The Journal of Osteopathy September 1910 Vol. 17, No. 9
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The Journal of Osteopathy September 1910 Vol. 17, No. 9 Reproduced with a gift from the Auxiliary To The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons, D.O. Care Fund May not be reproduced in any format without the permission of the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine,SM TheJournal of Osteopathy Edited by W.K. J acobs. VOl. :\\"11. SEPTD IBEH, 1910 xe. !) Editorial. A l\lessage t o Could there only be some way devised so that each the Profes sion . ind ividual osteopath coul d fully rr-aliae t he respou s ib ility t hat should a1H I does rest upon them rc ~a rd i n g t he great future of osteopa thy ; could they hut. brin g t hem selves to a full consideration of the fuel. that we owe all t he S Il C(~CSS of our lives t tl our profession : t ha t its influen ce has don e wonders, not. alou« for the Doctor, hu t for t he t housands wit h whom we ha ve come in contact. Co uld t his be done it see ms to me all our great t ro11 11 1('s would he O\'PI". '" e have a wor k before us, magnificent in purpose and limitless in scope. But to reach our hig hest zenith of success we m ust stand shoulder to shoulder and work as one man . And to do t his we must orga nize, Bl u st gl't together. Xcxt year the A. O. A. meet s in Chicago the last week in .luly. T his city W3 :-: chose n because of its cen tral location and its fucil itie:-; for ca ring for a large conv ention. It was chosen also bemuse it. r'uu accommodate all at whatever price one wishes to pa y. All rail roads should lead to Chicago next year and all osteop aths should be thoro. Hpg;in yo ur prepara tions now . Co me and get. in touc h with the work of ou r great organ ization . Should its present wor kings not be ill line wit h your ideas, come and present your clai ms. 'Vc unly grow hy ('011 tact. \\1e need every osteopath ill the United Stat es and elsewhere , and you 11('f'({ t he Association. T he ent husiasm of one meetin g. t he ill spiratiou of contact cuunot help hu t aid all to rea lize their duty to them splves, to th e profession a nd to t he public. Already Dr. C. P . l\leConnell of Chicago, the cha irma n of the program division of the pub lication committee, is at work . Eve ryone is either personally acquaint ed with Dr . ::\IcConnell or his work in osteopathy , and his name at. tll(' hea d of our program committee is a guara ntee that the program next yea r will 1I0 t. only be scientific bu t genuinely osteopathic. No osteopath can affo rd to miss t hat. meeting. If yo u arc a member , come and gpt all Mus.eum d Osteopathic Me<ici n ~ Kirksville, MO 846 THE J OURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. EDITOR IAL . 847 you r osteopathic friends to come. If you are not a member, join now; ventiun as one of great importance, from sev eral standpoints. 'First, and get every other osteopath to join and come. But come whether you it has established the high mark of good healthful entertainment, com are a niember or not. We want every one to know the kind of work tba bined with, Second, an excellent program ; Third, a decisive stand on is being done in th e A. O. A. We want all to realize the responsibilit state boar d legislation in favor of the ind ependent board ; Fourt h, in they bear in our profession. And you can only do this by rubbing up fluent ial in bolstering up doubting Osteopaths ; an d Fifth, in demon against the organization work. Come to Chicago next July five thous strating th at too much polit ical activity is obno xious to the profession and strong .Come to Chicago and gain strengt h from our greatest at large. gathering, and give strengt h to the cause that has made you. I ~li noi s , 1'\0 doubt these questions will be resurrected in the future, but Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, 'Visconsin, Minnesot a, Iowa and Missouri with t he influence of the recent action, the profession \\;11 be more dif should all be th ere. Help us, one and all, to make this the greatest and ficnlt to dislodge from the original soil that heretofore has nurtured her. best e v e r- H ILDRETH. - FAR'-IER , The The Fourteenth Annual Convention has passed The Sa n Fran.. It is too bad that a greater number of the profession Convention. into history and the California Osteopaths have cisco l\feetlng. do not attend our annual meetings. N ever in the established a record that will not be equaled for history of the Association have we met at a place some time to come. where all th e elements of life seemed to vie with eac h other in contrib California hospitality has been a matter of record, and every one uting to the comfort, th e convenience an d the best good of the pro took the long western journ ey in anticipation of a professional and so fession. The hotel accommodations and treat ment by the management cial treat. Nor were they disappointed. It would enthuse any man hav e never been excelled, if equaled. The Assembly Hall, their Colo with warm blood in his veins to see that jolly crowd of conventioners nial ball-room, was simply ideal for our purpose, as were their commit enjoy ing every moment of the technical and social program. tee rooms and all other conveniences. San Francisco is especially endowed with natural grandeur and en T he Cal ifornia State Association, the local San F ran cisco organiza thusiastic Osteopaths who left "nary" a stone unturncd to make every tion, and especially t hose individuals who attended to all th e detail of moment a golden moment for their visitors. arra ngements, deserve th e lasting graditude of the Association. 'Ow But the stay-at-homes must not gain th e idea that thi s was a jaunt features of social entertainment have never been equaled, because there for pleasure only. Besides an excellent progra m, Osteo pathy made a is but one San Francisco, with its magnificent set tings of bay, ocean and substantial gain, by th e staunch attit ude assumed by the Conventio mountains, and the press treated us not only fairly but very generously. .upon matters vital to the very existence of the profession-namely, The convention itself made a record in defining its position and empha the demand for a sepa rate st ate board in th e several states, and the en sizing t he same up on all the vital questions that have been the cau ses of hancing of the propaganda against compromising our profession with our greatest differences of opinion in t he past. It just seemed as if all drugs, our features of conten tion had been wiped away, and the entire conven It is unfortunate th at these questions should ha ve been th rus tion had joined heartily in the elimination.and were eager to meet the upon the Convention at San Francisco, and it is to be hoped that they future squarely upo n the issues that had been made. The President will not present themselves for some time to come. Dr. Pickler's address did mu ch to help bring this about. It was forceful, Osteopathy has attained its present growth living the life of single logical and clearly defined upon all subjects of importance. " Dr. Loui sa blessedness, Let it ascend the hymeneal altar with drug therapy, and Burns and Dr , Farmer demonstrated clearly that our research workers we will have the proverbial "two hearts that beat as one." Judging have not been idle during the past year. The facts are, that along all from the late convention, the overwhelming majority prefer spinster lines of work that would naturally belong to the profession, the past hood. year's work showed good progress. Dr. Parker, the traveling man of After more mature reflection of the kaleidoscopic week at San Fran the Association, has demonstrated the fact that it pays to keep a live, cisco, we believe the future Osteopathic history will record this COIl- hustling man in the field. Our membership has been greatly inc reased Muwumof ChteopathicMedicine.. Kirksville., Me 848 T HE .JOUHNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. E DITORIALS. 849 ~ I ~ d interest in the Association work has grown splendidly . If any crit, Well, who knows? Perh aps there is more method to the madness ICIsm could he offered at all, it was over the fact t hat politics cntered of that Health Board than we suspect. T hey may get a rake-off from quite prominently into the work of the convention. This featu re may the undertakers. T hey are persistently hanging on to the guy rope have been d ue largely to t he fact of our new constitution, which makes of os ~eo p ~ t h y , but one of these times they will find themselves up in of our organizatio n a democratic body.making the selectio n of its officers the R1r wi thout a parachute nor even a friend ly soft spot to light on.