dare ehange thei I' laws, to liS, misstep into oblivion. ' to convince yourself of the red and white a.nd the medical so(:ieties dare not n;ake As we approach the year 19U) let liS corpuscles obey.ing Supreme Command. much fuss about the laws on account of resolve to give one-tenth of our time and Dr. Still told us any interference with the strength and number of the Ostc· one-tenth of· our money to learn hO\l thc proper movement of these corpusclcs opaths. who have g'Lined this strength to be an "engineer" and adjust th<, begets disorder, meaning disease. by having praetically no educational (leviated struetllres. If you do not kno'., The blasphemous. centuries-old idca. standards lind until a few years ago by how to make an adjustment, then go to - that man \"as created incomplete; need giving only one and two y'ea I' courses," someone nearby who does, and learn, in ed poisons; witchcraft ministrations' to "The quality of the eourses given .in order that you may teach yonr patients. drive disease devils out of him, has been Ole Osteopath!c Sehools and the bettcr and they their friends, just ,vhat A. T. bombed out of existence by Dr. Still's medical schools is not to he compared, Still Osteopathy is. Be broad, be bil!. formula. as they have attempted to do in Illinois. do for the sake of the future of Ostc By their fruits. ye shall know them; The.v may' give the same number of opaU,.,"- what perhaps yOIl would not do the Osteopathic concept is non-change hours, but it is thc quality that for y·ourself. learn hO\l- to gi,e a real able. hence, non'progressive; it is as counts," osteopathic treatment. Be an "engin<'er" finn as Gibraltar. "'Life' attacks medicine and boosts not an "engine wiper." the va rious other forms of healing be Say! \VIHlt is the Gospel ('ause the wife of the editOt' was UK AccOl'cling to YOU? THI'; f\'I''l'ITUDl Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO 74 OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH ------neyer the same in any t,,-o people, and spine and its neighborhood." Locations it is always very uncertain." Basted.o, page 17, states: Dr. Ella X. Quinn ha removed from "NOTHING is KNOWN ABSOLUTE "Medicine SOMETIMES cures, it often St. Augustine, Fla., to' Suite 14, Hippo LY of the action of DRUGS upon all pro reI iC\'es, it always 'consoles'." drome Bldg., Miami, Fla. toplasm, or as to how drugs unite with Read, and consider. Dr. A. '. Dowler of Panora, Iowa, has the cell-if they do." removed to 524 S. 'Vanen Ct., Syracuse, "$hot gun prescriptions arc the re (:·EXTLEl\IEX: X. Y. sult of treating symptoms, which usually THE \VORLD WAR IS EKDED BUT Dr. Hal 'V. Shain, circulation man is' futile. Symptoms should be con THE WAR OF OSTEOPATHY WILL ager of "Truth" is now associated with trolled, to be sure, but always REMOVE :"rEVER END SO LONG AS OUR PRO Dr. Earl J. Drinkall at 1421 Morse Ave., TUE CAUSE." FESSION IS INCLINED IN CERTAIN Chicago, Ill. I "A large proportion of diseases can LOCALITIES TO GO OVER PARTLY Dr. Clara Busse, who graduated from be cured by rest." TO THE OTHER SIDE AND THE the Chicago College of Osteopathy last ":\10st acute cases get well by them MISSION OF TRUTH IS TO KEEP .Tulle has located at Neenah, 'Vis. seh·es. The doctor's duty is to foresee EVERY ONE O~ :rHE RIGHT SIDE complications and to ward them off." OF THE FEKCE. "11' IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ABORT AFTER SOME FIFTEEN YEARS OF PNEUMONIA BY ANY MEANS." ACTUAL WORK AS A PRACTITION The Medic's position and hope is ex ER AND TWENTY Y]~ARS OF EX pr(' 'sed in the following: PERIENCE WITH OSTEOPATHY I "It is only a question of timc nntil CAN TRULY $AY THATIAMBETTER thc GO\'ernment will have charge of the SATISFIED WITH THE SIMON PUR,E Doct.ors, an<;l all treatment will be under IDEA THAK EYER BEFORE, NO t.he control of the Government." DRUGS FOR ;\IE IN' ANY WAY, "\Ye should. endeavor to educate the . SHAPE OR MANNER FOR INTERN pH blic." AL USE, AND HOW ANY D. O. 'VITH But as an evidence of their elideavor 'ANY REAL INSIGHT INTO THE to follow the mechanical idea of treat SCIENCE 'WANTS TO BE A MON ment, we quote this: GREL M. D. D. O. BEATS ME. THIS "Exercise of the abdominal' walls will IDEA THAT YOU CAN BE A CATH ofttimes cure the most stubborn intra OLIC AND A PROTESTAKT AT THE abdominal conditions, .such as constipa SAME TIME DOX'T WORK OUT TO tion." MY WAY OF TI-II~TKING. Lookingin theGlass AJld we quot.e from page 75 of Bas LOKG LIVE THE ONE IDEA OF or tedo's Materia Medica: TILE OLD DOCTOR. "RUbbing the back will ometimes dis Yours for the Truth, Looking in aBook tinctly affect the viscera, and MacKen _ffiTHUR :\1. LA~E, D.O., If "Concerning Osteopathy" was at her hand-she would be reading it zie's picture herewith suggests a reason 420 Boyl ton b'eet, while waiti,ng for treatment. for the success in some instances of the Boston, Mass. It has a convincing appeal. Osteopathic plan of manipulating the Nov. 25, HIlS. It is just what you want in the hand of every patient. It is just what your patient wants, too. "Better convince one than to 'talk Do You Know All AboutOsteopathy? to many." Then you should Read OSTEOPATHIC BOOKS Order a hundred now. PRICE LIST Read CLINICAL OSTEOPATHY if you need help in treating (Prepaid in U. S. and Canada) patients. Edited by C. P. McConnell, D.O. Price ...... _...... $4.00 Copies Leather Cloth Paper Read BULLETIN No. 4 if you want to know more about bony 100 ... $150.00 ... $100.00•... $ 50.00 lesions. Fully illustrated. Price .._ .. $2.00 50. .. 77.50... 52.50... 30.00 Read BULLETIN No. 5 if you want to know what lumbar lesions 25. .. 40.00... 27.50... 16.25 mai do. Fully illustrated. Price ... . $2.00 10. .. 16.50... 11.50... 7.00 1. .. 1.75.. . 1.25.. . .75 Read PUBLIC SANITATION AND OTHER PAPERS by Clement A. Whiting, D. 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Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH 75 XEW YORK STATE FEDERATION It is a. source of great gratification taught in Toronto General l{os OP WO~IEN'S CLUBS PASSES that this was brought about and that pital, giving the Medical Doctors RESOLUTION ENDORSING lhe members of the \\'omen's Clubs are authority to sa.y they prescribe, or so keenly awake to the ju tice of the practice manipulation, when they ATIONAL LEGIS· :x situation. think it advisable? LATION I think it would bc "'ell, if it meets (7) ~lost important of all-\\'ill you \YHAT lIAYE YOU DON E TO GET with your approval, for this, together stand for a law curtailing the YOUR STATE I<'hDERATIOK OK REC "'ith appropriate commcnts thereon, to future growth of our Science in ORD FOR US? he run in the coming number of The Ontario? \\That is our debt to . Osteopalhic Herald. future Osteopathy in Ontario? To The following letter from Dr. Riley to Fraternally yours, our young patients of today? Dr. Reid and the resolution need no cx G. W. RILEY. Please get serious for once in your planation, except to our own self for not life, a.nd look at these vital questions having received the endorsement of our squarely. After twenty years of legal O\\'n State. "\\'hercas, The Osteopathic Physicians and Osteopathic effort-is the best we .Plcase give somc very serious thought of the United Statcs desire to place can hope for-a bill based on generosity on t.he question of what can be done t.o t.hemselves at the service of our coun because;'" "many of these Practitioners 'ldvance Osteopathy. \Ve did not say lry in the capacit.y for which they are are elderly and settled, and if the ad ftdvancc your name professionally, but best fi tted, and mission of these older men be somewhat OSTEOPATHY. Forget not that you "\Vhereas, The principle of American of an indulgence, it will not hurt the arc a pioneer al1d trails must be blazed democracy is to award men according to Medical Profes ion and their numbers crc ncw settlers can follow in our foot t.hei I' fitness, and will prevent any great harm being done st.eps. Our own little individual selves "\\'hereas, They are asking for the to the public." nlUst be put in the background as we privi lege of taking the examination pre ., Judge Hodgins' Report. gi\-c all and do all to advance O-S-T-E scribed by the Medical Department of II. POCOCK, O-P-A-T-H-Y. the United States Army for ervice in Yigilant Committee of Toronto Associa It is up to us to give our very life's the ~.redical Corps, therefore be it tion of Osteopathic Physicians. hlood if necessary at this time in order "Resolved, That the ~ew York State Are YOll'reading Judge Hopkins' Re that thc greatest autocratic power in thc Federation' of Women's Clubs"represent· port which has appeared scrially for the "'orId, thc A. ~I. A., through its political ing a membership of about 250,000, en past fe\\' months? tontrol cannot smother our candle. To dorRe and urge the enactment of Bill \Ve are with you, Ontario, for an In day is t.he accepted time to force dem S. 4D14 and H. R 5407, which i now in dependent Board. ocracy in the medical world and to for committee, and furthermore be it Vive la Osteopathy. C\'er stifle autocracy in medical thought. "Resol\'ed, That a copy of these reso Threc hundred and fifty thousand lutions be sent to the Chairman of the deaths as the result of "Spanish" Influ ~.riljtary Affairs Committee of the Sen enza and its complication pneumonia is ate and House; one to the Secretary of a monument of crime and· everlasting IVar, Hon. Newton D. Baker; one to the Fruit Nut shame t.o t.hc drug therapists. Don't let President of the Senate, Hon. Thomas ~'our patients and their friends belicve j\Jarshall; one to the Speaker of the that just bccause the man who attended HOllse,l-Ion. Champ Clark, and also that ; the case was an M. D. that it was per a copy .be sent to each of the Senators Cereal fecUy all righ t and God's will. ]~xposc and Congressmen of the State of New thc fraud in t.crms that will not be mis York.'" . takcn. Passed Nov. 14, 1918. Doctor, a da,y never passes that Don't clog the wheels of progress you do not find a patient in need of get. in 01' get out. \Vhen this resolution a laxative food. appears in t.hc Hcrald of Os'teopathy send ONTARIO D. O.'s AI'tE LINING UP topies to your prominent club women PruH Nut Cereal is the ideal PORA PIGHT and then ask them to do likewise. Thc natural laxative. coming reconstruction work is just ,,-here OSt.eopath~' \\'ill have a most brilliant Dr. Hillery, President oJ the T. A. of It contains figs, raisins, walnuts, field. Lct us sec what we can accom O. P. ''''ants to Know wheat, bl'an and malt thorougWy plish \\'ithin the next thirty days. (1) Do you want to fight for an in dextrinized, but not predigested. Dr. Rilev and his committee cannot dependent Board? do it all. . It is nutritious, delicious and (2) Do you want to be legally called easily digested. Doctor? Xew York, Xovember 16, 1D1 (3) Do you want a College of Oste Send for samples and information. ])1'. George W. Reid, • opathy i.n Ontario? Slater Building, (4) \i\Till you be satisfied with a rep "·meestel'. ::\Iass. resentative in the Medical Council? ~r\· Dear DI'. Reid: (5 \Vill you consent to a chair of Os I am sure that you will be pleased to teopathy in the Toronto Univer l'ecei\·c n. eop~' of the Resolutions passed ity? New England 1~\ani1ll01lS1.v last T11llrsday, by the ::\Cew (6) Will you stand for the Science of ~ 01'1- St ' atc Federation of \Vomen's Osteopathy being absorbed b~r the Breakfast Food Company Clnbs. "Physical Therapy" course to be West Somerville, Mass. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO 76 OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH THE CHIROS ON ORIFIOIAL "October 24, 1918. OPTUIIS)I-NEW YORK KEY PROGRAM "~\ry Dear Doctor Drinkall: NOTE Two Letters of Explanation "Doctor Bullock of Detroit has "Titten 1>1'. L.' )Iason Beeman the IJ1'esidei,t 'Ye wrote to Dr. Benoni A. Bullock to me in regard to the prominence given of Detroit asking him why chiropractors Chiropractors at the recent Convention Dr. Beeman sounds the keynote for appeared on their program of the Thirty of the American Association of Orificial the :New York Osteopathic Association nrst Anrlllal Convention of American Snrgeons at Chicago. as OPT1MIS}L, Optimism means the .-\ssociation of Orificial Surgeons, held in . "Previous to the Convention the \\'ill to aceomplish the secmingly ilupos Chicago, Sept. 16-17-18. writer, upon receipt of a copy of th!' sible. Dr. Bullock replied in the following program. criticized this feature. How·· IJe sa.vs. "1 "'ond('r if we have been letter. and when rcported to the presi ever. some new procedure as to the pro thinking in terll1S altogether too small dent he replied ,dth a letter of explana gram had been inaugurated by the Ex and acting accordingly, if \\'e ha,'e not tion: eeutive Committee and the program was failed to picture our real ability. Ha,-c October 15, 1918. presented as previously arranged. ,,'e ~'et tried our elves out thoroughl.\' in :Hy Deal' Doctor: "The ]~xe('utive Committee and all t.he the ,,-ark of putting our Osteopathic '·.?IIy return to Det.roit found your let of1icers elected for the ensuing year are house in order· For some years in this ter of the 24 lIltimate on my desk. I am heartily in disfavor of any repetition of State we have been the creatures of cir ,-ery glad that you have brought up this snch enol', and as president of the Asso cumstances. "Let's see if we cannot, in question, although sorr.\, I did not sec eiation 1 al'n firmly decided that there some degree, at least, reverse the order, .'·(lll at the convention. In fact" the shall be no reClll'l'enCe of this year's b.v making ourselves masters of the cir Chicago Osteopaths havc not given this ('ITOr. ('lunstances. organization the support it deserves. "\Ve have welcomed genuine Oste "1 'have been cheered by many IIlCS ""'e have in our by-laws a clause. opathic physicians into onr Association; sages, 'Call on me for anything I can \\'hich says anyone registered to practice in fact, Doctors Ella and S. S. Still were do.' Because I appreciate what it means thei r profession in thei r state, ma~' be members in good standing some twent~ for the work of the year I shall have a come a membpr of the American Asso .vears ago. still greater satisfaction if I can kno\\' ('iation of Orificial SlII'geons. "The founder of Orificial Surgery, Dr. that ever~' member is giving his he,;t "Last ~'ear I had complete charge of K H, Pratt, and the founder of Oste thought to the solution of ollr difficul- . the program, seeuring all of t.he speaker, opathy, Dr. .-\. T. Still. wcre peculiarly ties. Here's a problem. If e,-ery Ostc, and papers. but thi, y!'ar it was ar alike. and both. to m.v mind, stand head opa.th . in this State should apply hilll' ranged int.o departnH'nts and heads of :tnd sholtlders above other modern medi splf to legislat.ive and school interests t.hese departments ananged their O\\"n caJ investigators. as if the results depended on him alonc, program. This is the reason for the "1 am sure that )'ou and your con· wlhLt would happen? I'll give yOIl thc Chiros appearing t.his year. I think an fre'res \\'ill find a hearty welcome in our main part of the an ,,-er. 'Ve would other year. the.v will be limited entirely. A sociation. as well as an opportunit.v soon be signing an armistice with our at least as far as the program is con for good, conscientious work. Our Sec· medical friends on terms of our o\\'n cCl·ned. rctar.v. Dr, Paul C. Goodlove. 92 Broad making. You can have what you wanl. "Hoping that this explains this matter ,,'a~-, Detroit, is an Osteopathic physician jf you want it badly enough. fully, I am, and ,,'ill. I am sure, be happy to receive "That .means effort, real work. It's Ver.v fraternall~', ~'our correspondence. a mistake for us to think that when ,,'c BF.XOXI A. BULLOCK." "Yours fraternally, east a ballot for our oflkers we hand thelll ou r individuaI responsibilitics. Your o!t1cers are directors of your effort. -not tractors. For the present admin istration let me sa~' this word that what, ever the Societ.y accomplishes this year Osteopathic Propaganda wi II be due to its own efforts, aided b~' Osteopathic propaganda is the key that unlocks the door of such intelligent direction and co-opera opportunity for Osteopathic practicians. tion as the officers can gi,'e. If without Osteopathic propaganda makes all of our problems more urging wc cannot show the fruits of easy of solution. awakened, intelligent conscience to\\'ard conditions which we face, it is uselcss Osteopathic propaganda creates a better understanding be to ay more. tween patient and physician. "1 sa.v 'if' hecausc I believe that "'C Osteopathic propaganda helps to dispel the doubts of the ('an and will. Try your o,\'n mental re doubting. flexes to that stat.ement and. sec if it Osteopathic propaganda helps to offset the destructive in does not respond. Ko man is do\\'n until fluence of our critics. he admits it to himself-nor is an or, Osteopathic propaganda is one valuable way of letting your ganization, It is equally true that those Osteopathic light shine before men, that they may know of your sueceed who think they can. That is good works and patronize you when necessary. the spirit actuating men who plough For real, ethical, effective Osteopathic propaganda, use the through obstacles instead of around them. They are in the 'successful' class. HERALD OF OSTEOPATHY and that's wherc you and 1. by our ef Sample Copy on Request forts this year want to put the Ne,,' F. L. LINK, Business Manager KIRKESVILLE, MISSOURI York Osteopathic Society. "Co-operation is the index of indi- Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH 77 vid ual interest in the Society. I refuse Osteopathy the electrotheraw'ntic work \I'hich the to believe that the members of this (Continued from Page 71) late l.ewis·Jones did ~o much for, is at Society cannot accomplish what thcy patients, but rather clinics or out·patient nlany of our large·r hospitals being car ",ill. The 'will to "'in' can carry us all department~. where whirl and other ri('(1 on most efficiently and in the best through." bath~. electricity, ma.sage and mechani· traditions of nH'dical r('search by a num Optintism For All eal treatment would be applied under the her of highly skilled. highly efficient men. best auspices and for re'111i ite period of 'Vhy not take 'that word Optimism Uf the \'alue of electrotherapeutic time, In extending their yi('w beyond as a motto for the coming year of 1919. methods what grcat('r proof is required t h(' h('alth rcsort proper. and re('om I t will soon be time to scratch oft· all the than the kno\\'ledg,· of what these met], n!('IHling as they ha\'e clone that the old marks on the slate and start with ods ha\'e done for the wounded in this fllll('st possible a(h'antHge hould be a. (·Iean one. Dr. Beeman makes it plain present war; Inethod. whi<:h have been that officers and committees can do noth taken of physical remed ies for d isabled brOllght forward in a remarkable man ing unless the individual does his share. omcers and men in London and in the ner by the re'luirenlent. of the wounded: ('ountry generally, the Committee are Turn over a new leaf and if YO~l never and the neees.ity for trained, qualifie.d have done anything for anyone except ('onfldent that they ha\,(' the appro\'al of lnedical men to 'Jlperintcnd this treat yourself resolvc that during llH9 you the Section," ment has beeome I'('ry obl'ious indeed, T append to this, alllong the papers wi II go Ollt of your way to do some (To Be Continued Next Month) thing for OST"Ii:OPATI-IY. As you give He'companying this statcment, a descrip it will be rcLurned unto you. tion of H, model hydrotherapeutic inso lation for soldiers. with ground plan, ~howing t.he'space and size reqllir~d. HELP THE CONFIDENTIAL The results of' physical therapy are thus summed up by 'V. A. Turrell, \\'hy Osteopath3' Progressed for Ten WAR ORPHANS :'Ir.lL~t.D, (axon). ~fajor, B.A.M.C., in a Years; 'Vh3' Its Present Statis'? ]lapel' recently appearing in the "Lancet" Funds to be given through Osteopath~' in the beginning pro- "Iaimed its entire independence of DRuG aud read before the Section of electro the1'llpeutic~ therapy. of th(' Royal Rociety of The Life Fund-Enuf Sed Osteopathy progressed in the earl,\' ::I f",lieine. period, claiming its independence of sur· "To summarize yery brieny th(' war Subscribe for The Hut in the For gical aid in most cascs then called '('1'\'ices which ('lectrotherapy can render est. A dramatic poem by Blanche Operative Cases. to the state are as follows: Irbe Bremner, $1.25 postpaid. You Osteopathy progressed in the early' "(l) A considerable number of those may send subscriptions to the near days as a new, unique profession, treat who "'ould otherwise 1'('111 a in permanently est agent. ing all diseases and gaining results in llnflt can be rendered fit for military -TO-- ~(ll'\"ice. all classes of disease by manipulative Mrs. Blanche Irbe Bremner, c-o "(2) The ~eH'r(' pain of many of therapy, combining common sense, habits "LIFE," 17 West 31st St., New tho~(' wounded 01' injured by exposure and feeding. York City. on military sen-ice e'an b(' completely Today we learn with sor.1'0w the earl~' Mrs. James Brown, 67 Payson Road, arrestNl 01' greatly reli('yed by these 'uccessful ones were and are in eITor; Bemont, Boston, Mass. that we cannot continue as an indepen methods. i~ Mrs. L. G. Cromwell, 105 North 13th dent system; we must usurp the prerogR. "(;)) Electrical treatment of great ~('r\'ice ca~es. St" Flushing, L. 1., New York City. tives of the :M.D, and the smgeon. In a in lllany of the less serions ~peedy Mrs, Earl B. Anthony, 1013 5th Ave., word, Osteopathy by Dr. A. T. Still was often affecting n. cure and a Clinton, Iowa. ' a mistake. Well, so be it. Poor Osteop· '11lif'ker rehll'n to the flghting line. me~trothernny athy; must ,,'c say "Vive la" Chiroprac. "(+) fully and eAl Mrs. John T. Morrison, 110 State St., tic! (,i('ntlv eleveloped will r('snlt in n Y('ry Boise, Idaho. (·on.ielNnble r('dnction in the amonnt Miss Minnie Sisson, 2633 Regent St., paid for Stnte pensions. nnd. what is far Berkeley, California. The Science of Osteopathy more important. ,,'ill restor(' function to Miss Maude Marion Meagher, 2240 (Continued from Page 68) Inanv crippled limb•." Divisadiso St., San Francisco, Cal. The present grcat war will bring to the The "'ork of Dr. Turrell has be('n Yer, osteopaths recognition as arm.v ph~'si highl,v spoken of by C. Thurston Hol ('ians. The diseases caused by exposure. land. ::If. D" President of the Roentgen the nelTOUS strain and the many wounds Socidy in England. in these terms: War Session all respond well to osteopathic treat "The grrat a(h'ance~ made dnring the ment. ~lany of the men in the army past decade in yarious forlllS of appara Supply the vacancies in are acquainted with the osteopathic tn~, and the equally great adl'ances made the Medical Ranks by Work and ask for this kind of treat in methods of treatment. scarcely require Inent when sick. The osteopaths arc studying Osteopathy. . that attention shonld. be called to them Mid-Y~ar ready to go. Some have even passe~J -the,v are matters of common knowledge. Special Term the medical examination. bnt are refused "Electrical methods of treatment llaye opens January 2, 1918. the privilege of doing what they are in the past. snffered llluch from the halo able to do so well for their country be of quackery which ha. surrollnded them. MassachusettsCollege' ('allse they have not a medical diploma, The Inen into whose hands these methods . of Osteopathy Blit they will be fully recognized when of treatment fell were, many of them, 85 Otis Street prejUdice is overcome by knowledge at any rate to a certain ('xtent, Charla and patriotism: tan.. XO\\', this is largely changed, and East Cambridge, Mass. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO 78 OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH The Proof of the Pudding In this department it is intended to prove scientifically by X-Ray and other up-to-the minute laboratory methods that the Osteopathic Conception of Disease is correct Edited by Earl R. Hoskins, D.O., of the A. T. Still Research Institute Staff Address him at 4347 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill. IN GENERAL due to the development of sarco-lactic These changes can ·Hot· be rccorded in In recent years Medical litemtUl'e, as acid, This localized acidity is counter' a better way than on an Xmy plate. well as Osteopathic, has been saturated acted by the absorption of free hydroxy Thcse are soft tissue changes and are with work on the chemica,l balance of ions from the arterial blood stream. A shown only by exposures suitable for soft the body. There is a tendency for physi muscle whose arterial blood 'supply is tissue work. The "hardness" of the tube ologists to become advanced chemists. cut off immediately tcnds to become eannot be the same as would be used Naturally, there are many varied and acid. This is hastened or increased by genera,lly for spinal work. Most Xray eon f1icting theories being promulgated stimulation, leading to contraction, under laboratories use a tube for spinal radio and rival fa.ctions are shouting their thcse circumstances. The state of chem graphs which is hard enough to "back views from the "housetops" of journals ical equilibrium is also maintained by IIp'' a pa,rallel spark gap of 5% to 6% and publications. Medical history is re carrying off of the free hydrogcn ions inches. This gives good shadows of the peating itself by antogonizing that which by the venous f1o,Y. Pronounced localized bodies of the vertebrae but rarely shows is new and different frolll that already acidosis is devcloped by retardation or any of the disk and adjacent soft stnlc believed. Vi-hatever is true will survive occlusion of the venous flow, an· acidosis tures. To show these best a tube destnlcti,'e criticism and thri'-e on con can be found in any part of thc body "backing up" 3Y2 to 4 inchcs' parallel :;tructivc criticism-example, Osteopathy. by interefering with this drainage. spa,rk gap is advisa,ble. The plates re 'Fischer contents that there is always a sulting will not show detail of the One of the physiological chemists who localized renal acidosis wit.h. at some bodies of the vetebrae but \I'ill reveal a has had a full .sharc of criticism is st.age a rcsultant oedema in the kidneys. wealth of detail in the structures which ,Vrartin I-T. rishel', M. D" of Cincinnati. in t.he syndrome, known as nephritis. His are directly affected by .an Osteopathic His monograph, Oedema and ~ephritis: experimental proof is simple and can be lesion. Patients should be prepared by (.John 'Yiley and Sons) is a valuable dnplicat.ed by anyone sufficiently inter thorongh cleansing of the digesti,'e tract. addition to any Osteopath's libntry. The ested, He has shown that when a tissue Compression comcs covering only a book is admirably arranged for both stu becomes acid thcrc is an increased ab smaH arca used, crowding abdominal dent and busy practitioner. The exper sorptioll of water by the tissuc from sur contcnts a,s much out of the way as irnents on which he bases his conclusions rounding fluids in a,n attcmp at dilution, possible. Fine foeus tubes are neces are giYen in detail, yet are so simple to lower the specific acidity. This leads sary and a maxium of 20 millia.mpercs that opportunitics for errol' are prac to the condition of oedema. It is true for six to seven seconds with about, 20 ticall~' eliminated. About all the appara of all tissues but most 'strikingly so o.f inch plate-target distance on plates with tns Heeded arc a· few test-tubes, half a fibrous tissue. the speed of Paragon or Dia,gnastic dozen acid and alkali solutions some brands will give excellent disk detail on gehtin and fibrous tissue. Yet, with this The dennition of an osteopathic lesion. a, patient of 150 pounds weight. Increasc sort of armcntarium he has duplicated given by Dr. G. D. FIul~tt, in 1903, as time proportionally for larger pa,tients. m{lny of the considered complex changes "Any structural pcrversion, which by of the body. Of course, "in yitro" changes pressure produccs or maintains func Tn following issues there will be showH ca n only scrve indices for those "in tional disorder," is one of the many normal and abnol'lnal disks-with lesions yiyo" yet his rcsnlts are too significant good ones given since the beO'innin rr of at· yarying stages--soJ1lc of which can be to be passed over lightly. Osteopathy. " " shown before .and aftcr correction, with their clinical history. Fischcr's theory of the fOl'lnation of 'The syndrome, called the Osteopathic References: oedcma may bc stated as the result of lesion, as found clinica.lly, is character colloidal elements of thc cells involved ized b.V cont.racted muscles and limita Oedema and Nephritis, Fischer rea.cting to a distmbed chemicaI bahlnc(/ tion of normal motions of the part John Vi7iley and Sons Bnlletin No. -l, A. T. Still Research A solution or substance is acid or affected. These conditions impair both alkaline according to the preponderance venous and arterial circulation and, as Institute. proven at The A. T. Still Research Insti of free hydrogen of free hydroxyl ion s. .A FUTURE WORK tut.e in work done by Dr. L. Burns and neutral solution may contain neither or Sonle reasons for the great !lumber both of these ions in accurately balanced co-workers-out.line in J3uletin No. 4 proportionally of 4th Cumbar lesions amount. The tendency of the body is does lead to a localized acidosis in the lesioned a,rea of animals. This work (Nearly 60% of all lesions in the Insti to kecp these ions in a close relationship hlte files are 4th L.). \I'ith the hydroxl ions in slight excess. ean be duplica,ted by anyone, identical Tllc almost invariablc presenGe of 4th Thc intricate processes by which this j'esnlts being secured t.ime after timc at l.'s in coloptosis. (Barium work shows equilibrium is maintained can adapt the Institute. both of them). thelllselv'es to rather wide va,ri"tions but This first oederna, is followed by are capable of being overcome. Anything a. fibrous tissue proliferation which. TIle early calcincation of costal car ,dlich is capable of disturbing this bal roughly. measures the severity of the tilages in T. B. pat.ients-3 theories for. a,nce is sufficient to do tissues actual process and the reaction to it. ~ot. onh Heart cnlargemcnt and 2nd Doisal harm. It is a,n established fact that f} are muscles affected in this manner bl:t Icsions. 11Iu:;ele tends to become acid in reaction ligaments and most 'of all the intimate up pel' Doisal Scoliosis and Heart deli rIming the state of contraction, chiefly structure of the intervertebral disk. tation. Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH 79 That Remarkable Book By Kendall ,Lincoln Ac~orn, D. O. Assisted by Betsey B. Hicks, D. O. "THE BUGLE" Reveille in the Life Beyond This is a message delivered to "earth friends" by automatic writing and bearing singularly convincing evidence of having corne from Dr. Achorn, who recently met the "consummation" of .his life here in an automobile accident. Kendall Lincoln Achorn was a student and a young man of the finest Teeling, and the writing dictated to "Miss Secretary" is unusually simple and clear for a document purporting to be of this nature. The account is detailed and intimate. We are told of the sensations of passing from the Earth Life to the Life Eternal; of the spiritual relationships of the "citizens" there; and of this young man's ministrations even now, as a physician, to those on earth. All who have read the remarkable revelations· of "Raymond" will receive with special interest this carroborative evidence of ,conditions on the Other Side. All who are suffering the 'irreparable loneliness which the war has brought to so many will find here courage and solace. Dr. Hicks is not a professional medium; the messages have corne to her uI1sought and she records them as they corne. A Bit of Comfort to Soldiers' Mothers, 'Vives, and Friends Read the Article on the Opposite Page $1.00 Net. Order From The Osteopathic Truth Publishing Co. • 1421 Morse Avenue Rogers Park Station Chicago, Illinois Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO 80 OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH , cneed b)- food, thought, habits and en Significance of Cause,and Effect \'ironment. would bc far more bewildcr Dr. Carl P. McConnell, Chicago, Ill. ing to eoneeption if w(' were not safely (Continued from last month) mOll/'ed by definite' ('xperience to strue Changing the ['sual CouJ'se of lI"ithOllt a prnctieal and abundant kno\\-] tural intactness and physiological po l>isease cdge of th('s(' l'henonlena the practitioncr h'utialness, i~ lIo\\' nlallY tinle~. again. is thc suc greatl,y handi"npped, To recognize Tid:") in tht' aggregatl' IIwy sound like fhc'e subtl(' lnanife,tationfi, thes(' hea.l ccssful osteopathic technician. the one n glittel'hlg gPIIPl'fl Iity 01' vague verbal· who elos('ly obsen"es eausc and effect, ing physiological pha,,'s, i,; one of the isnl. hut it is a coneeption that came re\\"arded by ~bsolutel.r ('hanging the nlOst eSHcntial things of aetual practice. not full fledged in tll<' momcnt of happy H('re;u is th(' exac,t point. the phase '0 nS1lal natural histolT course of disease? thonght, blit inst('ad i" an edifice that urg('ntly dE·sired. that if uot se('ured so Commonly it is not a waiting ganH'. He lirlS been bnilt up onc brick at a time oft('n repre"(,l1t,; puorly executed teeh does not ha 1'1' to stand by and be a at tIl(' ]wdside of tens of thousands of Inere spectator of the battle, of tl)e nique upou th(' one hand or. \l'hat is ('xperiences, This is the source of anI' stress and stmin and reaction, of the ju,;t as disafitro11s. an o\'er-treatment idpas, .-\nd id('as, "I.r~ Heine. force us upon thp oth('r. I':ypry practitioner of bodily forces in their struggle to com into the ar('na and make ns fight for hat deleterious forces and factors, Quite "u('e('fisflll expericnc'e is a possessor of thenl, to the contmr,V, he joins the fray and this knowledgc. though he may not al definitely assists in adjllsting the con ways be fully ('ons('ious of jts signift l'el'JIIaneney of Osteopathic Measures tractions, congestions and maladjust ('all('e, r \\'i~h to hal'<' your attention for a ments so that the embattling bodii.y Unitr of Anatmn~' 1'('11' ,ninut('s longer on a point that all I propcrties may be less impeded 0;' stimu In fin(' it is th(' significance of the \I'ill agrce, r am surp, is a matter of la ted to great('r action, This speeding great iluportane(', r refer to the I)('r lip work. thi~ gaining the ascenden('y, uuitr of anatonlY that stampH the hall mark of seie.le(' llpon the osteopathic manpney of osteopathie measure~, \Yc is both time and energy ~al"ing to tl~e prineiple, It i~ tIl<' unity of anatomy an' ron fronted at tinl('s with the '1u('s organism, This i~ th(' se('ret of the tion as to whether osteopathic treat· osteoj)athic abilit~, that frequently that e"tabliHheH the pra('tieal worth of osteopathie t('chniql1l', l-nity of anat nl('nt is a eom])letc suer-ess, that i". in a changes tIl(' so-r-alled medieal natul'lll Hcries of indil'idual cases. history of disease. omy enlbraees and i" thcrapeutically applicablc to the entire ('Iinical picture. And how freqnently a ycry slight ad r flln strongly of th(' opinion that \I'e for an.\' di,'ergpnec frol11 nOl'lnal ean ollly ditional trcatm<,'nt. to what one may be do not alwa,Ys gi,'e sutr-iciellt attentiOIl 1)(' a couI]Jronli,;e or inyo]\,plllent of part ('on~idering that he has already done to the rausati,'e fadOl's that prcr-ede and parcel of thp llnified system, The e,"('rything possible. nlay lJltilllate suc th(' 'osteopathic le,;ion, Of course. it is part natll1'ally ('an 110t be greater than r-es~ depen,l npon? Attention. for ex ne('cssary to 1I01'111a li7.e structure and thp \\'hole not othel'\,'ise subjeet than to ampl(', to the e1a,-ieles with freeing of Inndion. but this is not assuring that inherent. ('outrol. though of coursp a the auxiliary Iylllphati,'s may be the thp sanle or othcr le"ions will not recur, cliHa bled pa rt may for a greatpr or IC'ss nee('ssar,'- final lI"ork or impetus to es time distmb thc \l'ell bping of thc \l'hole, Probably many of us too often rest ron tab!i~hillg 1I0J'lllai eOlldition of the upper It i,; owing to this idea of unification and [('nL ,,,ith the simpl(' mcchanical adjust respira tor,\- tract, The ~a me maT' be ('olupletene,:s o'r (JrganiHm that consti ing of the parts, I am inclined to think true with th(' remonll of the edema tut('s our uitilliate full trust in the \l'is that the term traumatism as applipd to ~lIrroundilll! tlH' ~nl'erior r-('ryic~l Iym dom of natnre, And it i,; like\l'ise owill" ('xtNnal injuricH dominates our under phaties in ton~illitis; attention to the to these \'l'ry attributes that speeifi~ 'tanding 01' ratll('r application of osteo hyoid syst('nl in la ryngitis; an adjust ol"l'rhauling of thp ('utire l11cchanism is pathic etiology to a gl'eater degrc(' than 1l1ent of a "ol'J'('sp~nding rib or "ertebra rcally the ouly Hou,"l procedur(' to ('0111 it Hhouhl. Tn otller ,,,ords, \1'(' do not ill bronchitis, pte, It is the apparent ,nonly folloll", gi,'e cnough attention to l11an~- other 'mall factor, or eallse~ that often are f;Ldor~ than traullJa, sueh, for examplcs, Finite etl'ort ean go no furthcr; it is the keys to sYlllptonla.tically great ef a,; habits. fatigue, diet. worry, and en the bedroek of seienee. of cla~sified fects, DR. STILL CONSTANTLY \'ironlllentnl eonditions generally, Herein knowlpdg(', Dnt in tIll' elassification \l'e SHOWED THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF are factors that \I'ill just as certainly must be e('dain that. nothing is o\'er SMALL BEGINNINGS. ATTENTION ,It'bilitate allcl ('nc1'l"atc the organism looked, How many times does thor TO MINUTIAE IS IN TRUTH THE alld low~r l'esistall('e as tl'aluna. TECHNIQUE SECRET, ough re-examination reveal our previous partial knowledge of ascertainable facts? :\0 doubt all of u" arc awar(' of this, Then, anothcr yery important corol Right here is the etiologic diagnostic bnt ncgl('('t to round out the therapentie lar.\' of onr prcnlisc herc is the staying key. It invariably shows that principle (letailH, HCll('C OIlC great source of re by the ca,;c nntil. a definitc rC;Letion. but is pat, and how weak at times our ap ('nrring l(',;ioll~, E\'en after thc corns no fnrthcr. i~ secun·d, This is partieu plication. ar(' ('I'adicated, if Wp w('ar tIle san1(' old lady tnl<' in a('ute Inanifestations, To ,hoes, the sam(' disability is certain of s('ellre ;L dpHirablc physiological reac The compll'xitips of unified anatomy, making ihelf e\'ident again, tion. or \\ hat may bp termcd a healthful ('Iubracing as it docs the wide fields of or normal one, re('oguizing- that all reac ph~-sies, of ehemism, of innumerable Tn our prartica I work there ran be tion~ ar(' ph~-Hiolog-ieal. is somcthing that for('es and properties that \l'e ('an barel~ no llIore important stud,v of eausc and can only be learned by aetual personal glimpse. all supporte(l. guided and con· ('Ircd than right lIC1'(', Iu fact it rcpre experiences; it can·t b~ taught outside trolled by an intrieate but nl'\'ertheless Hcnts the eore of the problem. of the clinie room, Still. in my opinion. exact hi'itologic struetur(', and influ- (Continued in next Issue) Subscribe now for Osteopathic Truth Work for S. 4914 Subscribe Now Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO