The Osteopathic Physician

April 1903

Vol. 3, No. 5

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it put the poor Osteopath where Father Abra.­ UTAH'S GOVERNOR ham's cowardice (}nce put Sarah, his wife, when DR. HILDRETH'S RECORD he d1enied: in a sbrange land that she was his VETOED THE BILL. pouse-in bed, -with the eneIIlly-and no good, IN LEGISLATION. but much evil, has followed! too the Osteopathic Friendly to Osteopathy But Showed Bill profes;;ion from the first day this sort of legisla­ Deserves Tha)lks of One and All in the tion started. Was Foolish. The Alabama decision, that "OSTEOPATHY Profession. IS MEDICINE," knocked the old Missouri law - and: all its progeny in Michigan and elsewhere WILL NOW LOCATE IN ST. LOUIS. IT IGNORED THE ALABAMA DECISION. inbe cocked hats; and every !\lch bill now stand­ ing is not worth the paper it is printed on, if Probably Will Be the Last Attempt Ever lUade anyone wishes to contest it in the courts. No The DIan Who Has Been the DIain Helper of to Have Legislators Declare "Osteopathy matter what Bill (}r John may have thought of the Osteopaths Struggling to Get Laws Will Is Not Medical Sclence"-And It the wisdom of such legisilative evasion five years Head the New Branch Institution Being Ought to He the Last. ago, that sort of Osteopathic legislation is now Sprouted by the A. S. O. dead; and the Osteopathic profession itself is After a battle royal in Utah and after getting proud to repudtiate what wa" then claimed, and, When Osteopathic legislation lIhall have finally the Osteopathic bill through both houses, the to demand recognition as a school of medicine, gotten down on a permanent basis, uniform as it cause was lost by the veto (}f Governor WelL, and demand: either ;;eparate Osteopathic boards must be throughout the nation, and the histo­ which veto was later sustained in the senate by or representation on the eSJtablished medical nan shall search records for the names of those a vote of 11 to 5. The Osteopaths mad,e a gal­ boards. Oste(}paths who worked! with might and main to lant fig,ht, deserved success by their valor, at There is no personal oIrinion about this. It is ~'l.abJoish th~ drugless science on a firm legal po­ least, and all but gat it. fact. It is statutory law. Dr. J. M. Littlej(}hn S:ltIon, he will find no name, I think dieserving Since the Utah Oste(}paths were at fault in the as great credit as Dr. Arthur G. Hild~eth. fiDSt instance, in proposing irrabional and un­ It may have been that he was retained as the tenable legislation, however, it will be (}f more a~ent of the parent school to give much of his _ advantage to all concerned-which means the time and work to these various legislative bat. whole profession-to know the truth than to at" tle~, wit,~ hi;; ~xpen?es paid' and salary, going on tempt to explain bhe defeat by false canses. whUe do,mg h~s. plam and ar~nit dJuty; it may A fair understandinc: will prevent more mis­ have been that Dr. Hildxeth o}'ten f,vlk time he takes in the future. There was but one cause could iII afford to spare-time that belong 1 to fol' defeat and that was the folly of the law pro­ himself which might well have beea ot~ to his posed, as Govcrnor Heber M. Wells clearly sets health-and went down in,to' pockett; to forth in the veto which is appendled. He is ?elp make these fights f(}r Osteopathic laws; eV'illilnbly friendJY' to the "cience and, wants to I~ may have been that local Osteopaths some­ give it dignified, recognition; but he has ,too good times helped d'efray h~s expenses t() come to common sense to trY' to d.o that in a way that Macedonia and help them-I know not which would stultify Osteopathy itself in the very a;lld 'l.hcrefore assume that all three supposi: headlines. To paES a. special law to consbitute tlOns m turn have been true. Osteopathy an independient school of medicine, But this fact is beyond! d'oubt ways and while in the opening paragraph of the said law m~ans aside, interests forgotten, that Arthur asserting that "Osteopathy is not a school of Hil.dre~h has done more tosccure Osteopathic medicine," is a legal proposition which the legnslabon than anY' man in the profession, and, astute Mormon governor could not reconcile with to say more ,than anYi thil'ee or an'YI six men common sense, and he vetoed, it as' unworthy the would pe~hap" be still truthfully stating it. ' lawmakers of Utah. His message will speak for . For this great .service the Osteopathic profes­ itself. Sl.on owes Dr. Hild,rebh a debt OD gratitullil and This bill, which, thus all but became a law in hIS good: work in this line will never be f~rgot­ Utah and! would now be law if it had not been ten: ~ther men. have been more able to dazzle wronl!: at its basis, was practically a copy of the leglslatlve. comnuttees and stump the opposing oM Missouri law, the fimt piece of Osteopathic doctors WIth more subtle questions-but "Arthur law ever written, once defea ted~ in ibs own got the bin;; through," he "did the business" state, serving for years as a working model for and law after law by his valiant aid was e~­ everJ-i attempt at Osteopathic legislation throu~h­ grossed! on statute books. The profession, most out the union, now happily obsolete in its own of whom alr€'adY' know the man-if not inti-. state bY! reaS'On of more modern legislation. mately as old students at Kirksville, at least This old Mi .'Ouri law was a mistake, an artifice, 'Dr. Arthur G. Hildreth. of the well enough to have looked into his "affidavit a subterfuge, a piece of word juggling and a A.S.D. face," to have .heard his pleadung voice and to fraud, on its face frmDl the outset. It d'odged the have grasped h1S earnest hand: in greeting-will issue that Osteopathy is a school of medlicine and the editor, with a few (}thers, accepted this be pleased to see thi,s appreciation as well as a worthy all the respect due any other sch.ool, view four years ago, Judge Ellison dissenting. lit good portrait of Dr. Hildreth in THE OSTE­ and able 00 hold its head up in public and! die­ required! an Alabama diecision to make it uni­ OPATHIC PHYSICIAN. This is appropriate mand respect bY' d.eclaring, first of all, that vel'Sally accepted. now at the conclusion of what has proved to be "Osteopathy ~;; not a school of medicin.e." Even grand old Missouri has come quickly; the severest legislabive campaign in the mofeS'- By that mean" this former Missouri law soul!:ht in be Ene---indJeed, was about the first to accept sion's history. - to deliver Osteopaths from the need of defend­ the new legal status of the pwfesslion-and Very little hUJ;; been said. about Dr. Hildll'cth's ing themselves as doctors. So long a's they were Michigan is expected won to follow. Iowa, how­ undy;ing loyalty to the Old, Doctor, t(} the A. S. willing bo swear in court they were n(}t doctor", ever, had made a radical departure and gotten O. and as well to the broad profession in the but merely diplomats, and! that Osteopathy was into focus for the new order of legislation be­ Kirksville publications-where one would natu­ . not genuine medlical science, but merely bone­ fore this Alabama decision, securing legislation rally look for such recognition-and the editOT is ,mithy, muscle-stretching and other innocent d,i­ that can finally be defended,. glad to take thiS' occasion t(} place a chaplet of \'ersions not really w(}rth dtignifying-it would Utah Osteopaths, therefore, made a great mis­ laurel where it belongs. He d,ubbed Dr. Hil­ seem-as an integral part of the ,science of medi­ take in going out after a copy of thi:; anted·i­ dxeth "the Gladiolus of Osteopathic legislation" cine and surgery, it was figured the D. O.'s luvian meas'ure. as early as four y,ears -ago, whereupon the Atla;; would: not be mole ted and have to face the Quit fighting windmills, Osteopaths! Quit Club preserved the compliment in a nice little l'wl issue a physicians. building sand houses that you know must fall bit of ritualistic pleasantry. If Dr. Hildreth was This subterfuge, which we now regard as cow­ down-ought to fall down before complet:on! a "sword" in the cause then, after these four ardly evasion, may have served in its day, but [Continued on Page Two.] [Continued on Page Five.] Quit Fighting WindmillJ-Act ToiJether! © Still National Osteopathi-c Museum, Kirksville, MO

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U'l'AH'S GOVERNOR VE'l'OED 'l"llE THE TENETS OF THE PARTICULAR deemed insuffioient. I consider it unfair and BILL. SCHOOL WHICH THIS BILL AlMS TO REC- dangerous, therefore, io all(}w ihe adherents of [Continued from Page One_J OGNIZE, ITS PRACTICE MUST, IIT SEEMS Osteopathy, or of any ot.her school, to practice TO ME, BE CONSIDERED A BRANCH OF withO'llt undergoing bhe ordinary iests 'Lo which Quit rolling the st(}nes o£ SiSlyphos up hill for­ THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. After all, the other praotitioners have to &ubmit. The pecial­ ever! Do the right thing the first time, and it physician, of whatever school or designation, has ist may go as far a& his talents and inclination is dlone for good and. f(}r all time! to deal with the· same physiology, the same con- may carry him, and the publ!ic be benefitoo by Governor Heber M. Wells' veto we print in ditions, the Same laws of cause and effect in his advancement, but the fUDdam~ntal and es­ full because it points the proper moral to this health and! disease. All practitioners may not sential knowledge which every physician ought defeat and' sh(}uld. prevent the prooesSlion ever have hhesame knowledge and the same skill; to have cannot safely be waived or ignored. again wiYing to secure legislaticffi' saiYing that yet our statutes have w;i·sely pr(}vided, as a m'at- Science is progressive; advancement cannot be "OsteopathiY is not medJicine," and! trying to tel' (}f public policy, and: protection, that a cer- staiYed---:in the art of healing least of ail-and the rank it as a hiYbrid-neither a professi(}n, nor yC!t tain amount of skilled knowledge all of bhem dogmatism of disputanti&, whether in me<1icine OT exactly a trade; and! leaving the people to c(}n­ must have. It requires considerable honeety in anything else, must soon yield ·to the light of clude as a last resort that it must hhen be any practitioner to admit that a case in hand is truth and' reason. What'ever merits Osteopathy massage, rubbing, hypnotism or sOlIllething else beyond his powers. His training may be limited, may hav,e wiU assuredly find. recognition. all easily understood. his pretensions modest. but the results o£ ms MiY present conten·tion is that in the bill be- lack of knowledge, (}r the consequences of his fore me the nece&sary requirements and safe­ The Go'()ernor'.s' Me.s'.s'ag.s'. weakness in refusing to concede it, are equal~y guards with which the law surrounclli the physi­ To the Senate: I herewith retul'D', without my dangerous. 't'he natural treatment of anY' physU:- ca;1ly afflicted: are thrmvn down and &wept away. approval, senate bill No. 131, entitled "An act. cal dJisordJer is necessarily determined by a diag- To' bhis I am un.willing t() consent. No pracLi- d~c1aring the practice of Osteop$thy not to be n(}sis of a case-a preliminary) (}f first and abso- tioner of this school who possesoses the ql1'alifica- the practice of medicine and surgery within the lube importance. TO' do . the wrong) thing by tions required of the practitioner& of other m.eaning of title 52, rev1sed statutes of Utah, performing dangerous manipulation, or ,to do schools needs ,such a law. I deem it unwise to 1898, and regulating the practice of O~teOlPathy nothing at all-either of which counses is easily enact it for the ben.efit of those who have not in the state of Utah." open to the unskiJ:led-may be equally fatal. The thOiSC qualifications. Whenever all who seek to The saving (}f human life, whether by mleans peril is not lessened if the physician, perhap& by engage in ,the healing -art shall be equally recog­ o£ looking to the prevention of disease or by happy acc'ident or coincidence, has discovered nized as competent under the regulati(}DS now means calculatiCd. to cure (Jisease already estab­ the true condition. . generally! established, one medical law will be !!ishcd, will be admitted: without question to be Ho may be manly enough to coni·ass inability suffici~nt: Thiis .condition complied with, it the proper climax of prooessiQnal ambiti(l'lJ, a& to sugge&t proper remedJies, or reckless enough to would. gIve me &lDCere pl~asure ~o name ~ a well as the highest humanitarian die&ire of legis­ attempt treatment of Iris own altogether withaut member O'f our state board of m~dical exarmners lative enactment. In both ,these directions the reason or applicability, or indifferent enough, as an. ad~ere.nt of ~he yery. school lD whose behalf state of Utah, by vigorous sanitary laws and by already suggested, to do nothing -at all. In any th1S pIece (}f legIslation IS! propo ed. strict reqnirements as to the qualitiY of :roodical case tLhe patient suffers the risk. 1& not human,~ HEBER M. WELLS, Governor. practitioner&, stands well in the forefront aD en­ life too preci(}us to be thus trifled with? With such friend& in the house and senate lightened and' progressive c=onwealths. .The fO'regoing suggests th~t the treatment of'.land such a friendly governor, showing such good Only· through conviction should we venture to dliseaals hould not be pernntted: to be a matter sense, moderation and, fairnes in his v.iews it weaken in any dJegree these safeguards which ?f mere exp~riIl1JCnb; and inasm~1Ch a~ the auth?r- is alt?g~ther .likeliY that the Utah 0 teopathic experiencp. and ob&erVation have proved to be Ity to practICe pre&uppose" an acquamtance WIth A ocmtlOn will have no til"ouble in getting the beneficient and satisfactory. the saience as recognized by all the regular law it ought to have at the next meeting of the WHATEVER THE TERM OR NATURE OF schools, any knoWledge short of that &hould be General Assembly. From the Seats of War 01(Jahoma Win.s' Her Fight and Get.s' Iowa law. Af.ter the passage of the law we the same bodiY s1vting a'S law makeD~, but March A Good Law had, little hope for our own bill, because many 26 gave 64 votJes for the bill, as against 38 op­ of our fl"iend& felt that we were provided, for. While the Osteopathic ship has been scuttled posing vote&. So it has paSlSiCd: the house. The However, we ilid. not give it up, and. at length Minnesota senate is now the object of Os'Leo­ and flUnk in manY' aegisil

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THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN 3 The Nottingham bill which would exclude them Chapman, at Galesburg. The bill lIISIking for from practice is the issue. Our representives at Osteopathic representa-tion on the state board IJansing were given a hearing March 24, and put STILL COLLEGE of health was introduced February 19 in the up a good argument truly. Dr. Edythe Ashmore, senate by Senator Stublefield, and in the house Dr. Ii'. H. W'liliam and Dr. G. H. Snow, Dr. ======OF=F======by RepresentllJtive Wilkenoon. Dffi. Sullivan, W. H. Jones and other& present were heard. Melvin, Cunningha-m a-nd Cha-pman visited Dr. Ashmore captivated· committee and gallemes. Springfield in the interest of the bill. The Ann Arbor Medics made a strong plea The letter pub1ished- in THE OSTEOPATHIe again t u.s. If nothing better can be done the OSTEOPATHY PHYSICIA.J.~ has brought contnibutions from: O.teopaths will fight to retain their &tatus under Drs. H. Kretchzmar, Pitts & Pitms, William the old law now in force. Hartford, E. G. Mag:u.l, L. M. Hayes, Clara L. DES MOINES, IOWA To<1son, Fred Gage, Kate Williams, J. A. Bell, "Penn,syl'CJania',s 'Bill Shel'CJed William Atkins, F. D. Bohannon, H. M. Bigs· Pennsylvania's fight has been full of vicissi­ by, A. Good'SPeed a-nd Dr. Dana. The American tudes. The house passed an O&teopllJth.ic bill School of O;,teopathy oontributed: $50 and Dr. with a four-year school clause 'tacke<1 on to it DR. S. S, STILL DR.GEO,E. MOORE Harry M. Still, $25. - March 10, which required, education in materia. President Vice ,President We need.J 36· more members ,to make 100 before medica. The Osteopa.ths got bUSIYan<1 it wail our annual meeting in June. Membership fee recalled. March 12, when thllis amendmen't was $1. ~tricken off. Then ,the bill was pla.ced' on the DR, ELLA D. STILL MARY E. KELLEY, D.O., jlostponed caJendar, where it was feared l.t may Superintendent Women's Department Secretary and Treasurer 1. O. A. never escape. The Pennsylvania D. O.'s are a 504 Masonic Templ~ Chicago. legi~ative hard. working lot of lobbyists, but a victory is 375 Students in attendance; faculty of Regarding tile Illinois situamon Dr. not to be expected th.is time. 17 professors, each a Specialist in his or her Joseph H. Sullivan writes: "W,e seem to have strength enough to pre­ department, including 10 graduate Osteo­ "I haye made a number of trips to Springfield vent hostile legislation, but not enough to get pathic Physicians. and have S'Ucceed'ed in having the bill in the tworable legisJation," wriloo Dr. E. D. Bur­ houre given to a subcommittee of ,three. ThiiS leigh, of Philad:elph.ia. Matriculations are already coming in for commJittee consists of Messrs. Bundy, Arnold 'l'he Philadelphiia PublJic Ledger of the special summer post-graduate course. a-nd Srneijkol. The comJDJittee favors us, but chron;c1ed teopathic Examiners. osteopathic, but progressive and scientific. Alahamian,s Will Fight Aiain Send for our magazine, the COSMOPOLI­ JVothing the Matter with K...an-sa-s Birmingbam, Ala., March 10, 1903. So Far TAN OSTEOPATH, which will be resumed unde"r the old name and management April 1st. Editor the O&teopathic Physician. The Kan as law wbich givea Os>teopllJths recog­ Dear D00tors: The Alaba-ma legislature meets nition has not been repealed. 'l.11e bill alleged Sample copies of the magazine will be again "in September for a 20-da~s' ses8ion, and to have been framed for their relief and which sent freely to prospective students. we are going to try again ,to pas a bill hich wa~ reported killed in our last i ue turns out to Address A. B. SHAW, Sec'y and Treas. wiU give us a show. We now have a bill in have been frame<1 to relieve some fakir or other the sena,te in a favorable commi.Hee wJtich ioi wllOm the legitimate Osteopaths didn',t want re­ practica.lly the same as the ODe defeated, and lieved anybow. They knew nothing of the bill we will make a- strong effort to pass it. lill ils defeat was reported in the papers. If the Oilteopathic publishers will continue to assist us by send,ing ,their publications, we be­ Fight a Draw in We,st Virginia lieve we can create enough favorable senmment The Osteopathiic Physiician: Still College to get ,the necessary votes. We 'have nearly Brethren: In regal"d: to our legislative fight enough Yotes :to pas's our bill, and if we can get ill this state we will say that "honor& were X-Ray Laboratory enough more by siix months' work to give us a evell." We had, a very hard figh.t. The Medical majority we can geot. it through, though it will a~sociation seemedJ determined to run us out Established 1899 be verY' difficult, owing to the fa-ct that t.here will be !lIUch a lot of iIIllPorta-nt matteffi to be of the state. 'l.11ey introduced two bills in the Examinations and consultations given ,cuate, wbich we - defeated in the comm!ittee put through in such "hort time. promptly at the usual business hours. We were very much handicapped? in the figM room. They then introduceCL a bill in -the house Osteopathic practitioners and others which they; pa sed by a vote of 50 to 11. In the by lack of funds, less than $400 being available from a distance can come or send their from all sources, while the Medlical Asoociation mean-bime we had introduced a bill similar to patients without preliminary notice, re­ the Ohio law in the senate, which was passed. had practically unlimited funds. I believ€ that lying upon prompt and satisfactory treat­ all ,the Osteopaths now' ill the state (nine) will When the house bill come over to ,the senjjjf;e ment. it was referred? to the committee on judiciary, sta-y to help makc this figlLt, but having to work which had charge of our bill. 'l.11ey at once We have been enga~ed in the work of making under snch disadvantages there is not much lacked our bill onto the house bill as an amend­ Fluoroscopic Examinations and X-Ray Pictures prospect of any of us accumulating enough for a without interruption for more than three years. We ment and sent it back to the house, with the have found, as have others, that one must make a large campaign fnnd between now and Septem­ recommendation "that it do pass." This the specialty of X-Ray work to be sure of results. The ber. house refusedJ to concur in and our bill was op~rator must know bis machine, his tubes and The Osteopathic Physician has d'One more to their peculiarities. We have a raOUl full of pictures make the good fight which was made possible labiecl in the house on fir t readling, while their of all parts of the body, and can produce a good hill \l'a6 tabled in the renMe on. its second read­ and well defined picture of any of the osseous than any other penson or agency, and we hope ing. structures of the average body promptly and relia­ you will' be able to help us once more, as we bly, as well as definite outlines of tubercular, con­ hope have better news to report next time. So we are where we started! But with the solidated and otherinfiltrated areas of denser struc­ to opposilion we ha<1 we think we did remarka@y ture than the normal. I am now planning an exhaustive ca:mpaign We have now been making daily applications of and hope with. the help of the Os;teopaths of the well. 'I. here were five d'octors in the house. the X-Ray as a healing power for cancers, eczema, Wc think in :two yearn more we w!ill be able tinea, lupus, sycosis, herpes, psoriasis, acne, and state to get many of the members perS'Onally (0 pass a bill of our own. We have made a other skin diseases, for two years. We have cured, interested- in ~teopathy before neJ:,,"t fall. great many strong friends in the state. with apparent ;>ermanence, cases of all these dis­ I will write you of our plans later. Yours eases, and have failed in few where we have bad a . fraternally, Every Osteopath practicing in the &ta-te is a­ fair opportunity to give the treatment. We have member of our society an<1 ha& responded nobly ~~:ci~~~~i~ll:~~db~~~:ta~eOr~h~ ~t~~~Ss ~~r?l~~~J P. K. NORMAN, D. O. in this fight .. We are proud to oo.y it! Dr. W. in various stages of recovery for the inspection of J. Seaman ha<1 immediate charge-of the fight. our post-graduate students, and the profession gen­ Oregon 'Bill Difeated Fraternally, erally. They have been examined by hundreds of The Osteopathic Physician: the profession, both osteopathic and medical. We W. A. FLETCHER, Secretary. have never seen any better recoveries or any better The bill to regulate our pra-ctice in th,e state Clarl~sburg, W. Va., March 10. radiographs than those of our laboratories. of Oregon failed ta pass. Wh€n t'he legislature We do not say these things boastingly, but so that the profession may know of them. Every began its seooion we had made no prepara.tJion How it Goe.s in IIlinoi,s courtesy extended to the osteOpathic and medical to introd,uce a bill. We f~lt very uncel'tain abom 'fhe Illinois Osteopathlic Associa-tion intrusted professions. Address the time being ripe, there being a tate sen­ its legislative intere&ts to a corn.m.ittee, Drs. A. B. SHAW, B. S., Director. atorial fight on, besides there were foUl' M. D.'s Cnnningham, of Bloomington, as chairman; Dr. DR. S. S. STILL, President. andl two druggists in the senate of 30 members. Elli_, of Peoria, Dr. Sullivan, of Ch.icago, and Dr. We finall~ decided to see what we could, do. AIJO SubJcribe to uThe O. 1':' © Still National Osteopathic Museum, Kirksville, MO

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4 THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN We introduced our bill fiTst in the sen31te. It every other state in the union. If Osteopaths shall give four courses of seven months each, was read, the first and! second time by title have a valid' claim to state recognition they as hereinbefore provided' for medical colleges, on~y, and referred to the judioiary committee. should show ,that they are able to meet the and &hall pa,&S the regular examination of snch The committee reported it back with the recom­ requirements of the present statute. Objection board in anatomy, histology, ph,ysiology, obstet­ mendation that i,t do pass. was nO't made to Oeteopathic treatmen't, hut rics, gynecology, pathology, urinalysis, chemistry, Here the trouble began. One of the M. D.'·s demandeCL that it conform to ,the statute gov­ toxicology, dietetics, physical and general diag­ moved ,that it be re-referred to the committee erning the practice of medicine in this state, nosis, hygiene and ,theory. and practice of Osteop­ for further consideration. A member of the to which aH three schools hav,e agreed, and' are athy. committee objecteCL, whereupon another M. D. working in harmony. "Osteopaths, when so licensed, shaH have the read: a co=unicaJtion which he claimed he had Dr. Matthews,. of Pilitterson, WM introCLuced same rights and' privileges and be subject to the just received from some of the Osteopaths of by Sena,tor McKee as an Osteopathist. He de­ same laws and' regulations a,s practitioners of Portland, who objeoted to the passage of this clared! that Osteopathy! had nothing wha,teveT medicine and surgery., but shall not have the bill, on the ground! tha,t it was unjust, as lit to do wi,th the practice of medicine, and, for mght ,to give or prescribe drug& or

Are You in the A. O. A. ? Why jVot'? THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN 5 DR. HILDRETH'S RECORD I:\' LEG­ WANT ADS. Y,.ish to pursue a complete M. D. cOU!'SC of four ISLATIO:\', years in the future, but it will prove a blessed [Continued trom Page One.] thing for O,teopathic colleges, for it will keep more years of work he.nrely is a two-edged FOR SALE.-PRACTICE FOR LADY AND these post graduate students at home. That Gentleman Practitioners in growing city of scores of our graduates have wished for a long~r and flaming slyord now! His ability to fight for 170,000 in Ohio; paid $2,500 last veal'; good rea­ Osteopathic bil]"" ha been sharpened -ince then sons for selling. Address x'Y Z, care Os- tel'm of study and better facilities than a col­ by two years of senice in the Missouri General teopathic Physician. ' ltoge could possibly give them in a twenty month;:' course has been abundantly prO\'en br Assembl)·. POSITION WANTED.-AS ASSISTANT to Os- In harmony lIith his profe ion. Dr. Hildreth teopathic Physician during summer months. the cores of Osteopathic graduates wlto ha\'e started outi fighting far the old Missouri law's Prepared to take charge of practice if desired. enrolled in tile Chicago medical _chools for 111'0 At leisure May 1st. Address, Leslie D. Smith, extra years of study. general adoption throughout the union. 'Vlth D. O. (A. S. 0.), 436 Adams St., Chicago, Ill. the passing of the old idea, however, he ha_ So, the time is ripe for adding a third full year quickly ad{justeeL himself to the new order of W ANTED.-POSITION .AS LADY ATTEND- to the course of Oeteopathic study, and tho,;e ANT and office helper to an Osteopath, by a of our schools which conscientiously supply th15 thing,s, and' II-a· successful at the la t legisla­ refined educated young lady, with enthusi­ ture in gett,ing a new law for Missouri which asm for Osteopathy. Several years public ex­ additional advantage "ill reap a deserved har­ created an Osteopathic board and recognizes perience. References given. Address Miss Eu­ yest. The American Osteopathic Association and nice, care The Osteopathic Physician' Suite 705 the Associated Colleges of Osteopathy have both Osteopathy a scientific medicine. 171 Washington St., Chicago. ', Dr. Hildreth has helped. to secure legislation demanded a three year COIll'se in response to the in the following states: He took charge of and I WISH TO FORM PARTNERSHIP RELA- wan,t,; of the profession, and every school that tions for Chicago down-town practice with i~ to maintain its position will have to gro\\- in remained' personally on the ground all through a~ Osteopath of good' experience, good person­ the Missouri fight,s ,three times. In 1895, when ahty and cleverness as a practitioner. Will this direction and add a third year. N,ext a our bill was vetoeclJ by Governor Stone; in 1897, form an agreement dating trom June 1st for fourth year will be demanded and added-and one year, with view to abandon practice per­ then, at least, there will be no excuse why any when we 'seoured, its passage and Governor manently if the right successor is found. Stephens' signa,ture, aneL our bill became a law; graduate should ·pass from an Osteopathic to a and the past month, when a nell' an~ adequate CHICAGO PRACTICE TO SELL OR CON- medical college to complete preparation. law "'as enacted.. In Iowa h.e cond'ucted the duct on Partnership Plan.-A Chicago prac­ Such schools a's add a third year by next ~ice successfully c~nducted for three years past September will be ready to accommodate the liSit fight clear through and won on a close nw.rgin. IS open to propOSItIOns from an earnest and the Governor of Iowa ign:ing our bill on March competent Osteopath, who wants to locate in of ,tudents Iyho were expecting to enter Chi­ 31, 1898. He conducted the fig.htl in IHinois a large field. Desirable down-town office. Ad­ cago medical colleges next fall, so these grad d.ress, "Atlas," care The Osteopathic Physi­ uates need not be disappointed after all by the once. This time Governor Tanner vetoed the CIan. bill. He foug11Jt twice in Ohio; the fil'lSt time we change of programme. ~vere defeated for lack of time; the ·second time, A CITY PRACTICE AND DESIRABLE OF- It will help the de\-elopment of our Osteo­ fice handsomely furnished for $1,000. Just the 1U 1902, we seeured the passage of a good, Oste­ pathic colleges, perhap.. to keep this post grad­ chance f?r one seeking a desirable, permanent uate money in th~ famil)'; so this affront offered opathic law. He has also appeared before com­ 10catlOn lU a metropolitan city. References de­ mittees in Michigan, Kentucky, Tenne ~ee Kew mai1ded. None but earnest and painstaking Os­ them br the medilcal school will prove a bless­ York, Pennsylvania anq. Virginia. He ha~ been teopath need aPIlly. Address, "Doctor of Os­ ing after all. It will encourage improving ou,· teopathy," care "The O. P.," 705, 171 Washing­ O\\'n schools straightway. chairman of the National Legi'clative Committee ton St., Chicago. fOT two years. GOOD CHANCE FOR CITY PRACTICE.-A Dr. Hildreth was bO'l'n June 13, 1863. He competent and loyal Osteopath, possessing matriculated May, 10, 1892, in the first class that g.ood address and finished technique, who de­ was organized' at the A. S. 0., the day the char­ Sires to estabhsh himself in a permanent city practlce, can get a good opportunity by corre­ BECOME A VEGETARIAN ter was granted to the in :titution to teach Oste­ sponding with "Lesion Osteopath" care "The opathy, by the state of ~1iS>Quri. He has been O. P." Will make a year's contract to take And become stronger, healthier, happier. clearer continuously ,lith the school since, with the ex­ care of an established Chicago practice. headed-and save money. Learn about Y t>g" tari

Are J10u Loyal' How About J10ur SubJcription' 6 THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN The colleges and tbe A. O. A. ought to black­ One prom.mng -sign of the profesSiion is ,that THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN list practitioners who will not turn a hand to Osteopa.ths . are discovering that they have a Tbe Official Bul1etin.of tbe American help their fellows get just legislation wbere it right to think. Once they -took everything on Osteop~tbic Association. is needed, and in the future when the profes­ faith and according to trad'ition and seemed to sion waxes great deny ,them admission to the believe prli'toty g·enerally tbat to measure a claim. HENRY STANHOPE BUNTING, A. B., D.O., Editor. professional societies. by the rule of common sense wa,s hel'esy. Now W. M. BUNTING. Business Manager. ===== everybody is preaching thait the Osteopath who "'vVe must hang together or hang separate­ can't think is a born masseur and somehow Published on the 15th of Every Month by The OSTEOPATHIC ly," ,says Dr. Mack F. Hulett in an argument mJissed- his calling. PUBLISHING COMPANV, 705. No. 171 Washington Street. Chicago. for joining the A. O. A. If anybody d'oubts the literal truth of thJis phrase le't him read. the Dr. Dain L. Tillsker's "Principles of Osteop­ SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 50 CENTS A YEAR. Ji,st of s'taJtes where Osteopathy went down to athy," which have been running in the Journal ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. legal defeat ,thi,s winter. . . of the Science of Osteopatby, are full of the sort of deep tbought which is only possible to a mind, 'scientifically trained., which is well ground­ Entered at the Chicago Post Office as matter of the second The first thing for a delinquent Osteopath, class. ed in its whole range of subjects and hillS' a ten­ to d.o is to send in 50 centos to '''Th'e O. P." able position to uphold. This literature is ,thor­ .' for a year's subscriptJion. Then he will be sure VOL. 1lI. CHICAGO. APRIL. 1903. No. V. oughly repre.enta1;jve of the m~st progressive not to' forget the other things he should· do­ Osteopathy and no man of science can scout it. among them sending $5 to join the American Fairness! FreedomI Fearlessness! Osteopathic Association. ===== The people who read OSTEOPATHIC Am~'rican HEALTH each month can never be fooled as to EDITORIAL. Here's to the Osteopathic Associa­ the merits of Os-teopathy by reading the d,e­ tion. I get more proud. of it every time I read cision and advice of that celebrated, judicial over that repor't of its Educa.tional Committee jackass, Judge Toney-, of Ken'tucky. A judge at the Milwaukee convention. That's the kind' "Hew to the line, let chips who puts absolute fal'sehood's into his de~ision of Osteopaothy we are fighting for. H can',t be fait where they will." wears just the sort of judicial ermine that tbe put under a bUSJhel, either. Osteopathy IS medicine. "M:e.dics" need to cover their shame in pl'ltting the assassination of a rising young ,science like Well, all in all, the Lorenz visit did us more Osteopathy. Organize, Osteopaths, or go into oblivion. good than harm; but the physicians of the United Stilltes are certainly determined' to rob Secretaries of state Osteopathic associations Os,teopa'ths of their honors fllS far a:s pos,sible by Osteopaths must hang together or hang sep­ exalting the Austrian method to the complete are earnestly requested to send in brief reports arat-e1;y. ignoring of the American method. of Os,teopathic news in their states to "The 0: P." without waiting for tbe editor to wri,te for Has Dr. Booth begun doing th'e Pinkerton act Dr. Lorenz uses two machines sometimes to it. It is of sufficient impor-tance to the whole among Osteopathic school yet? help hJim in his work: an "osteoclast," or "bone profes.sion to keep informed about the legal crusher," for extending pes eqninus defurmiJies and court situations in each I'ocality as to make officers of each as.ociation tal{e steps to fur­ Send in your brief news items of professional 'so as to get them straight in a ClVSt, and bis nish this news througb this, official news medi­ interest as soon as the occurrence happem. Be "ex·tension maqhine," for reducing congenital hip prompt. Be brief. The profession wants to dislocations when muscular ·efforts fail to accom­ um of the American Osteopathic Association. know about it. plish ·the work. ===== 'Doe.s the Wor,t in ]Vew 'yor,t City ~s The profession will find the dangers that en­ "Osteopathic Healtb has brought me some Osteopathy not the smooth sa.iling i,t ap­ profitable business, and I acknowledge its use- peared to be a few months back, judging by compass it increasing with the coming years. The first requisite to steer clear of engulfing fulness." A. H. MOORE, D. O. legislative 'd'efeats. Organize. The A. O. A., if 584 West End, Avenu,e, New York City. full in membership, can save your bacon-and shoals is a united, harmonious profession. What­ mine. ever t,ends to divide Osteopatbs is a menace Lo the profession. Let us "cut out" every influence Hea'tJenly Soliloquy Are you a "dead head," reader of "The O. P.?" that oppnses unity. Gabriel to the Recording Angel: "Dead heads" are read'ers who get and enjoy a ===== "'vVho are the good- OsteoplVths on earth?" paper, but won',t pay. Square yourself with your It must now be evident to the Os,teopath up Recordiug Angel: own consoience-50 cents will d,o it. Do it now. a tree that the American Osteopathic Associa­ "Get the subs~ription list of 'THE O. P.,' Don't wai't in order to forget it. tion is after his scalp, and that nearly every COlmt off the 'd'ead heads,' and· you will have M. D. in this western world must belong to left the only ones who are worth mentioning That Alabama decision killed all ,special Osteo­ that efficient fighting body. Join the American in the prize package." pathic legisla,tion based, on the fiimsy false­ Osteopathic Association, y,e men and women ===== hood that "Osteopathy is not med,icin'e." There­ of physiological medicine, or your names will The Secret Of 'Peace fore, cut out all bills attempting to reenact this surely be Dennis. Abou Ben Adhem, D.O.-may his tribe increase! palpable folly. Study the Utah error. ==== Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, Osteopaths in any stalte seeking legal recog­ He had been reading "'The Osoteopathic Phy- Dr. Charles E. Hulett, of Topeka, Ka·nsas, nition who are not willJing to' propose a law re­ sician"- writes that he "does not think most of the quiring an examination and who have not pride So he ha.tened; to send in hi." sub.cription, M. D.'s are 'so very bad-but they need watching enough in their profession to demand either LE ENVOY. awful close when it comes to legislating on representation on the ,state board or a separate And so s,hould you if you want to think as -Osteopathy." Good' thinker, this, Kamas man! board of Osoteopathic examiners, do not deserve well of yourself as now d'Oes Dr. Abou B. Ad­ to win-and will not win if there are many gov­ hem. lot is a privilege to have a share in fighting ernors in the land like Utah's. the battles of Osteopathy for a ,secure legal po­ An M. 'D. 'Di.$concerted sition, and! you, illS a practitioner, are derelict in Stimnla'ted by tbe general interest in Dr. Lor­ A patient was ridiculed for her beliefn Os­ your duty if you hold aloof from the busy work­ enz's work in reducing congenital hip disloca­ teopa.thy by a personal friend, who, by the way, ers while the smoke of many a state battle en­ tions, Dr. George M. Laughlin is doing some is an M. D. and, a firm believer in the "Violet velops them. orig,inal work this year on a d,ozen such cases at Rays" a's a therapeutic agent. The patient, who KirkslVille.. He is keeping accurate record of is 'It firm believer in Osteopathy, retorted by say­ The December·January, number of the Journal progre.,s in his cases an'd' within the year may ing: "Well, anyone with common .sen·se, as I of the Science of Osteopillthy-the last thlVt is be expected to publish 'Some interesting daota on believ·ed you had, who wou!'d believe in anything to be iss'Uec:1-is S'O full of valuable matter that hip setting from the Osieopmthic s'tandpoint. so fakey illS violet rays, ought to keep very mum every practi1;joner must regre,t it is to be the about Osteopathy." The doctor did not re­ last number. However, the same pens will now Dr. Oharles E. Still and· Mr. Warren Hamil­ tort. illumine other pages. ton are reported by the "Atlas Bulletin" to ===== now have the control of the American School of Expected to Sit Vp with a Corp.$e Three thousand Os'teopaths are in practice and Osteopathy and tbe A. T. Still infirmary. Mr. When THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN three hundTed, are -doing all the work to form Hamilton is one of the most capable 'of thiC started in to turn a live current on the Os'teo­ a national association, establish principles and younger generation of business men in Mis­ pa,thie profession doubtles,s many doctors with­ control legislation for the good of all. One in SOUl'i, and, if this is true, great progress may be held subscriptions to wait and see if it wouldn't ten-that is a penurious and measley ave,-age! predicted for the A. S. O. during the coming die. Does it look like a corp:>e? Do you feel Who is to blame? decade. like a corpse after read'ing it? It will cost you

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SucceJJful 'D. 0/J VJe OJteopathic Health THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN 7 50 cents a year if you wilsh to con'tinue feeling Let V.s- 'Black.U.s-t 'Di.s-loyaIO.s-teopath.s- Our method consists of magnetic healing, sug­ its genial currents of Osteopathic live journalism I say the A. O. A. should issue an ultimatum gestive therapeutics, Osteopathy, etc." travel through your system monthly. Not next thllJt every graduate in the field is wanted inside Dr. Jester is right. As -long as' the public month, Doctor, but to-day, send in your sub­ the organization now and must get inside now find Osteopaths advertising their cures and scription. and put up dues, if he or she wi hes to be re­ methods in the same way and in similar lan­ garded' as a loyal and· respected- member of the guage, how can we expect them to differentia.te We.rt Virginia Lo.s-e.r 'Bill but Win.s­ profession; to declare that a state of siege ex­ between Osteopthy and rank fakism? Glory ists and that every legitimate gradua,te- is con­ Every Osteopath in West Virginia, as in New scripted:, whether he will or no, into the A. O. 'R.e.s-piratory 'Di.s-ea.s-e Exploited in Jersey, is a member of the state Osteopathic A.; and that all who refuse to act upon this the May I.s-.s-ue association and took paDt-actually helped in immmons and cooperate with this programme are "blacklisted" and forever d.enied the rigMs The May number of OSTEOPATHIC the recent le!¢slative fight. This is a thing to HEALTH contains a comprehensive survey of be proud of and we shout ,the prai'ses of the of membeDSIhip in the association. Drasroc? Yes, but just. Radical? Yes, but warranted by the diseases of the respiratory tract-a group sec­ 'Vest Virginia Osteopaths from ocean to ocean. ond only ,to the ills of alimentaition in the fre­ Now when every member i' also a member of emergency. Hars'h? Not a bit! An Osteopath who is too 'stingy or selfish to get in and drill quency with wbich Osteopaths are called' upon the A. O. A. arid a paid ,subs(:riber to "THE for assistance-and' of this interesting group O. P.," we shall say that the West Virginia with ,the organization amd' help fight the fight has no buSliness being allo,,·ed· to ride in the Tuberculosis of the Lungs, Bronchitis and A thma Osteopaths are close on to the millenium and are selected as types and are ·elucid.ated with will be sure to win th". next legislative encoun­ band wagon on fair weather parades. No fair wea;ther fraencLs for us! What Osteopathy wants careful precision. lit is explained by Dr. Under­ ter. is fighters. Ar,e you a fair weather friend? wood, ,the author, that all other diseases, acwti Then show your colors! :Dt will cost you $5.50. and chronic, of the respiratory tract may occUl'; 01(Jahoma Con.s-picuou.s by LoneUne.s-.s- Five dollars to the A. O. A., 50 cents to the from the operation of th,e same or like mechan Dr. J. M. Rouse, pres.ide~t, and Dr. J. A. "0. P.," the "ViTaI' Cry" of the profession. ical causes an·d are then to be cured in a sim Ross, secretary, and all the members of the ilar manner, and, only tha-t way. Oklahoma a'ssociation are entUtled' to wear the Respiratory ills', like dige'tive ills, affect the red, wh.ite and blue until the Cleveland con­ Iowa".s- O.s-teopath.s- Outran1<.. the millions, the average of deaths being very much Yention. This is the fir t conquest of the year. M. 'D.".s-!' higher from the former series. Therefore all Old'Mi 'ouri has now gotten a first rate new law When the Iowa legislature passed, a law re­ men are interested' in knowing how Osteopathy, instead of old and poor one, to be sure; but this quiring Osteopaths to take an examination at a treatment WIthout drugs, can cure such deep­ state 'was among the first won to the Osteopathic the same time and place and on the ~ame seated' diseasee. They are always asking the column; and., whiile ~t i gratifying that the branches with the same questions given to med­ qu€;,tion. Thi number of OSTEOPATHIe Medics did· not ,tipe us off the map in Missouri, HEALTH surely ought to answer such ques­ ical grad.uates (excepting on the distinctive tion;,. too, yet "'e can hardly regard tills latter victory branches of the two schools of practice, until in the light of a new conquest. So, Oklahoma such 'time as the Governor shall appoir.t an No,,, is a good time, Doctor Osteopath, for you shines alone in her glory. Osteopathic physician on the State Board), there to cut mto ,the progressive circle using OSTEO­ were some mutterings that the result would PATHIC HEALTH and begin getting this ex­ cellent service on a yearly contract. ~othing Quic!<.. Fortune '().s-. Quic1<.. Cure.s- be inimical to Osteopathic intereets. The bill was prepared by Chairman Shaw, of the legis­ ,,'ins like success. This applljes to the paper to If you don't build up a practice, Doctor, by the. practitioners who use the paper, and to 'the lative cammittee of the Iowa O-teopathiic Asso­ circula,ting Osteopathic Health, you have no patlent who read it, believe it, aot on it and more right to be disappointed than has your ciation, together with Drs. Bullard, Paroons and get cured--that's assured! McFad·on. I.t compels a high standard, and the patient mith a chronic ill who expects to be Every number just a- good a_ another-but Iowa Journal of Medicine, the official' maga­ cured' with one or two treatments! Apply your always a litUe better. Othens imitate it but good professional sense to this business situa­ zine of the Iowa Med'ical Association, announced they can't duplicate it, and it haSe no riv~l for in November that no Osteopath wouldl ever tion-it is thorough "treatment" that wins, success as th'e practitioner's fieldo organ. Order be able to pass the examination, no,t being so whether the ill be of the body or of the purse. now for Ma.\'. You have yet time if you hustle. Stick to it! Keeping everla1ltingly at it is bound> well equipped as the mediical graduates. to win. Spasmodilc effor.t mill not. Use at The second examljna:tion under the new law least 100 copies of Osteopathic Heal-th a month has just been held. Twenty-six Osteopaths and Ha'()e 'you Joined in the 'Prize to tone up your field~this "trea,tment" will a;t twenty-three M. D.'s took 'the examination side E.s-.s-ay Conte.s-t 7 length stir up and convert ·the most apathe,tic by side. Four M. D.'s failed out of twenty­ community into warm friend,s and believers. three and only four O&teopath-s failed' out of The editor wonder& why more of our clever twenty-eix, thus making a slightly larger per­ practition~r~ w'ho have a. penchant for writing have not JOlDed III the prIze essay contest being The Tight Wad.s- of the 'Profeuion centage of successful O&teopaths than of M. D.'s and forever setting at re&t in Iowa the conducted by OSTEOPATHIe HEALTH. Some A bunch of as "tight wads" it would' be hard question of the thoroughness of Osteopathic mo t readable contributions are being received to find than some 1,500 to 2,000 Osteopaths who preparation and! educa-tion. and printed! from month to month but the in­ are keeping outside of the A. O. A. and' not terest ijn this contest is nothing like as marked subscribing to "The O. P.," the profession's a the editor thought-it would be and' just now newspaper-apparently in order to sa:ve $5.50, Should A'()oid Imitating Fak,jr.s-. should be. Imagine yourself receiving a set of which would be their obligatUon for a year's Dr. Richard M. Jester, of Fairmount, Minn., Deever's matchless Anllltomies with its exquisite time! Think of .this organizaition and thi- paper writes as follows: "I enclose a sample ad. from plates-as hand orne a product of the printer's fighting for the e people, to secure peace, pros" a fakir claiming to practice Osteopathy, wmch and! engraver's art as P. Blakisto'll's Son & Co., perity and plenty for them, and to have them is but a sample of what many of us in the west or any other medical publishers, have ever is­ skulk in .their tents and not be fraternal or are having to contend with. This fellow is a sued from their presses! In three volume" and cooperative for the obligation it would en,tail "fake," but people like to be faked, so our costling more perhaps J;han many practiticners of giViing up $5.50! Ye ideals of manhood ood: practice here is lighter as a result. He is very could well afford to pay for new books, e peciall'y womanhood andl professnonal loyalty-what sort ignorant-is a Weltmerite. As many other Os­ those newly loca;ted, it would seem tha-t all of a bunch are these lukewarm don'.t-give-a-d>amn teopaths are having similar troubles, I feel that would take a chance at this handlsome prize. and Osteopaths, anyhow? a strong article in "0. H." would be helpful, and pen their best thoughts in some popular presen­ ===== , at the same time pointing out the way these tation of Osteopathy in a phase that will im 'Proto.s Flour I.s- Healthful fakirs a

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8 THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN d.iscuss too much in one article-a single ·;d.ea OSTEOPATHY IS THE PRACTICE OF turn to fir-t principle and to stay, tllere. There \I'ell worked aut is better thau a dozen aU ~IEDICIXE-not a craft of blacksmithS', bone­ i. no d,oubt whatever a to wha,t Dr. A. T. Still jumbled up together. .mFths or any other trade-\l'hereupon ·the head consid helped to make the osteopathic in sl.ipSo of bones of the neck bet\yeen t'he ~Kull the express offices in Chicago with envelopes. profeS&ion many times act and. look fooli"h. and the first dorsal vertebra-I mean, if you We guarantee you a printed' matter express rate If your college. ha,,, never issuecL you the degree kno\l' what a neck is, to treat that neck by put­ of 7Sc for 100 copies, if prepaid. in advance. If of Doctor of Osteopa'thy and you are ent.itled .ling each. bone of the neck in plaee, from the magazines are sent collecn at merchandise rate, to it, write and get it. Be known a a doctor, a'tlas to the filli,t dorsal-and go away. You it I\'ill cost you more, except to point near ahl·ays. Stand: on y()ur dugnity and: power as a have done the work and all the good YQlt can do. Chicago. phy;;:ician. And, what i more, be one-be a Reaction and ea~ will follow just assure as you THE JUNE Nli~1BER is one of the best is­ physician, not merely a half,equ'ipped fellO\v who have done your work right. Begin a,t the head ;;~les yet published and con tains the following has cle\'ernes in "handJing" ,three or four ills and. start at the fir t bone of the neck, and articles: "WHAT IS THE MATTER 'YITH that doctor of drug medicine usually fail on. d'on't guess, but kno\l' that. it fits to the skull YOl.:R BACK?" "A mGHT AND A WROXG But practice in the \I-ide range of dr;,ease and properly above. Then.see and kno\l' that it sets WAY TO rSE ACID FOODS." ";\1ODERA­ be an O:teopathic doctor. squarely on the second bone. Then go on to the TlO~ AXD OSTEOPATHY AS LITE SAY­ Don't call yourself an "operator" merely, un­ .third, fourth, fifth, axth and.. sm'enth bone. ERS ,. "DO DRUGS CURE DISEASES?" less restricting the \yord to the limited meaning KO\l' go up that neck ,,'ith your finger and push THE AUGUEIT ISSUE ha a leading article of one performing 0 teopathic operations. Sur­ all the mus>cles of the neck into their places. entitled: "NERVE EXHAUSTIOK A~T]) geon'S are operators, too, but you can't call one Blood and nen'es will do the rest of the work. BRAIX FAG," a common complaint "inb. Ameri­ an "oper'ator" merely \I-ithout being promptly Foil0\1' this course once '01' twice a week, and can people, This number hould interest every insulted, as he will first have been insulted. don't fool away any time fumbling to timulate O.teopath \I-ho has patients "ith complicatious 'Vorkmen at all the craf,L are operators-so are and inhibit." of this kind. August also contains several short Osteopa:th'il, surgeons and dentist, in part, but Again Dr. Still puts his plea in ,tronger articles, >'Vicy editorials antt the Osteopathic tne latter are all more; and: th.e \l'Ord "operator" \I'ords: C'atechi-sm. is no fit :,ynonym for an Osteopathic doctor. "I will say, after forty years' observa,tion and XOYEMBER OSTEOPATHIC HEALTH con­ Al\So cut out the \yords "handleU for "treat;" practicc, that no good.. can come to ,the patient tains the follol\'ing tomely articles: "Can Oste­ "business" for "practice;" "work" for upl'ac­ by pulling, pu hing and gouging in the sacred opathy Cure Consumption," "Osteopath~" Right, tice," etc. All these ,things speak of the trades-­ territory of abdominal organs; but much harm If the Osteopath Ls Right," "'''"hat About Mi: man, rather than the physician, and whether can amJI does follow bruising the iSolar plexus, crabes ?" the doctor realizes it or not, his paben.t are from wh.ich a branch of nerves goes to each or, FEBRUARY OSTEOPATHlC HEALTH is quick to notice the difference and give him rat, gan of the abdomen. Upon that cen.ter de­ pal' excellence a' campaign lit.erature. It appeals ing as a physician or a's a masseur upon ju'St such pends an the elaborate \york of the functioning strongly to the laity through the leading article d,etaik These seem Ito be ,the onJy cult" to of the abdomen. I say 'Hands off!' Go to the entitled: "MAN, A MACHINE; THE OSTFr which the public i able to assign Osteopaothy. spine and ribs only. If .l'OU do not. kno,w the OJ>ATH, THE MACHINIST." A brochure en- See to it that no mistake is made into which power of the &pinal nerves· on the liver to· ~­ titled "RHEU}1ATISM, GOUT, SPr:~LA..L caotegory your profes.sion is assigned. s·tore hea1'th, you must learn or quit, because CURVATURE A:ND HEADACHE" is con- But, most of all, do qui,t testifying ,that you YOU are an Old of hoot more work than \-incing and interesting reading for the laity. are not a dootor, not a physician; and d:o quit brain ." "OSTEOP~UHY A PROTEST AGAINST trying to take refuge behind tlJe \vord "d'iplo­ Jot is only natural that as a ;;cience gro,,'s in BLJXD CUSTOM" will \I'in many a patient for mate," for it confuses your profe ·

In New FieldJ or Old "0. H/'_ Ma1(eJ f»ractice. THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN 9 Osteopathy, such as how to succeed, in buiLding a good living," and 99 per cent. of the people than in an~ of the many reams of solid, forbid­ up practice, what sort of laws to seek and what they hve among say; ignorantly and contemptu­ ding and, of.fentimes sophomoric pages of its com­ to avoid, about :the need of organizing ·and join­ ously behind: their backls:. "RubbeDs!" "Mas­ petitor·s. You know the "dif" between a breezy ing the A. O. A., and insisting that a neces£ary seurs!" "M.ind: CUr1sts!" "Bone-cure doctors!" short story and: a Laura Jean' Libby novel-and part of this programme was TO SUBSCRIBE, "Ignoramuses!" "Cranks!" And the benevolent so does the public! OSTEOPATHIC HEALTH PAY FOR AND READ RELWIOUSLY THE M. D.'s push ,the ban on and say "that's right­ is the s·hor\:. story and it is read and digested OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. In September they're dangerous enemies to society." by the public, where erudite or bombastic, hear­ this paper d.evoted two pages of space to the These Utah OEteopaths know their own busi­ ing-himself-l1:alk kind, of literature is fired, as rot now famous Alabama CLecision and 'SItrove to im­ ness, however, so thoroughly that ll'obod,y seems into the waste b!lisket. It's a queer ad,ver,tiser, press it on the minds of, Osteopaths that the able to offer them information or advice; so it too, who would: wan,t nondescript and ill-assort­ said d,ecision rendered the old legal status of the i,s likely this review of their gold'en opportunity ed articles to be his mouthpiece to a critical and profession d'ead wherever ·a law had, been passed lost wjJl not change them much, and likely they, none too loving public. OSTEOPATHIC in imitation of ,the Missouri statute, which early will vow never 'to 's1Ibscribe to "THE O. P." or HEALTH always puts hi,s best foot forward and took the treacherous groun'<1 that "Osteopathy send, !it news items. Al1 right, if they do. We gracefuHy. is not medical science." We hav,e reaffirmed, have gotten a,long so far without their co-opera­ 6. The' proof of· the puddJng is the eating. reiterated and reargue~ this truth in aJmost tion ·and can get along as well without them in OSTEOPATHIC HEALTH is approved. It is every issue since. We thought it by this time the future as they can without us--possibly bet­ two YJCaoo old and every month of the twenty­ had had time to soak through the- profession ter-andJ there are more in the same' st.ingy boot four have 'sweHe<1 the chorus of its approval. It from Maine to California. who 'are due 50-cent subs

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THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN 11 OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 1I10ntana: back in upon the payment of the dues one year J. B. Burton, Missoura, President. in ad.vance. AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC O. B. Prickett, Billings, Secretary. The original const;i,tution contained' no provi­ ASSOCIATION. Nebraska: sion for reinsta;!;ement of members who had al­ F. M. Millikin, Grand Island, President. lowed dues to elapse, except by paying all the OFFICERS. Grace Deegan, Omaha, Secretary. back dues and "one year in ad.vance." There President, Dr. Charles Clayton Teall, 1252 Pa- New HaDlpshire: were many, objections to this, and at the In­ cHic street, Brooklyn, N. Y. H. K. Sherburne, Littleton, president. dianapolis 'meeting, in 1899, a movement was First Vice President, Dr. Clarence V. Kerr, Sophronia T. RO\Sebrook, Woodsville, secretary. started. .to amend the constitution. In the fol­ Cleveland, Ohio. NeW' Jersey: lowing year, at Chattanooga, rthere was one fac­ Second Vice President, Dr. Ella D. Still. Des S. H. McElhaney, Newark, President.' Moines, la. tion who thought all back d.ues hould be paid, G. D. Herring, Plainfield, Secretary. and another-a SIllil.n one-who were in favor Secretary, Dr. Irene Harwood Ellis, 178 Hunt· NeW' YOlI.'k: ington Ave., Boston, Mass. of allowing membcl\S to drop out at will, and Walter W. Steele, 356 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, perrrritting them to regain membership by paying Assistant Secretary, Dr. Hezzie Carter Pur· President. dum, Apartment A, 807 Forest Ave., Kansas on~y "one year in advance," without regard! to H. L. Chiles, Auburn, Seeretary. how many years they may have failed .to pay. City, Mo. Ohio: Treasurer, Dr. M. F. Huelett, Wheeler Bldg., A few conrtend. that :this last proposition is the Columbus, Ohio. D. C. Westfall, Findlay, president. correot one, but there are a number of reasons Editor of The Journal of the Association, M. F. Hulett, Columbus, Secretary. why it is not. First, if this plain prevailed, Dr. A. L. Evans, 300 Miller Building, Chattl!.­ Okl",hoDla: it wou1d result in a payment of dues every other nooga, Tenn. J. M. Rouse, Oklahoma City, PresidJent. year-at least a p'erson cou1d do so and still TRUSTEES. J. A. Ross, Oklahoma City, Secretary. retain his membership.. Let me illustrate: Mr. Dr. Nettie Bones. Dr. A. L. Evans. O"e&,onl . A. could, join the associaltion by paY'in~ his fee Dr. C. H. Whitcomb. Dr. Edythe Ashmore. W. A. Rogers, Portland, President. for one year in advance, at the annual mee'ting Dr. H. E. Nelson. Dr. C. H. Phinney. R. B. Northrup, Portland, Secretary. in the year 1900. This wou1d. entitle him to all Dr. S. A. Ellis. Dr. R. W. Bowling.. Pennsylvania: the privileges for ,the year endling with the ad­ Dr. H. H. Gravett. H. M. Vastine, Harrisburg, President. journment of the next annual meeting, in 1901. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. J. Ivan Dufur, 25 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Following this meeting he cou1O! "dIop out." Dr. C. M. Turner Hu1ebt, 1208 New England Secretary. But at the annual meeting of the year 1902 Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Rhode IsJand: he would' again pay his fee for the next year Dr. W. B. Davis. Dr. E. R. Booth. A. W. Rhodes Providence, President. "in advance." Thus he wou1d be paying dues every LEGISLATION COMMITTEE. Clarence H. Wall, Providence, Secretary. other year only. Another reason why; membem Dr. A. G. Hildreth, Jefferson City, Mo. Tennessee: who pay their dues regularly. object to this plan Dr. N. A. Bolles. Dr. Jos. H. Su1livan. A. L. Evans, Chattanooga, President. is tbat they believe that the institution which PUBLICATION COMMl'ITEE. Bessie A. Duffield, Nashville, Secretary. they have helped 10 build up and: maintain is Dr. W. F. Link, 703 Empire Buildg., Knoxville, Texwill of value, and he who bas failed ,to do his part Tenn. E. C. Link, San Antonio, President. in maintaining shou1d help pay for its present Dr. Ed:v:the Ashmore. Dr. Charles Hazzard. Mary E. Noonan, San Anitonio, Secretary. efficiency when he desires ·to again participate Utah: in its benefits. LIST OF STATE ORGANIZATIONS. No re1>ort. As referred· :to above, two factions were pre9­ Vennont: ent at the Chattanooga meeting. A comproIDJise Under this ht'ad we print the names of State Guy E. Loudon, Burlington, Presidenl WaG finally reached in which the faction , and Organizations, the corresponding secretaries and Lewis D. Martin, Barre, Secretary. those on middle ground, all seemed to ascquie8(l , the presidents and their addresses. Virgin-ia and the constitution was amended by addling: Secretaries of every association, as soon as or· E. H. Shaokleford, Richmond, President. "Failure to pay dues in any yeM" shall ganized, will please send us this information. We Maria Buie, Richmond, Secretary. cut off membership. It may, however, be will carry it permanently in this column. WyoDling: regained. by the payment of Ithe back dues Alabama: No report. for one year and. the current year." Greenwood Ligon, Mobile, President. Washi.ngron: This provi·sion was practically accepted by the T. C. Morris, Birmingham, Secretary and William Snell, Tacomah President. reV'ised constitution which was ad\}ptedJ a;t Kirks­ Treasurer. .i". J. Fiedler, Seattle, oecretary. West Virginia: ville in 1901. The word:ing is changed. to the Arkansal: following: B. F. Morris, Little Rock, President. W. E. Ely, Parkersburg President. Elizabeth Breach, Hot Springs, Secretary. W. A. Fletcher, Clarksburg, Secretary. "Persons dropped for non-payment of dues Cali10rnla1 Wisconsin: may be reinstated by vote of the trustees T. W. Sheldon, 927 Market St., San Francisco, J. Foster McNary, Milwaukee, President. and payment of curren,t dues and one y>ear's President. Edwin J. Elton, Kenosha, Secretary. back dues." Agnes G. Madden, 588 Sutter St., San Fran. Cripple Creek Dlatrict (Col.): It is not the intention of this article to cisco, Secretary. D. M. Bodwell, President. enumerate the benefits derived. from member· Colorado: Earl M. Jones, Secretary. ship in the A. O. A. But he who refuses to re­ Earl D. Jones, President. Central Iowa Association. turn to the fold because of rthis "back d.ues" J. R. Cunningham, Denver, Secretary. D. E. McAlpin, Boone, president. provision, is "cutting off his nose to spite his Georgial Vadie M. Brown, Rockwell City, secretary. face." First, he is a beneficiary of all the g{)od M. C. Hardin, Atlanta, President. Sioux Valley (LoW'a) Anoclation: work done by the association in perfecting a L. N. Turner, Savannah, Secretary. G. H. Gilmour" President. strong organiza.tion and in formulating tandards. Mlinois: M. A. Hoard, oecretary. Besides, a single annual meeting is wOl'th many A. S. Melvin, ff1 Washington St., Chicago, Pres. Ontario (Canaola) Association: mmes one year's d.ues, in ·the practical hints one Mary H. Kelly, 504 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Rober.t Henderson, Toronto, President. may obtain from associamng a few days with Secretary. Edgar D. Heist, Berlin, Secretarl. Indianal the bright minds of the profession. THE JOUR­ Charles Sommers, Muncie, president. NAL OF THE A. O. A. in itself is worth a George Tu11, Indianapolis, secretary. year's dues. The standa;rd of Osteopathy that Iowa: 'Regarding 'Rein-statement in the is .being created is invaluable to every Osteopath, and! could not be accomplished in any other way. C. M. Proctor, .Ames President. A. O. A. E. R. Gilmour, Sheldon, Secretary. It is essential to the weB being of Osteopllith.y. Kent1lcky: Some criticism ha·s been made against that It is a striking fact tha;t the man who objects Officers not reported. feature of :the A. O. A. constitution which reo mO:;lt to what i,s being done never a;!;tends ,the Los Angel.,... County Association: quires the delinquent members to pay a rein­ meetings of the association; and knows least Pearl H. Phinney, Los Angeles, PresicLent. statement fee of $5. I believe, therefore, that about wh·a;!; has been accomplished·. ThO\Se who J~ssie B. Johnson, Los Angeles, Secretary. a brief hiSltory of the origin of rthis p.rovision, a;!;tend express themselves as weU pa.id: for MauachuettB: and S<>ffi/C reruoons for retaining it, are in order. the outlay. While the past year hrus shown a G. A .. Wheeler, Boston, President. Muoh time has been waSlted in dJscussing the verY' large addition rto our membership, it is nolt H. J. Olmsted, Boston, Secretary. a record, for which we might justly. fee} proud. 1Il1chiwan: point in the la·st two or 'three meetings of the association, because a few who haod: not ruttended: Every Osteopath shou1d be enrolled. If he is G. H. Snow, Kalamazoo, President. previous meetings, and rtherefore did not under­ not, ~t is his loss. The Osteopa;ths to-day need F. H. Williams, Lansing, Secretary. stand its nature, deemed! :the provision unju.st. more than ever ·a strong central orgaruizaUion. Minnelotal We are now engaged in a fight for independe'nce C. W. Young,_St. Paul, President. At the meeting in Milwaukee last year, after a thorough discussion, a vote was ,taken declaring that must be a united, one. We mlllSit "hang B. F. Bailey,Minneapolis, Secretary. together, or hang separately." mlsouri: unanimously in favor OF the constitution as it W. J. Connor, Kansas City, President. now stands. In spite af this, :the undersigned M. F. HULETT, D.O.,' Hezzie Carter Purdum, Apartment A, 807 For· is finding many who still fill to understand why Tl'easurer A. O. A. est Ave., Kansas City., Secretary. the~ may; not drop out with impunity, and· come Wheeler Bldg., Columbus, O. 50 CentJ Will Square You! © Still National Osteopathic Museum, Kirksville, MO The On1y ExcluJiotJe Field Organ 12 THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Protos Vegetable Flour Feeds and Strengthens Weak or Rebellious Stomachs. IS YOUR STOMACH A REBEL?

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