Osteopathic Truth

January 1919

Vol. 3, No. 6

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!ination thorough because the rigidity of Influenza the spinal and cervical muscles while Dr. A. T. Still, "Research and Prac­ phragm. This exploration is to cover all under the spasmodic action of a heavy tice of Osteopathy" the region from the ninth rib up on each cold brings. the ribs so close together as s'ide of the spine. to interfere with the blood and nerve supply to the entire thoracic system. Definition.-:&pidemic catarrh; grip I carefully examine all ribs from the Treatment.-'Yhen treating influenza or grippe., Severe form of catarrtJ., usu­ ninth to· the first for the least variation ally with marked constitutional symp­ 'patients I generally stand in front of toms, as great prostration, chills, exces­ them, be they old or young, and have sive secretion from nose, larynx, and them place their arms on my shoulders, bronchial tubes, cough, headache, fever, IN )1E)lORIA)1 then I begin to explore from about the cardiac oppression, etc. The disease is tenth rib upwards. I carefully examine due to infection by a minute. organism, To Those Brave Doctors \Vho the ribs of both sides as I go up to ascer­ the Pfeiffer bacillus or bacillus influenza. III )finistering Unto Those tain whether the rib is p'ulled down be­ It usually occurs epidemically, and gen­ Sick with Influenza Gave lo\v the transverse process of the spine eJ·aJly affects a large number of persons Their All-Life or is pushed up above it. When I find in a community. Its duration is from it displaced either \vay I halt right there a few days to a week or more. It oc­ Dr. Franklin H. Hud on, Associate and adjust that rib. I then continue, ad­ curs' under tluee main forms, the cere­ Editor, "Osteopathic Truth," justing everything found out of line as bral, gastroenteric, and pulmonary, Edinburgh, Scotland, Xovember I go up until I get to the first rib. I named from the systems most severely i6th, 1918. then make sure whether or not the clavi­ attacked. * Dunglison. Dr. Thomas Richards, "-ill~esbarre, cle is drawn heavily against the an­ Etiology.-The up - to - date medical Pa., October 12th, 1918. terior surface of the neck; ~'vhether the books give the same old theories which Dr. J. E. Hoskins, Piqua, Ohio, clavicle, the first or second rib is pulled can be found throughout all the medical October 15th, 1918. dowu and back producing a compression 1V0rld as to the cause of influenza. In .Dr. R. L. Barringer, Oregon, Ill. of the inferior cenical ganglion. This our discussion of this condition we will Dr. Floyd }IcCall, Atlantic City, I con sider of the greatest importance lay aside all of the "pathies" with their X: J., October 18th, 1918. because right here we will find, if "e many theories and take up the matter as Dr. Grace E. Bullas, Biloxi, }Iiss., reason at all, a weight or pressure irri­ ill mechanic would take up the machinery . October 18th, 1918. tating the nen-ous system that governs ,,,ith which he is familiar and which Dr. "-alter S. Dressel, Carrollton, the arterial supply and the venous drain­ is out of repair and ask as he would Ill., October 25th, 1918. age. ask: "What is the matter with the ma­ Dr. Walter J. Koelling, Hutchin­ \Vhen I have adjusted. all structures chine? 'Vhy "ill it not- do its work as son, Kan., Octobcr 23d, 1918. and obtained the truly- normal condition it was intended it should?" Dr. O. E. Bradley, Ellwood City, of this portion of the thorax I have In making yOUl' examination of these Pa., Xo,ember 16th, 1918. looked for and haYe obtained early re­ patients who are suffering with influ­ Dr. Orieannie Coppernoll, Alliance, lief in all cases. This irritation will enza, la grippe, catarrhal fever, or bad Xeb., October 24th, 1918. stimulate the arterial, system to a higher colds (call it what you will) you will Dr. ~I. K Cannon, Leitchfield, Ky., grade of action and will impede or stop find them in a state of general muscular October 13th, 1918. the drainage of venous and other fluids contraction due to atmospheric changes. Dr. 'Varren E. Dressel, Edwards­ that should be carried without hindrance Prognosis.-The Osteopathic progno­ Tille. Ill.. Xovember 7th, 1918. back to the heart. I continue my explor­ sis for speedy relief of influenza is good Dr. Dressel is a twin brother to ations through the entire length of the Dr. "alter Dressel. when the Osteopath has been called to neck from its articulation with the dor­ Dr. C. R. Atzen, .Omaha, Xeb., t.he case within any reasonable time. sal \"ertcbrae on up to the occiput. I Xo\-ember 2nd, 1918. Examination.-As I have hinted at Dr. Ted C. Edwards, Marceline, l1ave often found the atlas drawn for­ muscular conti-action I will now try to Mo., December lOth, 1918. ward and almost closing the sp'ace be­ point out to the operator the territory tween itsclf and the inferior maxilla. in which during many years of practice This should be carefully and properly I have found rigidity. It includes all the muscles of the neck, the tI·ac.hes and knoll" that e\"el-Y rib is in its proper adjusted before relief may be expected the oesophagus, also the heavy contrac­ position, both on the sterntllll and in its b:v him who reasons as a mechanic. t.ions of the spinal and intercostal mus­ spinal articulations. I make this exam­ By the obstructions indicated here I cles extending as low down as the dia- from the truly normal articulation, and 'have satisfied m~" mind as a mechanic

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that herein lies the cause in this disease PERRIN T. WILSON IN HOSPITAL shut." And therefore things are run­ of the disturbance of the stomach, the SERVICE ning smoothly, but I wish I could tell hea,rt, the lung and the other organs you how little things crop out from above the diaphragm. I will advise the time to time. After working all day I operator first, last and all the time to Nov. 18, i918. was suddenly shifted to night duty be­ read and review the nerve and blood Camp Hospital 57, Am. P. O. 773, cause of the very low condition of a supply from the latest and best anatomi­ patient who was expected to die from A. E. F. cal authors so as to have fresh in your pneumonia, and they wanted a more re­ mind the entire circulation to the parts Dear Dr. Vastine: liable orderly on the job as well as the affected. Herein lies your hope. I fully . Two days ago I found in the letter" night nurse. I worked hard for two agree with the medical doctor who says box three copies of Osteopathic Truth nights, A month later a "Y" man came that drugs avail but little, if any, as (July, August and September). These down to the hospital and I happened to remedies in such conditions. Remove the I proceeded to devour and thoroughly be introduced to him with this result: obstruction, restore the circulation to masticate and I can assure you that I 29350 Federal ptg Co JESLE Five-A and from the parts and your work is had no indigestion afterward, but rather "Is this the ,"\ilson that --- was done and you have your reward. a sells.e of satisfaction and pleasure to telling me about1" "Well, I am see the "punch" in every article. You As to nursing and 'dieting I have gen­ mighty glad to shake you by the hand. may think that some of us who are neces­ erally advised the patie)lt to take swal­ --- is one of my best friends and sarily working under the direction of lows of'warm soup often through the ,he was telling me how you saved his the M. D. and carrying out as near as day and night, my object being to lubri­ life." It was the only case of pneu­ possible their desires will loose our grip cate the mouth and pharynx. I 'use no monia I have had a chance to handle on Osteopathy, but I for one am just as washes or gargles more than to let my since getting into the army. enthusiastic as when I graduated and,. patients drink all the water they want in fact, more so. My work is general ward work in a and when they feel like it. In regard surgical ward and anesthetist. I have 'The article concerning teaching all to the temperature of the room and fresh picked up lots of valuable information subjects from an Osteopathic viewpoint air I instruct that the room and bed­ and am well treated by my officers. ding should be kept so as to permit the appeals to me as correct, for if any I am one of the boys you met at patient to feel comfartable.-Pages 436­ of our men in the army have their 439. faith lowered it is because they' have Dr, Halladay's at dinner last January. not caught the vision and think that Fraternally yours, chemistry, bacteriology and the like are PERRIN T. WILSON. ~EW YOR]{ OSTEOPATHIO CLINIC subjects to be studied separately as such, BENEFIT CONCERT instead of linking all our studies into the one law which Dr. Still saw. It certainly is a source of considerable sat­ C.ompetition is the essence, the spice Louis GraveUl'e, Ba,ritone, and Mil. isfaction to know that so many in the dred Dilling, Harpist, the Artists of business, but while some competition profession see no compromise and I trust is the clean cut, purely business kind, that I will be spared to help the light At the W'aldorf·Astoria on January to be spread. there is the other U11derhand, polluted 24th will occur a benefit concert given In the army we try to "keep our brand which sickens you when you come by two celebrated artists, Louis Graveure feet dry,' 'Our head cool and our mouth in contact with it. and Mildred Dilling, as an aid for the New York Osteopathic Clinic. The New Yark Osteopathic Clinic is conducted for those who cannot afford to pay for treatments, or a small sum at the SPECIAL most. The majority of the New York Osteopathic physicians are giving some Post Graduate Course time to his project alld if not timc then money. Chicago College of Osteopathy To the poor is given health. Feb. 10 to 2.2 Inclusive Fee $60.00 Both of these lutists, well known all ,over America, stop in their busy life to CLASS LlIVIITED TO 50 give to these poor people through the Clinic. Truly those that "Cast their Make your application early bread upon the waters shall have it reo 12 Days of Intensive Work by 5 of the Pfofession's Very Best turned to them after many days." A crippled child'cured by Osteopathy" by Dr. GEO. M. LAUGHLIN Dr. C. P. McCONNELL one of the doctors in a Clinic supported through yonI' efforts is more than worth Dr. H. H. FAYETTE while. Dr. J. B. LITTLEJOHN' Dr, J. DEASON Dr. Chas. H. Vi"hitcomb is chairman Bring or Send Your Patients .Private or Clinic of the co=ittee in charge of the concert. \\'e are assured of its success. For further information address P. G. Department. Chicago College of Osteopathy, 5200-5250 Ellis Ave. Work for S. 4914

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OSTEOPATHY VS. DRUGS ness as leaders and it will live, but if it half days in Osteopathic Diagnosis a.nd IN "FLU" foUolI's its past record of inertness, it is Applied Osteopathic Pathology. The just as certain to die. time spent under ])1'. McConnell's direc­ Dr. H. M. Vastine, Harrisburg, Pa. tion will be worth thousands of dollars in the future years of practice. My experience in the treatment of In­ DRS. GEO. LAUGHLIN, CARL P. MC­ Dr. H. II. Fryette, president of the fluenza in the recent epidemic has not CONNELL, H. H. FRYETTE, J. B. American 0 teopathic Association, will been as extensive as most practitioners, LITTLEJOHN, AND JOHN DEASON demonstrate and teach technique. Dr. for the reason that since my illness of a TO GIVE POST-GRADUATE Fryette has gil'en much time and couple years ago, I have refrained from COURSES AT CHICAGO thought to the deYelopment of technique. acute work. However, I did care for COLLEGE OF Dr. J. B. Littlejolm, surgeon-in-chief something like a dozen cases, all of which OSTEOPATHY recovered completely, with no sequelre. of the Hospital, will give work in both That also has been the experience of my major and minor surgery, also surgical fellow practitioners of Harrisburg. I do February 10th to 22nd and general diagnosis. not believe one case was lost by any of Dr. J. Deason, president of the Society our people here, where they alone handled of Opthalmology and Oto-Laryngology The Chicago College of Osteopathy their cases. They, as well as myself, will give lectures, and demonstrations in lias been fortunate in sccuring some of were called in on cases being handled by the diagnosis, treatment and operative our best thinkers to give a Post:Gradu­ medical doctors, and at the eleventh technique in disea es of the ear, nose and ate Course at the new College and Hos­ hour. On these cases there were two or throat, including the work for Hay pital Building, 5200-5250' Ellis Ave., three deaths. The rule has been, so far Feyer and Catarrhal deafness. Dr. Dea­ bcginning February 10th and extending as I can learn, that cases taken care of son has won a large reputation by his to ltebmary 22n(1. by our own people exclusively recovered; work along these particular lines. No IntrOductions Needed while the mortality of cases handled by Private and Clinic Cases medical doctors alone in Pennsylvania All of the fh'e men who are to conduct '1'l}e JJlen in charge of the course de- amounted to about fifty thousand, and this course are well known to the pro­ sire to have you bring both private and thousands are sliffering from the sequelre fession, and from their years of experi­ clinic cases, in which you will assist. -heart disease and tuberculosis. It is in-, ence the course is not only all a sured them in the diagnosi and care. Notifi­ conceivable that doubts exist as to the succcs" but those who attend will re­ eation should be "Sent in advance to the greatness and efficacy of the Osteopathic ceive full yalue for their mone.v. authorities about such cases. principle, when a great comparative test Dr. George JU. Laughlin of Kirksville with medicine-which includes Serum­ Limited to Fifty will giYe three full days of time in Tn order that the best work may be ology-has proven that it is many times Orthopedic Surgery alld Technique. Dr. attained the number for the class has more efficient. I saw one report wherein Laughlin is the originator of the La1.1gb­ been limited to fifty, and the fee for the Osteopathic death rate was seven out lin ~Iethod of Congenital Hip dislocation, the same will be' sixty dollars. A long of about fifteen hundred cases, or one in and he has treated more cases of this day is promised, from eight to twelve, two hundred and fourteen, while the condition than any other surgeon in the from one to five, and some of the even­ medical death rate has been from one in "C, .', ings. Each instructor will conduct half twenty in civilian life, to one in ten in Dr. Carl P. :;\l(cConne11, is one of day periods to avoid interruptions. some army cam,ps. In other words, we Ostcopathy's foremost thinkers, writers, Applications may be sent direct to the were at least ten times more efficacious and research workers. He will give four school. than they. The army death rate wa,s enormous among those freshly inoccu­ lated with serums. Another pet theory exploded. The inoculations were to my mind largely responsible for these deaths through altering the chemical quality of the blood stream which rendered it prac­ tically powerless to combat the disease. Still-Hildreth Sanatorium reports sixty cases with 100 per cent recovery. And yet some of our people clamor for the M. D. degree, and wonder whether we should not confer that degree, and unite with the Medics? Surely, if we are Illore interested in their welfare than in the great modern philosophy' of disease Still-Hildreth Osteopathic Sanatorium tha;t Dr. Still begat. But it would be MACON, MISSOURI the poorest piece of business that any set 'of sane men could do; admix this DEDICATED TO THE CURE OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES POwerfUlly potent science with a be­ nighted sodden and failing system of Medical Junkerdom. Men and women of Osteopathy, wake up and take an inven­ Address All Communications A. G. HILDRETH, D. O. tory of the great science we so misprize, to the Above Institution. Superintendent Pttt new forces, young blood in the hal'-

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THE FLU Leo G. Feidler, D.O., who has charge fluenza symptoms were different from of the laboratory department of the U. S. common influenza. King Alphonso recov­ BiJ F. J. Feidler, D.O., Seattle, Wash. Base Hospital, Mesves-Buley, France,­ ered, but his prominence as King of the largest hospital in the world, having Spain saddled the name of Spanish In­ forty thousand beds,-writes that in the fluenza onto the peculiar disease. The Pandemic'disease known as Span­ post mortem examinations, nearly all the Why did this plague start in Europe ish Influenza" is different from ordinary fatal cases had the lungs filled with at this particular time? ~at was there influenza, and if it reaches the stage of blood, .excepting the middle lobe of the different fi'om other parts of the world, pneumonia, the pneumonia differs from right lung. Hc offers no explanation at this time? "Val'. Histories record ordinary pneumonia. The streptococcus why this lobe is exempt. many devastating plagues that followed as well as the Pfeiffer's pneumococcus The slow clotting of the blood is not great destructive wars. And no wonder. also differ slightly from the ordinary restricted to the FLU, but also occurs Consider the half million dead horses types. And experiments with cultures in apparcntly well people. Numerous and many thousands of half buried men have failed to produce the FLU in nor­ cases of nose bleed, cuts, amI other that lie putt·ifying on the fields of Eu­ mal volunteers for the experiment. This hemorrhages, that are difficult to stop, rope. Only a small part of thesc have inciner~ted. statement sounds queer when we con­ have been reported from every se('tion been buried. or Add to . of the land. sider the prevailing belief of the infec­ these the immense quantities of chlorine, tiveness of the disease. I have treated women ,for prolonged mustard and other deadly gases that and profuse menses, and upon making have been loosened in the same a,rea. I want to call attention that the tJ. S. inquiries I learned that many women, More of these poisons have been made Government has published a warning and freed into the air in one year than against the use of vaccines for the FLU, apparently well, who did. not go to the doctor, had unusually prolonged, profuse were made in' a century before in the as they do no good and may do harm. or premature flows. They credited the whole world. Decomposing fl'esh and G. 'V. McCoy, M. D., Director Hy­ unusual flow to wet feet or other causes. deadly gase~ in unheard of quantities, gienic Laboratory, Washington, D. 0.; at the same time, must make a very And to cap the sheaf of evidence 1 V. B. MUlTay, lIf. D., Assistant Sur­ toxic mixture, that hangs fog-like over punctured my own ear, drawing several geon, ·U. S. Public Health Service, and thousands of square miles. It must be drops of blood upon smooth papcr, and A. L. Teeter of Stanford University Hos­ inhaled,-there is no escape from'that,­ after treating a patient for fifteen min­ pital, publish in the Dec. 14, 1918, num­ no wonder that the nose and respiratory utes, I found that the blotch of blood was ber of the A. M. A: Journal the re­ tracks are affected. The rotation of the still fluid enough to flow when the paper sult of an experiment in RJI asylum on .ea,rth and deflecting winds have spread n~t was tilted. It required several more 390 vaccinated patients and 390 vac­ the poison fog to practically all the minutes before the clot was hard enough cinated control patients, wherein more countries of the northern hemisphere. not to run. of the vaccinated cases developed influ­ The Indians of farthest north Alaska. enza, more developed' pneumonia, and 'Vith these evidences there is no doubt have been found dying in great numbers, more died than the control cascIO that that the blood is affected before the ad­ with absolutely no possible connection ,\-cre not vaccinated. vent of the germs, and that many more with outside infected areas. They could The Royal College of Physicians, Lon­ persons are already affected though they only get it from the polluted air. Be­ don, publicly announce that "No form show no signs of either the influenza or cause of their tulsanitary igloos they are of vaccine protects against the, disease, the pneumonia. The addition of a chill­ prone to ordinary pneumonia. ing of the body, or some other cause, and no dr~lg has yet been found to have This combination gas,-poisons and being necessary to precipitate and usher a,ny beneficial influence on the disease." putrifaction,-is known to be heavy, in the FLU, which finds resistance sub­ The various symptoms, of the disease clings close to the earth. It may take normal, and makes rapid progres~. vary in intensity in different patients. many months before these gases as­ The most conspicuous symptoms being Why is' the blood of such a great num­ similate with the higher atmospheres. the rapid progress from ,,,hat appears ber of human beings in such a' non­ I ask, may not this peculiar condition to be simple influenza to a very danger­ clotting condition? be the cause of this peculiar disease,­ ous fonll of pnetullonia. It is known that a. virulent pneumonia I mean the peculiar non-clotting con­ One particular condition prevails in ravaged the central cOlmtries of Europe, dition of the blood. every case, namely: ,the blood is un­ -particularly the Russian war front,­ ~o wonder no specific usually fluid and does not c,lot readily. for mpre than a Yllar before King Al­ found. There is none. This peculiarity of the blood is crcdited phonso of Spain got it and his physicians may result and develop in the futur for the ra.pid fi lling of the lungs when discovered that it was a'different kind of from this peculiar' poisoning, that mak the pneumonia sets in. pneumonia, and that its preliminary in- the blood non-clotting.

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"FLU" GERMS AID APPETITE bronchitis, all of which is of record in FROM SURGEON GENERAL Experiments Show Men Who Are Fed the archives of the Department. BLUE'S BULLETIN Germs Gain Health. 8. Who hath ears to hear, let him Find Many Germs Boston, Dec. 13.-Experiments under­ 'hear that over 10,000 of our people were taken by the Navy Department at the garnered· during the year of our Lord Bacteriologists who have studied the Navy public health service .station on 1917 from the seed of the cougher and epidemics in the past have found the sneezeI', and now sleep with their fathers Gallup's Island to ascertain the cause and germ called Pfeiffer's bacillus. ' In o~her in their untimely sepulchres. spread of influenza, have had merely neg­ cases, of apparently the same disease, ative results, according to a report given 9. Be ye not of those who, having germs of lobar pneumonia were found, out today. One hundred volunteers who ears, hear not, and who, having eyes, and in other cases streptococci. have been under obseryation for several see not those things, which we have One's general health must be good to ha~e weeks had influenza germs placed herein set forth that so nearly concern enable him to fight off the disease. in their nostrils and throats and have their temporal health and salvation. The chief preventive measure, the bul­ ea,tcn them with their food and some 10. Muffle the cough, smother the letin states, is in keeping the body lutve been inoculated with serums, but sneeze and expectorate not in public strong and able to fight off the germs. JlO ca es of the disease have developed places to the' end that divers and griev­ This can be done by having a proper thus far. ous disorders come not unto thee, nor amo~t-of work, play and rest, by keep­ Summed up a,nd boiled. down, here we unto thy neighbor. ing the body well clothed and by eating have the entire allopathic medical gang n. And remember now the teachings wholesome and sufficient food. Milk is in charge of all health activities utterly of the Health Department that thy days recommended as one of the best all­ at sea, quarantining, vaccinating serum­ may be long in the land which the Lord, around foods for adults as well as chil­ izing, ordering masks worn, terrifying thy God, giveth thee. dren. Unless the power of resistance is the people with their crazy germ theor­ JOHN DILL ROBERTSON, M. D., kept up, the effect of the disease is apt ies, paralyzing busines , closing schools, "Chicago" Co=issioner of Health. to be very serious. churches, theatres and doing everything they can but the right thing' to the absolute disgust of the people. Is it any wonder that they haye lost the confidence of the people? It is high time that every allopathic boareI of health was abolished OTTARI and new boards with sanitary engineers' AN INSTITUTION FOR THE OSTEOPATHIC CARE in charge substituted; then we will have no more repetitions of such outrages as OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES haye been perpetrated during the past three months in the name of "medical ASHEVILLE, N. C. science" !-Truth Teller, Jan. 1.

PARABLE OF THE SOWER Dear Doctor: A mild climate, rest, diet, baths and ideal (Up-To-Date) surroundings combined with Osteopathic care is 1. Behold the cougher went forth to what your post-influenza and chronic cases need. cough. Our profession needs equipment and endowment 2. And when he coughed, some germs for research work. All profits of OTTARI go fell upon the sidewalk and the feet of ultimately to the A. T. Still Research Institute. the pedestrians came and gathered them No dividends nor salary go to the management, up and carried them into their homes. and our books are open to any accredited repre­ 3. Some fell into nostrils that were sentative of the Trustees of. the R. I. hard and unfruitful and forthwith a. ·Any patient can be well cared for at OTTARI slight cold appeared. It was not worse for forty dollars per week-inclUding all pro- .. because there was much opposition to fessional services, board and room-but we have them on account of the sterility of ·the suites and choice rooms at higher rates. Private soil. and semi-private nurses cost extra, but nurses 4. And when the sun was up these are provided at no extra cost to carry out all orders colds were scotched, and because they had no root these colds withered away., of the physician. 5. And 'some fell in thorny places, such Help your patients-who will thank you, help as those that have an immunity, and your profession-'that has already helped you, by in this wise they were choked out. recommending OTTARI. 6. But others fell into good ground Descriptive literature on application to for them, and brought forth much dis­ ease; some an hundredfold, some sixty­ OTTARI, fold and some thirtyfold. R. F. D. No.1, 7. Who. 'hath ears to hear, let him W. Banks Meacham, D. 0., Ashevi~le, N. C. hear and go forth to the Health De­ Physician-in-Charge. Partment and view the great harvest of pneUmonia, tuberculosis, la grippe and

MlJseum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO 86 OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH ------should haye said to so educate the pub­ The Osteopathic Profession Must Have A lic that public opinion will practically Definite Program force the honest drug doctor to study I Ostapathy in a recognized school. Edited by Geo. F. Burton, D.O., 220 Story Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. What Are You Going To Do About It? (Dr. Burton Invites Correspondence)

THE OS'rEOPATHIC PROFESSOR 2. Heat and cold. . FOOD FUNDAMENTAJ.JS 3. Food, shelter, clothing, rest and In order for the Osteopathic Profes­ right thinking. This Book Serves Two Purposes. It sion to have a definite program, it must 4. Antidotes for poisons maliciously Teaches the Significance and establish: or accidentally administered. Value of Osteopathy and ·the I. 1. That Osteopathy is a Thera­ 5. Asepsis, including the artificial Correction of Dietetic peutic System. - assistance of antiseptic agents Errors 2. That Osteopathy is a Scientific when absolutely necessary. Therapeutic System. 6. Surgery and its procedures. Dr. E. H. Bean of Columbus the 3. That Osteopathy is a Complete '7. All helpful agents of diagnostic Scientific Therapeutic Sys­ value. Author tem. S. Strictly 'autogenous serum. Every II. 1. That Osteopathy recognizes man is a law unto himself. No "Food Ftlndamentals" was origina,lly generic man as a machine. living man should be permitted compiled by Dr. Bean for his own use 2. That Osteopathy recognizes to draw from or give to another with patients who needed guidance in generic man as a complete any force or fluid which by rea­ diet. Not only the patients liked the machine. son of inheritance, acquisition, book, but physicians did too. or accident may vitiate the sec­ 3. That Osteopathy recognizes The second edition has just been pub­ ond ystem. There is no just generic man as a perfect ma­ Ii hed and prior to publication was care­ reason why this autogenous law chine. fully revised. This second edition not should not be made applicable only is a good book for pati(\l1ts to use Man in perfect health, in perfect cor· to the entire animal kingdom. alid study with relation to their. own relation of parts, with proper food and In the next issue will appear copies clothing and shelter, is only limited in diet, but ·would make an excellent text­ of extant definitions of Osteopathy, to­ book for the students in our schools. usefulness by the God-given vitality gether with the suggestive basis for a Part One is devoted to the general which is his portion. tentative definition of value. Osteopathy acknowledges that there principles. of diet and dietetic 'errors, must also be complete accord of mental with emphasis laid upon the osteopathic PYT. DON A. BAILEY WRITES suggestion with material manifestation lesion as a causative factor in diseases ANXIOUS TO GET IN PRACTICE for man to reach the high ideal of the of the gastro-intestinal tract. This part perfect machine of Osteopathy. alone makes the book '1'orth all it costs Pont a' ::\lousson, Dec. 4, 1918. merely for educational purposes. It Ill. .Abnormal man, by reason of To Dr. Foreman: teaches the patient how a deviated ver­ sickness, injury, starvation, poison, or Dear "Dad" and Wife:-Just a note to­ tebrae 'Yill cause disturbance to the what not, can only reach normality by night to answer yours received today. nerve and blood supply of the stomach having all of these withering and de­ Here we are just waiting for orders and intestines, this disturbance in turn stroying extra.neous agents removed so to move either into' Germany or to an afI'ecting the secretions, and the defective that the natural fluids and juices which eastern port. Any- way would be better secretions affecting the process of diges­ possess all the elements of sustenance than tbis de erted, dead, nlined town, tion. and self-repair may hold sway. formerly of 15,000 people. The book will teach those who do not The law of restoration of the abnor­ * ~~ know that we recognize error in diet and mal to the normal may justly be desig­ Glad to hear you are w rking along above all know how to correct them. nated by the proper use of the term ad­ your chosen line and will be thankful justment. Part 'l\vo is devoted to foods an ~dlen I get back to it forever. . their combinations. Adjustment, under the Osteopathic re­ gime deals with every vital portion or Remember me to any of the boys you Dr. Bean has been explicit in thi cell of the hmuan body. Ninety per write. My heart is with them all. section of the book, with the explana. cent or more of the corrective or ad­ Loye to you both. tion of food values and how the eli! justivEl work is performed by manipula­ Ever yours, ferent foods should be combined to 0 tain the desired result. Many menus ar tion; yet the' genuine Osteopathic prac­ Don. given. Throughout this section of th titioner is alive to the fact that the Bty. ~<\., 329th F. A., A. E. F. small per cent added to the 90 per cent book frequent mention is made of th or more of a strictl~r manipulatiye char­ pa.rt Osteopathic physicians play in t THE GR.EATEST JOKE acter, may be required to be reduced, direction of diet with their patients s The most humorous part of this whole adjusted, equipoised, correlated, or even fering from cligestiYe disturbances. epidemic will be our failure to take removed by some unharmful or whole­ It gives us pleasure to recommend adYantage of this greatest of great op­ some or reasonable artificial process. YOU and to your patients a book that portunities which as Mr. Dooley says, ~o thoroughly osteopathic, and upon Hence Osteopathy recognize5' as Adju­ "has come in and knocked us on the head subject vital, not alone to those W tants, the following, viz: with an ax." That opportunity is to so are sick, but to those. who would k 1. Hydrotherapy. advertise Osteopathy, pardon me, I well.

Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH 87 AN OPEN LETTER To the President and the Congress of the United States of America, By the Osteopathic Physicians of Rhode Island The Osteopathic profess,ion of Rhode Island respectfully calls to your attention a condition of discrimination which we believe to be undemocratic, un-American and unconstitutional. ~re, as Osteopaths, have been denied not merely the privilege ot practicing our - profession in the Medical Branch of the Army of the United States, but have been denied the privilege of submitting ourselves to the ·same medical examination required of Medical Doc­ tors, both Homeopaths and .. AlJopaths, for cOln.missions that would permit us to give to the men in the service the benefit ot our Osteopathic and Medical knowledge. Following the declaration of war and the call to arms, Osteo­ We submit to you that a great wrong is being done the Arlny pathic Physicians from every part of America offered their services and the Osteopathic Physicians of America, and, because the court to the :Medical Department in Washington, actuated by the oft­ of last resort is and must always be the sense of fair play on the repeated and urgent pronouncement on the part of the Government part of the American public, we address these words through you that every man should serve in the position for which he is best to theQl. fitted. With what result? IS'r.r FAIR that upon the recommendation of any Department Surgeon-General Gorgas ruled: "Only physicians who are gradu· Head of this Governlnent a great body of men shall be denied the ates of well-recognized medical colleges authorized to confer the pl'ivilege accorded to another body of men, when the claimants un· degree of M. D. are eligible to service amd commission in the Medi­ quaJiftedly express their willingness to submit thelnselves to the cal Department." sanle lawful proceeses accorded to another body of citizens? We then sought to serve in the Red Cross, where we received IS IT FAIR that any Departmental Head of this Government the same answer. shall assunle to invoke the so-called unwritten law as against writ­ ten juril3prudence? Thereupon, The American Osteopathic Association prepared a bill, which was introduced in Congress, to admit Osteopathic physi­ IS IT FAIR that the hundreds of thousands of American citizens cians to examination for commissions in the Medical Corps. who have received the inestimable benefits of Osteopathic practice, who are now in service under the Stars and Stripes, shall be denied The bill has been held up upon the strength of the following their preferred fornl of treatll1ent in the great hospitals at home quotation from Surgeon-General Gorgas, the plain bias of which and abroad? needs no emphasis from us: IS IT FAIR that such rank and unqualified discrimination "The Judge Advocate General has advised the Secretary of War against a great professional body shall be made in favor of another to the effect that, while th.e law does not speciflcaJly provide that great professional body? a Physician, in order to enter the ~1edical Corps, must be a doctol" IS IT FAIR that men who haye devoted at least equal hours ot' of medicine, unwritten practice does, and the Secretary has decided study, as shown by the accolllllan3'ing table, in preparing themselves in accordance with this opinion that he will require a man coming for the practice of their profession, shall be denied the same into the Medical Corps shall have the degree of·M. D. privilege accorded to another profession? "I hope that this decision, which is in accord with all previous IS IT FAIR that when forty-six States of the United States of practice, will b~ maintained, and that the degree of D. O. will not America, including Rhode Island, recognize and admit Osteopathic be recognized as an equivalent, as is desired by the Osteopathic Physicians to be licensed practitioners in each of these Common­ Physicians. wealths, that the Federal Government of the United States shall deny 'them the professional privilege of serving their country? "The admission of Osteopathic Physicians, as SUCh, and with­ IS IT NOT FAIR that, in view of the foregoing statements and out the degree of doctor of medicine, to the ~Iedical Corps, must queries, we should announce to you our willingness to place our have the practically unanimous opposition of the medical profession abilit~' in competition with that of the medical fraternity, and assist of this country and of allied countries; would be regarded, and in' the physical reconstruction of those men who so valiantly have justly so, a·s lowering the stan

Is the Osteopath by Education Qualified to Serve? Comparath'e Courses in i':ledicine a])(1 Osteol,athy (Coml,ile,1 from Catalogs of 1916-17) Average hours in each subject and the average totals six Osteopathic Colleges: American School, Chicago Col- in the following six leading l\1edical Colleges: Johns Hop- lege, College of Oste01)athlc Physicians and Surgeons, Des kins, University of Pennsylvania" Cornell, Harvard, Ullt- 11/101ne5 Still College, 1\1assachusetts College and Philadelphia versity of California and University of Illinois. Average College. All recognized Osteopathic Colleges are on the hours in each subject and the average totals in the following four-year basis. Medical OsteopathIc Medical Osteopathic Colleges Colleges Colleges Colleges Histology 171 188 Genito-Urinary ...•...... •...... 42 48 Anatomy ...... •...... 489 696 Surgery 549 489 Physiology 329 279 Obstetrics 196 172 Embr)'ology ...•...... 72 52 Jurisprudence ...... •..... 13 25 Chemistry ...... 284 288 E:re, Ear, Nose aD <1 Throa.t. .. 187 154 Pathology , :...... 405 342 Pediatrics 123 60 154 Derma.tology 41 50 ~~.:'~~~~o~.. ::::::::::::::::::::::: ~~~ 201 Orthopedics ...... •...... 71 6% Hygiene ,...... 66 119 PS)'chiatry ...... •...... 160 155 Gynecology 131 135 Symptomatology 531 653 Pharmacology 119 18 Theraventics 90 454 Materia i':ledica 33 15 Electives, etc. 109 158 TOTAL i'IEDICAL COLLEGES 4251 TOTAL OSTEOPATIIIC COLLEGES.....4952 The above comparison shows that the OsteopathIc Col­ whose graduates are accepted by the Surgeon General without leges give a course the equal of that of Medical Colleges. question.

We do not wish you or anyone who ma", read to misinterpret the Osteova,ths of the country by the Goverronent to write to you tbis Open word as an apI,eal for'the enlistment of sym.pathy. or to their two Scnators and Relll'esentatives, reqnesting that thIa We address it to you amI to America upon the merit of the • simple American right be given to the great body of men and Ctuse, Which to our minds, ought to be graJlted simply as .. matter women who practice the profession of Osteopathy, and tha.t their o fair pIa·y i and we ask every oDe who desires the recognition of bill be enacted. into law forthwith. Niles Brown Alice L. Gants John Peacock, Jr. Ralph A. Sweet Henry W. Clement S. L. Gants 'Villia.m B. Shepard Clarence H. Wall F. ChaJl(Uer Dodge Ellen M. Hinds A.n.nie Roberts Slack Fro.ncis W. Wetmore . Charles D. Flanagan Harry M. HutcWns J. Edward Strater Lydia H. 'Vright REGISTERED 'OSTEOl"ATHIC PHYSiIC'IANS OF RHODE ISLAND. ------'------C !he above has appeared as a full page newspaper appeal in some of the large cities of the country. Opy III your local paper, changing the heading about Rhode Island and the signatures at the bottom. , . DO THIS AT ONCE.

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A PROSPEROl:S' NEW YEAR may giVe a better adjustive treatment. ® 5f~1llHdllir Q}xufll Not satisfied, but ever striving to per­ A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF Another year is born, although most fect ourselves in Osetopathic diagnosis, OSTEOPATHIC PROGRESS of us date our fiscal year from the date which is the broadest type of diagnosis of .graduation of our entrance into prac­ EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY in. existence today. Not satisfied, but tice. ever striving to be the best Osteopathic PRACTICING OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS FOR THE OSTEOPATHIC PROFESSION The olel cut and dried expression of physician in the world. wishing you a Happy and Prosperous Although not satisfied, are you con­ President H. M. Vastine, D. 0 .....Harrisburg, Pa. New Year carries much food for thought. tent? Are you content with being an 102 Locust St.. What is Happiness? That really de­ o teopathic phy 'ician? Are you. con­ Vice-Prcsident Richard Wanless, D. 0 ...... ,N. Y" 1'. Y. pends upon yciur own individual view­ tent with working hard from early 347 Fifth Ave. point, but we expect that most of us morning to late at night, rather th:m Secretary-Treasurer will be happy during the coming year if 'itting in an easy chair guessing at Oliver C, Foreman, D. 0 .... Chicago, Ill. 27 E. Monroe St, we are busy and results crown our what they have and what you will give · Addrcss all corresl,ondence to efforts. them? If you are not contented, may we '{'HE OSTEOPA'I'HIC TRUTH PUB­ "Keep Busy, n:eep Happy." suggest .that before it is too late you LISHING CO. change your employment for something 1421 IUorse A,·c., Chicago, III. "Keep Busy, Keep Happy" is a motto which YOlL have seen many times in vari­ more to your liking, because so long Editor ous places, and it is apropos to our ino­ as you clog the machinery, the Osteopa­ Earl J. Drinkall, D. 0 ... , ..Chicago, Ill. fessional life. thic profession is retarded in its growth. 1421 Morse Ave. KeepiQg Busy does not always mean You clog the machinery by refusing to Business l\lunager join your N atiOlial, State and Local or­ George W. Good, D. 0 .....Boston, :.\Iass. that we should be doing time. on a pa­ ganization , and getting into the work. 687 Boylston St. tient's back, but it does mean that ~ve Circulation Manager should give ome time to further QUI' As a resolution for the coming year, H. W. Shain, D. O Chicago. Ill. 1421 Morse Ave. own mental development by tudy. The \\'ill you not "Get Into Osteopathy and CON'I'RIBU'I'ING EDITORS study of 0 teopathy ofreI's many intri­ Let Osteopathy Get Into You ?" George W. Reid, D. 0 .. vVorcester, Mass. cate problems, and some intensely in­ A Prosperous New Year Carl P. McConnell, D. 0 Chicago, Ill. Francis A. Cave, D. 0 Boston, Mass. teresting data may be gleaned therefrom. Being prosperous is a strange state of Geo. F. Burton, D. 0 Los Angeles, Cal. peop~e. Louise A. Griffin, D. 0 ...Boulder, Colo. Ii you have never studied Osteopathy, afrairs for some of our Ii you Nettie O. H. Stingle, D. 0 . do not have a prosperous year the fault · , ..San Gabriel, Cal. may we recommend the subject for your VlT. Banks Meacham, D. 0 . cons.ideration during the coming twelve is not Osteopathy but just YOU. · ,.: Asheville, N. C. l-lerbert E. Bernard. D.O .. Detroit, Mich. months. Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, the ';Vhat is wrong? It is hard to tell E. Florence Gail', D. 0 ... Brooklyn, N. Y. perhaps, but somewhere a clog is slip­ Joseph H. Sullivan, D. 0 Chicago, Ill. man who discovered the Science of Os­ E. R. Booth, Do, 0 CincinnaU, O. teopathy, has written severa.! books upon ping. Mayhap your office is not clean; Walter J. Novinger, D. 0 .. Trenton, N.· J. Asa Walmsley, D. O.. Peterborough, Onto the subject and we are' sure you will mayhap your clothes are not clean; may F. J. Feidler, D. 0 Seattle, Wash. hap the office pillow slips or towels ar Ada Achorn, D. 0 Boston, Mass. want t.o study, the science as given to A. L. Evans, D.O, Miami, Fla. the world by its discoverer. Usually not clean, or mayhap you do not delive Asa Willard, D. 0 Missoula, Mont. Josephine L. Pierce, D. 0 ...... Lima, O. an inventor of a machine is best ac­ the goods. ViThich is it? quainted ·\\:ith that machine. and what it SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 a year, will do, and peculiar as it may seem, "Merit begets Confidence, in advance. Single copies 10 cents. Back numbers not over three m

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~Iay we suggest the reading of a HAVE YOU JOINED THE "1000" If you \"ill. think Osteopathically, chapter in "Research and Practice of CLUB? ?? study your cases Osteopathically, edu­ Osteopathy by Dr. A. T. Still" every IF NOT, WHY NOT? ?? cate Osteopathically, practice Osteo­ day. Study the Osteopathy given to the pathica.Ily, and live Osteopathically, how TITffiNG world by Dr. Still, not that given by long do you think it will be before Tom, Dick and Harry. The Lord gave Getting From What 'We Give nothing but Osteopathy is sought. you a brain and' for the sake of suffer­ " GETTING! ing humanity, use it. There is one church in this country in No. one can ever get unless he gives. Keep your brain free of drug rot, fill which once a year the board of elders You gave of your time and money to it so full of Osteopathy that the other (or whatever they call them) meet to­ learn your profession and the school of man will be envious of your cornfield. gether, and with a report of what each knowledge and the school of experience Deliv~r the goods to yow'self first, and member's income for the year has been, have been returning to you in the meas­ then to your patients. Be an Osteo­ decide what his titl;e or tenth shall be. ure that you have given. Your patients pathic Physician as "Daddy" would have lt would truly be a wonderful thing have given recommendations to their you be. . if such a thing could be done with the friends and money to you for profes­ sional services only in the measure that Prof>perity begets Prosperity. Sur­ members of our profession. prise your brain and your patients by Think of it! you have given them health through real Osteopathy. making a better adjustment tomorrow. One-tenth of our income to be given Study and put that acquired knowledge into the treasury of our National organi­ No one will ever fail who delivers the true type of Osteopathy as given to the into practice. zation or to our State association and then pro-rated to the other affiliated world by our beloved Founder. bodies. TITHING! YOUR INTEREST l\1EASURED BY The Lord of Hosts asks of us one­ WHAT YOU DO One-tenth of our time given to the work of the association. tenth, and as we give to our self-im­ provement, and our association work we Dr. Bancroft, Secretary of N. Y. One-tenth of our time for a vacation. One-tenth of our time given to im­ are giving to Him. Society TI'ied It Out He hath said, "Cast your bread upon The Secretary of our State Organiza­ proving ow-selves by study and research. the waters and it shall return unto you tion usually receives all the kicks, and IF! after many days." - Editorial, July they are a plenty. lt is indeed peculiaI' If one-tenth of our incomes went au­ "Truth." that so many people can stand on the tomatically to our association most of sidelines of a football game and tell the us instead of giving fifty dollars or a ONTAR·IO OSTEOPATHS .l\IEE'l' al~nual coach how to conduct his team to win little more would be giving one thou- . The twenty-first meeting of the the game. That applies to'those of our sand. No. longer would our faithful sec­ Ontario Association of Osteopathy was profession who can sit in their offices retaries have to howl their throats held Nov. 30, 1918, in Toronto, at the and kick about what the officers of his hoarse in asking for a paltry ten, but Carls-Rite Hotel. State Association are doing, but when the work would go forward by leaps and The following officers were elected for asked to do something he begins to bounds. the coming year: crawl and backwater until the attack is If one-tenth of our time were given President, Dr. R. B. Henderson, Toron­ over then out he comes again. the work of the association what a to, Onto marvelous impetus would be given to Vice President, Dr. E. S. Detwiler, New York was no different than the that which is so important. London, Onto other States, so Bancroft, the Secretary,. If one-tenth of our time were given Secretary, Dr. Edgar Heist, Kitchener, got the kicks. Last· October he' served to vacations there would be less break Onto notice in' "Th;e· Blotter" that· the other downs and better health. Treasurer, Dr. H. E. IIling, Kitchener, fellow could have' his chance, ~'d ~that If one-tenth of our time. was given to Ontario. the next issue going to press would con­ improving ourselves by study and re­ Dr. G. V. 'Webster, Carthage, N. Y., sist of .just what the profession con- search, ·do you ever suppose that there gave us much new information in his tributed. • would be any qualms on .the part of any lecture 011 "Acidosis." The lecture was 'VeIl, you should see that number! practician in referring a patient to an­ followed by his interesting demonstration Seven pages of articles and one of ad­ other doctor? And, do you suppose you of "Laboratory Technique." writt~n verti·sing. The articles are by would ever have an opportunity to say A very practical discussion on "Dietet­ just four (4) men out of the entire that business was dull, no, never. ics" was given by Dr. Rebecca Harkins profession in the Empire State. The ar­ IF! of London, Onto ticles are fine and some of these days I If is a mighty big word and how many Very encouraging Osteopathic reports think we will copy some of them--but, . times has it interfered ,vith the doing' and discussions relative to the "Flu" where were the other several hundred of some small or large thing. . Your pa­ epidemics were heard. practicians. tients will think twice as much of you Most of the afternoon was occupied in Now we are aware that patients de­ IF you take a vacation and improve a serious, and sometimes "quite warm" mand attention and we can't do every­ your professional skill. Your patients discussion of the proposed 3Jllendment to thing. That is one reason why this will think more of you IF you support the Ontario Medical Act, Legislative number is a little late. But when we your associations and the work of the ideas, The Hodgkins report, and Osteopa­ have months to do. them in it is differ­ profession. Your patients and your fel­ thic Publicity. ent frem a few days, or hours. low practicians will think more of you Many good plans were formulated, and This is the beginning of the new year. IF you will jump in and help with the \ye are ready to give an account of our­ Let us make a resolution and keep it. work, for mallY hands make light work selves at the coming legislation. A vital intel'est in our business as a of a tremendous task. W. OTHUR HILLERY, ",hOI_the'organizations. IF! Publicity Chairman.

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COLORADO'S BIG WINTER Dr. C. C. Reid. Friday Evening MEE1.'ING Legislation, Social Hour. Dr. G. W. Bumpus. SatUl'day Held In Denver January' 2, 3 and 4 Public ' H~alth, 9 :00 Surgical Diagnosis. Dr. L. Colcomb, Clinic. Dr. J enette I-I. Bolles. W. The Colorado Osteopathic Association 9: 30 Dr. E. A. Moore, Clinic, Auditor, a.re on the job with two get-together Pott's Disease. Dr. D. L. Draper. meetings a year. The winter meeting 10: 00 Dr. L. B. Overfelt, Report Delegate to A. O. A. was held January 2, 3 and 4, in Den­ Experience with some recent Dr. C. C. Reid, ver, at the Albany Hotel. Hospital cases. . Dr. Bumpus, Trustee, The 'program was so arranged that 10:30 Dr. W. S. Maddux, A. O. A. the papers were read in the morning Clinic. State Board 'Work, from nine to twelve-thirty, and the even­ 11 :00 Dr. C. C. Reid, ·divers~on. Dr. D. L. Clark. ings were devoted to social Tic douloureux and ·Gastric 10: 30 Dr. C. C. Reid, This gave the afternoon for the Denver Dis.turbances. "Sources of Infection." D. O.'s to care for their influenza pa­ 11 :30 Dr. J. H. Bolles, tients and the visitors time for shopping 11 :00 ·Dr. G. W. Bumpus, Clinic.. Chinic. or sightse.eing. 12: 00 Dr. H. S. Dean, 11 :30 Dr. D. L. Clark, All the participants on the program Laboratory Methods. Clinic. are Coloradians, with no outsider as a 12: 30 Election. feature. A great p~rt of the time :"vas 12:00 Dr. R. R. Daniels, Clinic, devoted to demonstrations with clinics. Prepatellar Bursitis. This last feature always makes a pro­ 12: 30 Dr. E. E. George,' gram interesting and many times it is Case Report. what we see that sticks in our brain for ThUl'sda,y Evening a,pplication on our patients at home. 6 :00 Banquet. The program was as follows: Friday 9: 00 Dr. R. R. Daniels, Clinic, PROGRAM Thursday Splanchnoptoses. 9 :00 President's Annual Address. 9: 30 Dr. F. A. Luedicke, 9: 15 Business Session. Clinic. Appointment of Committees. 10:00 Dr. C. C.. Reid, Nominations. Psycho-Neurosis. Resolutions. 10: 30 Dr. J. P. O. Givens, Necrology. Clinic. Sergeant-at-Arms. 11 :00 Dr. U. S. G. Bowersox, Report of Secretary, Clinic, Tuberculosis. Dr. Morrison. 11 :30 Dr. C. L. Draper, Clinic, Report of Treasurer, Varicose Ulcers. Lookingin theGlass Dr. L. B. Overfelt. 12: 00 Dr. W. R. Benson, • or Program, Clinic, Influenza and Pneu­ Dr. Geo. W. Perrin. monia. Looking in a Book Publicity, 12: 30 Business. If "Concerning Osteopathy" was at her hand-she would be reading it· while waiting for treatment. It has a convincing appeal. It is just what you want in the hand of every patient. Do YouKnow All AboutOsteopathy? It is just what your patient wants, too. Then you should Read OSTEOPATHIC BOOKS "Better convrnce one than to talk to many." Read CLINICAL OSTEOPATHY if you need help in treating Orde,r a hundred now. patients. Edited by C. P. McConnell, D. O. Price. . .$4.00 PRICE LIST Read BULLETIN No. 4 if you want t~ know more about bony (Prepaid in U. S .. and Canada) 1esions. Fully illustrated. Price ..__ . ... _. $2.00 Copies Leather Cloth Paper 100 $150.00 $100.00 $ 50.00 Read BULLETIN No. 5 if you want to know what lumbar lesions 50 77.50 52.50 ,30.00 may do. Fully illustrated. Price .. $2.00 25 40.00 27.50 16.25 10... 16.50... 11.50... 7.00 Read PUBLIC SANITATION AND OTHER PAPERS by 1.. . 1.75... 1.25... .75 Clement A. Whiting, D. Sc., D.O., if you need a wider understanding Terms...... :...Check or draft to accom­ of Osteopathic Principles, or if you wish to know the reasons for sani­ pany the order or post-dated checks received with the order accepted 3n tary requirements, or if you wish to become acquainted with one of the all orders amounting to more than most thoroughly scientific of osteopathic teachers. Price---- $3.00 Ten Dollars. $10.00 with the order and the bll.l­ For any of these books, address, enclosing price, al;lce in 30 days post-dated checks for $10.00 each or less if the balance The A. T. Still R,esearch Institute is less than $10.00. 122 South Ashland Boulevard Chicago, III. G. V. WEBSTER, D. O. Carthage, N. "Y. This Space Donated by "Osteopathic Truth"

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Dr. Gel'dine a Feature .The Proof of the Pudding Dr. h yon H. Genlinc, known all over In this department it is intended to prove scientifically by X-Ray and other up­ the country as an expert alienist with to-the minute laboratory methods that the Osteopathic the Still-Hildreth Sanatarium at Macon, Conception of Disease is correct is on the faculty at Des :J10ines and is Edited by Earl R. Hoskins, D.O., of the A. T. Still ~esearch Institute Staff giving his sha.re of the Clinic. Address him at 4347 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill. Well Organized Acidosis and Flexibility of the tion interieres with both arterial and The Clinic has been well organized and Spinal Column venous circulation through immediately judging from their first appearance, De­ SUITounding tissues.and leading to local­ cember 30th to January 3rd, they will Of the normal means of preventing ized acidosis. Added to this condition excessive motion of the spinal column, be a. credit to the profession and will are the organic acids, chiefly sarcolactic, the sha.pe and size of vertebra.l bodies, do much to strengthen our educational resulting from lUuscula.r meta.bolism the "staying" action of the ribs, the in stitutions. which are kept 1110re or less localized in method of pelvic articulation, the ab- Dr. Ta.ylor presented surgical and the neighborhood of the contracted dominal and thoracic contents, and the muscle. allied subjects: Dr. Gerdine, neurology, soft tissues which round out the body, These conditions lead to oedema o'f the psychiatry and general diagnosis; Dr. J. are all of less importance than the neighbodlOod which 'may be followed by ?'oJ. "Vaggoner, formerly of the American elastic and inelastic ligaments of the School of Osteopathy, eye ear, nose and. fibrous tissue proliferation here, dupli­ spine and the spinal muscles. It is throat; Dr. C. D. Heasley, laboratory cating the process of adhesive fo,rma- equally true tha.t the normal range of' tions of the pleura or' in an inflamed methods; Dr. D. D. Clark, osteopathic motion is lessened mpst commonly by spinal diagnosis and treatment, and D1', joint any where in the body~ This rocesses which affect these same struc- fi ]? J. Trenery, superintendent of the P brous proliferation increases the palp- Hospital, X-radiance. tures. able density of the im'olved tissues a.nd With the exception of the ligamentum in old chronic lesions is a factor in the Vi-e not only need more well organized nuchae and ligamenta subfla.va the liga.- rigidity of the involvcd area. post-graduate courses with A. T. Still ments of _the spine are of the inelastic Muscles, ligaments, disks and bone tis­ ten-finger Osteopathy a.s the keynote, variety. Their action a.nd structure are sue are comparatively dense structures. but we need more of our profession to those of ~a.tgut "stays" or guy wires An oedematous increase in volume then realize that they can leave their prac­ upon the bony structures, with enough will a'ffect most seriously the a.reolar tices for a week or 0 for study, and length to allow the normal !anges of tissue of the comparatively open spaces return to a. bigger practice, because they motion of their particular segment. of the region. haye thought enough of their patients "Vhile these structures a.re composed of The structures in the spinal foramena to try and improve their methods of non-elastic tissue they are subject to are so placed and dimensioned that in caring for them. some normal variation in length. They normal conditions extreme motion of the are supplied with blood vessels and are spine may be po.ssible without affecting affected by disturba.nces in the chemical tl{em seriously yet when the region is balance of their source of nutrition. infiltrated with an oedema there can be Fruit Nut The length of a strand of catgut ca.n and often are symptoms due to "pres.­ be changed at will by suspending it in sure on the nerve trunks" as they solutions of different relative acidity and emerge from the spinal column. Not alkalinity. A piece of connective tissue only are there pressure effects but from Cereal or a ligament as a whole, gives identi- absorption the nutrition of the arteries, cal results. In life the spine is affected vein s and nerves themselves a.re aft' cted as a whole by the condition of ,blood by the contents 'of the fluid with which . Doctor, a day never passes that which is in the ligaments. As a result they are surrounded. The caliber of you do not find a patient in n~ of of trauma, bacterial action, etc., there blood vessels will be altered and tissues a laxative food. is developed an area of localized acid. supplied by them will be functionally osis. Experimental proof of this is given and structurally disturbed by the Fruit Nut Cereal is the ideal in Bulletin No. 4 of The A. T. Still change in amount and character of blood natural lafative. Resea.rch Institute. supplied or drained from them. When If this is, primary in the ligament there the tissues thus involved are muscles It contains figs, raisins, walnnts, is a shortening of the ligament from the process is 'repeated on a larger scal~ wheat, bran and maJt thoroughly colloid absorption. If the intervertebral until reaction of the body as a whole dextrinized, but not predigested. disk is affected the swelling of the disk is a.ble to limit it, either of itself or will press outward upon the ligaments; with the aid of proper treatment. It is nutritious, delicious and functionally shOltening them and also easily digested. mechanically limiting the range of pos­ THE TAYLOR CJJINIC Se,nd for samples and information. sible motion of the segment, in much the In Des Moines, December 30th to Ja.nuary 3rd. same manner that an exostosis from the Dr S. L. Taylor, president of the Des body of the vertebra would. This swell­ :JIoines. Still College of Osteopathy, and ing of the disk is a consta.nt finding in Surgeon-in-Chief of the Des Moines Gen­ radIographs of Osteopathic lesions. eral Hospital have recently organized Musele tissue i~ affected by disturb­ the "Taylor Cli-nic." The purpose of New England ance of chemical bala.nce in much the this Clinic is to conduct Post-Graduate same manner as the fib;rous tissue of classes in connection with tile college and Breakfast Food Company ligaments. Continued muscular contrac- the hospital. West Somen'ille, Mass.

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cal men in general practice may have an O~teopathy opportunity of keeping the m s e I v e s abreast of the times. For many years means of acqtlll'lng the knowledge to (This Is the sixth part, of the report I found in my work that nearly every , made by Justice Hodgkins in reference to fit themselves for the work. That is to the Osteopathic Physician of Ontario. Read case came to me on the rec'Ommendation say, that the teaching .must be recog­ these reports carefully.-Ed'itor.) of a consultant; it still is the fact that nized'and regulated. the large majority of cases come in this "In 1915, at the Radcliffe Infirmary, "In many countries this teaching is way; of late years, however, there has Oxford, under the direction of my friend being organizecL and carried out on prop­ been a growing tendency on the part of Major TUlTell, 17,225 treatments were er lines; in many countries University the general practitioner to have many of given by various electrotherapeutic professorships and lectureships have been his casl\1s examined from the X-ra,y POillt methods, mainly to soldiers. The enor­ gi\'en to medical men qualified for such of view before calling in a physician or mous yearly increase of this work at posts. We must not lag behind. Per­ surgeon. This condition of aiI'airs will, I this one hospital shows in a striking haps some of y,ou may think 'that in the believe, go on, and more and more work manner of what value the results, are middle of this great war matters of this will come in that way a the medical when such a department is directed and kind, are not of great importance. I do student and so the general practitioner controlled by a thoroughly efficient medi­ not agree. "'e have got to prepare for gets more knowledge of the possibilities cal man who understand his apparatus, the peace we' all look forward to, and of radiography . its applicability to individual cases, and no harm can come by the ventilation of "And now I come to my final problem. whose thorough knowledge of medicine certain things asking for reformation This is the medical student,' This un­ and surgery enables him to apply to and accentuated by conditions brought fortunate individual is already so over­ each case the individual treatment indi­ about by the war itself. America has burdened with subjects, lectures and cated in a scientific, as opposed to, a been moving trongly from the X-Ray classes all arranged for examination merely haphazard manner. I instance point of view. In quite a number of purposes, that it is said to be impossible :Major Turrell in this way because I have un iversities and hospitals and colleges to add any more to the cu.rriculum. The seen, and been much impressed by his our pr9fessors of radiology and of elec­ answer to this must be that X-ray work methods, and the manuel' in which his trotherapeutic, and in other lecturers has become of such overwhelming and hospita,J department is carried on; but I OIL this subject, and it follows upon this, paramount importance that it cannot, have no doubt whatever that there are of course, that there are special courses and must not be shelved any longer. The many others in the country where medi­ and special lectures for teaching pur­ public, and not the medical studel1t, is cal men al'e doing equally good work on poses. what ha.s to be considered, and the medi­ similar lines: The real point is that this "There is the necessity for post cal ,tudent does not imbibe knowledge work is becoming of more and more im­ graduate teaching, and this must be ar­ on his own account, but because it may portance in all directions, the, different ranged from two points of view. At the enable him to practice as a medical man means at our disposal for effecting cer­ present time elementary post-graduate in a safe and reliable manner; therefore, ,tain results are becoming more and more courses are of the greatest importancc I 'say it is essential that the 'student varied, the profession generally is rec­ as so many of the practitioners had left shou Id be compelled to imbibe some ognizing the value of such work and hospital before either X-ray work began, knowledge of what i now the most im­ the necessity for skilled medical control, or before it reached its present position. portant exact mealls of diagnosis there and it follows that those who are to There will, however, always be a neces­ is in a large and growing field of dis­ exercise this control must have the sity for this teaching in ord'er that medi- ease. ilnd that as the large majority ,of students will eventually become gen­ eral prac'titioners they must Ilave this knowledge before being let loose upon the public. Osteopathic P'ropaganda "The future general practitioner must haye, at any rate, enough knowledge of Osteopathic propaganda is the key that unlocks the door of X-ray and electrotherapeuties to enable opportunity for Osteopathic practicians, him to know when an X·ray examina­ proble~s Osteopathic propaganda makes all of our more tion for diagnostic purposes is indicated, easy of solution. when he should recommend to a patient Osteopathic propaganda creates a better understanding be­ treatment by one or other of the various tween patient and physician. electrotherapeutic methods. Now it is Osteopathic propaganda helps to dispel the doubts of the a well known fact,that the medical doubting. student will not imbibe knowledge for Osteopathic propaganda helps to offset the destructive in­ its o\yn sake, but only from the exami­ fluence of our critics. nation point of view-of course, this Osteopathic propaganda is one valuable way of letting your applies to the average student-and Osteopathic light shine before men, that they may know of your unless he has the fear of the examina­ good works and patronize you when necessary. tion before him he does not attend lec' For real, ethical, effective Osteopathic propaganda, use the tures and classes. I belil3ve that the time has come when it is essential that HERALD OF OSTEOPATHY a cour e of radiology and electrothera­ Sample COpy.on Request peuties should be included in the cu1" F. L. LINK, Business Manager KIRK£SVILLE, MISSOURI' riculul11, and that in the final examina tion questions upon these subjects shoul

Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO OSTEOPATHIC TRUTH 93 be a possibility. Then the corollary to the use of the methods referred to, and are used in a more scientific manner, its this becomes obvious; the teachers of who are so well ~onversant with their marvelous curative powers are recog­ these subjects must have ;recognized value in the treatment of inflammatory nized. standing and position.... , and painful conditions, to use their per­ "There is no longer any doubt of its "In conclusion, I am hoping to live to sona.] endeavors and influence, to promote efficacy. Clinical experiments have see the time when radiology and elec­ a better understanding of these matters, proved its real value on the solid basis trotherapeutics, taught at all universi­ as well as giving their services to the sufficieilt to convince the most skeptical. ties and medical schools by professors Government for their administration. But laboratory experiments have con­ and lecturers, will be carried on through­ "In Canada, I have had the benefit of firmed this theory in sueh a way as to out the kingdom by well-trained and the experience of Surgeons-General Jones leave no room to doubt the virtue of medically-qualified specialists and by. and Fotheringham, Surgeon - General electricity in the treatment of disease." such men and women only." Cameron and others, whose opinions will 'I'm. H. 'Schmidt, M. D., of Philadel­ Dr. '\lilliam Benham Snow, of New be found in the proceedings before me. phia, said in March, 1917: York, whose very complete electridtl "Ganada has itself established in Eng­ "There are many physicians still who equipment I have inspected, ha.s stated land some institutions which rank high are unaware that electricity has a firm his views in a recent editorial on this and are referred to more than once by seientific basis for its employment in subject. He is the author of many works those whose views I have already given. medi~jne, and many will look at you on the subject; "Ra'diant Light and They are also dealt with by Surgeon­ witli sympathy when you tell them you ·}feat" (1909); "Static Electricity and General Jones, whom I now quote on the employ electrotherapeutics. A campaign' the Uses of the Roentgen Ray" (1905), subject of the training of medical stu­ of education is necessary to correct this and editor of the "American JDurnal of dents and graduates. error. :Much can be done to bring t)lese Electrotherapeutics and Radiology." He "There is one point I should like to facts before the practicing physician, says: take up, and I think it is very im­ but more will be accomplished by hav­ "In the larger hospitals, as in the portant. That is. that the education ing an efficient cOllrse in our medical and London hospitals, the static OUlTent, as of the medical student in this country post-gradute schools under competent stated by Dr. Turrell in his article, is of does not tend to any great knowledge teachers who will start the student in inestimable value in the treatment of about hydrotherapy or electrotherapy, the right path and in.stil a proper re­ so many painful conditions occurring in and we found extreme difficulty in get­ spect for its true value. Teachers in connection with the rigorous exposures ting men to take charge of this work, our 'medical sehools in other branches, to which human beings are subjected at or to take an interest in it. When we who do not understand electrotherapeu­ tile front. Sprains, synovitis, induration went to Buxton and opened the hospitftl tics, 111 liSt be shown that electTicity is about wounds, the forms of neuritis and there, I came to the conclusion that we not purely psychic, that it has a,sound including the largest number of painful had practically no one upon whom I basis of use in medicine." conditions are best relieved by the could lay my hand's who had any great (Continued on page 96) various static modal.ities which will be knowledge of hydrotherapy as carried found invaluable for the' relief· and out at any of the s.pas; arid, therefore, speedy restoration of these sufferers to I took steps to have two medical prac­ HELP THE health and service. titioners in Buxton given honorary com­ "These measures .which prove so vahl­ missions in the Canadian Army Medical able in times of peace, in .experienced Corps so that their services might be WAR ORPHANS hailds, are of inestimably greater value available for the men in our hospitals Funds to be given through for the relief of those subjected to the at Buxton. There are not many baths strenuous exposures to which human. and spas in Canada, and, the staffs of The Life Fund-Enuf Sed beings are expo~ed in times of war. The those places are usually men who have recognition. of these methods as coming long resided there.' There is practically' Subscribe for The Hut in the For­ from abroad, together with the verified little or no train'ing of the medical stu­ est, A dramatic poem by Blanche experience of those who know them here, dent as regards hydrotherapy and not a Irbe Bremner, $1.25 postpaid, You confirm their great value, and suggest great deal· as regards electrotherapy." may send. subscriptions to the near­ the importanee for their provision for I ma,y now quote some views as 'to est agent, Our o,,-n soldiers if called into warfare, the present status of electricity as a -TO- as seems probable at the present time. modem curative agt')nt. DT. Desloges, of Mrs. Blanche Irbe BrelIlne,r,. coo ~'It is of' para.mount importance that the Hotel Dieu, in Montreal, says:- "LIFE," .17 American.hospitals here and abroad shall "The immense pl'Ogress made of late West 31st St",.."New York City. be provided with every means of render­ years by electrotherapeutics has won Mrs: James Brown, 67 Pa~son Road, ing more comfortable the suffering for it an honorable place among the most Bemont, Boston, Mass. ' soldiers who are exposing themselves precious resources of thera.peutics. From not only to the 'inclernencies of the a simple accessory it. has become a Mrs. L. G. Cromwell, 105 North 13th 'Wal:f~re' St., Flushing, L. 1., New YQrk City. weather, but ·to the dancrers'" of , powerful adjuvant, and will become in for too much cannot be done'looki,ng to the near future one of the fundamental Mrs. EarlB. Anthony, 1013 5th Ave., the relief of suffering under these comli- science of m,edicine. Professor Riviere Clinton, Iowa. tion s. ., does not fear to call it the. most con· Mrs. John, T. Morrison, 110 State St., . "At this time, when the Govern'ment stant, the surest a nd the most scientific Boise, Idaho. IS asking the national societies ~nd in­ of all methods. Miss Minnie Sisson, 2633 Regent St., di.viduals in what field of endeavor they "Its scope has increased with gigantic Berkeley, California. "'11] sene their country it becomes the strides. As this physical agent becomes Miss Maude Marion Meagher, 2240 duty of all such who a~-e familiar with . better known, and its 'many qualities Divisadiso St., San Francisco, Cal.

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"There is no drug preventing and nature 'vauld have· done better if she experimental cases, was announced last there is no specific remedy, although had bcen let alone. After twenty-five night by Dr. G. B. Reed, assistant pro­ the specific bacillus ha,s been isolated. years in practice I felt like a disciple of fessor of botany and lecturer in 'bac­ Treatment should follow in general the. Shakespeare-'throwing physic to the teriology at Queen's University. course of putting the patient to bed im­ dogs.'," Ohicago Post, OC,t. 18. mediately and l,eeping him' the!,e until * * ** he is cured, both for his own sake lind 'When Dr. Goldsmith said, "We have for the sake of the communit)T, so that vcry little power ovel' pneumonia. 1 DR. E. C. ROSENOW OF THE MAYO he cannot merely 'get better' and go a III convinced that as many patients GR.OUP PRODUCES A "SPE­ out and infect others. have been killed by physicians as have GIFIO" SERUM "The initial treatment should be a been cured. I did my share of killing * * saline purgative of calomel. 'Aspirin, when :r was in a hospital-giving Every Tom, Dick a,nd Harry produced five to ten grains, may be given to re­ whisky,' strychnine, etc. If they had a "serum" made from the bacteria taken lieve the aches and pains. A warm been let alone they would have recov­ from live sufferers and from the dead bath, also, will pro\'e con{forting and a ered. During the last ten years I have at post mortem. check on pain, but great care must be let my patients alone. Don't bother taken to keep the patient from becom­ about stimulation,:' ing cold. The patient must stay indoors, * WHO'SAID SCIENTIFIC i\:lEDI­ "A light dict sJlOuld be given, such as The statement of Dr. James v\T. Inches. pasteurized mi lk, beef broth, soft boiled health commissioner of Detroit, that CINE? YET! eggs and toast. For those with weak masks were "popycock" almost started Statistics indicate that the number of hearts there should be added a sti mu­ a riot, and thc question was finally left cases of influenza and pneumonia ap­ lant."-,Doc. Blue. to' a committee to settle. peared in larger numbers in those units w here the men had been inoculated only EVERY DAY A NEW SERUM? a few days previously. It has been ob­ ~'HE AMERICAN I~UBLIC HIi;ATJTH served, medical authorities say, that the ASSOCIATION yitality and power of resistance of a Diphtheria 8el'um, Influenza Specific, man is temporarily lowered following The meeting of the Americdn Public , Says Dr. L. J. Pint inoculation. "Health"., Association when President Chicago Post, Oct. 19. Charles J. Hastings said, "Prove all Dr. Louis J. Pint, former state. bac­ things and hold fast to that which is teriologist and at present connected good. WE ARE'NATURE'S SKILLED with the research laboratory of the Uni­ ASSISTANTS. It requires a good deal versity of Ohicago, told the Ohic

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AND! WHO! experiments. Dr. Hutchinson arose to REDUOING DISEASE MORTALITY "ALL PHYSICIANS CALLED TO hand him a chart showing how he says FOUR-li'IFTHS AN ARMY FIGHT GRIP EPIDEMIC masks have reduced the 'flu' in Sail 'l'RIU~fPH Franeisco, but Dl'. 'Vilis waved him Army, :Navy and Civilian Doctors in aside, saying: 'I don't want to look at hicago and lllinois Enlisted; them. Statistics will pro~e anything By Dr. Leonard Reene Hirshberg Directing Committee Named". A. B., 1\1. A., l\:l. D. (Johns that a. statistician wants them tu Hopkins University) prove.' " Thid headline appeared in the Herald­ * * 4 * Examiner of Sept. 2. ~O OSTEO­ 1.'he American government with its MASKS WERE THROWN OUT military powers and the popular dis­ PATHIC PHYSICIAN WAS EVER cipline of our soldiers and sailors is CONSULTED OR USED. able to compel the men to save them­ San FranciRco rejected the Masks dur­ selV'e.s from typhoid., meningitis. rabies, ing the 'second wave of the epidemic in SpanIsh mfluenza. pneumonia and other SAID scourges by enforced quarantine bio­ EVERETT TRUE AI:"WAYS December. logic~l preventives and a humanly THAT THE PEOPLE MAKE GOOD practICal agency in each military unit whose exclusive work, purpose and GUINEA PIGS. Oh! Death where is .thy sting, duty it· is to see that "the soldier knows" and does as he knows. Oh! Grave where is thy victory? . No .man affected with a contagious, HUGE JORES 'Vith the colossal monument of 6,000" mfectlOus or communicable disease, be 000 deaths resulting from the death­ It ever so humble, such as a "cold," Cincinnati Board of Health ordered IS permitted to mingle among well everything closed but the stOl;es, so the dealing treatment of the drug physicians me'11 bers of his OWn or any other unit without a gauze mask over his nose ymphony Orchestra mo.ved to St. the people of the world today sleep on and mouth. Bernard, an adjoining village for re­ in perfect peace that "all was done that In civil and family life he goes about without any precautions and to the hearsals. could be done." Vilhen some other l:11em. peril and invalidism of his loved ones. * * * * bel' of the family gets sick they will 'l'he Wonderful Results Chicago had everything closed except employ the sarne doctor and the' same . No :;;oldi.er or sailor suffering with an mfectlOn IS allowed to accompany his the saloons and the stores. The depart­ system-clogging drugs. regiment anywhere, but in civil life a ment stores were crammed with people busmess man 01' clerk, however, can go dlreetly' among' crowds and strangers, thick as sardincs in a can and the air OUT OF FAILURE-SUCCESS busmess' associates and employes and was stale enough to kill anything. Of spread the infection as well as weaken '~Till we remain asleep even though himself because there is no authority courRe, Pfeiffer' Baccilli cannot live delegated to others nOr the will to wear the people do? Noone is going to fight without oxygen. tn~~~ze face guard or to be quaran- our battles nor look out for us. The mortality casualty lists of dis­ * * ** Our profession and our schools are ease from all. causes in the 4,000,000 New York closed nothil~. men of the United States army On June where they are today because our edu­ 7, 1918, was 4.14 per thousand. In civil' * * * cational or a.dvertising plans are too life among 4,000.000 men in "VVashing­ Every person found on the streets o~ ton, Baltimore, New York and Phila­ small. The Christian Scientists have a San Francisco without a "mask" was ar­ delphia at the same time the disease daily newspaper. Vilhy can't we? mortality was 20.14 per thousand. rested and fined $25. Prevention lis SIJllJ)le 'Ye should advertise, by paid space, in This means that a man's health.. the greatest newspapers of the country earning strength, vitality and life be­ WOODS HUTCHINSON S'WATTED come five times better under compul­ our wonderful success in the epidemic. sory enforcement of the 'military meas­ INSTEAD OF '.rHE "FLU" 'Vas that result any more than you ures of vaccination and other preven­ A special committee of the Los An­ tives of disease when in the army than expected it would be? X 0, it was not. when in the "wait-until-I'm-really­ geles Council were considering ways and sick" situation of civil life. We knew we could do what we did do. means of combating the epid,emic hav­ . Typhoid fever ;§, a great plague in But the world did not know it, and CIVil life. F'amilies still lose members ing Dr. Hutchinson as the chief self­ from its destructive hand. "Many who will never know it until we blazon the get well are sick and must be fed and constituted advisor. cared for by otbers for months, while sky \\'ith our banners of Excelsior. they are unable to earn a pen·ny. "Dr. Hutchinson made a somewhat If you will produce the money-a mil­ In the armies. because the "consci­ lengthy opening address, in which he entious objectors" cannot interfere with lion will be needed-:-I will run the news­ discipline that saves men from their declarerl that nothing Pilt the mask Own folly and ignorance, typhoid has paper. Are you on? taken its place besides cholera, small­ could stop the 'flu.' He submitted many pox, diphtheria and yellow fever as figured and theories. In regard to serum,.· Now is the time to advertise our almost extinct diseases. schools by paid advertisements in the .A few benighted. sodden, obstinate he said that one shot in the arm would Illdlvlduals' with .Hun minds still spread prevent death from 'flu,' two shots would magazines and newspapers. Do you a propaganda against inoculation to prevent sickness. They shut their closed prevent its running into pneumonia, and want to run an ad in your local news­ ;'9l nds tight against the fact that from paper. Send me the money and I will th 12, when former President Taft gave three would keep you from getting the e order to vaccinate all the armed disease at all. 'Vhflt four would do he write the "ad" Rnd have it run without iorces. of the United States against lYPhold, through the four years fol­ did not state. your name ever reaching the publishers OWing there were only two deaths of that particular paper. We will ad· from typhoid among the vaccinated "J

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tion caused by undue compression, the Significance of Cause and Effect interference with the natural movement Dr. Carl P. McConnell, Chicago, Ill. of the blood, of the lymph and of the (Continued from last month) fluids contained in the organs of diges­ IT IS A WELL KNOWN TRAIT OF intra-thoracic capacity really means tion and elimination. HUMAN NATURE TO SEEK PAS- and to note some of the influences upon Supplement this statement with the / TURES NEW INSTEAD OF INTEN­ the whole organism. For as this thora­ writings of Dr. Still on the same sub­ SIVELY CULTIVATING WHAT WE cic cavity contains many of the vital ject, with a practical study of Burns anemia, with our knowledge of the cen­ ARE ALREADY POSSESSORS OF. TO organs, the whole abdominal viscera is tral tendon of the diaphragm, and with A CERTAIN EXT~NT BROADNESS directly or indirectly influenced by its. capacity. Minimum thoracic capacity our knowledge of spinal configuration OF VIEW IS A MOST ADMIRABLE and related spinal lesions, there is suill­ means that the organs within the thorax THING, BUT THERE MAYBE MANY cien t material in this one vast field alone are harmfully compressed and that the to keep us all busy for a life time. A SLIP HERE IF WE ARE NOT heart and lungs do not get a proper FULLY ALIVE TO WHAT WE MAY chance to function adequately. A harm· BE GIVING U~. I AM OF THE OPIN· ful strain is thrown upon the hea,rt, the OSTEOPATHY ION THAT THERE IS NOT ONE OF lungs' are not adequately employed or (Continued from page 93) sufficiently aerated, and the lung tissue US FULLY I AWARE-" OF OSTEOP· The American Journal of Electro­ deteriorates. The proper distribution of therapeutics and Radiology, in its ATHY'S POSSIBILITIES. THAT WE the blood is 'interfered with because of editoJ'ial in June, 1917, discusses the HAVE BARELY SCRATCHED THE the undue accumulation in the splanch­ status of elcctrotherapy in this way: SURFACE IS A CERTAINTY. Take two nic area, to the detriment of the lung supply. As the lungs are the chief dis­ "The oft-repeated statement by medi­ great strides of modenl medical science, tribut.ors of blood it will be understood cal men, particularly of neurologists, sanitation and aseptic surgery, upon that this condition 9f minimllm thoracic that eleetrotherapeutics. is practically broad grounds they substantiate the' capacity interferes with the circulation a psychic measure, has risen by the very fundamentals of osteopathy, com­ and general mitrition. The respiratory bungling and impracticable use of the yarious currents by these men. The plet of a working ma­ that the. present status of electrothera­ thc ill(lividual how he can consciously chine which are interrelated and interde­ peutics in the hands of those informed help himself. pendent, and which are held in position as to its effects, indication and technique by thcir attachment to the different for employing it, is in every respect Our subject is an incxhaustible one. I parts of the inner surface of this bag. keeping paec and progress with its have merely touched upon a few high' Vi7e will then suppose, for the sake of our commercial uscs. points. ~.ry special plea is for more illustration, that the circumference of "Electricity is undoubtedly the most intonsivc application of our funda­ the inner upper lJalf of this bag is three important means of restoring functional mentals and a more thorough co-opera­ inches more than that of the lower half. conditions and arresting organic processes tion of physician and patient. After all As long as this general capacity of the in medicine, This fact must be so con­ is said and done, osteopathy simply gives bag is maintained the working standard ceded and acknowledged that instead of naturc a greater opportunity or chance. of efficiency of the machinery is indicat­ the present attitude of those who know ed as the maximum. Let us then, in our I will closc by quoting a concrete il- little or nothing of its properties and mind's eye decrease the capacity of the lustration of the significance of cause uses, and would reject its employment, -and effect. It is taken fron) Alexander, upper part of the bag and increase that will be confronted by an energetic prop­ of the lower half until the inner cir­ ~lHn's Supreme TnheritancE;, a work I aganda by those who are familiar with <:nmference of the lattcr is three inches am sure every onc woulQ. enjoy rcad­ its properties and uses and methods of ing. more than the former. IVe can at once application, and that then it may be picture the effed upon the whole of the brought into its 'true light and signifi­ "Incidentally it may be of value to vital orgfLlls therein contained, their gen­ ea nce before the medical profession. consider what this cOlJdition of minimum eral disorganization, the harmful irrita- (Continued in next· issue)

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