The Journal of Osteopathy

September 1910

Vol. 17, No. 9

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TheJournal of Osteopathy Edited by W.K. J acobs.

VOl. :\\"11. SEPTDIBEH, 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

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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

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~ 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. by informal ballot compulsory . The conditio n which existed at San Let this temporary set-back inspire the N ew York Osteopaths to renew Francisco should not exist as a rule, and will no doubt readjust its elf the fight with redoubled energy, and if ad ditio na l legislati on is necessary sa tisfactorily as we become better acquainted with its workings. Never it is hoped that th e movement will be started at once, and t hat it will has a convention seemed to so squarely settle down to the real kernel be fought through to a finish . Should this state of affairs be allowed to in the cocoanut as at this mceting.s--Hrr.nnm-n. rest, it would be the signal for every medical health board in the country to proceed likewise against the osteopaths. M ental That th ere is a legitimate field for the intelligent Therapy.. employ ment of .mental therapeutics, no one who is Consi stency. Quite commendable, wit h a few exceptions, is an well informed and unbiased will deny. The good Thou a rt a article on "State M edicine" by Dr. W. B. Clarke things are sure to be imitated and faked, and doubtless real mental the­ Je wel l of Indianapolis, Indiana, in the Homeopat hic He- rapy is no exception. In this issue of the Journal appears the adver­ corder of .Jnly 15th. His classificatio n of Osteopath y tisement of Dr. Walter DeVoe, Doctor of Psychology (T he Vit a Pub. with "T heosophy, Dowieism, Holy Ghosters, Schlatter and the Adam Co.}, and lest the work of Dr. DeVoe be classed wi th the many un reliable God class", etc., however, reflects littl e credit upon the doctor's know­ bra nds of mental healing, it is the purpose of this editorial to set him ledge regarding the real science of osteopathy, which he has thus, in his right wit h the profession. The editor has personal knowledge of Dr. own mind , so narrowly, and we must say amusingly, confined. Such DeVoe's work, and the high character of the man, together with his writers do not seem to realize that no longer can they vilifv osteopathy undoubted qu alifications for the intelligent ap plication of the princi­ in s u cl ~ ~ manner with impunity. They seem to forget t h ~t t ho u sa n d~ , ples of psychology upon a very high plane, has made him a real bene­ yes, millions, of educated, thinking American people, and the number is factor. Dr . DeVoc is quite willing to work in cases with osteo paths, increasing at an unprecedented ra te, by actual experience with osteopathy but will not consent to treat where drugs are administered. In cases have come to regard the new science as the safest, sanest and best of in which this form of treatment is indicated, we are certain that both all the met hods of healing. The fact th at osteopathy has made its rep­ patients and physicians wiII find a great deal of satisfaction in their utation on the "incurables" of medicine seems of no significance what­ experience with Dr. DeVoe. He will be glad to explain th e nature of ever. To such we.can only say, "Shut yo ur eyes and rant as you will, his work to interested osteopaths. 1111 ~ the fact r~m a ll1 s . " The senseless tirades indulged in by medical wflt<-:rs and uni nformed or hidebound magazine editors are proving: a A Peculia r Now that .Justice Putnam of the Supreme Court genume h~o mera n g to themselves. Having vented their spleen, may Situation. of the State of New York has ruled ad versely to of course give them a feeling of relief, but to the thousa nds upon thous­ the osteopaths, and upheld the Health Board of ands of friends of osteopathy, such mutterings carry no conviction what­ the city of New York in refusing osteopaths the right to sign burial per­ ever, and can only result in the belitt ling of these writers in the csti ma­ mits, a peculiar situation has arisen. The laws of the state recognize tion of intelligent people. However, in dealing with the American Med­ osteopaths and legalize the practi ce of osteopathy, but in sustaining ical Association, as sponsor for the proposed department of public Health , the act ion of the Healt h Board, deny them the right to dispose of the the article referred to is significant as vo icing the sentiment of the in­ bodies of dead patients. In other words, the " osteopaths" can be trusted dependent homeopaths. We quote the following: to diagnose disease of live people but not of dead ones. They can cure "T he chief boast of the so-called dominan t school is that medicine patients bu t, as a lust straw , th e medics cling to the monopoly of burying as a yractice is without a law, and devoid of principles, but our school, t hem if t hey should die. (bIlite the ot her's ridicule takes just pride t hat it is firmly grounded 850 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. EDITORIAL. 851

on an unassailable law of nature, tbe law of Similia, and stands for free­ Vacdnatlon an Abracadabra. dom and individualism. It is the difference between slavery and free­ "State medicine is always ordering and enforcing its superstitious dom . And yet we are asked to uncomplainingly occupy the inferior abracadabra, vaccination, in the public schools, with law and without and menial position our slave driver assigns to us- the tyranny of this law alike, making eligibility to education therein absolut ely incumbent medical octo pus. But this I have not yet told you of. upon the acceptance of this ghastly risk . My only son has thus been driven from the public schools in two states of this 'free republic' because Vast Power 01 State Medicine. I would not allow him to take this risk. State medicine accomplishes "This medical oligarchy, state medicine; this medical inquisition, th is dastardly act through its controlling power over our so-called healt h answerable to no one; this medical priestcraft of political doctors, with boards. These, supposedly created by the people, as the SE RVA N TS its modern tendency to paternalism, assumes judicial functions that are of the people, soon prove to be their masters, and usurp, at times, more abso lutely tyrannical, and leaves official injustice, disease and death powcr than the Legislature itself, and which the Legislature itself would in the wake of its acts. Fortified by cupidity and up held by custom, not dare to take or attempt to take.T hese health boa rds, in turn , it is rapi dly growing in power , and makes tens of thousands of physi­ more oft en do thi s by their usu rped power to compel the school hoards cians mere unconscious instruments in the furtherance of its designs. to do their dirty work, and to drill the police as their able enfo rcing "State medicine controls the army and navy, the Government assistants, and they strip school children for purposes of nefarious in­ departments and institutions, soldiers' homes and Indian schools, im­ spections, though all laws for such a procedure have been held uncon­ migration, and a whole raft of gov erm~ent jobs too numerous to me~t i o n , stitutional by the U. S. Supreme Court as 'never known to the common the insane and orphan asylums, pohce and fire departments, prisons, law in the administration of justice between individuals' (.Justice Gray, jails, work houses, poor farms, the instituti ons for epileptics, and many 141 U. S., 250). And these health boards know as well as I do t hat for consumptives, water supplies, veterinary appointments, animal and vaccination is an unsettled, mooted question in the medical profession, meat inspectors, pure food and drug law work , the general hospitals, and that its enforcement is a grievous offense against fundamental per­ coroners, and the so-called boards of healt h. It is now invading t he sonal rights. public schools with its callow medical examiners. "State medicine causes, spreads, introduces and transfers diseases, "State medicine always has charge of, and in many sections takes its latest great feat along this line being the widespread foot and mouth entire control of small-pox, scarlatina, measles, diphtheria, tuberculo­ disease experience of a year ago, which it cost the people, via the Na­ sis, pneumonia, trachoma, croup, and many other diseases, and is in­ tional Department of Agriculture, more tha n $300,000 to suppress or sidiously working to officially introduce a full line of comp ulsory serum eradicate, including the slaughter and destruction of thousands of ani­ treat ments for all. It oracularly tells us that these and some diseases mals, and necessitating the confiscation and destruc tion of all the vac­ can be prevented or cured by these bogus nosodic specifics, va ccines, cine virus in the ----- and plants ncar Phil adel­ serums, et al., and as state medicine generally means CO:\,I PULSORY med phia and Detroit, proved to have been the origina l cause of the trouble iciue, OImERS them used, often over the protest of the practicing physi­ among the cattle. Other tha n the spirited discussion of the whole mat­ cian, whose place they usurp, and who believes differently. ter in the United States Senate, Febru ary 25, 1909, as published in the "Statc medicine juggles and falsifies statistics. It 'tests' diseases Congressional Record, did state medicine allow the news to be given to and kills our cattle wi th immunity (as we see in tuberculosis, vaccine, th e public in the newspapers? foot and mouth disease and other diseases), and ditto for our children " In an article in the New York Medical Record, a physician (Dr (as we see in the many cases of tetanus, blood poisoning, eruptions, W. H. Fisher) previously says : 'A glance at the situation will satisfy erysipelas, acute Bright's disease, etc., following vaccination, and the the most casual observer t hat throughout our count ry the feeling of sudden deaths from antitoxin used .as a 'preventive'), and makes us opposition against vaccination is not only wide-spread in extent, but that ask, 'Why this vast increase in tuberculosis and cancer these later years?' it is growing in intensity . Muttering discontent is rapidly assuming the proportion of open and forcible resistance.' "To thi s I may add that were it not for th e general public repugnance

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and continued open opposition to vaccination it is more than likely that ity in matte rs where authority has no legitim ate place.' (Medical through state medicine, the whole country would now be passing through Hrief.] the serum inj ection era-that the school children would have to take "This society has the power to ruin almost any doctor in the land along with their education, in addition to vaccination against small; of any school,.and ha~ done the job for many-in its usually ethical way , pox, a hypodermic dose of antitoxin to prevent diphtheria, the Pasteur or by revocation of license, if it must- for it has th e bread and butter treatment to prevent hydrophobia, tuberculin to prevent consumption, clinch on all. Wh en the Association succeeds in its last ambiti on to or the 'Detre test' to reveal it, tetanus serum to prevent lockjaw-in create a national health department, with its head a member of the Pres­ fact, all the germs from Germany, parasites from Paris, mickrohes from ident's Cahinet, we will all have to walk a narrower plank than the one Ireland, cultures {rom Boston, and a course of dope and hichloride of we use now, for as United States Senator Gore said at the last Jackson gold to prevent a possible ca.'se of drunkenness. DaY,?anquet, '.Long u:e of power .l ead ~ inevitably to the abuse of power.' "State medicine is always schemi ng to pass laws under which it ? ne surgical society under Its wing seeks to make compulsory the can further operate, some only with 'jokers' in them, which often serve operat ion for appendicitis, anoth er want s to emasculate all confined their malign purposes well enough, and, if it can't get them, it works c~iIUina ls , and anoth er wishes to make compulsory a physical examina­ by calling into service its three P 's, its specious police power pretext, tion of a l~ candidates for marriage. A Xebraska law requires indigent and always works along the Oliver Twist line of more public institutions, consumptives to submit to the serum treatment , and the Oklahoma more money , more places for its obsequious underlings. State Board of M edical Examiners forbids a physician practic ing if he "A local instance is this newspaper reading recently : 'Health has or has .had t uberculosis. The latest scheme is the attemp t to de­ board wan ts $200,000 for hospitals,' and a list of twenty-six health pn ve phvs icians of their right to dispense their own medicines. No board attaches, one salary of . 2,500 a year, three of $1,500, three of wonder the people are rebelling, if the doctors are not! " $1,300, one of . 1,200, and so on down to $75 a month, and another list . This is i~d e ed an unminci ng presentation of the precise facts. Yet, of twenty-tw o school medical inspectors, on part time, at . .50 a month, III the ~a lll e Issue of this worthy magazine, from the report of the New and a signed dispensary contract calling for $12,000 a year . A pretty Jersey :-5 tate Society, we quote as follows: fail' list for only two branches of a small city, to say nothing of t he State " Dr. Y. A. H.Cornell, Trenton, made a verbal report 011 legislative health department here, and many ot her plants that could bc mentioned. matters. this, m short, was that they got their bill through both houses (the notorious Ram sey bill) but the governor vetoed it. Drs. Connell American Medical Association. ~n d Atkisson both stated that the governor was an osteopath, employ­ "The American Medical Association, the patron fiend of state med­ mg no other treatment." (We wonder why") "'''''hat wit-h lecturing icine, with perhaps 30,000 members, and as many sympathizers, is a ~h e law. makers., fl Ol~ t i ng the wishes of the medical profession, trying to political machine of vast power and rigid discipline, and is domina ted reform Atlantic CIty, and several other things, it looks as if thc !(OV- by a tyranni cal clique that lias created a medical despot ism which Dr. ernor was bent on a short but merry political life." . Lydston, of Chicago, publicly styles 'the Hussiunizing of American We just couldn 't help noting the incongruous situation. One medicin e." One man, an ex-newspaper advertiser, Dr. Simmons, holds homeopath everlas tingly lambasting the American :\Iedical Associa­ the t hree offices of secreta ry, general manager and general editor by tion, "the medical priestcraft of political doctors," and on the oth er virtue of a const itution and by-laws drawn up hy anoth er advertising hand, as ,.een .by the repor~ quoted, we see Homeopaths lined up aiding man , and the rank and file of the society have been ignored in all their and abetting III every possible way one of the most notoriouslv unjust requests.' and rotten pieces of legislation against a competing school of healing "This powerful rule-or-ruin element, this -unserupulous ring, which ever attempted in America, and deplorin g the failure of the attempt. is exploiting the unwitting profession, seeks to bring about a centraliza­ And What. is,, m o r~, g i vi~g their utmo st assistance to the New Jerses tion of its power by 'the so-called ethical control of thc opinions and ut­ end of .this medical pnest craft" to do to the osteo paths, what this terances of its devotees, the suppression of the wholesome correctives same "medical priesteraft" would do to the independe nt homeopaths of criticism and argument, and the establishment of a spurious author- what th ere is left of them, in a minu te if it ever got the chance. 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' Vith these ~ ew Jersey homoopuths. perhaps the "l uw of similars' might work a ('Ure-----3 do-e of the :3a111(' kind of medicine tlH'Y 11£'lp('(1 to fix 11 p Ior t he osteo paths. ' ,"(' liave no qua rre l wit h the hmueo putbs , eclect ics nul' even ulloput hs . muc h as we hat e t lu-ir politi cs, hu t, we in­ sist upon t he sanu- indopendcucc they prize, tl U' sa me lega l pro tec tion, u:-, a riyal awl competing school of healing, which t hey demand. a nd u.... to tho ef ficiency of ou r method of hr-aliug and t he science of Ost eo pa thy. w(' uro enti rely willing to rest our case wit h t lu: pconh-. uud up on th e :l('hil'\'{'Hwnt:-; o f ti lt' :-:; £'iPIH'C'.

Ch a n ges i n the T his yea r. a number of iiuport uut l'!WUgl'S han' hN'1l lIlan y A. S. O. mudc in tl l<' Stall of t he A. S. 0 .. and i lllpro\' (,llIt 'nt ~ mnde ill th e r- quip ment for tcuehing an d for handling putient-. . Tilt' va t- nncy caused in the Boar d of Trust e-es by t1l(' resignat iou of HOIl. :\1. D. C:llllplJl'lI hu s been filled by the' np poiu tm cnt of :\11" . 11". G. Fout , Cashier of tlu- Citizcus X utionnl Bank, Kirksville, ~ I o . Xlr. Fon t i ~ a well-known bu siues- ma n ill Kirksville. havin g been in l.usiuess here for many years. lit, i:-: well known to nearly all of t l«: p; ra d ua tp:.:: of tlU' A. S. 0 ., who will be p;lad to know tha t t ho .A. ;-:.; . O. has uddcd to it s list of officers a m all so well known for his thorough hu :.; ilw :,; ;o; prin- ciples. The ilH'rpa:-::in~ lHlSi IlP:-::-:: of th e .-\ . ~ . O. has made Ilf'('l':-,:-:ary the ap- poin tment of an A s~ i :.; t a n t S('('retary-T rl' a:-: urpr, a nd for t his place llU' school has lx-cu Iort uua te iu t-ipcuring l\Ir. E. C. Brott, a vou ug m all horn and educa ted a t Brook field . Xlo.. who ill IDo- l wu- appo illtt'd Deputy Collector of t he Intern al lh-vcuuc in S1. LO l1i ~ , Xlo.. and on act-ount of his lm:-:i nt'!".'$ ab ility wns in IUOt; made C hief Collector of t he First Dis­ trict of Mi ssouri. ' Vith him added to the business f OI"('(' \ W ' look forward to a fur ther greut r- r finau ciul i'iuccl':-i:;.- IIA:\IlLTo:\".

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The Address of welcome. (I HOn these occasions." said President Pickler, "it is customary to be welcomed. At some of our former conventions W I;" han" heen welcomed by a mayor, or some other person eminent in the immediate locality ; but this time we have one of our own doct ors .. who lives in the adjo ining city, who, in behalf of the Executive Commit tee, will gin' us a welcome to hi, own state, Dr. Ernest Sisson, of Oakland.California. (Applause.)

Addres s b y Doctor SiSSOR4 It certa inly is a pleas ure and a delight to see year aft er year t he great er and rap idly developing interest . no t only in our profession, bu t in t he :xatio na l Associat ion , and I feel sure th is conve ntion will be as interest.iug as any we have ever had. For some unkn own reason I ha ve had the honor of being asked to welcome you. I ap preciat e it thoroughly , and we cordially welcome yo u to San F rancisco and Ca lifornia. \Ve have arranged a few side trips for your enjoyment while here, and have ar­ ranged them so that th e cha nge from your work in the convention to that of sight seeing may be int eresting and helpful to you. \Ve might have arranged more entertainment, bu t we believe the center of interest should be in our meetin gs, listening to the pa pers and discussions, and these side trips will sure ly serve a:-; restful inte rmissions. \Ve meet for t houghtful consideration and deliberation, to consider E. C . llRO"IT the interests t hat we all hnve at heart and which we consider from year A ... ,~ t . Set"!!-Truce. (1{tlt e .1. s. O. to year as we meet , where those of less experience have the benefit of meeti ng those of lar ger experience . learning their met hods and ways, and profiti ng by them. . The city and all we have is yours. If there is anything you do not like we will change it and t ry to accommoda te you and make yo u feel at

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home. The only man who refuses to change anything is the weather ' Vords arc inad equat e to express our appreciation of t he efforts of man , and he says t he kind of weat her you are getting is th e only kineI the profession in California and t he citi zens of California . I will not we have on t he Pacific coast an d is t he only kind you will get during you attempt to express our sentiments. I can only say this, t hat at no pre­ stay with us. As to Los Angeles, we will tell you more about that a vious meeting have th e ar rangements been so complet e and perfect as t he close of our convent ion , when we hope yo u will all go down t here to the program committee has outlined, and neve r have we had such an see t he attractions t hey have in waiting for you. ove rflowing of the spirit of hospit ality as has bee n exte nded to us since This conve ntion will not last long enough to give us a full opportu­ we have been in t he city. nity to show you how welcome you are. T he work of th e committee in I have hea rd of sout hern hospitality, and I have experienced sout h­ our anticipation of your visit has been most cheerfu l and if at t he close ern hospitality, and I t hought it was the finest in t he world , but if you \\;11 we have pleased you, and our meetings hav e bee n up to t he standard pardon me for using a slang expression, 1 will say that 1 think you have we will be delighted ; however , if we .shonJd su rpass them, t hen OUT am­ "a shade on t hem." (Cheers.) hition will have bee n realized. As I looked over t his magnificen t city in coming up to t his hotel, Once a J ew hough t a horse. He had always been ill the ha bit of and sa w t hose long rows of ma gnificen t new buildings, and as I looked traveling by foot. H e had obser ved horses being driven for many years. through this magnificent hotel, and when I thought of what t his city but hefore he bought t his horse he kn ew not hing whatever about t hem. has passed throug h in t he last few years, and wha t it now is, I realized So u pon pu rchasing th e horse he took his seat. on t he wagon and was that t hese large, massive buildings stand not only for t he splendid busi­ handed the lines. \Vit hout saying a word he sat t here hu t t he horse ness st ructures which t hey rep resent , bu t they mean t he amaz ing cour­ did not 1II0v e, so finally he said, " Well, commence," and t he horse went. age and th e inrlomi tuble will t hat enab led t he peopl e of th is city to I t hink t hat is a bout t he way we should do now. Before closing , how­ snatch victo ry from defeat. (Applause.) eve r, I wish to say a word about our presid ent. During t he pas t year ·1 ma de u p my mind t hat I woul d hav e to lean - Ca lifornia ) ust as he has been earnest, industrious and faithful in everv littl e detai l a man soon as the convention was over. ~I y wife, who has been on th e coast of meth od , patien ce and perseverance, and we t rust and expect 'UlUt as before, told me that I was very liabl e to change my mind, as th e Califor­ in the past , so in th e future we shall go on from conq uering to conquer. nia fever is very contagious. 1 feel myself slipping.(Cheors.) I bid you all a cordial and a hearty welcom e.(Applauso.) Now, ladi es an d gentlemen , with t hese few rambling remarks in Dr. .Icnct te H. Bolles being called to t he chair hy t he preside nt , which perhaps, Home suggestive thought may be lurking somewhere, said: 'lIn t he a bsence of th e First and Second Vice-Presidents,it ~ivPH and before I begin reading my address, 1 will again t hank you, Dr . Sisson, me pleasure to announce th e next number on th e program, which will for t he welcome you have extended to us in beh alf of the California he a response to the address of welcome bv Dr. Sisson, as well as the Osteopathists , and t he committee, and aga in express t he hope t hat 1he annual address by our President', Dr. E. 6. P ickler. He will speak to work of t.he Association at t his meeting will show t hat we have not us of "Our Needs, and ~V h a t ' Ve Stand For," and I am sure you will all fallen short of th e high expectations whi ch were held of \I S. (Applause .) enjoy his remarks and address. Foll owin g t hese preliminaries, Dr. Pickler delivered th e opening address , ill t he course of which he emphasized the importan ce of osteo­ Response to Address 01 Welconle. pathy being kept as a distinct science an d profession . He further de­ Fellow Osteoputhists : Before beginning mv address ] wish to say clared that t he old school of medicine was battling for its existence under a few words in reply to what Dr.Sisson has just said. Dr . Sisson is a the lead ership of shrewd politi cian s and attempting to undermine the very nice man - at times . He can usually be depended upon, but he advance mad e by t he new science. He sharply outlined the division mad e one statement before you th at I feel called upon to correct. He between th e old and t he new. said t his convention would not last long enough to show us how wel­ "Osteopathy is opposed by one of t he most powerful combinations come we are . I believe] voice t he senti ment of all t he visiting delegates in the world," he said. "T his opposition is mad e up of men whose lead­ in sayi ng t hat if the convention closed before it commenced we would ers .are intelligent, shrewd politi cian s an d who are bat tli ng for t heir very have been shown a most royal and generous welcome.(Cheers.) existence. I do not say t hey are dishonest in t heir beliefs; I believe t he

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majority of them arc honest. \Vith our best efforts and under the mos Ulauipul atiou. Examine carefully alon g the distal ends of th e meta­ favorable circumstances we have a hard struggle ahead of us, which c tar;:;al bones for sore spots caused by a giving of the joints and conse­ on ly be met by a determined unity of action. quent displacement of the bones. Then examine across the proximal "We are growing fast. We are teaching the people the sanes ends of the metatarsal bon es, and the higher joints of the arc h. Treat most common-sense, logical way of combating disease ever conceived with extension, rotation, and thorough springing of the joints of the who le Ou r success, all things considered, has been phenomenal ; our schoo foot in order to promote circulation and carry away the waste produ cts arc improving ; our standards are becoming higher, and never hefor which arc weakening the ligaments an d allowing the joints to relax. have we. been so well equipped to maintainour own position as practition­ At the same time the patient must be watched and indu ced to keep ers of a science which is of itself adequate and ab undantly able to dem_ to diet and hygienic measures, especially the baths which he can give onstrate conclusively tha t we are entitled to a place in the realms () himself. healing." In the next number on the program D r. Louisa Burns told some­ He declared that the strongest weapon in the hands of the old schoo thing about the results she attained in research work, done under the of practitioners at the present time is tbe farce known throughout th auspices of the A. T. Still Research Institute. and the paper proved to lan d as State Examining Boards. be of great interest. Dr. Orren E. Smith of Indianapolis, Indiana, then read a very in­ Syn opsIs of Dr. Hazzard·s Addres!ta teresting paper on th e "T reatment of Sexual Neurasthenia." He was followed br Dr. Charles Hazzard, of New York, who spok Thi s concluded the first sess ion. D uring the evening session, Drs. on " T he Relation of Auto-intoxication to Certain Forms of Orthopa-dic D. L. Tasker and H . W. Forbes presented, with illustrations, their joint of the Foo t. " work on "Adaptation and Compensation." The lecture was enthusi­ Dr. Hazzard showed that in certain forms of trouble with the foot, astically received. Before the convening of the regular session on there was a condition of faulty elimination and auto-intoxication fro Wednesday morning, Dr. J . Ivan Dufur demonstrated an appliance morbid products of the intestinal tra ct which affected the blood st ream invented by Dr. Oti s Galbreath. The doctor said in part: in general. When there was connected with this auto-intoxica tion "This instrument is one whic h takes the place of the operator and bony lesion which affected the innervation to the foot , it would determin of the operating table in a great man y cases. The object is to give the point at whicb the poisons of the blood st ream would manifest inhibition and extension of the cervical region wh ere the operator could themselves. The inn ervation to the foot being disturbed, the poison not be present or where treatment might be so frequently demanded would effect the tissues there chiefly, especially the plantar ligamen that it would be inconvenient for the doctor to be t here, and for that and tissues under the arch. There follows a spreading of the join reason I think it is a very useful appliance. The inven tor is not pu tting and breaking down of t he arch resulti ng in what is kn own as flat foot an it on the market and has only had a few made.. I am not inte rested in oth er malformations. To cure these conditions it is of prime impo the machine as a financial proposition and am not the inventor of it in ance to treat the foot locally, but it is also necessary to combat the auto any way whatever. intoxication with diet , hygiene, and all other methods affecting the ge ­ The weight of the patient resting on the pad simply forces the arms eral health. Dr. Hazzard recomm ended the hot bath followed by .. of the machine bac kward and t he head of the patient resting on the salt glow, that is, taking the ordinary fine table salt and rubbing it a swing pulls against tbe neck. The head is adj usted on the strap first th c skin until pink and war m, followed by a cold dash . M any uri and then when it is let down, the weight of the body pulls the ar ms down acid patients, however, arc too fond of the cold hath and usc it to ex­ and stretches the neck. Good for cervical muscle cont ractures, and so cess. They should be warned aga inst this pra ctic e which tend s to driv on, There are man y cases where any appliance which will save time in the blood from the surface and congest it int ernally. A cold dash wil bringing inhibition to bear and quieting symptoms is much to be de­ do good , bu t t he thing for these patients is HIe hot bath and occasional sired. sweat baths, to promote the general elimination. There are holes down the center of the pad and small pads which , T he local difficulties in the foot must be t reated with ost eopathi can he placed in them to bring pressure against the transverse processes

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and neck of t he ribs 80 t hat continued passive pressure is exert » In t he division of t he visceral slides, sections of the kidney were an y por tion desired by simply placing t he small pad in t he proper illustrate d showing cellular infiltration. cloudy swelling in t he t ubular tion along t he table. There are different sizes of t hese small pad s givi epithelium, di spl a c em en ~ of t h: t u l~\l l~s, diapedesis between capsule greater or lesser pressure. A ligh t person does not require a pad nti glomerulus, cellular infiltration within th e glomer ulus. large as a heavy person. T he pressu re continually acting on the III il The question of occurrence of t his pathology might he raised . An' ell'S produces the result of relaxation and inhibition, It is usef ul the cha ng:es acute or chronic? Are they a nte-mortem 01' post-mortem? relax contract ured dorsal and lumbar muscles and in dysmenorrhea a In answer we suggest t hat were t hey chronic, within t he diapedesis other cases where superficial contrac tures occur as an event in t he acu there would be brown spots, t he result ing deposits of iron from broken cases. In cases of congestion of t he nose and cerebral anemia, it p down blood corpuscles. du ces a condition which allows drainage and gives quick relief'. The presence of round-cell infiltration wou ld rul e out the possi­ You a ll have conditions occurring from fatigu e .and overwork an hilit" of t heir being post-mortem . t imes when yo u need a t reat ment bu t cannot find an osteopa t h, a ~ (S li des of t he stomach showing congestion and art eritis of t he V P ~­ t his appliance would help you under t hose circumstances ." ",I; of the sub-mucosa and sloughing of the epit heli um and villL) The t rip to ~[ t . T umalpais was scheduled for] :45 p. m. , consequen (Slides from intest inal wall showing sloughing of the villi, accom- Iy there was no afternoon session. panied by ..cloudy swelling of the remaining e p i t ~l e li uri.l. ) _ In view of t he fact t hat t he stomach and intestines are constantly Evening Session. shedding t heir villi, the qu estion might be raised t hat t he slides ex­ The meeti ng was called to order at. 8 ::lO p. Ill ., and Dr. Frank hibited represent t hat physiological process. 'Ye would suggest in an­ Farmer was int roduced to give an add ress on " Osteopat hic Pathology , swer t hat accom pa nying such action t here are presen t numerous cells with slides of micro-photographs of dissections made on animals on whie of regeneration manifested hy t heir small size and deeply staining qu al­ osteopathic lesions ha d been produ ced. ities, There is lit tle evidence o·f such action in the slides presente d. Extracts From Address by Dr. Farmer. (Slides illustrating a cloudy swelling of t he hepatic cells, including This work was undertaken, not so much to prove a point . as in t a congested hepatic t ub ule. ) nature of a search to determine if t here was a demonst ra ble pathalo (Slides of t hy roid showing parenchym atous goitre.) connected with the osteopathic lesion . P revalence of goitre amon g; dogs led to an investi ga tion a nd th e \Vit h no precedents to follow, it was necessary to a great debIT almost constant presence of a lesion between th e second a nd t hird cer ­ to work out a technique. It was gratifying to know that suffi cient vical vertebne was found. T his lesion, artificially produced , was fol­ suits were gai ned to warrant further search for t he pathology concortli lowed by an acute parenchy matous goitre wit hin ten days. (Slides of taut with t he osteopathic lesion . the art ificially produced goit re shown .) One point upon whi ch I wish to lay emphasis, is that t he present Attention was called to t he fact that t he prev ailing pathology of tion tonight is not in the natu re ofa proof, but rather it is give n to t the vert ebral lesion were diap edesis, cloudy swelling, cellular infilt ra ­ profession with t he hope that it may be of benefit and act as a stimul tion and atrophy . That a similar pathology existed in t he viscera. to furt he r effort by 'ot her workers in t he field of research. As far as t he presen t material wou ld warra nt , th e deduction was t hat The first half of my talk will be a resume of t he work presented' the changes attending; t he osteopathic lesion is essentially a disturbance New York by Dr. AleConnell showing the pathology of t he ti ssues alxiu of t he vaso-motor system, interfering; with th e nutrition to tilt' nerv e t he vertebral and cord. cell, and fiber and secondarily , the cellular t issues of the viscera. (Slides presented showing pat hological changes in the mu ltifidu Dr. Farmer closed th e lecture with an appeal to t he members of spinee, posterior nerve roots , posterior columns, tip of posterior ho the profession to develop their techniq ue and increase t heir faith in their base of posteri or horn, anterior horn, anterior nerve roots and sym work, as his experience, based on seve ral yea rs' work don e in both allo­ thetic gangfion.) pathi c and homeopat hic schools, is that th e osteopathic theory is the Basis of specific t reatment founded upon t he pathology emphasis one PRINC lllLE in t he medical world , and its practice t he most effective and successful. He was given close attention and hear ty applause.

Mu~m of Osteo pathic Medicine. Kir1<.sville. MO THE A. O. A. CONVENT ION. 865 864 THE JOURXAL OF OSTEOPATHY. " If I thought it would be necessary to use drugs, I would advise Thursday Morning Session. ,gainst the extension of surgery in osteopathi~ schools. One of the most Following the opening of the session at 9:30 o'clock Il ot~d surgeons says: " I bar the hypodermic syrmge from my operat­ Pickler announced the following committees: ing room. I would rath er honestly sign a death c~r ti ficatc of death COMMI TTEE ON NECROLOGY.-Dr. Susan O. Harris, Chairman, from shock, than to sign one after a load of death-dealing dru gs had been Francisco; Dr. Jennie C. Spencer, Los Angeles; Dr. Jerome D. Wi hot into a patient by a lot of scared assistants and nurses." Vacaville, California. ; ' " I have barred th e hypodermic syringe from my operating room. COm UTrEE 0,,- HEsoLuTIoNs.-Dr.C. ~I. T . Hulett , Chair In lien of strychnine, I use salt solution or the Murphy practice. In­ Cleveland ; Dr. Charles Hazzard, New York City; Dr. T. L. Ray, 'tead of calomel, etc., to empty thc bowels, fasting and enemata will do Worth, Texas ; Dr . Asa Willard, Missoula, Mont.; Dr. Charles E. FI ~u c h better. If all the surgeons of the osteopathi c profession w?uld New York City ; Dr. Lena Creswell, San Diego, Calif.; Dr. H proceed along these lines, a new s~ste m of surgery would be de Vl se~. Forbes, Los Angeles, Calif. 1believe it is timely, necessary and IS demanded. The character of this The regular program was then taken up; with Dr. Anna IV. Depu~ new svstem should be bloodless, if possible, but by all means drugless. Riverside, California, presiding. Let us call it drugless surgery j it is in keeping with our practice and cer­ The first number was a most interesting lecture by Dr. T .J.Rud t,ainly possible. D. O. might mean doctor of osteopathy and surgery , of Los Angeles, California, on "The Treatment of Diseases of the Eye just 3.8 ~L D . means doctor of medicine and surgery." illustrated with lantern slides. A synopsis of this paper will appear in A most interesting lecture on "The ~L D. Degree" was then read a later number of the Journal. . by Dr. L. Ludlow Haigh t , of Los Angeles. " The Relation of Osteopathy This was followed by a highly interesting paper on " The Soc to Materia Medica" was discussed by Dr. Martin W. Peck of Lynn , izatio n of Osteopathy," synopsis of this lecturc " i ll also appear in Ma.", ., which was followed by a discussion led by Dr. T. L. Hay of Fort later issue of the Journal. Worth, Texas, Dr. F. 1. Furry, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Dr. George Dr. Aud rev C. Moore of San Francisco,California, at this poi Greenwell, of Lodi, California. was called to the chair. Dr. F. P. Young responded to the subjec President Pickler resuming the chair, called upon Dr. A.G. Hil­ " Is Conservative Surgery Compatible with Osteopathic Principles." dreth of St. Louis, who talked upon the suhject, "AFew Thi ngs that A specimen of a submucous fibroid tumor grown in the uterus, deserve our most profound thought." Dr. Hildreth said, in part: shown. A peculiar gray tumor which had increased in size on osteopa ic manipul ation and had been removed by Dr. Young . Synopsis of Dr. Hildreth's Address. "This case so simulated pregnancy that diagnosis was ext rem " During the past year thcre has come und er the care and observa­ difficult, said Dr. Young " I attempted to remove th e tumor without tion of the author of this paper, five different women, ranging in age moving the uterus, but it was impossible. This tumor grew very rapi from 32 to 45, who, by the decision of physicians and surgeons , were under osteopathi c treatment. made to belicve that an operation was absolutely necessary. All were "The public are rebelling against the indiscriminate practice abdominal operations and each and every one of the five arc today laid surgery. Surgery has been taught in our schools, but it has not ke beneath the sod.In each case except one, th e breat h left th e body in pace with the other branches, partly on account of the adverse legis less than five days after the operation, showing beyond question that tion, partly because there is so much other work for t he osteopath death was due directly to the operation and not due to the disease for do. Apparentl y our course of study will be extended to four ye which they were operated on. One lived two months, submitting to a duration. " llen this is done there is no reason why a more extensi second operation, from whioh she never rallied. course of surgery should not be inaugurated. But will the inauguration " Is th ere any need for such surgery'! Is th ere not a better way'! of surgery make it necessary to use internal application of drugs? Fe How long will the people subm it to such reckless. needless butchery? have more contempt for drugs than the average surgeon. Nothi I regret to say th at in some of our states, osteopaths arc clamor.ing for fills th e surgeon with more disgust than to find his patient loaded " the privilege of practicing surgery. They had bett er be fighting for noxious drugs.

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t heir lives to change t his gro wing and unnecessary evil, rather look at your to ngue, feel yo ur pu lse, to be compared for one moment seeking to turn loose upo n society an augmented number of incompe ,.ith the thorough examination of the well qualified osteopath of today'! or at least no better qualified surgeons t ha n we now hav e in supefa J:) Where is the danger to human life in our met hods'! The world should dance. Xo greater danger confronts t he people of t he count ry to he awakened to n full knowl ed ge of the above facts . It is HO natural than t he surgical craze rampan t throughout the country. The~ wo for t he ave rage person , when t hey are sick. to think they sho uld have suffer mostly, losing God's best gift, the power of motherhood. ~om e thing to take at once, but they should he ed ucated to keep ste p a few weeks ago there cam e into my office a girl only nineteen year. with the progress of this age. It can only be done by letting them know age, bu t mar ried t wo years ; a han dsome, well developed spt'cim('n of the danger that lies in taking dangerous drugs int o their system. 'V e womanhood anxious t.o bear children. T he surgeon wanted to opr­ should seck conscientious comparison of t he dan gers of t he d rugs so fre­ an d remove the ovaries. She had a twisted lumbar vertebra an lluently given with our own sa fe, conservative readjustment t reatment. retro-flexed ut erus, which, when corrected , left her a gaunt! and P{'T " \Ye mu st educate the peopl e to a full kn owledge of themselves,­ WOJl1un. that wit hin their own organism t here exists a chemical laboratory that " T he criticism has been mad e t.hat we injure peopl e by not ret­ is ever able to create all elements necessary to car ry on the economy of .nizing surgical cases and giving th em proper cure, bu t every one of tli man. T his is easily controlled, if properly understood. Our moans women mentioned would he on eart h today if the surgeon's knife tl for performing a cure lies wholly within ourselves. been let alone. T hey would at least have lived longer wit hout t "T he gross criminality of the conditions of affairs as un covered in kn ife than wit h it. In more t han seventeen yea rs' prac tice J have sa Philadelph ia, will soon he covered up and glossed over. \\~ h a t would to t he surgeon's table about a half dozen cases, and t wo out of t he si have been the result if any such experiments had been attempted by were left worse than before and t wo died from the after effects of tli O :3tgOllath ~,;? It would ha ve heen heralded all over the world . But we opera tion. These cases are not quoted. for the purpose of criticism bu have nqver given to a patient n drug that. wi ll wreck human lives. The in order that we may meet t he t ruth squarely. physician who prescribes stimulants docs not look into the future and see "T he danger to life fr0111 drug t reatment : (Quotat ions fr0111 pap the dreadful result. The man with t he hypodurm ie ~y r i ng(' of morphine announcing: t he results of experime nts on human material for resea gave it with a desire to do good . He did not see the result that. followed work by physicians at the University of Penn sylvania; abo experime the first soot hing sedative. But t here ar e no drunkards following the with Koch 's tu berculin on or pha ns from St. Vincent 's Home for wake of the osteopath, and no drug fiends left to mark the course of some phans .) wrecked life. " Fo r fear some less dangerous and more human e method mi " Where in all the medicnl legislation of this country, do yon find any cure some of them, t hese children have been protected by law so tli law which gives the patient an y leverage to collect dam ages in mal­ no one but t heir own school can care for such lit tle orphans, All publi practice? T he physician can administer what. he pleases, he can operate instit utions are sacred ly guarded by law for the benefit of the physic! when he pleases, he can eve n refuse to consult. when you ask it . He is At t he time these experiments were begun t here were 320 .children ' protected in all t hat he docs and t he pati ent is wholly at his mercy. the hom e. T he physicians selected 134 babies on which to practi Osteopathy has stood for medical freedo m. In all the laws we have ad, ling to t hem 2u babies from t he P hiladelphia Hospital. While asked for, we have asked only for standards of com petency, that would Vincent's Home has its own records of t he vital statist ics of t he i guar antee t he people compete nt men and women that would handle the tut ion, t he sisters are not in a posit ion to give t he records of t he childr case according to t heir met hods. We have never tried to inte rfere with experimented on because t he physicians made t heir own selection sn anybo dy else. took t heir records away with t hem . "T here has neve r hee n a greate r opportunity for improvement " You all know t hat drug med ication is largely experimental and tli offered to t he. American peop le than what opens for them in this very t he same d rug will produce very different result s in different cases. ¥ field. \Ve earnestly court honest comparison betw een the best methods t hey decry osteopat hy. Tell me, do t hey cure everyt hing? Is th i of modern surgery , with its dangers to hu man life, and the honest ost eo­ method safe or sane? Is t heir loose, slip-shod examination, such pathic t reatment. It might be possible to let a patient die for lack of

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recognition of a surgical case at the proper time; yet such cases cann lishment of osteopathic hospitals in the various cities th roughout the be numbered with the ones who die as a result of uncalled for and country . necessary operations. Evening Session. (I' Ve earnestly urg e a comparison of our teatment 'with dr ug th Dr. Charles D. Ford of San Francisco called the meet ing to order, ries. Osteopathy stands for cleaner, purer and more healthy hum and presented Dr. Harry ' V. Forbes of Log Angeles, who gave a lecture lives.In our practice there is no poison, only th e taking in of pro on the " Differentiation and Diagnosis of Valvular Heart Disease." food. Th ere is no drug or morphine habit or drunkenness to follow in The lecture was well received. the wake of our practice. Osteopathy stands for a principle in medic prac tice that st ands for growth and freedom. The osteopaths shou Friday Morning Session. offer their lives for th e protec tion of their system and principles." Th e first speaker to be called npon was Dr. Asa Willard of Mis­ sonia, Montana, who spoke upon thc subject of "Medicine and Poli­ A Medal Voted. tics." Dr. Willard said, in part: At this point, Dr. Effie E . York arose to mak c a special In ontlining the purpose of th e motion, she said: Is a "Tammany Hall." "It has come to onr attention that we have with us at this meetin "Whenever the American people realize that the American Medical Master Dn dley Hulett , who is now living in New Mexico. He is the SOD Association has degenerated from an ethical, scientific body to the

of the late Gny D. Hulett , of Kirksville, who was well known to mao I I'ammany Hall' of the healing profession, it will take something more of ns, and who devoted the latter part of his life to osteopathy. I hav than the merc cry, 'For the health of the public,' to influence th em to been wondering what we could do to honor Dr. Hul ett's name. accede to its political machinations. cannot make th e son an honorary member of our Association, )md thought has come to me th at we might present him a medal commemo Says Hugbes Was Attacked. tive of his father's devotion to our cause, and of his own attendance h " Following Governor Hughes' action in permitti ng th e osteopath to and I therefore move that thi s Association recommend that th e Trust be put upon the same plane as other pr actit ioners in New York state, appropriate a sufficient amount of money for a medal to be present the association circnIated a letter urging all persons to vote and work to Charles Dudley Hul ett for the reasons heretofore stated." against him as a result of his action," said :nIT. ' Villard. " No oth er body Motion seconded and unanimously carried, of learned men, " he said, " had any such politi cal combination for their The President then called upon Dr. J . Ivan D ufer, Philadelphia benefit." who read an interesting paper on "A Broader Education for Osteopath' He attacked the nailing down of thc practice of med icine to onc Physicians," which was briefly discussed by Drs. C. A Whiting an idea, as a move to detract from t he development. and progress of it. President Pi&ler. He compared th e present efforts of the association to the ostracization of Harvey when hc discovercd circulation of the blood. Message to Dr. Andrew Taylor Stili. D r. C. ~I. T . Hulett th en moved that a special committ ee be ap poin ­ Have Vita] Interests. cd to send a telegram to Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, setting forth the A "As representatives of osteopathy our interest in such legislation sociation's continued appreciation of the work , and their loyalty tu him is vital. If we havc nothing of benefit to the people, we should receive and osteopathy. The motion was unanimously carried, and th e follow no consideration. If osteo pathy is a science und represents truth, all ing were appointe d as a committee : Drs. C. M . T. HnIett, C.A. Whit~ the political cliques and antagonistic medical societies in Christendom ing, and Mary A. Conner. will not prevent its ult imat e recognition. But such can retard its pro­ Th e next was a discussion of " Educational Problems," by Dr. \ gress and development th rough such measures as th e Owen bill, and it D. Hummell, of Des Moin es, Iowa. This subject was presented in a is our moral duty to exert every influence and honorably bring about vcry able manner, and in conclusion the Doctor advocated the estal every condition to insure its earliest possible universal adop tion."

MU$eiJmof Osteopathic Meci cin e, Kirksville, Me 870 THE J OUR NAL OF OSTEOPATHY. THE A. O. A. COX VEKT IOK. 871 He fur ther deelared : " Osteopaths as well as homeopaths, eeleetics After ,the reading of Dr. \\'~ ill n rd ' s paper, Dr. James Hpgyessy made and those of all systems outside the so-called 'regular' ranks, know 0 the following remarks and motion : its political activity, for they have felt the tyranny of its power in its " ~ would like ~o say a few words regarding the paper just read by efforts to suppress their practice. Dr'.'VIllard, which IS a very valuable one, and every member of our pro­ " Prior to 1903 the organi zation had its political ambitions and len feSSIOn ought to have a copy of it, together wi th other prominent laymen its moral and active support in a more or less efficient way in the regu­ through.out the country. I therefore move that a copy of same be sent lar State organizations toward the securing of drastic State laws whiel to Presid ent Taft, Ex-President Roosevelt, every United States Con­ would render impossible t he practice of osteopathy and other systems greSS I ? a~ , and to every osteopathist, as having been endorsed bv our not classed as orthodox by the so-called regulars. Association." . " Then, on l\l ay 8, 1903, entered t he big ehief, Dr. C. A. L. Reed Motion seconded and carri ed. of Cincinnat i. On the date mentioned Dr. ' Reed was made chairma Following this were present ed the reports of the various committees. of the American Medical Association legislative committee. Political organization was the inside slogan . T hrough this only would come power and monopoly in th e healing art. And along Report of Committee on Legislation. this line Dr. Reed ably assisted by those in the association having th .Your Committee on Legislation begs to make the following report: same ideas, but less capacity for machine organization, proceeded to ? urmg ~ he past Association year, legislatures have been in session develop the organization." m Georgia, Kentucky, Virei4 nia Maryland ?>Iassachusetts M ' . . . The several alleged steps by which the American Medical Associa­ T T b ,.. , - , ISSISSIPPI, ~ ew Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Louis- tion sought to regul ate the practice of medieine in the United State iana. were set forth at length by the speaker, after which th e following resolu . . In. ~ew . Jersey a composite board bill, degrading to osteopathy tions were unanimously adopted: in ItS limitations was int rodueed, and pushed by th e state medical so­ Resolutio ns Adopt ed. ciety , It passed both houses of the legislature, hut was vetoed by Gov­ Be it Resolved, that it is the sense of this convention that the re ernor Fort. The wholes?me example of the New J ersey osteo paths ulation of th e practice of osteo pathy through the medium of t he ind ! ear in and yea r out, aga inst powerful and organized opposition, stand­ pendent state board is absolutely necessary for th e conservation of th ing .staunch for what t h~y believe to be th e most just to osteopathy, prin ciples of osteopathy and for the speediest and best developmerij an independent board bill, should put backbon e into the whole pro­ of the science. feSSIOn. Whereas, At the last session of Congress a bill was introdueed b In Rhode Island an independent board measure has been intro­ Senator Owen of Oklahoma for the est ablishment of a Department 0 duced, and is still on the calendar. Th e Rhode Island osteo paths are Public Health and for other purposes; and hopeful of its passage. Whereas, A campaign is now being earried on throughout th e Unit In Massac.h~sett s a bill was introduced by an M. D., requiring States by the American Medical Assoeiation to secure at th e coming all those practicing th e healing art to be graduates in medicin e. It election of candidates favorable to this or like measures; Was reported adversely by the Committee on Public Health. Be it resolved, That the American Osteop athic Association, whil In Virginia a Chiropractic.bill was defeated. unqualifiedly favoring all sane and practical federal legislation for tB . In Mississippi medical influence caused the introduetion of a bill prevention of disease and distress and for increasing the happiness an havi ng clauses ca pable of eonst ruction detrimental to osteopathic prae­ health of the public, we are unal terably opposed to th e [lassa!!:e of t6 tice. It eo~d not have mueh more curtailed osteopathic praetice than Owen bill in its present form , or th e passage of any bill so worded t

Mu~m of OsI~lhic Medicine. Kirksville.MO 872 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. T HE A. O. A.CONVE NT IO N . 873 In Ontario an osteopathic measure was introdu ced, but withdrawn, In the District of Columbia a first-class Independent Board measure Your Committee would also suggest that the American Osteopathic was introduced, The commissioners of the District recommended, Association, he not named or referred to in any state l a\\~s regulating instead of this, a bill limiting the pra cti ce of osteopathy in a manner the practice of osteopathy. Some state laws now do 80 , standard being humiliating to its representatives. The sub-committee, to which tha provided for as required by the A. O. A.'s requirements. Legally this matter was referred, reported favorab ly to the whole committee the In­ delegates legislat ive functions belonging to the state to a non-legislative dependent Board bill in the original form, as presented by the osteo­ body, and impairs the constitutionality of the law. paths. Favorable act ion on the measure next winter is hoped for. An especial effort has been made to keep in touch with the various A word here should not be out of place in appreciation of the splen­ state committees, and we would respectfully call the profession's did services rendered in behalf of the measure by Attorney George H. attention, through your honorable body, the urgent necessity for scan­ Shibley. Mr. Shibley is a firm believer in osteo pathy , and his brief is ning all bills introduced into the State Legislatures relating to vital sta­ one of the best legal argument s which has been presented in osteopathy' s tistics, physical examination of school children, regu lation of local health behalf. Your Committee would recommend that a number of copies boa rds, an d all measures relating to sanitation and pub lic health. Fre­ of it be secured by the Association, and would also mention the advis­ quent instances can be cited where clauses unwittingly or advisedly ability of each State Legislative Committee possessing themselves of have crept into measures, which tended to curtail the usefulness of a copy. It is contained in the "Report of H. B., 23,431", and can be osteopat hic physicians and deprived them of just and equitable rec­ secured by writing to any congressman. ognition. In t he National Legislature six bills relating to Federal control of Attempts to legalize the practice will be made in a num ber of the Public Health were introduced. Senate bill 6049, introduced by Sen­ sta tes thi s corning winter, and bills have already been prepared and agreed ator Owen for " Establishing of a Depart ment of Public Health , and For upon by the profession in some of the st ates. Other Purposes," received the maximum.consideration. Th e bill would An effort has also heen made to bring the Legislative Council to give to those administering the Department of Health, such far-reaching, th e position of active usefulness for which it was promulgated. In authority as to suggest tyrannical possibilities. In its present form i view of the nationa l scope of operations of those hostile to osteopathy's is a menace to osteopathy, as well as to all schools of healing outside the recognition, the existence of such a body is of increased importance. "regular" school. There is no reasonable doubt that such a department The references and investigations of your Committee during the would he controlled entirely by the dominant school. past year has firmly established it in the conviction that ost eopathy Your Committee has been in correspondence with the officers rep­ can be regulated an d developed to the best interest s of the pub lic and resenting the N ational Homeopathic and Eclectic organizations rela­ th e profession t hro ugh the medium of the Independen t Board, and we tiv e to opposing the Owen measure in its present form. arc further convinced that there is an organized effort being made by The A. ]\1. A. is strongly pushing t his bill. At the hearings the th ose hostil e to osteopathy to control and hamper it by composite boards, osteopathic profession was represented by counsel. The measure is" on which osteopathy is given numerically minor representation. still in the hands of the Senate Committee on Pu blic Health, and Na­ A SA ' V ILLARD, Chairman. tiona l Quara nti ne. It will doubtless again be considered at the next J. C . CUNNI NGH" " . seSSIOn. Committee . T he activity of th e political faction of the A. )1. A., in national pol­ itics, at the present time is a matter of vital significance to the profession. Report of Committee on Education. Your Committee would recommend that the edito rial of Dr. H . L. The Committee all Education begs leave to submit its report as Chiles in the June 1910 Jo urnal of the Association , headed " The A. ) 1. follows: A. at Washington," be published, together with ot her suitable material. in such form that it can be distributed and used in connection with ef­ Genera l Sta tement. forts to prevent the passage of the Owen measure in its present form. . The absence of any information of the schools based on personal Inspection of an authorized agent, leaves the Committee free to make

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such observations and suggestions as it believes present conditions war­ tional I1ealth Committee of 100, the determ ined effort to usurp all rant . We congratulate all upon the absence of those hurt ful contro­ medical power through the creation by congressional enactment, of a versies among OUf schools that have in the past give n us serious con­ government bureau or department, the scathing arraignment of our cern, and trust their repetition is at an end. schools in the report of the representative of the Carnegie Foundation, th e autocratic stand of the dom inan t school to embarrass, belittle and Osteopathic Literature. traduce the smaller schools, ought to convince all that the covert pur­ Barring an occasional exhibition of gross exaggeration, our field and pose is to red uce all systems to the dead level of Allopatby. Under such profession literature has been rasied to a fairly creditable and dignified circumstances, we invite disintegration and court professional suicide level. Not the weakness of other systems so much concerns us now, as by the use of a title whose import is now and always ,,~11 be antagonistic the strength of our own, an d the best methods of demonstrating its mer­ to the fundamental tenets of our system . We gain nothing in prestige, its and fostering its growth. The anatomically illustrated article, show­ practice. social or professional recognition, since it has been proven ing just where tbe pathological condition may exist , and the application times without number that the taint of osteopathy is a har to the entrance of osteop athy, as the most ration al method of procedure in removing into the sanctuary of the so-called regular school. T he title D .O. has the cause of disease , is coming into larger use in our writings, much to a differential val ue, which calls the attention of the public to the fact our credit and benefit. The exaggerated statement and unsup ported that a distinct discovery has been made in the matter of determinin g assertion that smacks of the untrained novice, generalizations without the cause of disease and effecting a cure therefor. If our training has logical bases, are becoming less evident as the years go by . ,T his trend been too much circumscribed, the remedy lies in the extension of our augurs a needed conservatism which will give poise and solidity to the curriculum, and not in the adoption or addition of a degree that seeks profession. by impli cation to discredit osteopathy. Our growth and influence, In this connection we call att ention, as was done last year, to state­ our leg-i slativ e successes and failures, the commendation and criticism ments in school catalogs that are discreditable alike to the schools and of t he press, have all conspired to so familiarize the public with our po­ the profession. It is right and proper that our schools should seek, in sition that no excuse remains to alte r our past and present attit ude legitimate ways, to maintain and increase their enrollment, but to make concerning the degree we hold . Any attempt , therefore, to chang e our bids on the ground of financial gain, is to reduce the profession to a com­ position upon this matt er strikes your Committee as ill-advised, unwar­ mercial basis, and becloud the higher view every school should aim to ranted, and from the standpoint of preserving our own identity alto­ inculcate. T he trade mark of the dollar does not harmonize with gether objectionable. the spirit of learning and scientific research. To he a man first and a the time, and to 'become a thoroughly capable and responsible physician Our Strength and Weakness. for the work 's sake, ought to be the guiding and inspiri ng ideals of ever): There are weightier matters than the conferring of titles. A de­ student, and not how much money he can make. It is hoped that this gree cheaply won is a badge that marks the wearer with low conceptions expression of disapproval adopted by this Association will so emphasis of professional efficiency, and the ethical standard of the fakir. Thus this unethical method of catalog advertisement that we shall never again obtained it stimulates to no further endeavor and incites to the attain­ see it issued from any of our schools. ment of no goal worthy the ambition of the real student. Its possessor is a menace to the community in which he lives,a mill sto ne around the Degrees. neck of the profession wbich he misrepresents. We must look to our 'Ve reiterate our conviction, expressed at )Iinneapolis, relative schools. therefore, asthe sources of the strength and prestige we are to to tbe granting of degrees. T he examination of the arguments adduced inherit . We cannot afford to assume that by reason of the unquest ioned ' by the proponents of the ?II. D. degree, seems to be insufficient to war­ successes of osteopat hy as practiced by those whose training covered rant this approachment toward bridging the natural chasm betwee only two or three years, that we have met the full measure of public osteopathy and so-called "regular medicine." )Ioreover, developmen demands, much less the limits of the educational possibilities of our sys­ during th e pa st year, as ind icated in the report embodied by the Xa- tem of therapeutics. Your Committee is not unmindful of the fact

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that osteopathy is young and that its development to be permanent tiona I standards are rapidly advancing, and no power can nor should must measure every forward step with the utmost caution and good judg stop this evidence of prog ress, Our experience along this line has taught ment . We must resolut ely face the ind ictment brought agai nst our us that with every educational advance has come not only a correspond­ schools, weigh the prej udice that inspired them , refute the falsehoods ing increase of prestige hut also increased popular estimate of our schools. that pervade them, ackno wledge the truth they contain, and redouble by thc student body as indicated by larger enrollment.No great occa­ our energies to correct the evils that exist. That they do exist must sion exists to add materially to the subject matter of our curriculum, be patent to all disinterested observers who will candidly investigate but ev idence is not lacking that more time and better methods should for themselves . he employed and better equipment inst alled. That our schools "fairly reek with commercialism" is a statement Thc Committee of 100 who drafted the so-called "Model Curricu­ no more true of ours than three-four ths of the one hundred and fifty lum" for, and submitted it to, the A. M. A. in 1909 declares that 4,100 old medical schools of this country . That it exists at all is ground for hours is the minimum time that should be given to the acquirement of regret. The Homeopaths, Eclectics and Physiomedics enroll approx­ a liberal medical education. Of this Anatomy receives iOO hours; imately 1,500 students, and have an esti mated income of $140,000.00 chemistry and physiology 530 ; Pathology and Bacteriology 500; Ph ar­ annually. We have enrolled 1,300 and have estimate d income of 200,­ macology, Toxicology and Therapeutics 240; Internal Medicine 890; 000.00 . And yet the records indicate that in teaching force we employ Surgery 650; Ohstetrics and Gynecology 240; Eye, Ear, Nose and less than one-third the numher found in these schools. It is in conform­ Throat 140; Denn at o l o~ ' and Syphilis 90; Hygiene, ~I edi cal Juris­ ity wi th accepted principles of business that men who have give n their prude nce and Medical Economi cs 120. It will be understood that the time and talent and money to the establishment of any legitimate en­ course offered is, from their standpoint, approximately an ideal one, te rprises are entitled to jnst compensation therefor. We owe our schools but to he installed and conducted as the committee indicates, it mnst a deht of gratitude. Without minimizing this deht in t he least, your he hac ked up by a large and thoroughly competent faculty in a heavily Committee believes there is a reciprocal relation, and the schools mnst endowed institution. The report is here cited to indicate the drift of not lose sight of the fact that they owe a debt to the profession. While sentiment among the leaders of the domin ant school. Your Committee the personal success of every practiti oner had its inception in the train­ believes the four years' course is inevitable. Thi s is so because we must ing of his Alma M ater, his suhsequent standing as a physician in the keep abreast of the educatio nal demand of our day , and because self­ .community, constitutes no mean asset of the schools. Such being the protection against laws made to embarrass us will force us to it. To case, we hold that the schools owe to thc profession the creation of .. prepare for this, we believe this hody shonld appoint a committce to sinking fund for endowment purposes, if the income exceed cost of. draft a model course for our schools, in keeping with existing condi­ maintenance, improvement and a reasonable rate of income on invest-: tions, correlating and systematizing the work that uniformity of time mont. As long as all receipts in excess of these times go into the pockets units may he instituted and best methods of presentation suggested. of th e promoters of our schools, so long will the charge be truthfully lodged that they are run on a strictly commercial basis. The scientific Entrance Requirements . spirit cannot thrive in sueh an atmosphere. Dogma may, but every "re believe the time has arrived in our movement when the refining dogma has its day, and if our schools exist to promote and promulgate process of strict standards. of admission shou ld he instituted. A high dogma, then we are doomed. Reciprocal interests do exist, and to se­ school diploma or its equivalent is the minimum foundation upon which cure the most effective work, the schools should recognize' the profes­ any future practitioner should huild his osteopathic superstructure. sion's just demand that their financial manage ment be not left open to Because many now in the ranks have succeeded without such preliminary th c just charge of graft and commercialism. training, is IlO just ground for the contention that the bars should COIl­ tinu e down. It is all hut a universal demand that professional ed uca­ Course Extension. tion, to be adequate and comprehensive , must be based on sound sec­ The wisdom of the inauguration of the three years' course, seriously ondary or academic course. Any other attitude puts us out of harmony . questioned hy many at the time, has becn fully vindicated. Educa- with the concensus of opinion of the great body of educators of the day.

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Mere catalog announcement s inserted for impression 's sake, Report of the Publication Committee. enforced, stamp the school as a grafting institution. A very highly complimentary report was made with regar d to th e Equipment and Cla ss Instruction.. Journal of th e American Osteopathi c Association. Th e gradua l improve­ If it were true that Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and an ambi ment in the Journal was not ed, and Dr. H. L. Chiles, th e Editor, and Sec­ tious youth on the oth er constituted the best school of that day, it i retary of the Association, received due credit, fur these improvements, not so at th is time. The personality of the teacher is a force admittedl and a substantial increase in the salary of Dr. Chiles was recommended. great. You cannot have good teaching with out a big heart ; a traineW intellect and a great purpose lies back of it. But such teaching is w Reunions . fully handicapped if modern appliances are lacking. Our schools mus Th e Atlas Club , an organization of graduat es of the American School be equipped with laboratories-chemical, physiol ogical, pathological of Osteopathy, from all over the country, held th eir annnal reunion with bacteriological , histological-completely furnished and properly mannc a dinner at the Cliff House. T he Alumni of th e Pacific College held if the student body is to get anything like their just dues from this work their reunion at thc St. Francis, while the San Francisco College Alumni It is claimed by our critics that there is absolutely no effort to connec met at the Stewart. laboratory teaching with clinical osteopathy. We know the assertion is overdrawn, but th ere is enough truth in it to justify the committee in Resolutions. calling attention to the necessity of amalgamatjpg the two, that th e stu­ Adopt ed by the American Osteopathic Associa tio n Assembled ent may go out into practice with th e truth fiT'mly implanted, that In Convention at the Hotel St. Francis. Sa n laboratory science is in perfect conformity with osteopat hic principle . Francisco. Ca l.• Aug ust 5. 1910. Again, the critics tell us that in ane school only is any pretense eve being made to confirm by laboratory research the truth of osteo pathy \ V HER EAS, this convention as a body, and the individuals composing 'Ve believe it is true that great discoveries of science, physical, chemic it, have been the recipients of a most royal welcome to this wonderful and biological, have not been made in the laboratories of medical in Dew city ; and, stitutions. Nevertheless there is no bar to such work in our o\VI1, an \ VU EREAS, we have noted with pleasure the extensive preparations the profession has a right to expect contributions of this kind from 0", made for our comfort, the skilful arrangements which have allowed us schools. A complaint has been lodged that a condition exists in som to combine pleasur e with business, and th e watchful care which has schools wherein the teaching force is wholly inadequate to the size been exerted by all concerned in the execution of the great multit ude the student body, giving rise to the necessity of extra courses at extr of details involved in th e successful carrying on of a meeting of thi s cost not provided for in catalogs. If th is be true, it is a species of graf character and magnitude ; that merits the condemnation of the profession. I n this connection w WHEREFORE, BE IT RESOLV ED , that this body acknowledge, wit h give it as our opinion that pedago gically speaking, it is utterly impossi unusual pleasure, its debt of appreciation and thanks for the great hos­ ble for twelve or even twenty teachers to teacb thoroughly the full cu pitality we have received; for the most generous scale upon which th e rieulum to even 300 students, much less 500. Osteopaths of the State of California prepared for our reception for ConclusIon. the unceasing activity and energy in th e execution of details manifested If your Committee has overlooked such subjects as correspondence by the Osteopaths of San Francisco and vicinity, and by th e Committee schools, unethi cal advertisements and kindred subj ects, it is due to 0 in cbarge; for the solicitous care for our bodily comfort, and th e liberal­ desire to stress what we conceive to he the weightier matters of our cdu ity in accommodating us with assembly halls and committee rooms, cational work . If our criticisms and suggestions seem harsh and rad manifested by th e management of th e St. Francis Hotel; and for th e ical, it is due to the fact that ,,,.we have voiced our earnest convictions i most cordial welcome extended to us by th e City of San Francisco. language not intended to palliate or deceive, but in terms that we ho BE I T ImRTHER H ESOLVED , that it is the sense of this Convention . will lead to definite , decisive action. that the regulation of the practice of Osteopat hy through the medium Respectfully submitted. of the independent state board is absolutely necessary for the conserva- J .UIES L. H OLLOWAY, J. B. B E)IIS, O. J. SNYDE R ~

MuseumofOsteopathicMedicine, Kirksville, MO THE A. O. A. CO NVEXTI0X. 881 880 THE J OUR NAL OF OSTEOPAT HY. Election 01 Offi cers. tio n of the principles of Osteopathy, and for the speediest After the adoption of the resolutions, P resident Pickler announced development of the Scienc e; that the time had arrived for the election of officers, and appointed as WHEnEAs, at the last session of Congress, a hill was introduced I:i tellers, Drs. Ernest Sisson of San Francisco, George 'V. Goode of Boston, Senator Owen, of Okalahoma, for " T he Est ablishment of a Depart m and Lillian Whiting of Los Angeles. TheAssociation rules for the n0111i­ of Public Health, and for Other Purposes," and, ~at io n .and election of officers, as approved by the Board of Trustees 'VHEREAS, an organized campaign is being now carried on througli. were then explained . While the tellers were distributing the nomi na­ out the United States, by the American M edical Association to see tion blanks, the President called for the report of the Membership Com­ at the coming elections, the election of legislative candidates favo ra mittee, which reported as follows : to this or like measures; B>: IT RESOLVED , that the American Osteopathic Association while unqu alifiedly favoring all sane and practical Federa l legislation Membership Committee Report. for the prevention of diseases an d distress, and for increasing t he ha :\lr. President : While the tellers are distributing, collecting and pine ss and health of the public, is unalterably opposed to the pass counti ng the ballots for nominations, I will call upon Dr. C. E . Fleck of the Owen bill in its present form , or the passage of any bill so worded for the report of the M embership Committee. as to convey to the American Medical Association, or any particular. Dr . Fleck : T he M embership Committee begs leave to make the body or set of men, exclusive and restrictive power in the regulation 0 following report: the healing art, or which tends to the ereation of a medical monopol ; The activiti es of the Membership Committee during the past year B E IT FURTHER R ESOLVED, that while an unbiased, non·partisan have demonstrated the great importance of its work for the future wel­ investigation and report of the progress of medical education would 00 fare of the Associat ion, and the advisability of placing this department of value to the public, and to those engaged therein, the recent repo on a permanent basis so that its influence shall never be impaired fOI" made by one " Abram Flexner" is so filled wit h bias and the prejudi want of systemization. of ignorance with relation to Osteopathy, as to merit the condemnatio The key-note of the system is to introduce as much as possible of of the general pub lic. Its conclusions are based upon statements the personal element into the work. Dr. Parker, the field organizer, which the writer could not, in the nature of things, be advi sed, and bas demonstrated the value of direct personal int ervi ew with the pro­ therefore unworthy the consideration of fair minds. fession, also that it is comparatively easy to get members in this way As a whole it is directed to ward minimizati on of the number of m when all other efforts have failed. ical colleges and of the number of graduates to be placed in the fie We recommend the continuance of Dr. Parker's work, if in his in competition with existing ph ysician s. The report is written from tH judgment it can be made profitable to the Association. We believe plane of a subsidized, pensioned man who is out of touch and sympatli that so long as the cost of maintaining the work, and our expense m with institutions which have not yet reached the status of endow securing new members does not exceed the first year's dues of those se­ institutions. cured as members, it is a good investment. ' Ve urge the adopt ion of a That this Association expresses its appreciation of the presentatio system of local field representatives in each state as an auxiliary to his .of the claims of Osteopathy made by Mr. Geo. T . Shibly, to t he Co ­ work. We have completed arrangements to establish this system by mittee having in charge the bill in Congress to regu late the practice 0 appointing a member of the Association in each state to take charge of Osteopathy in the District of Columbia, and that we hereby extend the membership work in that state. We therefore recomm end the con­ him our thanks for his able brief, furnished to the Com mittee. tinuance of the M embership Committee and the permanency of the AND BE IT '''unTHF:n RESOLVED, that the thanks of the Conventio Course undertaken and outlined by it. . be extended to the Press of San Francisco for their courteous and f \" e recommend adherance to the plan of not issuing the Year Book, treatment , and especially for the uniform exactness of the reports 0 and centering our efforts on making the non-members see the ad visa­ t he proceedings of the Convent ion, this feature having never befo bility of having their names in the A. O. A. Directory. been equalled in the reports of former conventions.

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The work of the Membership Department during the past ye .iving the results of their research work. We all have had enough lab­ has brought th e membership from 1563 on August 1st, 1909, to 22 ~ ratory work to appreciate what the throwing of th ose few slides on the on August 1st, 1910. The number of applications received since Jul screen mean. We can appreciate the work behind th em. 1st , 1909 is 865. The number that lapsed in th e payment of dues 160 "OUf profession has already begun this endowment movement and t hereby making a net gain during the year of 705 members. bv subscription has raised a handsome fund for the support of this work. Hespectfully submitted, Up to this time, 75,000 have been subscribed. None of us are million­ C. A. UPTON. aires, nor are we able to pay all of our subscriptions in cas h, therefore the C. E. FLECK . subscriptions were made to be paid in installments extending ove r a pe­ J. E. B UMPU S. riod of five years. Some time during the year the subscription is made, Dr. Ivey : I move that th e report be adopted and placed on fil the first payment is turned in ; and it is th e duty of the Board of Trus­ Motion seconded and carried. tees to place that money where it will draw interest ; and at th e end of On motion of Dr. J. C.McFadden, seconded, and carried, the con­ thc second year the first payment of interest on that installment becomes vent ion adjourned to 1:30 o'clock p. m. available for actual use. Every dollar of the endowment fund is kept inviolate and cannot be spent.It is safely invested and only th e in­ Friday Afternoon Sesslo n ~ terest is available. At this time we have about $20,000 drawing inter­ The Convention reassembled at two o'clock, with President Pickle est, and the interest on it will become available next December. The presiding. The question of endorsing the project of holding th e Pan accumulated funds heretofore hav e been kept in bank at four per cent ama Canal Exposition at San Fr ancisco in 1915 was discussed at som interest until, as I say, it amounted to $20,000, when we invested it at length, and a motion to th at effect carried. six per cent.: so that means that after next Decemher we will annually Report of the A. T . Still Research Institute receive $1,200 interest for research work. As the balance of the out­ standing subscriptions come in the interest fund will grow, which we all Dr.C. ~1 . T. Hulett , th e chairman of the Research Institute, w hope may soon reach a handsome sum. Of course our present rate of called upon for a report, and he laid th e claims of th e Research wor growth in the accumulation of funds is slow, and if there was no hope of before the Convention. Dr. Hul ett said, in part : reinforcement in the near future it might seem discouraging, but fortu­ II Now, incidentally, when we have an institute it may be made nately we have some people in our profession who think of something serve a doubl e purpose. Those two purposes arc practically inseparable else besides money. (Cheers.) We see Dr . Burns in her laboratory however. I hope that the time is not far off when we shall have an ac in Los Angeles doing her full share of teaching and working in th c col­ tual institution, where we will have scientific investigators at work wiW lege to enable her to support herself and family, so that she can volun­ well equipped laboratories. They will be working along th ese resea tarily devote th e balan ce of her time to the adva ncement of our profes­ lines, and they will need assistance just as Dr. Bums uses them in he sion. (Cheers.) She gives the result of that work to us without charge work now, and as D rs. McConnell and Farm er use th em. Those IJOB.! or cost. Drs. McConnell and Farmer have a lucrati ve practice, but they tions will undoubtedly be filled by recent graduates in th e professio have set apart a certain portion of their tim e for the development of this thereby becoming proficient research workers. It willalso serve as pos research work. They close their offices and go to their laboratories graduate work. That special work will be open to all in our professio certain days of th e week and therc they work faithfully in their labora­ should any of us care to follow out thc work that the investigators a tories for th e benefit of humanity. (Cheers.) When the y started in doing, thereby making it a part of our own equipment, and hence makil!l! this work, they have told me, th ey would not count the expense. Th ey us better qualified to handle human aliments. It will also obviate th planned certain thi ngs they desired to carry out , and th ey did them. necessity-of our going to the medical institut ions for it. If anything was needed they went to their private bank account for it , "As you all know, the means by which thi s work is to be carried and they have given us freely and without cost the result of their labor. is by endowment. Research work is not spectacular. That was forci Since th e interest money has been coming in we have been able to help bly impressed upon us the other evening when listening to Dr. Farm them to some degree toward paying for some of their expensive uppara-

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tus, and it is our intenti on to help them and ot her research workers rut.us, buy the buildings, and superi nten d them. The Finance Com­ fast as the money accumulates. mittee of five members has charge of the endowment fund and is respo ns­

H As to the time when we may be able to accomplish much in r ible for the investment and care of the funds . The income from the search investigations depends entirely upon ourselves. If we might funds is turned over and appropriated each yea r by th e trustees to the able at this meeting to increase our subscriptions to $100,000 it would Council for expenditure in its work. surely be a great assistance, and it would assure us at least 86,000 annu "Incidenta lly, we have a ledger account of 350 subscribers, and until ally, and not until our income from interest amounts to at least tha each subscription is paid in full, considerable detail work is necessary much will we be able to derive any appreciable results. in the way of sending out notices for payment of installments, and re­ " The work that Drs. :\lcConnell, Burns, and Farmer and oth e. ceipts, and oth er clerical work is necessary, thereby making it too much have don e and given to us, is embodied in the first bulletin which wi work for any practi tioner to handle personally, so this last year by au­ soon be issued hy th e Research Institute. Dr. Booth sent to me here thority of the trustees the Finance Committee made arrangements with the printer's proof which I hold in my hand . It comprises some iO to a trust company to attend to all that work of collecting and receiving 80 pages, contributed by Drs. McConnell, Burns, Farmer, Littlejohn , subscriptions, and eac h month to send the amounts collected to the Dr. Proctor, of Buffalo; Dr. Whiting of Los Angeles, and Dr. Bolles 0 treasurer of the Institute, for which services we pay the trust company Denver, who represent the six lines in research. They were appointed .\wo and one-ha lf per cent . for all collections ma de. th ree years ago, and it is their duty to study the conditions in their sep "T he money thus received by the Finance Committee is by it in­ arate lines so far as possible, and to ascertain what has been done iJ vested in farm mortgages entirely, which th e trustees consider the best research along those lines within th e profession. and to accumulate dat, pnd safest inves tment, and in order to provide for good and safe security as a basis from which to develop the work so as to be prepared to advis two reliable men, members of the Board who deal in real estate securi­ us as to the sit uation regardin g future work , and this first bullet in out­ .ties, M r. Cobb of Ft. Worth , and I\Ir. Wa re! of Vermont , together with lines what has been don e up to this time. Ot her bulletins will follow Or.Harry Still, look after thc investments. And so we feel safe in accept­ as fast as the work justifies it, for, as you all know, research work canno ing any paper which they recommend. be don e to order. It is not of that nature. It is a constant investiga­ "If this Association had to depend entirely 011 the members of this tion into unknown realms, and the investigator cannot him self tell whe profession to accumulate either a million dollars or even a half million, he may obtain definite results which would he of interest to th e profes with which to successfully carry on thi s work it would take a long time; sion and the world , and he cannot foret ell when he begins where or when hut we all have faith that we shall not have to depend entirely upon them ; he will obtain the results. . that th ere are men of wealth today in the United States who are grate­ ful for what osteopathy has done for th em, and who will be ready to Method of Carrying on the \Vork. express that gratitude in a substantial way as soon as they are satisfied " Now as to the method by which this work is carried on. T he As­ that that expression will be productive of good results. So now we are sociation authorized an organization to handle the funds in order to making a demonstra tion of the faith that is in us,\Ve arc proving our­ meet the requirements of the laws of the various states, and also pro­ selves. " 'hen we go to a man' of wealth and ask him for money , the vided that there should be an incorporated body of trustees who woulc first thing he will say is, What are you doing yourselves? How much be responsible as legal trustees and custodians of the funds. There" faith have you in this work you rselves? How much are you putting up fore twenty-seven trustees were to comprise said Board, twenty-five 0 to show that faith ? After we ha ve satisfied him on that he will wan t which are to be elected annually (five cach ycar), and the Chairman o! to know how carefully we have provided for taking care of the money the Educat ional Committee, and the Cha irman of the Board of n egents thus provided, and whether we are in earnest , and when we have proved of t he A. O. A. are ex-officio trustees. T hese twenty-seven tru, tees those things then we can go to men of wealth and ask them for money appoint a Council of seven members which is directly respon sible fo' and assistance and I know we will get it . And I am happy to say w~ the work. When we have money enough th ey will employ the men an have almost reached that point now. Our institution is well organized women who are to do the actual work in our labora tories, buy t he appa- and we are growing rapidly , and the subscriptions are being paid 111 ,

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and the funds are accumulating, and this year we will begin a syste matic The exercises closed with all standing and singing "Auld Lung contribution to research work. One member of our profession contri h, Syne,' led by Mrs. 'V. Horace Ivie's charming voi ce. uted ~ 2,500, and ove r a dozen 81,000 each, and a great man y ...., 500, pay­ able in five annual insta llments, and it will doubtless be, as one man at S a t u rday MornIng S essio n . Kirk svilleexpressed , that at the end of th e fifth payment he will sec the Th e Convention resumed business at 0:45 a. m., and the report of great importan ce of the movement tha t he will subscribe for five more the election of officers was submi t ted, years if necessary. Surely the future of this movement looks bright." Call lor S Ubscri p tio ns. Officers Elected. After this report of the Researc h Institu te, a call for subscriptions The election resulted as follows : to the Research Fund was made, and resulted in the raising of $8,175.00 PH"' ID ENT: Dr. A. G. Hildreth of St.Louis, Mo. for th e need of t he work. Miss Ada M. Patrick of Colbrook, N.H., a FIHS1' VrcE-PmosID ENT: Dr. Otis F. Akin, Portl and , Ore. visitor at the Convention, expressed her fait h and interest in osteopathy! S"COND VrcE-PHESIDENT: Dr. R. D. Emery, Los Angeles. by subscribing one thousand dollars, if it can he used in establishing a SECR>;TARY: Dr. H. L. Chiles, Orange, N. J . hospita l .or a sanitarium. A SSl s'rANT SECRETARY : Dr. George T. Monroe, Silv er Springs, Xew York. Articu la te d S k ele t o n Presented. THEASURER : Dr. ) ['. F. Hulett, Columbus, Ohio. Dr. E. H. Proctor, acting as spokesman, presented to the ASSQcia­ TRU STEES : Drs. E. 1\£. Pickler, M inneapolis : George \V. Perrin, tion a patented, articula ted skeleton, which is the joint invention of Denver ; Gertrude Lloyd Gates, Portl and, Oregon ; Effie E. York, San Dr. H. H. Fryette, and Dr. C. E. Fleck of New York. Both of these Francisco, and Orren E. Smith, Indianapolis; 'all of whom accepted Doctors expressed the wish that they receive no credit or financial as­ their respective offices for the ensuing year. sistancc in return, wi th the exception of some part of the expense inci­ Th e Chair then called upon George W. Perrin to read th e paper ent to the procuring of the patent. The ingenuity of th e mechanis m OIl "Occipita-Atloid Arti culation, " which was sent to the Convention was fully appreciat ed hy th e Convention, and the motio n by Dr. W. W. by Dr. Franklin Fiske, New York, owing to his inability to attend in Vanderburg to ·recom mend to the Trustees the payment of one hun­ person . dred dollars each 'to Drs. Fleck and Fryet te to cover the expense of Dr. S. F . Meacham , Oakland, then gave an interesting talk on procuring pat ent, an d that a vote of thanks be exte nded to t hem for the Psycho-Therapy and Osteopat hy . generosity of the Doctors, was secon ded and carried. Dr. George Goode, Bosto n, was then called upon, and gave t he The Banquet. members a very inst ructive discourse on the subject "To rtico llis." T he appointments for this formal function were adm irably arranged A special representative reported some of th ese papers, and a sy n­ by the hotel management." The profession had its good clothes on, opsis of them will appear in a later issue of the Journal. An open meet­ and the scene was one to call on anyone to take notice; for well-dressed ing was th en condu cted by the Associate Colleges, with speeches by va­ handsome men, ami stylishly gowned, beautiful women, graced the rious representati ves of the schools. tables of th e banquet hall." President Pickler, reluctantly acted as toast-master, and was pronounced a genuine success. After drinking S ec tio n on Ear. Nose and Throat. the health and long life to Dr. Still , the following toasts were responded to. Dr. Louisa Burns gave a very interesting discussion along this line "Ghosts," A. G. Hildreth; " Realities," H. S. Bunting; " The Gold­ of work, and a synopsis of her paper will appear later. en \Vest," D . C. Farnham ;"On the Hike," Charles E. Fleck; "Thoughts," D ain L. Tasker; "The Future," Charles Hazzard. The toast-master Section In Gy n ecology and Ob stetrics. also called on Drs.Asa Willard and William Horace Ivie, who made happy This section was in cha rge of Dr. J . K. Manuel, the Chairman, and impromptu remarks. the principal topic for consideration was "Gonorrhoea." A paper on 888 THE JOURNAL OF OST EOPAT HY.

this subject having been presented hy Dr. Olive Clark . Papers by Dr. Lillian ''''hiting on "Abnormal Presentations," and by Dr. Helen. C. Cunningham on " T he Preparation of Women During Pregnancy," were read and discussed at length. Dr. C. A. Wh iting also discussed " P ro­ tozoa n Diseases," speaking of the various diseas es due to bacterial in­ The San Francisco Convention. vasion of the human body, and their prevention. The Convention was reported by many to be one of the best ever By 0 11 . CHA IlLES E. FLECK . held, and the members present \,..'ere outspoken in their praise of the Com­ mittees having the management of the Convention in charge. The A very good survey of progress in Ost eopathy is offered by the an­ service of the St. Francis Hotel was unexcelled, and came in for a gener­ nual convention of the American Osteopathic Association. As Oste­ ous share of the praise. The next Convention will be held in Chicago, opathy from its very start has steadily progressed, so the most recent 1911. of these conv entions has always and does now again furnish the better survey of what has been and is to be done. The San Francisco Convention placed well the survey of what re­ Pacific Coast Notes. mains to be done, out of Utopia and on to earth. All of us out here who know anything about conventions regard The reports of the Standing Committees outlined with considerable this one as a success, and, as nearly as I can make out, the Eastern prac­ forethought and clearness a practical rather than a visionary situation titioners who attended thought well of it , too. The offici al register for Osteopat hy to develop. The issues this dev elopment presents or gav e the following figures: California practitio ners in attendance, 22;;, is confronted wit h, were fully recognized as real and as those to be solved with 125 pr actitioners from outside the state . There were more than and not to be straddled. 500 in attendance in all. We think that a pretty good showing. I The program was noteworthy to the practitioner in being scientific have not heard yet what the total expenditure was, hu t I find that we and practical rather than theoretical and academic. M any pa pers came out wit h . 200.00 to spare, which was much better than we ex­ were read that showed a careful and critical observation of cases in a pected . widened field of Osteopathic practice. There is not much news to tell you , except that the Eastern prac­ The A. T . Still Resear ch Institute presented the recent scientific titioners are wandering up and down the state. There was a party of findings of M cConnell and Farmer and Louisa Burns. The splendid ten osteopaths who went through the Yosemite Valley and out to the showing their work made was appreciated in part by subscribing a good Mariposa grove of Big Trees. They were, Drs. C.E. Fleck and H. L. amo unt to the fund of the Institute. Chiles of Orange, N . J .; T . 1,. Ray and wife of Fort Worth, Tex.; O. E. The sense and sentiment of the San Francisco Convention was un­ Smith and wife of Indianapolis, Ind.; Florence A. Covey of Portl and, mistakably favorable to a definitely directed effort to determine the Maine; Mary Walters of Santa Bar bar a, Calif.; and William Horace relation of st ructure to funct ion. Differing opinions as to the direction Ivi e and wifc of Berkeley, Calif. Every onc of them reports a delight­ were -freely expressed. The discussion following here"as elsewhere was ful time. listened to with tolerance and a consideration of merit, so that the lt was a source of much regret to us that there was not a larger re p­ spirit of the Convention was not made narrow. reseutation from the A. S. O. At San Fran cisco many of the est ablished standards of the Amer­ Fraternally yours, WILLIAM HOIlAC>; ! VI>J . icun Osteopathi c Association were emphasized and improved. The Association is stronger in purpose and in organization as a result of the Convention, The standard of hospitality , liberality and effort as given by the California Osteopaths for making the Convention pleasant and successful, will probabl y always remain as fixed.

useu m of Dstec pethic Medicine.Kirksville. MO The National Convention. The San Francisco Meeting.

By On. G JI~OHG }~ " ' . Goone, Boston, 1\1a.<;8.

It was not a great convention from a practi cal standpoint, but fur I t was , I believe, an epoch maker. As ente rtainers t he Coast short of it. Sociall y it was a marked SUCCPSS, for the California huspi­ D. O.'s are in a class by t hemselves. There was nothing too I11\wh t ro u­ tali ty was unlimited. hie for a Sa n Fruncisco, Berkeley or Oakland D . O. to do for a member So far as attenda nce goes, it averaged up with prior conventions, of t he A. O. A, if it added to th e A. o. A. member 's comfort and enjoy­ and even hetter, considering t he place of meeting and t he distance ment. They were up early und late and alway s on the go. If some of t raveled by a maj ori ty of t he members. In one sense, and an import­ them slept du rin g t he Convent ion week, I do not know when it was, an t sense , too , it superceded all ot her convent ions of my experience, and They were abl y seconded by t heir California brethren in t heir efforts to t hat is harm ony. The unity of spirit manifested by the delegates was make every one's visit pleas urable as well as profitabl e. to say t he least , rem arkable. The educational problem , and an import­ ant one, t oo, was gone ove r 80 tho roughly that the t ime consumed left little for pract ical osteopathic work. T he :\1. D. quest ion was threshed out aga in, a nd let us hope settled for all t ime, so far as t he osteopathic profession is conce rned. The manl y st and t aken by t he advocates of the :'II. D. degree for osteopathic colleges in wit hdrawing t he ir claims, met with the un animou s a pproval of t he Convent ion, and t hat au gurs well for t he future. T he election of officers ended happily for all coucern ed, alt hough t he usual night before wire -pulling was indulged in. Let us profit hy th ese lessons of past yea rs and look to the Conven­ tion of 1911 and make it t he bes t from a purely ost eopathic st andpoint evr-r held by the American Osteopathic Association. The June class 190!), A. S. 0 ., had the largest representation of any one class at t he Co nvention. There were fourteen present. T hey held a reunion at Hotel St uart, August 2, and had a jolly t ime a round the festive board. Reminiscences were ind ulged in a nd the many happy days spent in Kirksville were lived over agai n. T hose present were D" . F. O. Edwards, W. W. Van derburgh, M ay Vanderburgh, Daisy E . Wash burn, J . C. Good ell, M rs. Goodell,Charles J. Williams, Geo rge W. Goode , J osephine T rabue, Hose Bolam Vauderburgh, Marie T horson :'Ilah cl Van ce.

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sppd ally descriptive of osteopathy without limiting our field of practice. An d I submit it here for criticism, hoping that thoughtful and discrim­ inuting; person s will read it and ufTer helpfu l suggestions for its improve­ Forum. mrnL A Dehnltlon 01 Osteo pathy. EDIT OR OF JOURS AL OF OSTJo~ O PATHY: Osteo pathy as a profession is a distinctive school of scientific cura­ DEAR SIR:-I read with considerable interest t he proposed legal tive practice. . It sets forth in theory, first , that the human body is definition of osteopathy which appeared on page 606 in the J une issue provided with an auto-protective and recuperative mechanism, which of your journal. I desire to make some kind ly criticisms of this defini­ in itself and unaided, is sufficient for the maintenance of health, ex­ t ion, which I trust you will see fit to publish in yOUT Journal. cept when this mechanism is unduly restricted in the performance of In th e first place, I think that the first paragraph of the definition its functions or is congenitally defective or vitally impaired ; second, is unnecessary ; for it is a foregone conclusion that our practice at bot­ that the nervous sys tem, which controls not only the elaboration but tom rests upon the branches taught in our colleges. And to do justice likewise the distribution or circulat ion of all vital elements , presides to t he didactic aspect of osteopathy would necessitat e reproducing the over the protective and recuperative acti vities, and in order to maintain greater part of some college catalog-say, for example, the catalog of an adequate defense of the body, mu st be intact ; and, third, that th e the American School of Osteopathy. Needless to say, it is not wit hin nervous system is intimately and vitally connected with the spine ; in tbe province of a definition of osteopathy to do the latter. Fu rther, other words, the spine is not only the conduit for the nervous impulses our college curricula are constantly changing, and to state specifically to lifc, but also t he one great center in the body for nervous distribution. tbat osteopathy includes only what we teach today in our colleges would Helice it is that all bodily derangement, whether it be primary ill the possibly result in serious complications in the ncar future. spine itself t hrough act ual physical injury, or whether it be seconda ry In the second place, the statement, " Osteopathy as a therapeutic in the spine with a primary source elsewhere in the system, is immediate­ art, includes an educated and skillful use of the hands. in manipulating ly observable and accessible through the spine. Further, it must be the structures and tissues of the body 80 as to restore normal condi­ evident that vicious intracorporeal activiti es can be corrected only tions," is not specially descriptive of osteop athic practice, and, ther through restoration of healthy nervous control. For this reason, all fore, is out of place in a concrete definition of ost eopathy. Indeed, th internal treatment must be at best partial. Wlrile osteopathy, on the foregoing quotation could be used in describing in a general way the contrary, contends that if indications in a give n nerve center or region technique of massage, Swedi sh movements, etc. arc healthy or normal , the function of the related organs must likewise And in the th ird place, the st atement th at osteopathy "includes he healthy. This, in substance, is the theory first advanced by Dr . all forms of hand manipulations and movements under whatever name," Andrew Taylor Still, foun der of osteopathy. . leaves us open to very serio us criticism. At once our opponents will Now, in practice, the osteopathic profession has demon strated aver that without offering anyt hing original we are resorting to the dis that even in the strongest and most healthy of men the spine, thro ugh creditable method of appropriating and claim ing as our own all manip­ some caprice of nature, is innately weak, and more than any other struc­ ulative procedures that have been in vogue since time immemorial. ture of the body, likely to suffer injury or mal-adj ustment of its parts. In short , th e whole definition fails to state concretely t he distinc­ Further, ost eopathy has pro ved experimentally that any structur al tive features of osteopathy ; it fails to differentiate ost eopathy from 01' functional involvemen t of the muscles, ligaments, or other structures certain ot her methods of manual treatment ; and it brings prominently along the spine-either occurring primarily along the"spine or reflexed before the reader matters totally irrelevant to osteopathic practice. [rom disturbance elsewhere in t he body-impedes the circulation in the As everyone knows, it is entirely out of place to tea r down witho ut brain or the spinal cord, or both , depending upon the site of spinal in­ offering to rebuild. And while I do not pretend to be able to offer a volvement . Thus, by pathol ogically implicating the nervous sys tem, final definition of our science, nevertheless, I have devoted twelve years the elaboration and circulation of the elements essential to health is of tho ught to the matter and have evolved a definition t hat aims to he interfered with, the resisti ng power of t he hody generally is lowered,

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while the circulation in the organs 0 1' t i8S UCS supplied by the affec Eon'olt ,JOURN AL OF O ST EOPATHY :- segment or segments of th e cord is locally impeded, and disease is t Inclosed P. O. order for $1.25 for Journ al and premium. I result.Still further, and most important of all, osteopathy has s have a case which has been very interesting to me, and will write of it. tai ned in practice its fundamental theoretical contention, i. e., it Lady age 30 came to me, suffering from painful menstruation. established beyond any question of doubt, th at rectificati on of str Upon examination I found a posterior condition of dorsal from sixth tural or function al impairment along the spine normali zes the eire on down exte nding through lumbar, also left lat eral condition of same. tion in the brain and cord, th ereby leaving th e nervous system free Polypus of uterus, size of ordinary lead pencil and abou t 1 1-2 inches react and restore health in th e body. Hence, th e osteopathic sch long. My treatment to polypus was shutting off blood supply togeth er holds that th e treatment of th c bony framework- more particular] with torsion and very little extension. It became very elongated, and the spine-is of supreme importance in removing disease. dried to some extent, and at the end of five weeks' treatment it dropped However, in defining the practic e of osteopathy it is necessary off, leaving a very smooth surface. Case had a great deal of spinal work add that the osteopathic school; which today treat s all forms of . done during the time. Menstruation has taken place three times since eases, recogni zes and teaches the therapeutic value of scientific die and without pain . Yo urs truly, systematic exercise, fresh air, properly directed habits of thought, an E. M . STEWAR T , D. O. certain other rational drugless procedures; it also aims to educate t public how best to retain health and prevent disease; it employs, when Concerning Dr . Bailey's Defense. ever indicated, the generally approved antiseptic and sanitary preca . EDITOR OF THE JO UR NAL : tion s ; it administers, whenever needed, appropriate antidotal treatme In Dr. Bailey's defense he pleads that th e action taken by the T. and it maintains modernly equipped hospitals for the treatment of &lI O. A. at Cleburne recently, asking him to resign from the State Medical truly surgical cases. Lastly, th e osteopathic school treats many .I Board on account of his failure to safeguard our interests , was passed eases by mechanical measures adm inistered to parts of th e body oth while he was absent from the meeting. He failed to state, however, than the spine. But let it be clearly understood th at osteopathic pr that his absence was vo luntary and. that he was on the program for an tice is based distinctively upon a recognition of the fact, before stateil account of his stewardship for the morning of th e first day. He saw fit that man's spine, by virtu e of an inherent weakness, is the seat not ortl to send his office assistant to the convention and remain in Waco, al­ of frequent primary injury, but also of seconda ry or reflexed disturban though he was always able to come to th e trials of my suit and testify from disease elsewhere in th e body; and that any injury or dist urba against osteopathic interests. He was telephoned and communicated whatsoever along th e spine pathologically implicates th e nervous s with in various ways and urged to come and defend his course, and tem , and is therefore inimical to t he health of the body. even the convention asked him to come and yet he refused. He evidently In short , th e osteopathic rationale points out and emphasizes L fe ared to face th e charges and answer the embarrassing questions that fact that nature has compensated for the vital handicap resulting fro he knew I was there to ask him. He neither came nor offered any de­ man 's inborn spinal weakness and has developed in the human race fense in spite of th e fact th at part of th e charges had been published marvelous protecti ve and recuperative mechanism. In the words in our leading osteopa thic journals as well as th e Fort \Vorth daily pa­ Dr.Still himself, "The most th at any physician can do in treating

Yours very truly l and to infer he had no chance to reply is ridiculous. EARL S. WILLARD, D. O. rl He mentions having taken part in th e formation of the present law, 404 Weightman Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa, but at th e time mentioned he had no legal recognition himself and was compelled for selfish motives if no other, to fight against being put out

Museumof Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO THE FOHUi\I. 897 896 THE JOURNAL OF~OSTEOPATHY. mixed board was that they wanted their reciprocal relations of the state himself along with thc rest of the osteopaths, and most all to extend to only medical doctors and exclude the three year osteo­ one will spend a little "time and money" for his own threatened in paths who are allowed to take that examination. Oklahoma n a~urall y ests .He boasts of having fastened the obnoxious mixed board bill efused to accede to so unjust a demand, and as a result no reciprocal Texas, and I wan tto say that it was his surrender to the M , D o' s in t rrrangements were made. They pleaded this at the first trial of the case fight, when the osteopaths could have sceured an independent bo iu January, HH O, and at the time Bailey says this motion W 8..l;J inactiv e, hy pulling together, which is responsible for the present disgrace to justify their actions relative to reciprocity with Missouri , which had condition of affairs, and at th at time Bailey violated the expressed wis ell been assailed by myself, and gave their four year resolutions at that of the T . O. A., which had just previously gone on record against a mi time as their justification, and it was also hrought out that they had board, and had instructed the committee, of which he was one, to. 01 nlv referred the resolution to their lawyer for an opinion, and had not out for an independent board. My brother, who was also on this co ~v~k ed it, hut were advised to hold it in abeyance as far as its barring mittee, held out for an osteopathic board to the last, and tells m one from taking the examination is concerned. And even this action was practically won when the other side began dickering with Bail was taken after I had filed suit and they were frigh tened as to the prob­ for a mongrel board. He kn ew full well that if th e board had refu able outcome. a single reputabl e osteopath a verification license a storm of wrat Th e president of the board, Dr. Osborne, who testified his course would have been aroused from the osteo paths which would have wreck in school comprised one whole year, was one of those who thought the his dear board at its very inception, then why use that as defense? course too short, and further, when asked what his true opinion of oste­ As to the letter written by my brother, I did not at the time opathy was said, HIt 's a damn humbug;" yet this man and the rest of prove of part of its contents and advised against the writing of it at t the board were unstinted in the amount of pr aise lavished on Bailey , time, as from the facts then in my possession I believed Bailey.was after his testimony in their behalf, but as far as their tes timony in each the other side, and I did not know at the timc my letter was written til other's behalf is concerned, most any aggregation of that ilk will vouch it had ever been answered and personally have never seen an answ for each other, but as they were all tarred with the same stick and con­ ~ to it. As far as his statement concerning my failure to send him dcmned in the same court, I fail to see the value of it. I want here to copy of my papers is concerned, that is pure buncombe, as the bo denounce Bailey's explanation of why they refused to examine the ap­ including Bailey, had my original papers in their possession, and I plicant at Greenville, as prior to the passage of the four year resolution , just previously had to compel th em by court mandate to even let they did admit one such applicant to examinat ion on the subjects uot inspect them, or get a copy, and as a member he had a right to see t examined on in Illinois, and granted said person a license, and this oc­ originals, which it seems he did not care to do , bu t evidently with curred only six months previous to their turning down the applicant at investigation was so eertain that Br aswell, the person who boasted bef Greenville ~ with the same qualifications as the above, and further, on gra ding our papers what he would do to us, was right and I was wro cross-examination they admitted that they refused the applicant on that he came to thc t rial to testify to his ap proval of all the board account of the four year ruling. He tried to make capital out of brother 's letter on the stand by gi\'i As far as the statement of Dr.G. 13. Fescue is concerned, I charac­ an alleged account of its contents, but when stopped and thc real le terize that as an absolute falsehood , and instead of approving Bailey, demanded had conveniently lost it ; now, it appears to serve his p. I denounced him in the strongest terms and submitted affidavits to pose he has found it. It is strange he left his pra ctice and came on back my statements. I made no such statement to him or anyone else tedious and expensive trip to testify to his ap proval of the boa rd's a at nuv time. I did have a conversation with Fescue concerning a suit when Secretary Daniels had just told the court that the reason the bo again ~t the Board for a verifieation license by a Dr. Sti les who sued would not recognize the osteo pathic boards and did the medical bo and compelled thc board to issue it . Dr. Stiles charged Fescue held in the same states, was because the osteopathic boards all exam} up his license without cause, and as a result of his suit had to give up three year graduates, and the Texas board did not intend to give re not only his job as secretary but his position on the board as well. Foscue procity with any board which recognized three year graduates. Dam tells a wholly different story, which is not highly complimentary to t he said the reason they were unable to arrange reciprocity with Okluhr

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board. I dare Dr. Foscue to relate the true reasons why to give a license to Stiles. I append to this a copy of a letter from Stil Bailey states that more than fifty others (M. D.'s) made even less t the plucked osteopaths on gynecology; that means that more t Science Circles of Osteopathy. fifty medical doctors fell below 50%, which is below th e minimum gr one is allowed to fall on anyone subject and pass, regard less of These reports lUll made UII of the opin ions of the membe rs o f the ci rcles. a nd are publi sh ed without com ment. . 'f ~ e .T olirua l does not ass ume lm y responsibility lor allY ot them. We would high his grades in other subj ects may be. Now if more th an fifty M. ]ij sUg!il'cst. thnt uny cnrtctsms pro and can be sent to C. B. Hunt, Bmstes Block, S. Omaha , Nehr.-Ed. fell below the dead line, let's examine the record . I have before me copy of the Texas State Jo urnal of Medicine for September, 1909, whi Nebraska Science Circles. contains an uncontradicted report of the State Board's examinati For J uly and August. It states t hat 152 applicants passed and 23 failed. It shows that 0 this number six were osteopaths; of these, four were flunked and t No. 1, July.- Controls premature pains in labor by inhibition over passed; of the medical doctors, 150 passed and 19 failed. sacral nerves through the vagina. To induce secretion in mammary Now Bailey says that over fifty medical doctors got below w6. glands advises use of large amount of water and regulari ty in nursing. any of t he four osteopaths did who failed. Where, then, are the m In average case of measles puts patient in a tub of hot water, covers all than thirty-one cxtra medical doctors who should have' failed? but thc head, keeps patient in tub for 15 minutes, them wraps them in a did Bailey stand by and permit this partisan board to pass with cotton blanket, let ting; them for one hour, gives good rub with towel, protest more than 31 medical doctors, whom he admits all recei uses a hot enema and places them in a clean bed. After employing this lower grades than any of the osteopaths, discriminated against the re method finds little necessity for very close attention to the case. His own explanation condemns him. The Board has issued my lice No. 2. Give thorough manipulation of breasts immediately after and I shall soon permanently locate in Texas. delivery and instructs attendant to do the same twice daily until normal C YRUS N. RAY, D. O. secretion is est ablished. In a case of measles, girl four weeks old, re­ sults were very satisfactory. No. 3. Has no trouble with measles cases. Case . dysmenorrhea only relieved by inhibition of clitori s for 15 minutes. No. 4. Has performed over 40 circumcisions. Wonders if they are legal under present law. Reports Dr. McPherson' s artic le on "T he New Technique." No.5.Reports case of insufficient mammary secretion, where re­ sults were unsatisfactory. Was after second child in a stout woman, who had failed to provide milk for first child. Case measles, male 4 years old. Aside from some complication due to enlarged tonsils, re­ cavery was uneventful.

August Report. No. 1. Diarrheea case, male 7 years, two weeks' standing. Two M. D.'s failed to relieve or benefit patient. Found patient very weak passing; undigested food and recovery apparently doubtful. Gave treat­ mont and followed it up with hot enema every three hours for 24 hours, "hen stools became less frequent and food apparently better digested. Th en cut the enema to once in every 24 hours and continued this treat-

Museumof Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO 900 THE JOUR NAL OF OSTEOPATHY. SCIENCECIRCLES. 901 mont with osteo pathy and light diet for 8 days. Patient still Hoff!"r One patient was unable to get out of bed and was C11I'(,O by the cor­ some and was placed on train for a journey home and entirely T(' {'OVer before the journey of 400 miles was completed. rect,ion of an innominate lesion in five treatments. Another CR8 e of eight No.2. Most of his cases of diarrheea arc very simple. month s' standing, aft er tryi ng many drugs and spending four months at. No. 3. Reports a number of cases in his neighborhood charact Hot Lake, was cured in eight treatments and has had no recurrence. There was a decided spinal lesion. iaed by consti patio n, distention, high fever and pai n ju st below appe dix 0; righ t side. Case two weeks' standing fever at 105 1-2 degr 4. Reports a case of several ye ars' standi ng wit-h a very pronoun ced Had called ;\1. D o's who had advised operation. On examination foun anterior 5t h lumbar and anterior innominate lesion. Cu red in eleven temperature 103 degrees, constipated, distention and soreness bela treatment:-. Mclsurney's point, but none at that point . Thorough ahdomiual III Another case, a carpenter, has no demonstra bia bony lesion , hut nipulatiou produced big bowel movement and abatement of s~'m p t

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to stay in bed, but did not and suffered a relapse. Took some time to In case of hemorrhage trom the bowel, there should be complete get him up again. rest for a time from all food and drink, using ice-packs over the abdo­ 1\0. 3. M an of 49, has his fourth attack of pneumonia. Tempe ra­ men and giving patient pieces.of ice to suck to ease the thirst . Great ture 105 1-2, pulse 103, respiration 39. Crisis in five days and pa tien danger lies in giving solid foods too soon. Begin very gradually to was out on the fourteenth day. Treatment to raise ribs, spinal relaxa­ increase the diet. M any relapses and deaths have been caused in giving tion. Plenty of fresh air , ice pack and deep breathing . solids too soon. A week after fever subsides is plenty soon enough. No . 4. M an with lesio n of third lumbar was cared for six days b:n 1\1. D., who used vibrator; also blistered the back until it took tw S cience Circle No.1. M inn esota. weeks to heal the blisters. Numbness from hips down. Felt sever N o. 1. Encloses letter from Mr. Jacobs requ esting more scientific pain in limbs after second treatment and was discharged after the sixtH case reports, also criticism of Science Circle reports by Senior Class of treatment. the A. S. 0 ., with answers by Dr. Heath. No.5. Dentist had throat trouble ; M . D.'s evidently thought he In case of "dry" labor, would use artificial lubricant, dilate cervix had diphtheria, as th ey gave him such a dose of antitoxin that he was by pa..-sing finger around, using proper antiseptic precautions, if labor laid up for several weeks. Went to Colfax Springs wi thout receiving is too prolonged, use instruments to bring delivery. Thinks more harm benefit. T ried osteopat hy as a last resort and was in his office in two th an good results from vaginal douches after labor. Thinks percent­ weeks . age of deaths of "bottle fed" infants would be greatly lessened if greater No.6.Lad of 5 was given alcohol by his father to make him good care was taken in preparing food, time and quanti ty of food given and and sick because he had heard that would prevent him from ever want­ bottle and nipple thoroughly cleansed, ing any more-he near ly succeeded, as it was all the D. O. could do t No.2. No report . Just leaving for vacation. save him . Could not find out just how much was given . Could no No.3. Would use olive oil for lubrican t in case of "dry birth." find any pulse, respiration so shallow t hat it was hardly perceptibl , First obstetrical case called to, found one foot protruding; soon ...S pale as death, pin-head pupil with no response to light, jaw shut so tigh a pain ceased, pushed the foot back and caught hold of the other one that mustard and water could hardly be put through the teet h, bu ami brought both down together during the next pain. The child was succeeded in giving enough to get him to vomit. Gave hot hath .an large and the first, resulting in quite extensive lacerations of cervix and put him to bed. In about six hours he was staggering around. Fathe perineum. Thinks we should all be prepared and understand how to 11m; 1)(' ('11 arrested and committed to jail, hut was bailed out and await.!'1 diagnose errors of refraction. further trial. No. 4.- Case 1. Female, unabl e to retain ANY food for 41 days. The ideal diet in typ hoid is milk . In this disease the gastric juice Temperature and pulse normal, no emaciation. Vomits bile and mucus. arc less active, the amount of bile is diminished and the peristaltic a­ Hard pieces of fecal matter passed from bowels. Treating three times tion is weak. The perverted fun ctioning and the tissue changes, 0 daily by inhi biting from third to te nth dorsal. Less bile is being vomited course, call for a liqu id diet . Milk is usually well borne if the prope each day. Starting diet of small quantity of milk. Has her take two attention is given to the mouth. The reason that many pati ent s tum olive oil rubs daily. against milk is because a little milk may remain in the mouth and soon 1\0. 5.- Case I. Pott's disease, girl age 8, lumbar kyphosis.T reated sickens the patient of that diet. By rinsing the mouth after each feed a year ago, returned today for more treatment to try to get the spine ing or swabbing it wi th some mild antiseptic solution, you will be saw straightened more. Still has rapid heart; no fever, no pain in lower lots of trouble. Buttermilk seems to agree in many cases where inti ' limbs, and has gained five pounds in weight this summe r. disagrees. 1'\0. 6.Does not take obstetrical cases on account of having too The question of drink plays a large part, as it helps to give the pa heavy office work. M any patients coming from ot her towns and sur­ tient a change and aids in removing the bad taste from the mouth. rounding country. Expects to meet all members of the Seienee Circle Where there arc not any contraindications, the different fruit juice in Lake City October 1st. may he added to the water, lemonade, weak tea or coffee.

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Dr. H. W. Ne ff of Ed ina, Mo., has had t hree patients in t he Hos­ pit nl this summer. Dr. J . W. Kinzie of Ashland, Kansas, had a patient in th e Hospital during the summer for rectal tumor and hemorrhoids. Hospital Notes. 'Yithin a month during the summer, three patients were turned The Nurses' Training School for t he next year is to be entirely unde do wn for operation on account of previously unsuspected kidney trouble. the management of Dr. Ad a Nesbit, who until recently has been in charg One of these, the wi fe of a prominent minister of Kirksville, ~ has since of the Union Benevolent Hospital at Grand Rapids, Michigan . ~[rs died of Bright's disease. Nesbit comes very highly recommend ed both for her professional skill One thing that helps keep down surgical mortality is th e careful and executive ability. exami nation of the patient before operation, as all three of these cases T his year t here will be a special gradua te nurse who will, with tw would doubtless have died immediately following th e operation had they ,~ assistants, have entire charge of the operating rOOID, thus to a great ex not been examined carefully beforehand. te nt relieving the general superintendent of the responsibility of over Dr. H. W. Davis of Guthrie, Oklahoma, recently sent a surgica l seeing this. case to t he Hospital. Beginning with the school yea r, the gene ral management of th Dr. W. J. Giltner of M onmout h, Ill., sent a surgical case to the Hos­ Hospital will bc in the bands of Dr. Gen. Still, who will be relieved 0 pital this summer. practically all of his teaching except surgery, and will have hours at th Dr. O. L.Daniel has had a couple of surgical 'eases in the Hospi tal Hospital from 8 a. m . until 4 p. m. lately, from Corydon, Iowa, in one of which the osmic acid injection for Dr. Hen ry, who has just completed a special course at Heidelber intractable facial neuralgia resulted in a satisfactory cure Germany, and who will teac h chemistry at the school this year, wiI Dr. Clarence Leeper of Mound City, Kansas, recently had a patient have charge of the chemical analysis. in (he Hospital with uterine tumor. Dr. H. J. No rt hern of Big Timber, M ontana, has had two patien Drs . O. A. and William Albertson of Austi n, Mi nn., recently sent a in t he Hospital lately, and wbil e West t his summer Dr . Gco. Still 0 patient for operation for serious adhesions. crated on four cases for him at his home, being assisted by 0 1'. N orthern Dr. D.O. Thompson of Beardstown, Ill ., recently bro ught in a pa­ and Dr. Campbell Black of Toronto , Canada. tient for operation for abscess of the appendix. Dr. Thompson had Dr. C. A. Black of Lima, Ohio, recently had a paticnt operated 0 treated t he case two weeks and had t he abscess perfectl y walled off and at his home for acute appendicitis. . in the best of condition for operation. The great advantage of treat­ Dr. m ack assisted Dr. Geo. Still in t he operation. ment in t hese cases is that in those instan ces where osteopathy does not Dr. E. W. Patterson of Rochester, Ky., has a patient in the cure the condition, it at least puts the case in the safest and best condi­ pital th is summer for operation for cancer. tion for operation on the resultant but walled off abscess , and this is Dr. Barker of Gorin, 1\10., had a hernia case in th e Hospital for ani the best time to operate instead of when during the acute cond ition eration recently. before walling off takes place. ' Dr.C. B. Scobee of M onroe City, M o., had a patien t in the Hos Dr. J. C. :McGinness of Aurora, Ill., recently sent in a patient for pital for double hernia operation recently. operation for ovarian cyst. Dr. W. H. M eCoach had t wo surgical cases iu the Hospital recent lj] Dr. Geo. Still was in Chicago recently to operate on a patient for from Breehenridge, Mo. Dr. W. O. Sweek. Dr . Stephen Temple of Topeka, Kansas, had a patient io th e Ho,­ Altogether , in spite of the vacation the Hospital has been quite pitul for a pelvic operation, during the summer. busy this summer. Dr. D. F. Miller of Lawrenceville, Ill ., recently had a patient i The next graduating exercises of the Nurses' T raining School will th e Hospital for opera tion. he held Oct. 17th, and the main speaker of the occasion ,,111 be Dr. J. A. Dr. Gee . Graham had a patient in th e Hospital du ring the summon Grow of Memph is Mo. Full announcement of the program will be who was operated on for an old fracture of the spin e. J!:IYpn later.

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jean ~I t"di ca l A.<·....ociation's selfish program through such resolutions . It behooves all the State associations at this tim e to keep an active lookout for t he appe arance of such resolut ions in th e conventions of their particular Sta tes and to be prepared to show the animus behind th em. Understanding th is, delegates will t um down Legal and Legislative. the resolutions as they did in th e three nam ed States . Senti to Washington at once for copies of Booklet ~c. 2 of th e heari ngs on the S tate Organiza ti ons T ake No tice.-In order to create t he impression with " proposed Department of Public Health," dated May 19, 1910, and containing ar­ Congress that there is a nation-wide, popular demand for a Department of Public guments made before the Senate Committee, on " Public Health and National Quar~ Healt h, the American Medical Association is now making and will, until all t he nom­ nntiue." Send direct to the chairman of this Committee at Washington, or prefer­ ina ting conventions are over, make a vigorous ca mpaign to get the County and State nbly b ave your Senator-or Repres entative send for you . You will find good material politi cal convent ions of all parties to pass resolutions advocating a ~ati onal Depart­ therein showing the selfish interests working up thi s campaign for a National Depart- ment of Public Health. The following letter has been mailed to th e 1\1 . Do's over ment of Pub lic Health . CUAIRM..... N LEGIBLATIVF. COM. the country: " American Medical Association, Bureau of Med ical Legislation, Conflic tin g Rultng of J ustice P utnam.- The fight of the osteopathic pro-­ No , 535 Dearborn Avenue. Cession in the city of New York for full recognition has received a set- back by a de­ Committee on Medical Legi slntion t-c-Charles A. L. Reid (Chairman), Cincinnati. cisioll handed down by J ustice Putnam, in the special term of the Supreme Court . Charles F. Bacon, Chicago. George W. Gay; Boston . Secretary, Fred erick JUStiCl' Putnam holds th at the Board of Health has the right to refuse to recognize H. Green, Chicago. Addr ess all correspondence to Bureau of Medical Legisla­ R death cert ificate from an osteopath by refusing a burial permit until the coroner tion , care Medical Associnticn. has investigated such a case. In concluding his memorandum J ustice Pu tn am says: Chicago, Muy 10th , 1910. " While t he state has wisely allowed th e practice of osteo pathy! it does not fol­ DEAR DocrOR :-A proposition to establish a department of health, with a sec­ low that it thereby holds out one, without any practice in surgery or experience in retary in the Cabinet of t he President is now pending in Congress (Owen bill, S. prescribing drugs! as fully qualified to certify the cause of death . Indeed, it is not 6,049). T he Congressional elections are to occur in a few months. Itis the refore of certain th at a boa rd of health would be compelled to take th e certificate of death of t he highest importance, if justified by public sentiment in your country, that you at all licensed physicians, in the event of an epidemic or the spread of some new and once take the necessary steps:- mysterious disease. First, to secure as delegates from your county to you r congressional nomin ating "Grouted t hat the theoretical education of the osteo path is of tt. standard equal convention of aU parties, men who are in favor of establishing a nation al department to that of a doctor of medicine, after he enters on hi... profession his practice is re.... of health with a secretary in th e Cabinet, and, through them, to secure t he adoption stricted , so that it does not appear th at he can make the tests by examination of of a plank in thei r respective promi se from each candidate for Congress platforms blood und tissues by which alone many diseases can be certainly detected. in favor of such a measure. "The sanita ry code is discriminatory, bu t th e discrimination is not personal nnd arbitrary. It is' based on a limitat ion which t he osteopath may be said to make for Asked Defin it e P romise . himself, and deprives him of no rights whieh he ought to exercise, consistent with Second, t? secure, if possible, a definite prom ise to support such a measure, If the publi c safety. elected. In the absen ce of such promise, to secure eit her an expression of t he atti­ lITIlC' demurrer is, therefore, sustained." tude of th e candidate on t he question or his refusal to mak e such an expression. The Hig h er Decision is Cla im ed by Osteopaths . position of all candidates, whatever it may be, should be made known to the electors before the nom inations are mad e. In t he decision of the Court of Appeals, of October 13th, 1908, in the mutter of Third, to secure th e adoption of a plank in favo r of a depar tment of publi c health Dr. Charles F. Band el's appli cation for a peremptory writ of ma ndamus to compel in the platform of each political convention, whet her county, district or Sta te. the Health Department of th e city of New York to accept the registration of himself You are urgently requested to take up this question at once with al l candida tes, as a physician. In the prevailing opinion of t he court the right to file death cert ifi­ especially with presen t membe rs of Congress who are candidates for re-election, and cates W8-i covered . The decision 83Y8: to keep this officeinformed of everything that you do in this connection. "Clearly one who prac tices osteo pathy holds himself out and offers to diagnose The prospec t for advanced national health legislati on was never so promisin and trent some of t he ailments mentioned in the statute, and he is not requi red to as now, and definite results will be realized if we stand insistently as th e protectors treat all in order to be a physician within the meaning of t he statute. He is required of the people on this great question. Very respectfully, to study substantially t he same length of time ami to be examined upon the same sub­ jects a.s other applicants for a license to practi ce, except that sanitation, surgery and F REDERIC K R. G R.~ F. :S , gynecology are excepted from his examination, and t he th eory and practice of osteo­ Secreta ry Committee 011 Medical Legislation.' pathy are excepted from the examination of all other applicants. In Vermont, Ohio and Iowa th e activity of Osteop aths, Homeop aths, Eclectics "T hus th e statute defines and classifies licensed cs teoput he as physicians.T he and ot hers outside th e " regular" ranks han prevented the endorsement of the Amer- statutl' gives to ell Iieeused osteopat hs t he right to tren t any human ailment by any

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means und meth od , exce pt that they ca nnot ad minister drugs or \ha't Ca nl dismissed the complaint, saying it was wit hout prejudice and that, if Go ff by the \ L'4C of instrumen ts." ~5h ("l" 1 to file a new complaint to collect for osteopathic serv ices, he would rehear the Two .Judges Dissent. ellS('. Johnston & Swindells. attorneys for Goff, announce t hat this probably will bPdone, :L~ t heir client has other CMCS he wishes to prosecute . The decision goes 011 to say that according to law nobody may be buried wit he a permit fro m the Heal th Department, and t hat physicians in attendance shall fit LouL'I OI.:1On was treated b)' Goff in 1907 before the law requiring the liccnseng a certificate of the cause of death . of o,..f('Opathy was passed . Goff ha s !lOW a license to practice osteopathy . " Osteopa ths," it is stated in the summary of the decision, "are entitled to Di ploma Gives T itle, registered in the Health Departm ent as physicians qualified to make and tilt- t.he cer J.a1'lt week t he supreme court of this state decided in the petitions of F . A. C hris­ tificat c and record of death." • tianl'lCn nnd ot hers, asking for " licenses to treat the sick." T wo T acoma practition­ Dissenti ng from that part of t he decision relating to the filing of dea th cert ! ... ers, Mueey und Williams, were ulso plaint iffs in this case. The court held, in inter­ cub's were Judges Cullen a nd Haight . T hey sa id t hey were not pr epared to hoi preting the 1909 law t hat any o ne who has practic ed a certain school of heali ng for that osteopat hic practitioners, who are excluded by the law from the practice of su two years is entitled to a license in tha t particular bra nch . All licensed practitioners, gery or the administrutlon of drugs, should be given the right to determine the elll l1ccordinJ!,: to t he law, may collect for serv ices. It also held that they ma y attac h to of death when their practice is 80 restricted . their numee the titl e th ey hold by a diplom a, It is not necessary to ha ve a diplom a .1utlJ!,:eti who were seen sa id without hesit a tion th at if the two cases ate parullel, in onl er to procure a license. the decision of Judge Putnam ca n have no for ce. Judge Haight , who is in Bufful , The supreme court's in terpreta tion read s in part as follows: wou ld not give any opin ion wit hout knowing of the case at issue before J udge Putnn • S u pre m e Court's Rultng, Doctor's Trust Invading t he West .- The hand of the Ameri can Xledlcal Associa tion is clearly seen in the vigorous ca mpa ign on the Pacific coast to gnin and " It must be considered that the provisions of this la w arc not free from do ubt. maintain control of every healt h de partment and activity, State and F ederal. However, we are of t he opinion that one who has been in continuous practice in one The transfer of its efforts to the West is cred ited by the Ameri can Osteopnt hif locality for t wo years prior to the enuctment of this law is not required to furnish Association to the publ icity given the Am erica n :Medical Association's work in tlie further evidence of his qualifications by a diploma ar;..l that suc h a person would be East. by the New Yor k Herald and the National League for :\Iedi cal Freedom. entitled to a license regardless of the fact of his not having a di ploma." Recently, t he case of a charity patient in the Los Ange les County Hcsp itnl w It is pro bable t hat t he findings of the suprem e court in this matter as well as in pronoun ced hopeless by the physicians there, a nd her req uest for osteopathic tree other cases will he employed by the attorneys in contesting ot her suits. ment. offered gratuitously , was refused . This was attributed to the " Doctors' Trusf Several interesting conclusions of law were introduced in the argument of the by t he Los Angeles newspa pe rs, which denounced it . Olson CM e recently, one especially in the records of this stnte, Dea ton against Law­ SOil, where the court held t hat the proprietor of a medi cal inst itute, if not himself a Osteopathic Board M eets .- T he Sta te Board of Osteopathic Exa miners me licensed physician , even t hough he employed licensed doctors to cond uct his trea t­ at Harri sburg on Saturday, August 20, and held t heir annual meeting, as requi merits, cannot recover for contract services. under t he la w. Aside fro m rou tin e busines s, further pinna were conside red for t The judge decided, sa ying t hat Dr. Goff mu st br ing suit uaaIicensed cs tco pu t h, discovery of such who a re attempting to pra ctice osteopathy , bu t who cnnnot qu ­ and not as a physician. ify under the law on acco unt of insufficient tra ining . It is t he ai m of t he bourd prevent all such infractions of the law, :\fore About the Indiana State Board Mtx-un.c-Governor Marsha ll re­ T he election of officers resul ted as follows : Dr, O. J. Snyder of Philadelphia ccntly called the Examining Board befo re him, a nd in no un certain manner, pointed presiden t ; Dr. John T . Downing of Scranton, secreta ry; Dr, Vern on W . Peck the way the recalcitrant med ics would have to follow, They were reminded that Pi tt sburg, treasurer . T he other members of t he board are Dr. Fra nk B. Kah n Ofi the St ate Board of Med ical Exnmlnera is not a la w-m aking bod y, and they were Harrisburg; and Dr. Berton W . Sweet of E rie. brough t rru..·e to face with a distin ct violation of th e law . The la w gives the osteo­ path ic school representation on the Board, and they were to ld that when the law Osteopath May No t Collect a s Doctor.-By holding that A. L. Goff, an 08 said osteopa ths, it means osteopaths. and he has the same righ ts as other members. path of T acom a, " :-88h., could not collect from Louis 0 180n for services rendered The Governor was thoroughly posted o n the crooked work wit h reg-ard to t he peti­ a physician and surgeon and givi ng the defendant judgmen t a nd costs, Justice tion of the- medical studentsof the Indian a University, in which they as ked tha t Dr. set n' precedent for Pierce county, w esh., t hat offers peculiar possibilities. The f Spaunhurst, the osteopath, be not allowed to examine them on any subject . lie that . Goff as a professional pra ctitioner could not force his pati ents to settle is a knew that the petition was ins pired and kn ew also th e sou rce of the " ins pira tion." inte resti ng working out of the law. It Was further pointed out thnt the State of Indiana spe nds $1,050,000 for ed ucn­ Goff swore on the witness stand that he is a ph ysician and su rgeon . Attorney; tional pu rposes, a part of which goes to the Med ical Department of the Indiana Uni­ Gallagher, for the defendant , mai ntained that Goff never had a license to practi versity, and yet t hey a re turning out graduates who, us one must judge fro m t ht, medi cine. Goff's assertion pu t the case out of the jurisdiction of the law regulating petition, are afraid to come up ngui nst an outside man for exemi nution . With nil th e pra cti ce of osteopathy pnased by the last legislature and it was on this grou the wind out of t heir sails, D~ . Spur geon und Gott., the priucipnl offenders, tric"cl to

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explain the mutt er to the Governor, bu t in view of th e information the Governor t' " u nless all signs fail, the proposed new department will be in operatio n before t hese explan ations must have seemed superfluous . However, t he intervi ew with t the end of the Taft administration. Perhaps the most influential organization be­ Governor offered a splendid opportunity to show up Dr. Spurgeon, a nd it seems f..>i; hind thc movement is th e American Medical Association , representing 76,000 ph y­ Spaunhurst made good usc of the opportunity. It seems that somehow th e inforllJ sicians, embracing every state and territory in the Union. State, county and munic­ tion was obtained that Spurgeon's medical ecucation consisted of 1,w(J terms of Sil ipal health officers throughout the country are also enlisted in the movement . So months each, without even a preliminary high school education, lUU) t he schoo l lie far no real opposition has developed. " I represents- th e Physio-Medical-wit h perhaps the exception of It struggling in l'! titu. This gives us a glimpse of the wonde rful organization, strength and work of th e tion in Chicago, is absolutely defu nct in this world . In view of th e-e facts, he w enemy. In view of t hese facts, every osteopath who believes in right and justice reminded righ t before t he Governor, that his right to place himself "von a pinnae should be on the alert and view our heritage with close scru tiny and jealous eye. end to arrogat e th e righ t to judge as to the competency or inccmpeteney of hili f We should resist to the las t a nd pledge ourselves to work with migh t and main for an lows on t he Board is seriously qu estioned. The Governor seemed to Immenssl Independent Board in order that we may bring this righteous cau se to a successful enjoy the situation. A tacit underatending was reached t hat the osteo pat hs shou d i<;f'llC and thus gain th e privil ege to attend to our own affairs, drive bogus doctors to share alike in the work, and t he interview ended wit h a threat by th e Governor tha cover and exercise our righ ts in the pu rsui t of our calling wit hout molestation or if the bickering and wrangling does not stop he will !!O before thf" next legisluturs discrimination. and ask them to wipe every vestige of th e )lcdical Act off the stetntes, " And I ~ To this end we should put on the armor and prepare for wa r. The time is at lieve I can get it done, too ." While the Governor was willing to over look t his i _ hand to ma ke the st rike of our lives. Backed by intelligent public opinion, together fraction of th e law, they were given to understan d t hat it- was nut to be a vicious with the greatest suc cesses ever known in curing human ills, we should Jj!;O forth ,...ith precedent , whereby th e osteopath can be set in one corner with nothit ur to do. stout hea rts, everywhere proc laiming th e justness of our cause. Thus will eac h of The experience of Dr. Spaunhurst on the Board is absol utely convincing that IJB mold pu blic sentiment in our locality such as will be unmatched , invulnerable and com promises with the medics ar e ab solutely ruinous, an d that the osteopaths of no mumphant., J. F . Sl' AU NHURST, D .O., I ndianapolis, Ind . state should consider for one minute th e accepting of repreeentarion un a Composlt Board. Doctors' Trust Hlt in Ohio.- Republicans in their last State Convention seem to have put a qu ietu s on the scheme of the American ~I ed i cal Association in Indiana Out f OT a Sepa rate S tate Board.e--Compro mises, such as re prese Ohio. The Ne w York Herald bas t he following to say: tatton on a eornposite boa rd , are fra ught with dauger; they a re ruinous and we can "Ohio was enro lled in full membership today in th e sisterhood of sta tes opposed but agree that we erred when we accepted a place on t his composite board. It rea ll to a ' Doctors' Trust ' in t his country . The second degree was taken when the Repu b­ mea ns dea th to Osteopathy; hence, there can be no dallying. no h.'l lf-hearted r ll'~ ·, lican State Conventi on, thro ugh its committ ee on platform, put a qu ietus on the at­ no faltering on our part. The very life of osteopathy depends upo n our loyalty, ow; tempt to line up the party officially in favo r of a monopoly of medi cal practice. Al­ zeal, our support, our holdin g fast to osteopathy as n distinct system of therapcuties ready the de mocratic par ty had administered a sleeping potion, feedi ng th e proposed We must keep the pot boiling while the dominant schools are so desperate in thei plank It large do se of 'knockout drops' at it s convention. . attempt to annihilat e us, for it is clearly evident tha t they ha ve vitally inj ured til . " In the committee on resolutions here last night th e members did not deem it case in that t heir outrugeoua behavior is disgu sti ng to those in authority . worth while to take up the subject at all, alt hough it had courteously given five min­ Most osteopaths nre progressive a nd have a just pride in their profee...ion. Hence utes of its valuable time to Dr. J . H. .J. Upham, secreta ry of the Ohio State Medical I need not add th ere must be no shirking, that we must arouse ourselves with tremen Association , to present his case. In the langu age of one of the members the com­ ous energy and sha ke off the octopus . This I am certain we can do if we do not sid mittee didn't even to uch the thing. step duty, and this is a most solemn du ty not only to ourselves) but to the entire pw= " Delegates and party leaders here declined to wast e t heir time tal king about fession . "Te must be liberal and broad enough to meet the issue. We must defend the proposed plank fath ered by the Ameri can Medical Association, because they said o? r ca use. 'Ve must be aggressive . We must pull to gether in the traces, each doiDJ the people of Ohio did not demand it, did not want it a nd were not inte rested in it except negatively . Nobody save Dr. Upha m, t he doctors with whom he conferred his or her full duty . Right and truth are on our side an d we are bound to win. Letta present a solid, united fron t and march to the commands of our legislative committee and th e members of t he committee on t he platform kn ew th e phraseology of th e plank. The committeem en promptly forgot it, and no newspaper published it . In . That arch enemy of th e Osteopaths, Dr . J. N . ~ l cConn ack , or ganizer of the Arne • a general way it is known t hat the plank indorsed a nation al Board of Health, if not roan Medical Association, in marshalling the medical forces against us) referri ng to a full-fledged cabinet department, at whose head should he a ph ysician. obstacles in the way of need ed legislation recently urged, first, that t he doctors llge together" an d create a better feeling among themselves. Let's profi t by this ad vice Lawmakers lIit Plan. He admonishes them to lay aside envy, ha te and jealousy . He spoke of their pla " Whether it were hoard, bureau or department, the committee would have none being laid along the broadest lines for creating and fostering a sentime nt among of it. T he reason for t his is clear. Of t he twenty-one members of which the com­ people which would secure a great CE NTRAL HEALTH department a t Washington mittee was composed te n were members of congress during the las t session. Some of with a representa tive in the Cabinet and thi s news it em eviden eee tbe success wit, them had heard the sub ject discussed in cornrnit tees in Washington, others had learned which he has met : Ircm friends what arguments had been presented on both sides end nil had become

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fami liar wit h professional sentiment as reflected in inter views and CMOlina. D r. Lester Morris at Henderson ; Dr. A. C. Tebeau and Dr . Fairfax r'itts Herald . at other points in t he State. Dr. Anna Joyner and Dr. Ernest Dunn will Joeate at. " Dr, Upha m is a physician widely ~own and highly esteemed in his profeasi !lOme points in Virginia . He has a broad acquaintance in Ohio and is persona lly popular. It W80S not t­ fore, as a slap at him but at his cause t hat t he Committee on Resolutions elec Iowa Sta te Board Makes New Rullnl!.- By ru le of t he State Board of Health keep :U1Y mention of the 'doctors' trust' scheme out of t he State republican plate recently ad opted, all persons seeking certificates to practice medici ne in the State of . "T he national League oC Medical Freedom is not so st rongly represented in Iowa, must have had two years' t raining in a college of liberal arts, prior to their course as In some ot her states, but when the possible scope and monopolistic character. of study in the medical college from which th ey graduated. the pro~ition was presented briefly to the delegates and prospective platform bu' Unde r this ruling all the medical colleges in Iowa \\;11 have to change their rna­ ers during the first days of t he convention it quickly became ap parent that the tric-ulation requirements , (or no graduate can take the examination before the State was foredoomed to failu re so far as Ohio republicans could foil it . Boartl unless he has had the two years' preparatory work . The new order of the Board becomes effective Jan. I, 1911. I t applies not only Praises Herald's Da ta . 1,,1 gnulua tes of Iowa schools, but also to the graduates of any school in th e country " :~ Ian y in t he Convention crowd said they had read about the progrurn of t who desire to practice in t his state. A~£>ncan Med ical Association in the Herald, and that they were t he more imp Two Iowa schools-the med ical college at the State Uni versity at Iowa City, WIth the utterances published therein because the Herald had always in its news a and the Drake University School or ) Iedicine-ha\i ng already signified their int ention ~itori~l co l u ~ ns , give n prominence to any new discoveries and importan t edvam of makin g this requirement of students. In medical science from wha tsoever source. The adoption of this rul e by the Board is not a new move on th e pa rt of ll. state "There was unexpected familiarity among the lay de legates with pas t efforts board of healt h, for a similar rul e is in effect in M innesota , South Dakota and' other t~ l e 'r£>gul&n:l'. to preve nt the several States from givi ng official recognition and sa r states. t~O~l to 0PpoSInj2; schools of practice and to ha mpe r and embarrass t he practice of ph Osteopa t h s Ma ke Good Sh owt n g.c-Out of one hundred and seventy-two sicrs ns of these schools. Naturally those best advised as a class were members at ~t. D.'s who recently tonk the exam ination for license to practice in the state of Vir­ erstwhile members of Co ngress . who had acquired in Wash ington u close ra nge derstanding of the larger plot . ginia, sixty-seven failed . Three osteopat hs also tried , and all passed, which speak­ well for the mu ch-heralded "ignorance an d unfitness" of the osteopaths, as pracf .i­ "One lawmaker, speaking of a proposed department of heal th wit h a Calli tioncrs in the art of healing. officer in . c harg~, .said the United States migh t as well hav e a portfolio of practi and applied politics. Anot her said the Cabinet already had become a cumbcrso The Illinois M ed ical Board in Hot 'Vater.- "With the indubitable r-o nniv ­ body and t hat it W:lS time a halt was called on plan s to increase the mcmberehi anve of the State Board," says the Chicago Examiner, "the provisions of the law arc t he President 's official fami ly at w ashington. and have long been flagrantly violated. Of the fourteen undergraduate medi ca l . Os teopath Appofnted.-on August 4th, Governor Hay of Washington ap; schools, the majo rity exist to prepare candidates for the Illinois State Board (If Ex­ pointed Louis L. Garrigues, of Spoka ne, an osteopath, a mem ber of the sta te boa aminnticns in unmi stakable cont ra vention of the law and the Sta te Board rules. of medical examiners to succeed J. Clinton Mcbudden, term expired . " Wit hout exception a large proportion of their attendance offers for admis....ion as "equivalent" (4 years of high school), that which is not an equivalent in uny ....cn ee . New Officer s Elec ted .-The North Carolina State Board of Osteopathic Ei whatsoever; it is neverth eless acce pted wit hout question by t he State Board , th ough a ll~mers held a two-days' session at Raleigh, exa mining upp liean ta for license, t . the statute explicitly states t hat, it can exact an equivalent by satisfactory exumina­ being th e fourth annual session . tion. There is absolutely no gua rantee t hat t he candidate accepted on t he equiva­ T here were five applicants forexamination and registration, all of whom p lent basis has an education even remote ly resembling the high school t-raining which 8uecess f u ~ ly, these being as follows: Dr. Fairfax Fitts, of Kins ton ; Dr. Annie Joy,.. tho lIIinois law intend s as the minimum upon which it will recognize a candidate for ner, of Kinston: Dr. Ernest Dunn, of Rocky Mount : Dr. Les ter O. Morris, of C the physician's license."- From a recent report of the Carnegie Foundation utter an lot te ; Dr. Albert C. Tebeau, of Xew Bern . inspection of Chicago medical schools by Abraham Flexncr. The examination is stated to have been a very thorough and exhaustive one wi' T he cry of the State Board of Health graf t raised by Dr. Louis D. Rogers, dean 130 questions asked. T he examination was cond ucted by the Board, consist ing of the National Medical Univers ity, because his school of medicine, at 1428 W I·II,.; Dr. H. W. GI:L"SCock, of Ra leigh, president ; Dr. A. R . Tucker, of Durham, street, is not kept on the " good standing" list, now promises to be the to rch that will tary: Dr. Roy Armst rong, of Salisbury, treesurer;Dr. Elizabeth H. T ucker, of Oree fiN' the whole rotten structure of medical instruction long practiced in Chicago. born, and Dr. Earl J . Carson, of Fayet teville. District Attorney Wayman began in Chicago an inquiry into possible crime in T he Board during its session elected new officers as follows: Dr. A. R. T ucker connectio n with the listing of medical schools at a stated sum per year, the sale of of Durham, president ; Dr. Earl J . Carson, of Fayetteville, secretary, and Dr. R the questions to be asked at State Board examinations for medical certificates and t he Arms trong. of Sa lisbury, was re-elected treasurer. out.right sale of certificates where the candidates fail to puss the examination. Tbreo of th e new osteopaths who passed t he examination will loca te in No

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Deneen Beg in s Ac tion. At the same time in Springfield, Governor Charles S. Deneen and Atto General Stead will begin an investigation of the State Board of Health on the eh made by Dr. Rogers that large sums of graft hadbeen demanded from "shaky" m iea l schools to keep them on the Board's "good standing "list . Associations. Should the charges against the State Board be sustained there is likelihood drastic changes in ihe personnel of that powerful body . According to experts w S e m i- An n ual Meeting 0 1 the Colorado Assocla tlo n ..- The have lately examined Chicago's many medical schools a new board would find a v semi-annual Conventi on of t he Colorado Osteopathic Association met field for reform or suppression in at least ten schools that arc DOW in operation . Julv 27th and 28th at the Auditorium Hotel. Denver,Colo. The pro­ Evidence has accumulated that students not having the preliminary high soh nram and business was as follows: education had a very convenient arrangement with a high school professor to p " .July 27, 1910.-10 a. m.-Osteopathic Prophylaxis versus Bacte­ chase high school diplomas at ten dollars per. A go-between, between the Sta. Board find some of the medica l colleges also has been exposed. It is alleged that 0 rial Invasion, Dr. C.W. Johnson, Des Moines, Iowa. lO:30-Discus­ a certain sum of money certificates to practice medicine in the State of Illinois w sion lcd by Dr. F. 1. Furry and D r. C. J . Chrestensen. 11:OO-elinic. readily secured from the Sta te Board . A thorough investigation of the situati 2:00 p. m.-Osteopathic Experience, Dr. Murray Graves. 2:30-Dis­ is sure to reveal extensive rottenness and a thorough change in the personnel of t cussion, led by Dr. W. S. Maddux and Dr. Lillian Fri end. 3:00­ powerful body, which has been in office so long, would undoubtedly be a vas t i.m;: provement in the medical situation in Illinois. Clinic. July 28, 1910.- 10:00 a. m.- "A Broader Education for Osteopathic I'nysicians, .. Dr. Ivan Dufur, Philadelph ia, Pa. 10:3O-Discussion, Rattlesnakes are Harmless (?) ed by Dr. U. S. G. Bowersox, Dr. J . H. Hardy, Dr. W. S. Warner. Weld County, Colorado, doctors say the rattlesnake is 2:00 p. m.-Our Legislative Duties, Dr. A. G. Hildreth . 2:30-Dis­ and cannot poison with its hite.-News Item. eussion by Dr. Keeler and Dr.Clark. Sing ho t The frisky rattlesnake, This was one of the best Stale Meetings we have ever had in Colo­ Which has been known to C&UBC an ache, rado, There were many clinics presented, making a great variety. The which some folks hav e tried to fake, The meeting was of great importance to all who attended. After th e To get a drink or ten of booze. No more his fangs are feared and grim, meeting was over, July 28 J twenty-seven of our number left for the He hasn't got a hurt in him, A. O. A. at San Francisco, California, on a special train. The railroad In fact his poison sting is slim, fares of all those out of th e city attending were pro-rated, everyone And cannot even cause a bruise f paying their share. Thi s is lIS it should he. Thc Denver Osteopaths For hearken yet, and eke be glad, usually have the meeting held in their city, while those outside attending . O'er news from Greely , Colorad ., must he completely away from thei r husiness, besides paying railroad Where rattlesnak es and such, egad, fare. The Denver Osteopaths can attend more or less to th eir busi­ Are laughed upon and scorned. The M. Ds. in convention there, ness while attending the meetings. Inform us with a learned air, Dr. Hildreth stirred us all up to our legislative duties with a very That when we're bit we needn't. care, strong paper, and Dr. Dufur made us see our educational problems in The Doc. need not be warned. a practical light. Dr.Graves gave us a very interesting and helpful Just simply laugh and sing a song, talk. We were especially glad to have so many Osteopath s out of the And take your little bite along : city to visit us during our meeting and talk to us from their own ex- Heed not the wild excited throng, perience. DR.C. C. REID, Secretary. who'd dope you with the bottled cheer. Pr o gra l1t 01 the Ne brask a State As s oclatlo n ..- The Nebraska Just give the rattlesnake his du es, He's helped distillers sell their booze. Osteopathic Association will hold its eleventh annual meeting at the And, though that may offend your views, Rome Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday, October 4th, 1910.T he 'It' s boosted revenue each yea r. following program will he carried out: -St. Louis Star.

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10:00 a. m.- Call to Order ; Reading of Minu tes of Previous Mee~ limiunry details and getting the plan of th e proposed new organization ings; President's Address ; Payment of Du es an d Enrollment of Ne before the members. - Members; Unfinished Business; New Business: Three or more Norni The matter was informally discussed at M aysville recently, where nations as Candidates for State Board ; Election of Officers ; Rece physicians of this school from the states of Ohio and Kentucky met, and until 1:30 p. m. Remarks and Statist ics collected from Osteopath] since then th e proposition has met with such encouragement that defi­ Pra cti tioners in Nebraska on Appendicitis, Dr. B. S. Peterson , Omaha, nite steps have been taken looking to perfecting the organization. Nehraska; Spinal M eningitis, Dr: M . E. Donohue, Omaha. Nebrask , T he Kentu cky State. Osteopathic Society will not meet until next Exophthalmic Goitre, Dr. J. T . Youn g, Superior, Nebraska; Searle May, but th e States of Ohio and Indiana will have their State meetings Fever , Dr. M. J. Hoagland, Central City, Nebraska : The Importanc this fall an d those promoti ng the move ment hope to have the plan put of D iet in Treatment of Nervo us Diseases, Dr. E. 1\1. Crarnb, Lincoln, before t hese societies and endorsed. Kentucky will follow suit and Nebraska; T he Relation of Spinal Lesions to the Ey e, Dr. B. S. Peter­ th en committees will be ap pointed from each state society to carry into son, Omaha, Nebraska; Statistics on Diarrhea, Dr. I. F. Richardson, effect the plan of organi zation. Fremont, Nebraska; Statistics on Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat , Dr T he Central Kentucky Osteopathi c Society will meet in Lexington C. A.Blanchard, Lincoln, Nebraska. A discussion in Open Parli ament in November to elect officers] and it will probably at this meeting pass on all the above subjects and any other subject of interest to any one. a resolution endorsing the tri-State organization. Osteopathic Society Chartered.- T he North Carolina Osteo­ Ontario Association 01 Osteopathy.- T he tenth annual meeting pathic Society (incorporated), of Raleigh, is chartered with t hc P l'3C­ was held in the Temp le Building, Toronto, on September 5th, 1910, titioncrs of osteopathy the state over as the promoters, and H. \\T. Glass­ beginning at ten o'clock, a. m. The business meeting was devoted to cock, Raleigh. A. H. T ucker, Greensbo ro, and A . H. Yearby, Greensboro, usual routine matters, reports from t he various committees,secretaries, as the incorporators. T he declared purpose is to un ite the osteopaths auditors, and delegates to the A. O. A. The following program was of the state for mutua l encouragement and improvement , encourage scheduled for the meeting : scientific resear ch into the laws of health and treatment of diseases of Dr. Chas .Hazzard (formerly on A.S. O. St.aII), New York City­ th e human family, to elevate the standard of professional th ought and " Auto-intoxioation as a Cause in Foot D isease and Dcformit.ics" ; (About conduct in t he pr actice of osteopathy. a dozen clinics were presented), Dr.F. P. Millard (Author of Evans Millard Chart), Toronto- "Lesion Charts:Costal Lesion Possihili­ The California State Assoclatlon.- T he annual meeting of the ties, M ethods of Occurrence." Drs. H enderson and J . S. Bach.c-c'Hc­ California State Osteopathic Association was held at the St. Francis duction of Lesions described above" (Demonstrations). Dr . E. J . Grey, Hotel, San Francisco, in connection with the meeting of the N ational St. Thomas.-HLesions Causing Diseases of the Stomach, and Their Association on August first. The routine work of heari ng the annu al Correction." Dr. A. Gordon Walmsley , Peterborough.- " Diseases of reports of the offi cers of the organ ization was gotten through wit h quickly, the Hear t Considered Osteopathically." Dr. Edgar D . Heist , Berlin.- with Dr. J . n. Rule in th e chair. , "Indications and Contra-indications of Usc of Enemata.' A membership which has nearly doub led in a year is th e phenomenal record of the California Osteopathic Associati on. The growth of the Trl-Stat e Osteopathic Organlzatlon .-A movement which orig­ California body was told of by the Secretary , Dr . Effie E. York of San inated at the last meeting of the Central Kentucky Osteopathic Society Francisco in her report, with which the conve nt ion opened. Dr. York held at M aysville recently, is now under way to form a new organiza­ told of the work of the Associat ion during th e year, which has consisted tion of the Osteopathic physicians of the three states of Ohio, Kentucky . mainly of preparations for the convention. Severa l other repo rts were and Indiana, to be known as the Ohio Valley Osteopathic Association. also heard at the business session. says the Lexington Leader. T he order of business calling for the nominati on of officers Ior t he Correspondence is in progress between the officers of the State So­ ensuing term brought ou t the following candidates: For president . cieties of each of the three states named, looking to arranging the pre- Dr . D . C. Farn ham of San Francisco and Dr. Lena Cresswell of San

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Diego. For vice-president, Dr. A. C. l\l cDaniel of Oakland , Dr. Lou' Heilbom of San Diego, Dr. Philip Aaronson of Fresno and Dr. Lilli Whiting of Pasadena. When the call was made for the nomination for treasurer and Book Reviews. reta rv it was moved and carried that the rules be suspended and t encum" bents be returned to their respective offices for the next year wit Mu st women S utler Evertastine.J,y? By James Hegyessy, M. D. , out th e formality of an election. Dr. Ellie E. X~rk is secretary and D. D. O. Pp. 246, with frontispiece of author. Price $2.50, postpaid. Dr. James Hegyessy, Publisher, San Francisco, California, 7.54 Pacific Lester R. Daniels of Sacramento is treasurer. Building. The matter of retaining or releasing the ollicial publication of tlie This book contains an abundance of good, wholesome teaching, Association for another year was taken up and voted upon , with tll with an admixture of certain principles to which some exception might result that the Pacific Osteopath will be ma naged by th e Califon ' be taken. The author is an ardent vegetari an, and his claims for such State Association for another year, and Dr. Warren \\'. Vanderburg a diet may seem to many far-fetched and exaggerated. For example, will be retained as the managing editor. he' states, "The worst temper IHa): be cured by diet ." " Whatever Following th e demon stration by Dr. Forbes of Los Angeles, a nu • disease we find, we are sure to have indigestion present. " "Live on bel' of amendments to the by-laws were taken up. Plans for thc cnte raw fruits, nuts and vegetables exclusively, and walk every day for ta inment of the visitors for the week were announced to the conventioril exercise and you will have the satisfaction of seeing your cancer lump Denver City Ost eopathic Association Meetlng.- The Douv go down." ( !) But as a whole the work is good, th ough some of it reads Osteopathic Association met at the ollice of th e Drs. Bass, Suturda like an advertisement for osteopathy, which indeed it seems apparently evening, September 3. intended to be. The chapte rs which are especially good are th ose en­ Dr. N . A. Bolles reported a patient who had on his own respons] titled, " Marriage," "Sex," " Physiological Facts," "Only One Disease," bility , been taking a fifty-nine day fast. Dr. Bolles had been Iollowi ami "Gems of Truthlets." The author is evidently an advocate of the the case closely and with interest , making repeated tests. internal hath , or high enema, though he never suggests it in so many There was considerable discussion in regard to some plan of adve words.. The nearest approach we could find being the advice "to wash tising which would be of osteo pathy and not of any individual prac .... the body outside and inside frequently." His statement of th e osteo­ tio ner, th e expense to he borne hy all. A committee was appointed pat hic concept of t he microbe th eory is excellent , and would well repay formulate plans. study and thought, as in a few sentences he condenses enough material Dr. Quintal read a puper on Pott's disease, Dr. Snarr loading I for mu ch further elaboration. We can safelv recommend this book the discussion which followed the main th eme of which seemed to 1 although there was little in it th at we have not seen elsewhere, yet w~ the advantages and disadvantages of a cast. have not found so much condensed into small a space, for the work con­ C OIL.... G. PARMELEF. , Sec'y. tains the essence of Dr. Stockholm's " Karezza," 1\1 1' .Fletc her's writ­ ing" and Dr. Tyrrell's teachings, and we believe that no one will read the hook wit hont getting much good from its perusal. .

The Power and the Glory. A Novel, by Grace :\lacGowan Cooke. Author of "Mistress Joy," " Huldah," etc. Illustrated by A. I. Keller. New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1910. Pp.373. Price, cloth, $1.50. This novel is built upon a fairly ordinary plan, though it contains a striking indictment against the evils of child labor in factories which may do some good. Its interest to the osteopath, however, centers around one chapter called "The Atlas Vert ebra," into which is intro-

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duced a character whose " turned down collar of the rumpled shirt was being cured by the rays, we would ask for further proof. " ~ e · ·were es­ unbuttoned at a brown th roat; the Iace above seemed neither old nor pocially interested in the discussion of locomotor ataxia, wherein the young, though the light, springing gait when he walked, the sup ple statement is made, "we must either abandon the theory that locomotor en..seful attitude when he rested, one hand flung high on th e curious tal l utuxiu is cau sed by syphilis or admit that th e disease under certain COII­ staff, were th ose of youth; th e eyes of a warm , laughing hazel, had th e dit.ious may also be produced by mercury." It is refres hing to see dir ect fearlessness of a child, and a slouch hat carri ed in his hand showed ort hodox medical literature suggesting and a ffi rming what the" " Old a fair crop of slightly grizzled hair." It is the "Old Doctor," " Pap you Doctor" has for years contended. 'Ve would heartil y recommend this might say; lots of boys a';d girls do call me Pap-more than a thousand hook, if only as a source of int erest ; and undoubtedly certai n congenital of 'em, now, I guess," and he is introduced because the exigencies of the troubles can be successfully treated by its methods, but for th e rest we novel make it imperative that an old ma n who has been crazy for some cannot speak authoritatively. six months should be suddenly resto red to his right mind. The cure is instantaneous, "the fingers of one hand dropped as though predestined Spondylotherapy. Physical methods to the spinal region in th e upon the back of the neck, the other caught skilfully beneath the chin . treatment of diseas e, by Albert Abrams. A. l\I. , 1\1. D .(Heidelberg). F. R. ~l. S. Consulting Physician , San Fra ncisco. Full cloth, 420 There was a sharp "Tench, an odd crack, a grunt , and th en- " the man pnges . Profusely illust rated. Price $3.50, EXprf'S8 prepaid . The is restored to his right mentality. The sto ry is full of interest and Philcpclis Press, Suite 400 Lincoln Bldg., Sa n Frand sen, California. although the " Old Doctor's" charac ter may be a trifl e overdrawn, we The work which we have here under review is a crude medical feel sure that osteo paths will be interested in reading it. text book on osteopa thy, and it s ap pea rance is, to say th e least , in­ tcrcs ting.In the first few pages a very inadeq uate account is given of A Text Book on the Therapeutic Action of Ltght, including the osteopathy, which, the author states, works by relieving pressure caused Rho rays, solar and violet rays , electric are light, th e ligh t cabi net. by " dislocated" bones (!) and he further remarks that th e osteopath " UN­ By GOI1'don Eugene Rogers, ~ I. D ., form erly Demonstrator of Ana t­ (' O ~ S C IO US LY evokes reflexes which are cogent factors in favo ra bly in­ omy in the University of Xew York City. With origi nal illustra­ ftucncing disease." The system of Chiropractic is discussed next, it s tion s. Pub lished by the author. Pp. 323. Price, cloth, $3.•SO . theory being contras ted wit h osteopathy , which is hardly fair, seeing TIllS is a rema rkable book, if we can believe all that the author that we have proofs that the Chiropractic system is simply sto len from claims for the efficiency of the various rays suggested. He dwells upon Osteopat hy, and cannot be regarded as more than a " bastar d" at best. the absolute character of our knowledge as regards the cause of many T tn- hook itself is undoubtedly au advance, and a big ad vance, in med­ diseases, and bemoans that present day practi ce has not kept pace with ical annals, opening up as it does a vast field of et iology hitherto un­ the advances made by pa thologists. " If the sputum contains certain dreamed of or at an y ra te entirely disregarded by the medical profession, cocci, the db-ease is pneumonia," he asserts, li lt is not a probabilit y ; Th e aut hor in his preface states that the book is "really a pioneer effort ," it is a certainty. If we project certain rays of light upon the lungs and the extremely crude techn ique 'suggested in man y of the treatments during the first stage of the disease for fifteen or twenty minu tes, the and met hods 'of diagnosis 'would amply hear out. this assertion. For bacteria will be destroyed, and the disease aborted. The prognosis example, under coceydynea , or neuralgia of the coccygeal plexus, after is made with as much certainty as the diagnosis. Both are determined giving ample diagnostic symptoms as rega rds pain, etc., we are told by law." \Ye wonder, do t he rays have a bad effect upon the surround­ 'that the diagnosis may he clinched by grasping t he coccyx between the ing tissues? It would be interesting to have further details. As be­ index finger (in the rectum) and thumb, and moving the coccyx, TIU ; fore stated, th e claims mad e and appare ntly substantiate d by case re­ N I '~ U RA LGI A Bl<;I NG I N THIH MANNER ner-nonuceo: hu t when it comes to ports, are in ma ny instances wonderful, and almost border on the mi-· t he question of trea tment we are told to apply one pole of a Faradic raculous. \Vf' can understand the beneficial action of light upon a nae­ current to the sacrum, and the ot her pole to the coccyx unci surrounding vus or ichthyosis ur herpes zoste r, etc., but when we hear of epilepsy ~t i ~~ ll es , the idea of adj ust ment of the coccyx itself being never even being cured in a sho rt time, severe dysmenorrhea of several years' statut­ hinted fit. It al most provokes a smile to rend of what the author has ing being relieved in one or two months, and intense traumatic arthritis named " a muscular spasm"- and which is simply the osteopathic " con-

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tracture"-and to find the possibility of such a condition being intro, he might get from consulting with "the other fellow." Still we must duced as quite a discovery! In some parts we are given nsteopathy, give cred it where credit is dne, and the anthor has undoubtedly opened pure and simple, as in the following : . the way for fur ther advan ces along similar lines, bnt let t he medical "T he muscles of the neck, in a condition of spasm by exercising­ men realize before taking such ste ps, that they are thereby falling farther tracti€?" on the cervical vertebrre, may force th em out of th e normal and farther from drugs and nearer to what others ha ve demonstrated alignment," and when in the next paragraph we read , HN ow t he osteo­ n,s trut h years since, and t hat at best they will come in " a poor second." path contends t hat, in conseq uence of the spasm of the muscle, and mal-alignment of the vertebras, compression of the vessels and nerves ensues which conduces to definite systemic anomalies," it is difficult to Business Opportunities. see what ot her conclusion t he aut hor could draw, bu t he does not vouch­ safe us any elucidation. Fi nally he tells us that " for t he sake of com­ Assi stant Wanted.-A moral, respectable young man graduate is wanted to plet eness" (!) he " desires to describe the methods employed by osteo­ assist in t he office of Dr. Angie M . Allyn, Waverly, Illinois. paths for t he adjustm ent of muscular lesions, and t he adjust ment of For Sale.-A four-year established practice in a small Illinois town for sale cervical vertebne." It is hardly fair to devote but one page to the cheap. Poo r heal th , unable to do all t he work. Suite of four rooms. T he finest complete discussion of osteopathic therapeu tics, and then later deliber­ phys ician's office in town. Will sub-let for a year. Add ress " I.. Co n.," care of the ately to take t he osteopathic manipulations and print them " for the Journa l of Osteopathy. sake of completeness," when without them the entire section on the neck For Sale.- Growing practice in western Iowa tow n of 2,lXX). Good train ser­ wonld be practi cally valueless. It surely seems like an attempt to pur­ vice to outside tow ns. Practi ce runs from $100.00 to $150.00 per month , and grad­ loin without giving credit, and is as good as saying " Osteopat hy is the ually in creasin g. Excellent location for an osteopath speaking German. \Vill take only syste m t hat can help these conditions : you cannot improve on the what furniture anti fixtures will invoice, and throw in growi ng practice. Good rea­ sons for selling. Add ress "81010," care of the Journa l of Osteopathy. . Ost eopathic methods, so we give t hem in full." As a whole, it may he said t hat he tries to apply t he Osteopat hic methods from t he Allopathic For Sale .c--A practice established for three years. Town junction point of more standpoint of stimulation and inhi bition solely, an attempt which cannot t han a,ooo popul ation, in rich farming distri ct in northern Illinois. 60 miles from Chicugo. Number of Arnall to wns near which practiti oner could mak e if de­ meet with mu ch success, as it for ces him to try to explain away his re­ sired. Last year's bu siness netted cash over $2,700.00. Will sell very reason ab le sult s from his constant standpoint of reflexes, instead of that of the on account of desire to go west as soon as business can be put in sha pe to leave. A "removal of lesions." To hear him say, " Verily, if the surgeon were a good man will do well here. Address " 8334," care of the Journal of Osteopathy. better diagnostician, t here would be less surgery" makes one feel that For Sale .-A live practice in a splendi d Illinois town , where everybody speaks a prophet has indeed come into the ranks of the "regulars." The au thor well for osteo pathy, and pays the osteopath from $3,000 to $3,500 cash a year for his himself certainly has unbounded confidence in his meth ods, and his serv ices, and arc doing so right now. Expenses are low, and th e class of patients CURE for aortic aneurisms by concussing t he seventh cervical spine is have no superiors. Practi ce, including splendid office fixtu res, can be tak en for $3 .1)() . I.~J , startling, to pu t it mildl y. The anthor's knowledge is evidentlv like if taken by or before September 25th . Going to school, ren..son for selling, pe c~li ar ," An excellent cha nce for some one. If interested and mean business write. Address Sam Weller's acquaintance with London, " extensive and "9710," care of t he Journal of Osteopathy . and he has t ried to bring it all toget her in t his book. There is mu ch that is interesting, and mu ch that is instructive to be found therein. For Sale.- Officc fixt ures and equipment. All modern, no junk . I n n huat­ liug Iowa county-seat. City of six t housand . Practice established t welve years. bu t there is also much that we feel is exceedingly crude. unnecessarily Two ma in line railroad s, two branch lines and interu rban road . Good connections obscure and probably incorrect. No doubt t he doctor does not real ize to all tow ns in county. A $3000.00 practice, and collections first-c lass . Reasons how mu ch a course in osteopat hy would help him to solve some of for selling given to interested parties. Address "G. " . L .'\ care of the Journal of his hardest problems, for he is in the position of a man who, hay ing had Osteopatby. a glimpse of somet hing good and being unwilling W acknowledge that anyone else has eyer seen it before, is consu med wit h the desire to get all the credit for himself, and consequent ly is blinded to t he assistance

Museum of Ostropatl-ic Medi ci" e. Kirksville"MO ADVERTISING SECTION. 925 The Total Energy Value Personals. of One Ounce Announce Removal.c-c Drs. George W. a nd Chl oe C. Riley, of Xew York Cit y. . OF BORDEN'S MALTED MILK announce the removal of their offices to the Hotel Le Ma rq uis, 1.J East Sfst StfN't. Opens Bran ch Offi ce. - Dr. .\1: J. Grieves of Peoria, has opened a b~:lnd l offics­ at Tremo nt , Illinois, where he will be each Fri day, at the home of .\lr~ . S. J . Leonard . IS 122 LARGE CALORIES Touring t h e West.-The Klamath Falls, Oregon, Republican for August 18th . says that Dr. E. H. Proctor of Chicago, 111 ., has just a rri ved there (or a brief visi t This is more than double the ENERGYVALUE of wit h Dr. S. C. Gra ves, one of his old elessrua tcs . Dr. Pro ctor has been making :1 tour of the Pacific Coast , and went from Klama th Falls to Crater La ke, to view the the same amount of BEEF, EGGS, or COWS' MILK greatest of all wonders of the " Pest. H e- was acco mpa nied by Dr. Gran's. Locates in Texas.c--D r. Amy )'lay Floyd infor ms us that she has successfully Full analysis, w ith table of Caloric Values, mailed pas..sed t he T exu... Sta te Board , a nd is now IDea ted a t 30.") Odum Avenue, \Ya xah:lc hie, physicians upon request. T exas, for t he practice of her profession . So journing, in Denvero--Dr . Cerri e A. Benn et t, who has bee n pract icing- ira Joliet , Illinois, has disposed of her practice there, and is sojourning in Denver. Dr. M oiled Milk D eparlnlont B l'IUH' tt will again take up th e practice of osteop athy later on, somewhere Oil t he 60RD~N'8GOND~N8~DMILK GOMPANY I'ur-ifir- Coast . N~W Fo rm New Partnership.- Dr. Charles C. Reid of Den ver, Colorado. has as­ YORK. soeiu ted Dr. Dale H . Cruig with him in practice. Loca tes in Ment.lota.- Dr. Carri e M. M undie, of the June 'Oil clues, A . S. U.. is now loca ted lit Waldorf B1oC' k, Mendota, Ill ., for the practi ce of her pro fession. Scheidel-Western Equipment Pass Vir gi n ia Board.- At th e recent meeting of the Medi cal E xamining Board At the A. S. O. of Yirginiu there were lit, a pplican ts taking t he exa mination, t hree of whom were osteopath s. Of t he nbo ve nu mber only 102 of t he medics were suor-essful, while all Here with is a cut of a new Scheidel I nduction coil which has been purchased by the of tlu- osteopaths received their license. The osteopaths were Drs . B. II . T . Boeker ...... S.O. for diagnostic purposes. T his coil embodies the latest ideas in electrical enginee r­ awl Alfred J . Sna pp of the A. S. O. HnO class, a nd Dr. E. W. Du nn of the Philadel ­ ing, is one of th e most powerful ph ia College, }01O. Tho Virginia Board has no osteop ath ic rcp rcscnt ntion, mill is ma chines manufactured , d 0 i n g eoneidered one of the hardest in the count ry . Xcltav work with exposure of Outgrows Old Quarters .- Drs. L. Ludlow a nd Elsie Fletehor Haight of Los seconds instead of minutes, &11 A n~clPI'l , Cali fornia , report their cha nge of offices fro m 330 to .~ 14 M nson Building, with th e old stat ic machin es. Neg­ as their old quar ters had beco me too small for them. The Doctors report business atives can be made of hand, foot as improving steadi ly. or leg in one second, a nd of the

Removal An nouncement.-Dr. P. K . Xormnn a n n OU H (' CS his rcmovul to chest, a bd omen a nd hip in from Suit e 409- 12 Cen tra l Bank Bldg ., Corner ) I a di ~on Aven ue an d Seco nd Street • .\Iem­ ten to thi rtv seconds. This ma ke. phis. Tenneesec. R most valu ab le addition to the Loyal to Alma Ma rerv-c-Drs. Elizabeth and Edwi n Geyer of Goshen, Indiana , diagnostic equipment owned by an' conducting II flue practi ce. Dr . Elizabeth did the pion eer work in tha t com munity, the A. S. O. A new dar k room, in a nd t he fact th at she has influenced about te n young J)COpIe in her town and vici nity has been const ructed an d equipped to rake th e cou rse at the A. S. 0 ., as well as t he lucra tive practice she has established. (or the rap id de velopment of th e speaks eloqu ently for the chara cter of her work . X-H ay print s. Re t u r n ed From Va cation.- T he editor of the J ournal and his fam ily spent A first-c I a s s compressor-dla­ several very pleasant weeks in the country in th e vi cinity of Freeport , Illinois. In­ phragm equipment, ar ra nged (or cide ntally we called on the osteopaths in the city of Freepo rt. Dr. J. T. White , stereoscopic work, is included, gradu ate of Litt lejohn 's, a nd his brother, Dr. Robert Whit e, grad uate of the S. S. making the ou tfit the finest in t he state of Misso ur i. a nd th e eq ual of 11/1.\' in th e country . SCHEIDEL-WESTERN X-RAY COIL CO., 199-201 East Madison St •• Ch lea go, III. ADVERTISING SECTIOK . 92i 926 TH E JOUHNAL OF OST EOPATHY.

Still College, are doing business on rather a large scale. They are condu cting a larg(o - Incontrovertible Facts well-appointed sanitarium, and the institution is a cred it to the town . They han dle all surgical C3-')CS themselves, and a great many operative cases a re brought to them That a remedy to be of th era peutic value must produce unq uest ion­ constantly by M . D .'s, through that section of the country . Th e editor and his wife able satisfactory results. together with a number of other guests, were very charmingly entertained ~lOl}(llt,: Th at a pro.Iuet established upon its proven utility and scieutifica lly eve ning, Aug ust 29th. :\Iost of th e eve ning was devoted to mu sic, a nd WM gn'utl;· prepared with the object of maintaining its reputation, must be superior enjoyed. to any imitation carelessly compounded with only the mak er 's "Just as Dr. J . A. Qu in tal Goes Into Private Practice.-We regre t to announce that. Good" as evidence. Dr . J . A. Quin tal, who has 80 long been assoc iated with the A. S. 0 ./ has re-signed Th at his position wit h the school and gone into private practice, being located at 212 Com. monwealth Building, Denver, Colorado. Dr . Quintal was a. Kirksville boy and grew up with Osteopathy , He gr ad uated from the A. S. O. in 1899 a nd for a short time pr acticed at Unionville, 1\10., then returned to his Alma Meter and has been wit h Us until March of this year, when he decided to enter private practi ce. He is a tireless worker and performed his d uties with t he gre atest care.His mall) ' friend s at th e Am erican Schoo l of Osteopathy, and in the field, wish him success . (the original clay dressing)has unquestionably demonstrated its dependa ble Dr. M . C. Hardin is lIome From Europe.-Dr . 1\1. C. Hardin, head of the value in all inflamato ry conditions , is reflected hy the confidence reposed State Board of Osteopathy in Geo rgia, has retur ned from a t rip to Europe, which in it by thousands of successful prnctioners and its ever increasing sales. las ted since early summer. Whi le away Dr. Hardin visited all th e principal cities in A few doctors may not be familiar with th e wide rsnge of conditions France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria , Hungary a nd Switz erland. In addi­ in whic h An tiphlogistine is particularly serviceable, in that instance lit­ tio n to sight-seeing a nd taking in the " Passion Pl ay" at Obera mmergau, Dr. Hardin erature will be cheerfully Bent upon request. spent considerable time in some of t he lead ing European hospitals, and st udied wit h some of t he most noted of the old world's medical men . W }l(' 11 he went. a way Dr. The Denver Ch emical Manufacturing Co. Xew York. Hard in's healt h was not good, but he returns completely recovered . With him on the t rip was M rs . Hard in, and th eir son . Opens Offices.-Dr. Lewis .J. Bingham anno unces that he has opened an c tfiee for the practice of Osteopathy at 13:1 E ast Stat e Street, Ithaca, New York . Th e Suit Case Ithaca, New York, News of August 23rtl , in heralding his coming, tells of his prowess ! Folding Table as an athlete in Colgate College , when' he held the record for five years for the six­ I- teen-pound hammer throw. Plain Top, $8.00. Upholstered 12.00 Pa sses waahtngron Board.- Dr. William E. W:\ldo of the A. H. O. class 1910, DR. STILL'S NEW nOOK- $'LOO report s t hat he has successfully passed the Washington State Boa rd , a nd is now nicely Cloth . ·1IS.00 Limp Lea ther. Semi Cor located in the Toby Buildin g, Columbia Station, Seattle. He reports t hat of the catalogues of all Osteopathic a nd ­ four osteopaths who took the examination three passed , which is a very good showiug, .lfed ica l Boo ks. vtstrtng Hospitals.-Dr. W. H. :\leCoach, formerly a member of the A. S. O. Faculty, and who is pr acticing at Breckenridge, :\10., stopped in Kirksville about the 4 . 5. O. BOOK CO"llP4NY middle of th e month, on his way to t he Atlantic coast. Alon g the route he expec ts . ' Cooper" to visit and attend clinics at the various hospitals in th e large cities, returning about KIRKSVILLE MISS OURI the first of October. Purch ases Practice.-Dr. A. .J. Sna pp of the June class A. 8 . 0 ., having suc­ cessf ully passed the Virgini a Med ic- al Board, has pu rch ased the pract ice of D r. J . H. EVERY COAT WE TURN OUT A WINNER McCrary of Roanoke, Virginia, and has his offices in t he Watt , Ret tew and Clay I'li yskifLllS' eou ts tor professional use . Building. H e re ports a good pra cti ce. LEARN WIREL ESS and RA ILR OAD TELEGRAPHY! lIln de of white or 6(l other shades ot washuble mutenuls. r'llst colors . Thor­ Calls at' Journal Office.- D r. Perry T . Corbin, A.S. 0., '0-t, of Anadarko, Shcrtago ot fully 1O.()(l() Ouer utor s on ueenunt uf ~ . oll2"h ly sh ru nk before maki ng . Made Oklahoma, W 38 in Kirksville recently, and paid t he J ournal office a brief call. hour- luw lind extensive " wireless" uc velo umeuts, to measure . W" pay deli..... )' c"allle, to ..II p U ll of lhe world . Our " Swa tc h "'to op+'rn h' u nde r d trect supervlalou 01 Teleara pb Cu rd " showlug materials, styles a.nd Reports of Other P.actices .- Dr . E . E . Davis, of the June class, A . .s. 0 ., OJliei:lls and positively ptnc e ...11 st uden ts. whe n q ual' nm-es. free upon req uest. Dres stu e has been practicing for thre e months iu Sa pulpa, Oklahoma, and reports a w ry ilkd . Wri te tor catalogue. XAT· I•. Tfo;LEGR.\P H Gow ns. Smoktng . J aeket.~, Bulb RollE's and Hos pita l Uni fo rm s a Specialty good pr actice th ere. He says he likes both his location a nti th e profession better IXST.. Otnctnua tt, P hiladelphia, wem phi s, St. 1'1101, every day . )Jinn.• En id. o k lll .• t.;'ul um hiB . S. C. • Portla nd . Or" , W E ISS F' ELD BROS . Ma nutacturels cf Physicians' Coats" "the kind they all admire" U S Nassa u Stre et, New York

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Locates in St. Paul.- Dr. I. F. Craig, of t he J une c!H."-S. A. S. 0 .• nnno une.« t he opening of his offices at 909 N . Y. Life Building, St. Pa ul, ),lin nt'solll . Takes Lanter Offices.- Dr. Lamar Guy Tuttl e of New York City a nUOlilires his remova l from 36 W . 35t h St reet to larger find better a ppointed offices at 3'H OVININE Fifth An unc. Office hours on Tuesday, Thursd ay and Sa turday, ten to six. lit' has also cha nged his residence from 946 St. Nicholas Avenue to the Columbus An. IN nex, 5.'>6 West 157th Street. near Broad way , office hours at thi s address, 011 :\1011­ ANEMIA OF CONVALESCENCE day , WNlne-day anti Friday, nin e to six. Evenings by appointment. T elephomz 403S Audubo n. In convalescence from all diseases, either acute or ch ronic, In Need of a n Osteopath.-We are informed t hat La wton, Oklahoma i1'i with­ medical or surgical, the danger of Anemia is ever imminent. out an osteo puthic physician. Lawton is a town of eight thousand , und is well served with railroads in five directions, while there is no osteopath nearer than Chicasha. M ultitudes of foods and tonics have been presented to the The people there W1H1 t all osteo pat h, and it should be a good opening for 3 wide­ medical prof ession to prevent the de velopment of, or over­ a wake person . .\ n,)" one desi ring further information may write to :\lr. J. L. Por ter. ca re of D. W. Boyer, County T reasu rer, Lawton, Oklahoma . come th is blood impoverishment, but most of them are Form Ne w Partnership.- Drs . Rouse & Rouse of Oklahomn City, Oklahomu. inadequat e. recently sent out the following announceme nt : " We take great pleasure in 1\1100un('­ BOVININE being a nutrrtive tonic of highest standard, ing to our friends tha t we huve formed a par tnership wit h Dr. .J. A. Pri(·(· a nti wife, formerly of Guthrie. The name of the new firm will be Dr8. House a nti Price, and w ill rich in orr anic iron, ma kes normal red blood, feeds the cells occupy offices in rooms i I 3-1 !--1 .~ a nd 705--6 on the sevent h floor of the State Xu­ completely, and establishes normal cell me tabolism, thereby tio nnl Ba nk." assuring HEALTH. Receiv es Appointment.- Dr . Sa rah Snavely Brown of Davenport, Iowa. h1L" W rite for Sample. al so f or one 01 our New been appoint ed hy the Xationnl Medical Examiner of Wa n 'r1 y, New York, :IS the Gla•• C.terilizable) Ton gu e Depreuora. regu lar exam ining physi cian for t he National Pro tective Legion, Number 218S. of the City of Da ven po rt . THE BOVININE COMPANY A Correctton.i--wr- wish to apologize for t he error in printing the removal of 7 5 We.' Houston St.. Ne_ Y o rk C ity Dr . W. T . Thomas in t he Aug ust J ournal. As a matter of fact, the Doctor is still in Tacoma, "eve n though he is on the eighth floor of t.hc Fidelity Building. Rooms Snap-Shots, Ko dak pi ctures, etc. of Dr. A. 82 1-22." T . Still. I want to get a copy of eve ry good In Automobile Accident.-Dr. Lorena Kngay of No . -!U ~) W. Cen ter Street. ake Your Money Earn picture of the " Old Doctor" t aken by stu­ Mari on , Ohio, writes 11!) that she is indulging in a few weeks' vueatio n, following a den ts since the school began . Send me a badl y sprained wrist due to an automobile accident. good picture a nd I will send yon one . Or Spe nd Vacation in Ba y View, Mich igan v-c-The Iollcvv inJZ: D. 0 .':; spent their More Than 4 Per Cent. send film or plate. vacation in Un,Y v iew, Michigan. Drs. Ca rrie B. Stewart of Detroit . Mich ., Pa uline Charles H. Whitcomb, D. O. Man tle of Springfield. Hllnois, Frunees Platt of Kalam azoo, Mi chigan, Hert hn Wh ite­ 382 Clinton Aven ve, Brooklyn, X . Y . side of 1\::11 11'1&" City , :\10., und Emma C. Fager of lluvunu, Illinois. Dr . Stewart had charge of the resort pnu-ti ce for the season. I bllw' a fe w ~ ha rt· s o f stoc k of IIll' lTnil ed Hu tch­ Locates in Pennsyh ·ania.-Dr. E. D. William :-; of th p June class. A. S. U' fl'Supph ' Corpora ti on . ill{·(lrIlOrllh·d under th o 1:1W!' j tht' Commo u weal th or Massnd lusf> lls uud dolnz a The Biology of Sex has loca ted in warren, I'u., and reports himself very pleasan tly situa ted " in th e most .uYeash busrne ss. f believe m ts t;ux'k will pity beaut iful Iit tle city in Wt'l'tern Pennsylvan ia." lridends ot mo re thun 10 p('r r-en t on e very uonur By Gideon Dietrich. Announces Rernoval.c-rDr. J oseph Ferguson announces the removal of hi,. t YOU In vest in it. The corpo ranon owns an d A scientific solution to a prob lem that has office to "T he Renuisse uce." 488 Nostrand .-\.\"CIllH' . Corner Ha ncock St reet. Brook­ trois valuable pateuts, The reus ou it is. plll.cin'l: been vexing t he human race since th e dnwn i n c r~'>I s e lyn, New York. on September first, 1910. stock on the mur ke , is 10 th e fac tory . and present c>lPlIcil).·. The abo ve i s pnietielilly of ideas. The author's th eory is backed b y A. S . O. Makes a G oo d Sh owin gv-c-Seven or t he lOW clnss, A. S. 0 ., took the ~noPOI,r with lUI eompeutton. the latest facta disclosed by biology and l own Sl lltC Board ex:tminat ion at t he la.."t meet inK, and all p:ls,...t't1. At the .saInt' timt" In a l't'ty ~h{'rt while this s l(f( ~ k Iiould be worth evolution. This book will make better men six otht'r ()~t ( 'O pat h8 took t he cxnminstion and failct.l. Of the t.Qtnl number, ont' i1't:a.t rleal mo re tl um Its ll:lf \'11 111 1;' . 1l is now sell ­ and women . [email protected]. hundred nnd fift)'-s('wn, who took t he exa minnt ion. fifty -fin ' failffi . Dr. IS:l(lo tf' SOc postpaid. Remit in stamps, cas h or Thi~ is not a rislr:. It is :l. liUre tbi n'l:. This b us· :\ l e ]{lli~ht . tlIH' of our ~ r:ulunt es. who suCt'ft-'ded in Jl: ~s in lo! t he Board, is nnw loc:lt ecl money orders. "has I":tlsled four }'I'llr>;s ull ellCh dlly IlllS broultht :tt Room :l. !) 1-2 X . Fr('(lf" ri <,k Strt"l:'t, Oelwein, Iown. . rgt r iucre-nse in its prelil"lIt clI psell).·. Full in . The Educational Press: Inc. 'tiou a nd ci rc uln r from E I>WAIt O MOR RISO r\ . Bld~. , Il l. 'torn";)'. 201 [}('\'oll sh ire S tl'et' t . Hoston . :\lIlss. ,Ventworth Chicago WE Sell the Book. YOU Want

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Transfer to New Butldtng.c-vl'he firm of Hook & Price, osteopathic physi­ is a powerful,non-toxicantiseptic. cians of Hutchinson , Kan sas, announce their removal from No . 16 F irst Avenue Eas ~~i:I~:;::J~:;r·f 'iiiiilio. It is a saturated solution ofboric to the New Hoke Bu ilding, north suite four th floor , Corne r First Avenu e and Wal_ nut Street. T his building is one of the best in the city, and the doctors feel justly acid, reinforced by the antiseptic properties of ozoniferous glad to be in th eir new quarters. oils. It is unirritating, even when applied to the most Removal An nou nce men t.-Drs. William Clare and Nora H. Brown announce delicate tissue. It does not coagulate serous albumen. that on August 15th, 1910, t heir offices for the practice of osteopathy were removed to the True property, 182 .:\Iain Street , Waterville, Maine. It is particularly useful in the treatment of abnormal con­ Opens O ffice.- Dr . ) 1. O. Xyberg of t he June class, A. S. 0 ., has opened an ditions of the mucosa, and admirably suited for a wash, office for t he practice of osteopathy in Rooms eight and nine, over Farmers and ~ l er­ gargle or douche in catarrhalconditionsofjhenoseandthroat. chants Bank Building, Mena, Ark an sas. Taking a Month's Va cation.- Drs. Andrew J . and Clara Harris of 311 Jack­ There is no possibility of poisonous 'effect through the son Building, N ashville, Tennessee, hav e gone to their old home in Michigan f'Jf a absorption of Listerine. month' s vacation, after four years of stre nuous practice. Lister ine Dermatic Soap is a blend, un im tating and remarkably efficien t soap. Another Caller a t the J ournal Office.-Dr. J . H . Osborn of Ylllisca, Iowa, The important Func t ion whic h the sk in performs in the maintenance of t he personal health called at the Journal office Au gust 22nd . may easily be impaired by th e use o f an impure soap. or by one co ntaining inso luble me t te r Change of Address.- Dr. George A. Brewster announces the removal of his which tends to close the pores of Ihe skin. and t hus defeats the object ol l he emu nc! o~i e s ; indeed. office from 1261 Michigan St reet to 24 Laurel, five doors from Main Street, Buffalo, skin d iseases may be induce d. a nd existing d isease greatlyaggrllvated by t he use or lin impure or irri tating soa p, W hen it is to be used in cleansing a cutaneous surface a[ceted by disease. w Xe York. it is doubl y impo rt ant that a pure SOIIp be selecte d. hen ce Liste ri ne Dennatic Soap will prove an An Error.- In the August Journal we published Dr . Arlowyn c Orr 's address effective edjuvent in th e gener al tre atment prescri be d for the rel ie ] or various cataneccs diseases. as havin g been changed from 812 Missouri Trust Building, to 6063 Morgan street , ·· n. .I",,;bjrory Acrio" of Lu,.",·".,'... 128.,..,. ~ ",,"kl St. Louis, )10 . The Doctor informs us that tills is an error, as his office in the Mis­ Ju~~;, '; w of ,,,• .." , .'~." it:. ,,,,J ;"Jit:..,i", ;u ,,'iJitJ/ i" m..lieo/. . arlou J""J J."to l'>ro.'iu. "'''J/ b. ItoJ O'M o",ficoti"" to ,It. souri Trust Buildin g is only closed te mpora rily while he is resting up, and seeing "'''IUI!oc'",..n, Lo"'£ul nOl'm".ol Co., Soi", L o"i~. Mjuoflri.. Colorado and Culiforniu . b." ,It. £.., " J", ~ ' is- m c" t of Li8'.~in . U •.•• • • ••. ••• • Loca t es in Oregon c-c-Dr. H. H . Somers, a graduate of the Sti ll College of 0 ..;­ teopat.hy at Des Moin es, Iowa, and who has been practicing in Duluth, Mi nn ., has located ill Cottage Gran', Oregon, and open ed offices in the new Lawson Block on Main Street. Blind Os teopa th to Practice in Oakland.- Dr. E. H . Morrison, formerly a A. T. STILL'S successful young dentist of Pomona, California, hus opened an office for the prnctiee New 1910 Practice of osteopathy in Oak land ) Calif. As soon as he foun d himself hopelessly blind the Clo th $6.00 FI, lible Leather $8.00 Doctor began studying osteo pathy, and by hard work anti tireless pa tien ce, has passed P tcEPAID t he examination at the head of his class, and was admitted to practice in California with high honors. TAUI.t:s- Fohling Gyn ecologi ­ cal and Adj usta ble, Stools to Will Practfce in t he Wes t .- Dr. Charles E . Stewart of Moline, UJinois, left recent ly for Denver, Colo rado . with a view to locating there. Dr . Lola Hnyee, whose match. offices arc in th e Lockh ar t Bldg., has cha rge of his patients. Ih~ AD(l UAnTER 8 -G en er a l 0 s­ Receives Appoin t m ent.- Dr. Louis L. Garrigues of Spokane, Washin gton, teopathie Suppli es. has been ap pointed by Go verno r Ray to th e State Board of Medical Exa miners of Books or all kinds prepaid a L Washington . He will occupy the place formerly held by Dr. l\.lcFlldden. regu lar prices. Change of Ad d ress.- D r. C . O. Goodpasture of w nshlngto n, D.C., asks that Address, J . F. J ANISCH SUP PLY HOUSE, Kirksville, Mo. we change his address from 2449 Eig hteenth Street to 713 Co lorado Building, Visiting in Los Angelesc-c-D rs . H . D . an d Alice Bowers of N ewberg, Oregon, are visiting in Los Angeles. They will probably take a short course in one of the A Manual of Osteopathic Gyneco logy Stu dies i5 th e Osteo pat hi c Sciences colleges there, und will then come to the A. S. O. for a year's post-graduate work . volume I -" n l lt~ l c Prluclph'" ," Prtce ' 4.50. xow hn­ By PE RC Y H. WOODALl.., M. D., D.O on ..all". v orume 11-"1 hi' x e r ve ('.-n u-r..... In Opens New Offices .-Dr. Lawrence Dellinger of th e J une Class, A. S. 0 ., p re pn rn.ti o n . Price $ .& .00. Vulume 111-" Til.. opened offices in Bucyrus, Ohio. The Doctor will have his office in his residence at Secon d edition . Price ' 3.50. Phy",lulo )ty of COlltlclo u" m·"".· · In pn-pflr ntlon, P r ice :U 00. Atlvl\llCe eub..cr tmto n» w ill be re­ Mansfield and Poplar Street s. Recom mended BlI Text Book by ... S. 0 celn'jl fo r V oh~ .1I nod I II at till- rnt,e of lS . OO lor t he t w o b o ok s , payable when 300 eu tocrr ptrone F or lisle by author. nave been eecetved . A d dre ">l MISS M . To B URNS . B I RM I :N GHA~ , ALABAH& p ectnc conege of O..te n p n thj-, LUll .-\ ngeles, Ca l.

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Museumof OsteopathicMedicine.Kirksville,MO ADVEBT ISII\'G SEeTIO}; 933 932 THE JO UIlNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. M O R R I 8 ' t1UMf\~ A~ATOMV Buys Office Butld tng.c--The Commercial App eal of :\I£'mphi:;, Tennessee for: A Complete Systematic Treatise August 10th stntes that D r. T . Drennan has bought th e building formerly oceupi« FOURTH ED IT ION. REWRITIEN AND R EVISED by the G. C. Anderson Hardware Company, th e pri ce paid being ~1O,OOO . E DITED BY New Doctor in Petaluma.- Dr. Ada Crawford of LOB Angeles has located in i1 E~In- \ !ORRIS. F. R. C. S. a n d J . PI.AYFAIR Mc\IURRICiI Petaluma. California, and has rented rooms in the Prince Build ing, which she' O,m"ulti llg Surgeon to, and fonnerly 1.Rf'- Professor of Anatomy, University of To- having nicely fitted up . turer Oil Su rgery and Anatomy at, ronto. Iorrncr ly Professor of Anat omy ::\l itlclJesex Hospital , London. Univers ity of :\l ichigan . In Santa Rosa In s t ead of Napa.-Dr. S. I. W)'l:md asks us to correct the tl t.a t~ 1025 Illustrations. of which 319 are in Co lo rs. Octavo , cloth, $6.00. men t th at he is IDeated in Napa, Cal ifornia, as it was u mist ake. The Doctor cha nged Or in Five Parts as Iolfows. ea ch Part sold se parat ely: from Chariton, Iowa, to 212-1 4 Santa Rosa Bank Bldg .. Santa Rosa. Cal iforni . P.\ItT l.-:\lorp hng:enesis-OstroJogy - J\rtic- P_"" T l\ · . -()~an s of Digestion -e-Orgnne of He repor ts work there as opening up splend idly. ulution-c-I ndex . Cloth , ) .50. \ oice und Rcspiration-e-Urina- To Pra ct ice in New Jersey.-Dr. Frede rick B. Keller has opened otfiecs a I';\,HT 11.-.\1usclee-c-Orgens of Circulation rv and Reproductive Orv;ans--. Lymphatics-e-Indcx. Cloth, t he D uctless Glands-c-The 228 Elizab eth Avenue, Elisabethport, New Jersey. He reports himself as being sur­ $:3.00. Skin and Mammary Glan ds rounded by ~l. D o' s, all of whom possess automobiles, which he does not , hu t he i P_ut'!' Il l .s--Ncrvous System-e-Orguns of Spe- _ -c-Index. Cloth, $1.50. not dismayed, and re ports his practice as opening nicely. cial Sense-s-Index. Cloth, PAHT\"-t'u rgical and Topogra phical Anat- Removal Notice.-Drs. Emma Devries and Laura H awkins an nou nce t he re­ '. l..-)() . omy-e-Index.Clot h, $1.00 . moval of their offices to The Farragut, Wash ingt on, D. C. BOOKS FOR THE ANATOMIST Announce Removal .- Dr. U. S. G. Bowersox begs to announce that he has BE{'t;SL EY . Pracrical Anatomy of the DAVISON. Mammalian Anatomy. Wit h leased offices in the K istler Bldg., corn er Fourth an d :\Iain St reets, Longmon t, Co Rabbit. .\ n Elementary Laboratory Special Reference to the Anatomy of the orado, where he will be pleased to meet all his patrons and others . hook in .\Iammalian Anatomy. By B. Cat. By AL\'1i" D.... vtsox, A . :\1., PH. D ' j '.. BEX~LET, PH. D., Associate Professor Pro fessor of BIOlogy, Lafayette College. Another Arrnouncemento-eDr. B. A. Bullock begs to announce t he openi o"Zoology, University of Toronto. 5611- Easton. Pennsylvani a. Second Edi tion. of offices in Suite 46, Velpey Build ing, 213 Wood ward Annul', Detroit, :\Iichiga Il st ra tions . Octavo. vi plus 203 pages. Revised . 114 illustratio ns. Cloth, $1.50. Takes Trip to Thousand Ialands.c--Dr. F. P. :\Iillard of Toront o, Onta C ot h, 82.00. BAR KER. Anat omical Nomenclat u re. JO HNST O:'\'. Nervou s System of on a VCr)' pretty postal card, informs us that he has [ust returned from a trip dO"'n verre- bru tes . By JOHN B LA CK JOIIN8TO'\', As- Wit h Special Referenc e to the Basle Ana- t he Thousand Islan ds. .I · f f h N tomical Xomenelature ( B~ A ). By LE- sistnnt ' rofesso.... r 0 Anatomy 0 t e erv- WELLY8 F. BARK ER, Pro fessor of :\I t'tlicine. Retains Old Office.- Dr. W. H. Weddell, form erly IIf Arlin gton, w ashington , 0 11;; System.University of Mi nnesota . John s Hopkins University. Yocubularies has now removed to Bellingham. Washington, with offices at 208 Flora Street. II ~Rl oDt hE: Ssla;\( ~.l. 1 1 .,. .\ Laboratory Guid e for in English and Latin. T wo colored and will , however, retain his practice at Arlington, an d will be in that office Tu esdays an Histology. Laboratory Outlines for th e several other illustrations. Cmo th , $1.00 . Saturdays. Study of Histology and Microscopic Anat- McMURRUCII. The Deve lo pment of Goes to Mtchtgan.c--Dr . Homer E. Watkins of Aurora , Illinois, has removed OIllY· By IRVING H ARDESTY, Professor t he Human Body. AManual of Human to Muskegon, Michigan, an d has opened offices for the pruetice of his profession a of Ana tomy, T ulane Unive rsity) Ncw Or- Embryology. By J . P L..HFAI R ~1cl\ llJl m 43 \V f! ~ t, Western Avenue. louus. With 11 Chapter on Laboratory RICH, Professor of Anatomy, University of Drawing . By AOl%E n l!~ RT 'V ATrS LEE, Toronto. drd Ed ition, thoroughly revised . Change of Add ress.-Drs. Lamont H . Fisher and .\li llie Rhodes aunoune :\1. D. :30 illustrations. Cloth, $1.50. 277 illustrat ions . Cloth, $.1 .00. their change of address from 1024 Halsey Street to 22 Covert Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. YUTZY . Manual a n d Atlas of Dissec- Another Chenge.c-Dr. John W. Banning of New York City is now located II tion. A Gu ide to Laboratory Work . By SANTEE. Anatomy of the Brain and Smox :\l.Yt·TZY, M. D ., Instructor in Os- Spinal Cord, with Special Ref er en ce to Hotel Martinique, 56 W. T hirty-third St ., New York City , Sui te 1209-12. teologv and Demonstra tor of Anat omy , Mechanism and F unction . Bv H A H- Removal Announcement.- Dr. Ernest \Valton Robson announces that he h :l ~ University of Mlchigen. Int roduction by RIS E . S A~TE E , Professor of Anatomy in th e removed to Hotel Le Marquis, 12 E. Thirty-first St reet, Xew York City . PROF. J . PL.HFAIa M cMURRICH, With College of P hysician s and Surgeon of the Locates in lowa .- Dr. R. W. Shults, a recent grudunte of the A. S. 0 .. :lftr :3 14 illustruticns, 86 in colors. Octa vo. Unive rsity of Illinois. -tth Edition . Re- Cloth. "'2.50. written and E nlarged. 128 illust ra tions. successfu lly passing the Iowa St at e Board of Medical Examiners, is now located :.l GALLOWAY. Zoolo gy . A Text-hook lor Clot h, $4.00. Belmond for the practice of his profes,...ion. Schools awl Colleges. By T . W. GALLO- STOHR. Ten-Book of Histology. A T. Wa terloo County's Contribut ion to Os teopa thy. - Wit h thi s for head­ WAY, Professor of Biology, James Milliken ranged upon a n Embryological Basis. lines, we ha ve a neat little announcement from Drs. Edgar and :\lary Heist of !l(i UniYefl)i t~·, Deca tur , Illinois. Second Edi- By FRDEt:HIC T . LEWIS, Assistant Profess- F rederick Strt'ft, Berlin , Ontario, of the "annual pow-wow" of na ti n' Canadian 0 :-;­ . tion. H (' '''I ~'( 1. 240illustrati ons . Cloth, $2.00 or of Embryology, Harvar d Medical School. ~n NOT . E mbry o l o~ . A Lnbornton' From t he 12th Germ an Edition by PItILIl'I' tropath !:l . Dr. Heist gives II list of thirteen prac ticin ~ phy:o;icians, and fourtl 'C'1l stu­ Text-bonk. By CHARJ...ES S. .\hl\'OT, nar- STOHR, Prof(¥.."'Or of Anatomy, Univcn;ity of ent!'! now in collcgc, hailinl! from Waterloo County, Ontario. Dr. Heist is :-tf·c·rt't:lr.... yard l·nin ·n-ity Medical School. Second Wurzburg. 6th American Edition. 4:')0 anti trea,'"'urer of the Ontario Osteopathic Associat.ion, and has clone the pioneer work Edit ion . 2fi2 illustrations. Clot h, $3.,50 illu strations, -1.5 in colors . Cloth,' :UID. in Waterloo County. Thcir splendirl. success not only as osteopaths but in intere:;t­ P. BLAKISTON'S SON & CO. ing nt.lwrs to enter t he profession ~pt'aks amply of the charac tt'f of their work . Con­ J.!:rnt. ulatiolls t il the Doctors lIeist. Publishers Philadelphia

eum d Ck l eo~ l h ic M A N lI lJ IHCn A IIO E fI. To Dr. and M rs. O. C. Robertson, of Cynt hiana , Ken tu cky. on Sept ember :!1II1. P II.,· .. tera ua euou nt r eeo nnuen d the lIA Il VF:L S YRINGE a nine- pound boy . in I ~ II Ctl 'U'R 01 LK c eOUll lIOEA, VAGINITiS uud n il W OWB On August 24th, WIO, to Dr, and ~ I rs . W. L. Xichola of Enterprise, Oregon, T ROVULJo: . lU I It 18 w urrunte d to gl ve e ntire euttere c uon. twin boys. Dr , Nichols succeeds Dr. F. E. Moore to the pra ctice at La Grande, and All Druggists and Dealers in Surgical In strum ents In Enterprise Oregon . America Sell It On August 7th, 1910, at Freehold. X, .J., to Drs. JI. 'W', and Grace C. Learner, For L ite r a ture Add reee a son:Harry Wendell Leam er, Jr. . On August 19th, to Dr. and .:\Irs. ,J. F . Bum pus of Steubenville, Ohio, n baby MARVEL COMPANY girl. M rs. Bumpus was formerly Dr. Elizabeth \' , Wilson, 44 East 23rd Street NEW YORK Married. 0", One Th ou sand M. D·s hara been prepared At Ottawa, K ansas , on J une 8th, 1910, Xlr, H. F. McOougall to Dr, Louella for Ihe various A. Colvin. They are now at home at 828 Sout h Main Street, Ott awa. PRINCIPLES OF OSTEOPATHY I At Sherida n, w yom ing, on .July 20th, 1910, Dr. G. A. Aupperle to M,i::l::; Willi· State Medical Boards Ired Neff. At San Diego, Ca liforni a, on July 26th, 1910, Dr . Ernest A. Plant and Mise Mary BY G. D. HULETT, B. S., n, o. Oy Ihe Schrolh System ofTeaching. A. Culberts on. By this method of teac hi ng', the know­ ledge yo u already have and that I give you Fourth Edition. For sale by all Oste­ is syste mat ized so that ) 'OU can mak e full Died. use of it. at any examination. You are opathic Book dealers . 375 pages, 35 taught how to answer all kinds ' of q ues­ On August 16th, 1910, at her old home near Cent erville, l ows, Dr. Josephine tio ns (a very Impor t ant matter). You are Printy, of Fort Collins, Colorado. Her deat h was caused by an attack of acute etchings, Uniform binding. Linen taught. all nec essary technical matters in a endocarditis. mann er easy to remember, besides fully pr eparing you for any State Exami nation. On August 17th, 1910, Sofa Stanley Shipman, aged 14 months, 6 days. daugh­ Cloth, 83.50. Satisfact ion guaran teed. Sample ques, ter of Dr . and Mrs. K. W. Shipman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 302 Wells Building. tions FREE. After J an u ary, 1911, I will On June 20th, 1910, at Kirksville, Mo., Mrs . E . O. Millay, wife of Doctor Eo O. give a Stat e Board Course b)' correspon Millay of 1519 woodward Aven ue, Detroit , .:\!ichigan . Mrs. Millay had been ill d enee. Correspo nde nce invited Labora. C. M. TURNER HULETI', tory work and operative s urge ry on Cadaver. poor health for the last year and a half, bu t was confined to her bed only a short. tim e. Her death was caused by pulmona ry tuberculosis. Cleveland, Ohio R. G. SCHROTH , M. O. 564 6arfield A" . Chicago, lit.

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Museum 01Osteo P4lhic M DIC.... L ,\lll:. icine. Dr. Mayes very ably takes care of the interests of our profession. " W" ("o lle-rn tula te til.. Author,"-CA:"AIM L A:SCF.T• and at th e same time retains the respect and confidence of th e repre­ .. ~ I ofe tlxhaustin' than the st ud ies of K m fft ·Ebin g. Ell is a nr:l LOl lll m .,.,,,. .\ wo rk of ~"Cul i ar iu! er. terc sr to the neu rologi st. t he ps,rcholo &" ill nud the s(>Ciologls.:'-.JouRsAL )I ho"ouri Slate }l edula J sent atives of other methods of healing on the Board. .vssoc jauon . "t'Tlu- m os t re sctua u na and tn st rucuve vot ume of the ye a r. We predict :& huge "1,1,, fo r it. ~ u d ".s, . Dr. A.W. Hart is making a good president of the :\Iassachusctts sure the reader that he wnt see rc h a loua ume for 11 hook which oresents su luten'lit i n&" :, subject III so iu tt'~ s li ll it a mRllIuof . " - }I!:llICA L MUliIOR. Osteopathic Society, havin g put much th ought on the selection of his " ~ o l l1 ll l ll g l e u eesome ~a e-e ill it . A co nd-nsauon o r th e wo rld's Jite rlll Ul't' 0 11 fIll' subject. T he committees, and in planning for th e winter's work of th e organ ization. bt.'"t }"t' l ," - i<: LEM' RO-T u EKAI·ZUTIST. .' A :Jll& sterly trea ti se 011 the subj ec t . uniuue in it s WRY li nd wo nderfully lu"trU<:o lln ·. r s hn ll refer In it onen wi th both Imeeest a nd Ilro tit. 1'1", tha n ks of lh ~ pro fessio n are due ti lt' a utho r ,.tor h ts path'1l1 fl·st'll.rch and ndmtrabte preseutatton of II t heme \~' l lI eh is sOlel' lIt'm lly misund ersto od. - J)EN. Ontario Notes. sL" ,," Ls wr s . M. D.. Sec uon 0 11 II Y2"iell c and Sanltary Science . •\ 111 . l'tIed. A""Ot·lilthlll . T he tenth annual meeting of the Ontario Association of Osteopathy was held in the Temple Building, Toronto, on Labor Day, September SECOND R E VISIi;U lCLJ! 'l'ION 5th, 1010, when th e program as announced in the departm ent of "As­ sociations" was presented, with the addition of a demon stration of the CROSSEN'S GYNECOLOGY use of supports in treatment of spinal curvature hy Dr. A. B. Ford , Buffalo. There was a good attend ance of osteopaths, nearl y fifty being pres­ T he publ ishers uu no un ce for pubflc a tlon. September fi rst. t he Secoiul Re vised en t, a number of whom were visitors from across th e line. The various Ed i tlon o f Crossen' s 'I'na DL\t ; K O S[ ~ .0\I' D TH t( A n I E ~ T o r D ll'iIl:ASfl: 8 0 10' WO:\I &N. numbers were well presented and attentively listened to, the subjects T his edtttcn will conta iu 1,05u pnges.wl th 7 11 illus trutions . ..111 increase {If 2;;0 presented hy Dr. Chas. Hazzard of New York and Dr. E. D. Heist of lU1f/"" ((nd nne material, lind 44 IUlr a ntl " r if/iJt tt! iflu" tr li tiOlul. This book h as bee n Berlin, being of especial interest. st rong ly indor sed by Doctor S till. ami fro m t he first ye a r o f it:" publication has bee n 1'1111: tert book in tlu! ..t. S. O. i n K irk Jl rille. T h is is the tirs t A merica n book o n The legislative situation was discussed and it is the intention of the Gynecolocy ttl b ring bef ore the p rofession t he importance o f medi cul t reatment o f Association to present a bill at the coming session of the legislature, wo men. and to emphastxe both by text, and n um ero us ill ustrat ion s t h e value o f It Severa l resolutions were passed, among them being one of sympathy ca re ful lind correct diagn osi s.T h is boo k is a ver-itable m int, of information, and to Dr. A. T. Still in his bereavement, and one opposing the creation of its ruiue f IJI lin i nreament ca nnot he q·!U'Jltiolled . a National Board of Health. T he Diag nosis and T rea t men t of Diseuses o f Wo me n, by H, 8 .. Crossen. M. D.. Profes so r of Gynecology. Med ical Depar t m ent W ash ing ton U ni ve rsity, 81. Lou is, Officers elected for the ensuing year were: President , Dr. R. B. )10. Second Revised Ed ition. 1.056 pages. roya l octavo. i it ill ustrations. P ric e, Henderson, Toronto; Vice-President , Dr. J . S. Bac h, Toronto ; See­ c lot h, $O.OO-morcicc o. :J=75O. Order from your denler or the p u blisher retary, Dr. E. D. I1eist, Berlin ; Assistant Secretary, Dr. ~'. 1'. :\Iillard, Toronto; Treasurer, Dr. .J. N . l\IacRae, Galt ; T rustees, Dr. S. n. Det­ The C, Y, Mosby Medical Book and Publishing Company wiler, Guelph , Dr. E. .1. Gray, St. T homas ; Dr. A. G.Walmsley, Peter­ boro ugh. Metro politanBuilding ST, lOUIS , MO . Grand Ave nue &. Olive Street

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'"THE DOORS OF LIFE" nml re nllv live. Much of the depression and co nseq uent ph ys ical illness. says the author at: this new book, is the result of l[ O ~OT O ~Y Life ru~s III a rut. ~ he News of the Month. sa me tasks como to h and each day. Onl,lf fl / e/{'/anlltiex of Ow mind are called Info " ,," ,I,nd thl 'y are e. l~e rdxed to 111',110/ . . Ch ole ra in Ru ss i a . - Fi g ur l' ~ given out by t he Russian Go vernment, Sanitary ,An.,. t. h inl! whi ch will turn t he blood into new c han nels a nd arouse braiu-oel ls t .ha t have been inactive will grently enliven yo u r life, be it: Commission recently show that since th e outbreak of the cholera epide mic, a bout N.,w Oi." . s lilllul lllln6t you r a ppe t tte. N.,w P O,il ioD, enubltu e YOIIto ea rn. ~or e . the middle of May, until the end of Jut)", 37,6.52 cases occurred, with Hi,();)l deaths. N.,w 8 .,n.,vol.,n..e cxc tnoe sym path y. New Scene! )' to re~resh your recutncs. N.,w Fr iend. to sl ir yo ur soc tut nre New E_..,u:... to ttUl,:ken your mu scles. . The enti re region affec ted includ es forty- two provin ces and terriroties. In the week New Sc itnC"e to st.lrnula te yo ur mren ecr . New f"1"lo",:,phy of Life a D.d. n.1J ~ IO D to sa tlsty ~ h~ endi ng July 23, 13,374 cases were reported , wit h .;,979 deaths. hi irhcr tll.Cll lt lt>S - ho pe-spl rltu II.h ty- and venera lion A ll T hese " Door. of Life," if only opened by you , will surely bring physi ca.l and T he Con dition of the Heart in Pulmonary Tuberc u lo sis .- Dr. J ohn Hay, spiritual re freshmen t, and you will neve r want Cor novelty and c!1ter talnm en t. writi ng in the Medical PrE'S8 and Circular, July lath , points out. t lmt pulmonary How to e xerc ise your own bra in resources so as to do a way ~vl th m uch of tho mc noton v and d rudgery or li fe and e njo y a la rger li re. is tho obj ect o r 'ya lt er De t uberculosis is rela tively infrequen t in t hose affected by va lvu lar d isease of t he heart. \·oo·s new book " The Doors of Life" j ust published . 12m o., cloth. by .m atl, $ I.O~ . a nd that the converse of this iJ5 ulsc true. Tuberculous disease seems in so me pe­ O ST~O P.A TIIS meet patients Ireq uenrly wh oso mental a tt it ude tS depressing culiar way to inhibit th e develop men t of valvular tr ouble. In 189S- l!I07, a mong to all vit al proce sses Such m lml s need to be sho wn a .new m ent ~l outh:to k nnd 109 autopsies made in the Roya l Infirmary, 'Liverpool, on patients suffering from uplook. Theil' healing will be a cco mplish ed mere rapidly by clL1 l1 n.g t he ir a t.ten­ I ion 10 " T II ~~ DOORS OF L.IFE." [f you are not con vin ced by this au send for all types of pulmonary tuberculosis. only 4: per cent showed eviden ce of val vular dis­ a free booklet filled wit.h te st imonials of healing resulting from the study of THE eas e of th e heart. Brown states that in 8, 154 a utopsies made upon phthisical pa­ BOOKS T HATH E AL . t ien ts, 293 were found to be suffering from cardiae disease, which gives 3.5 per cent. Meisenberg found t ha t among all th e patients at t he Leipsic Clinic from 1889 to VITA PUBLISHING CO. 1898, 1.7.5 per cent had heart disease, while the per centage suffering from heart dis­ Room ·!,3. 560lj Drexel A ve. Chicago, Ill. ease among those affected wit h pulmona ry tuberculosis a ttending the clinic during those years was on ly 1.14 per cen t. HOW<> \'("f, endoca rditis may occu r as a comp lica­ tion of pulmonary t ubercu losis. hut in most instances it is eit her a terminal affection or is du e to streptococci or stn phylocoeci, an d is verrucose in type. Specific tuber­ THE GLEASON COLO N IRRIGATOR. culous endocarditis is of 311 forms the leas t common. T uberculous paricard it is must also be classed :1.8 another not infrequent terminal event in pulmonary tuher­ An Opiate culosis. I t very rarely develops in t he absence of t uberculous disease. A Diure tic Ch lorofo r m Ad dicti on.- Storath reports a eaxe of 15-year-old chloroform A Laxative habit . T he subjec t was a. wom an who he-gall the use of the dru g a t th e age of 36. A Sti mulant It W 8.'3 t aken by inhalation , from 20 t.( J au gms. pure chloroform daily. Patient was. a t times in deep narcosis. It was impossible to find any evide nce of destruction of

t he neurons, arteriosclerosis or renal lesions. The woman was a psychopath, suffered Does an ost eopath eve r wish to U .\lC from severe hysteria, and had contracted the chloroform habit from using the drug d rugs to secure th e above results? for typical migraine. There was no te ndency to increas e the daily dose-if any ­ thing, th e patien t was more suscepti ble t ha n the average individual. There were Do not resort to drugs, but use a no withdrawal sympto ms when the hahit was broken otT. The leading phenomena suitable enema, by means of the Gleason presented throughout by th e patient were such as might occur in an y psychopath, Return Flow Colon Irrigato r, and get a nd were not a ttributable to a ny specific action of the drug. quicker and bett er results. T herapeutic po ssibi lities almost limitless. Brochure San itation of the Ca n a l Zon e.- T hc report of the Departm ent of Sanitation, Oil th e varietie s of ene mata sent free. Canal Zone, for the month of Xlay. uno, made by Dr. J ohn L . Phillips, Acting Chief Prir-r- $:i.OO, complete with tubes . Sanitary officer , shows th at the annua l dea th rate per t housa nd from a ll causes among the white employ ees for t he month of :\ I :~y , 1910, was 9.94. For May, 1907, t he rate was 18.34, and since t ha t time there hne been a steady decrease. The same rapid M. S. WRIGHT CO. , decrease is noted among the bla ck employees, the death rate among this class being 34.48 in ..\Iay, 1907, and 6.9S in ..\Iay, WIO. Throughou t t he Can al Zon e, and the 5 I Jackson Street, Worcester, Mass.

Museum of OsteopathicMedici ne. Kirksville, MO 9H .H lYEltTl SING SECTI O:\ . 940 T HE JOUHXAI. OF OSTEOPATHY. Bernarr Macfadden Healthatorium TELEPHONES '554-'555 OAKLAND cities of Panam a and Colon, t he ra te during t he mont hs of May ti ll."; bee n as follows OPEN ALL THE YEAR . . 1907, 31.57; 1908, 20.87 ; 1009, 15.77; 1910, 18.69. The number of employees in Battle Creek branch Perman entl y c1osed.- Now Vacant . May 1907, was 39,003 , wit h 98 deat hs ; in May, 1908, 44,816, with 39 deaths; in DISEASE CURED WITHOUT DRUGS ~l 3.Y , 1909, 46,974, with 37 deaths; a nd in May, 1910, 1)2,863, wit h :H dea ths. On I'IIYSCU I TOPATHY T HE NE W H EALI NG AIlT. Il rugl ess healing trea~n~:t these las t, 6 were from tuberc ulosis, 2 from dysentery, and one each fro m black water s i c ~ _ °tsteo:~ath~ ~~:~:;ro~in~ fever , malar ial fever , typhoid Iever und pneumonia. The tota l number of white for the Add ed strength for the strong. Massage. f Ii for up to-date Hydropa thy trea me nte- Americans connected with t he commission a nd the Panam a Hailroad during t he a nd all sorts 0 a pp lances . - d ~ ts I len and wom en. Gymnasium tmen month, including employees an d their families, was lO,2S;,); among these there were oat. Expert oper:\tors. " t'cparllte epa.: or n . . handball a nd f.l x61 feet. splendidly equipped , perrrutung basketball, indoor tennis, o dea th s, 4 from diseas e and 2 from external ca uses , a n unnual dea th ra te (If '; per t housand. or malarial C8S('S a mong employees discharged and died from hospital Lnseball. W HO IS BERNARR MACFADDEN? du ring th e mon th, there were two deaths, a nd filS discharges. No plague, smallpox Father of PH YSCULTOPATHY. or yellow feve r originated on or W~ broug ht to t he isthmus during t he mon th . The Editor o[ the PHYSICAL CU LTUIlE general sanitary conditions were reported as favo ra ble, although the weather had MAGA7.I~g, t went y millions of been such as to further the development of mosq uitoes and mala ria : a nd tho mala­ which ha ve been circula ted since rial eick rate for J un e m ay show the effects of this. During the month of :\Iay 1,SOT its first issue. rats were des troyed. and 6 houses were fumigated. Author of liHeen scientific, instructive Infant Feedt ng v-e-Stcinhnrdt calls attention to t he problems related to infant and other works de voted to the feeding. A large number of medi cal men t hink infant feedi ng too simple to p:in' it advancement of Na tural Vital their attent ion, and this often res ults in the unneeessury sac rificing of infants. In­ Building ':\lethods. fant feed ing is rcnlly a " CT)" important branch of medicine, a nd a ll medical men should Organ izer of th e Physical ~ul tw:'J know how to feed a child norma lly . T he 8t0018 should he very carefully examined , Hestuurunt Compo.n.y, which 1S because t hey te ll us what component is to he cha nged . It'presen ted b)' restaurants in many C hTOOIc Influen za! Bronchitis.- J . D . Madison repo rts cnsce to illustrate of the large cities thro ughout th e the different ph ases of chro nic influenzal bronchitis. All th e cases reported show United Sta tes. other organisms than the influenza bacillu s in the sputum. The sy mptomat ology Founder of the g ernarr 1\lacfadden of influensnl bronch itis does not differ materially from t hat of chro nic' bronchitis Tne ..\{ag 1tijk enl Chi ~ (1 g o h oute of .tile Institute , recently succeede~ .by produced by other organ isms. T he not infrequent occur rence of hemo ptysis is. wort hy B erna r,- Macfa d de ll lIealth(tton.lw&- the phyf-ical Culture Tra~n~ng of note. 'd 1 lace tot rest IUld rec rea tion. Si tuated School. Inc., devoted to t raimng Mandelba um's Rea c t ton in T ypjoid Peverv--Kcssler had th e following tn~he1'~ t:J l' nlia l d istric t . r~, ',ro, m.~!lu eui,I,Yy· .n ~~ w i; b e We have ever} advantaee 0 It!...... " young men and women to ec0r:' exper ience with this new diagnostic resource . T he method is nat urally simple, ll":I R ~ 10 the our. fo' lv~' rntn ute s ride rrom Lake Health Directors. Physical Dir- !l lc h l lil:llih \ h .) bu t th e bacilli by adhering to th e blood corpuscles ma y simulate clumping . Again, 1 h (In same building as Hea t nto n um. if the seru m is un der-diluted (10 to 15 times) there result s inhibition of th e clumping eetors, or Doctors of Physcu topat y. .I also a large Instit ution at a nd threadi ng. The aut hor would t herefore free the seru m fro m red cor puscles and Founder of the Berna rr :\Iacfad den Healthatormffi, am E I d ' ) ~ iles from London. dilute it in the ra tio of I:20 to 1:40_ Wht'n Eberth'» bucillus appea rs aft er (our hours Chesha m. Bucks, . ng an " -~ III 'ou d t ay merely for what you eat in the medium, either in clumps or threads, present or pust typhois is indicated ; HEBE you acquire K~O.WI.EDGE. 'yOU a n~ Pthe kn owledge that will be . iuht secure ou acqui re hut there is no means of distinguishing be tween th e two from t he bacillar y arrange­ or the aCCoLU mad a trons you III g .'1 . b ult of ove r 25 years of study on ti 1 r case and whic I IS te res men t. alone. T yphoid mny be dis tingu ished fro m paraty phoid, bu t not with such applied in your par ICU a . . all iervisee th e treatment of every case­ certainty as the \Vidal reaction. :\I nnd elhaum ' r; method cannot therefore displace the part of Hernarr ~I acfadd e n . who person Y SUI I dly make a better selection the latter, bu t is worth employing for corrohora t. ion . In the te xt of the lutil'lc the Vacation:-If you simpl)' desm: a rest you can lranr. ment of some kind. Here .• I . '''ht there IS a lecture or enter m a ut hor also states hi8 bE'l ief that til(' ne w lIlC' thuII ad ds mnthing to ou r rt,:"ource for than here. ~ e:lI y eve r) Ul." . • -hich will fill the body with those elements th e detection of ty phoid ca rriers . yo u ca n get wholesome, appetl zmg food. ,\ . - Pl a ~u e in C h ina.- .\Il epidemic of plague in Canton, China i!'-- rf'!lU.ft...... \ needed to bu ild up muscles, ner ves and brams . ..' bot a nti dry 8unun er issaid to han mad <.' health eonlliti uu8 in the city unu~ually bad. Ou,. OS1'EOP.41'IlIC fE!~1t~.bJ:;~~I~ S ~}~e ,.ot~;~ Oc;,~~'T'Yn~ C holera a n d Coal Famine in Russia.-Tht' t'pidcmic of cholcra in HU&o:in g l:~ d lt a ~ e 01 t1l 11 /i ;l{!!,/~~~; (ltoted Osteopatkic P hy t;; icialls. , is especially se'"ere in the ('anI-mining di8tn ct,s on t he Doncts River, in thft sout hcrn S I ~CLAIR'S part of th e Em pin ', and a general exod m~ of miut'l'8 ha !'! heen the result . The Go\'­ R trksl'llle,_.JIo. _. 1 - 'I ad U PTON article in the :\IA\ If not acqua mteJ Wit h our metho ds re d t I stitu tion Let. us send you ou r ernment h:u; been ap l)(,-8leti to for mor e strenuous n u ' U-'lUI'"l'S in co m hatin ~ the ~('o url:!: e . f h C litan He was trea te a our n . Issue 0 t e osmopo :" 16- deckle-edge catalog, free of cha rge in this region, as the output of ('oal from Ul(' inft"d.t'tl districts has already been re­ mar velous book let of testll uolll:lls :lnd our Pllo<7'C . . duced to one-half the usual quantity, anrl :l coal famine is fea red if the exonu8- of miIH'J"S on request. W RIT E TOllAY. Addr ess comm umc:luons to . is not checked . arr Macfadden Healthatorium Bern :/ ' CH ICAGO. ILL 4,n d STREE T aod GRAND BOULEV ARD

Mu~umofOsteopathicMe dicin e. KirksviIIe,MO 1 _ 9-1 2 TH E JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. As A Matter of Nephritis \Vith ou t AL bu min .-C. A. Howland en deavors to show that ~ ro :,; ~ and severe lesion s of the kidn ey ma y exis t without albumin being present in the uri ne, Compa.rison or at least without it being discernible ny methods ordinarily used in hoepital and office work. In the routine examination of MiOspecimens of urine, nephritis without Some form of SUpp01t is anecessity in ninety per cent alb um in was found 2 1 times, or :3.8 per cen t. The writer gives the history of these of the cases of Spinal Curva­ 21 cases, an d concludes that no examination of the urin e can be called thorough ture, potts Disease, etc. unless a microscopical examination is made . This cannot be satisfactorily done T hese supports have usu­ unless the urine is centrifuged in a good centrifuge . No .physician can be sure that ally been made of rigid, hard, unyielding materia l, his patient is free fro m a kidney lesion without suc h an exami nat ion, Acute nephri­ which, while perhaps sup­ tis may exist wit hout the pr esence of albumin, and de ath may occur with all the plying the requ ired support sy mptoms of uremi a . have other undesirable fea­ A Method of Aneathettaing to he Employed in Opera ting, on the Aged.c--. turc s,making the remedy al­ mostas bad asthe disease.Re­ J oh n IJ. Gleason , led by t he effects that were obser ved when scopolamine combined stricted respiration and heart with morphin e was used befo re the administration of a general anes thetic, 1Jf'g;an ex­ action, hindrance to grow th perimenting with this agent, and conceived the idea of combining partial scope and development, muscular atrophy , scalded skin, et c. , mine anesthesia wit h local anes thesia , using 0.1 per cent cocai ne. This proved :0;0 are so me of the minor ills successful that he began using scopolamine a nesthesia in operating upon the aged . that accompany the wearing Satisfa ctory results are depend en t upon the te chnique : the operato r mu st be thor­ of jackets made of Plaster oughly fami liar with an atomy in order that the nerves may be blocked by depo sit ing of Pari s , Sole Leather, Steel, etc. the water around and d ose to the m . H e usually administers 0 .01 grain of scopola­ H ere a r e a few of th e mine with 1-6 to 1-4 grain of morphine, and repeal s the dose at the end uf an hour. m any hundreds of old T he dos e is varied accord ing to t he cond it ion of t he pati ent . The wri ter cites a num­ jack ets and supports we be r of cases in person s over eighty years of age, in whom he has used t his method have r eplaced w ith the Sheldon A ppliance t o t he successfully , and urges its ad option in the management of sur gical disea ses in old inf in ite sa tisfaction ofphy. people. Realising the danger t hat may result from heart , lun g, kidney or bladd er sician and pa t ie nt. ,RICin STHL com plications in t hes e C1\...ses, they are often classe d as inopera ble . This is a mistake. Here's The when we have this safe and accur ate method which permits t he patient to ta ke nour­ COInpariso n ishment regularly , and enables him to avoid fun ctional disturban ces of tho stomach This Shelden A ppliance is humane, and other organ s. cool and co mfortable. It does not cha fe or irritate even in the hot­ A A. Fata l Case of Hemop hil!a. - L. Parr y rela tes the case of a boy, four years test \'veather. It pro vides just of age, who bled ver y freel y from a cut about one-third of an inch in length un the the requi red support , exerting a front of t he right side of his tongue . Stitching the edges of t ill:' wound toget her did gentle, firm pressure where needed. not stop the bleeding. T he cut ends of the blood vessels were then ca ught with yet permitting full respiration ami pto~ e r muscular action . I t lifts the for cep s, which lessened the bleed ing, but on putting in two more st itc hes free ocaing weight of the head and shoulders took place from t he need le punctures and con tinued uninterr u ptedly until a few off of the spine and corrects any hours before death, which occur red about forty-eight hours uffer he had first seen deflection of the vencb ne. It the patient. Calcium chlorid e was given in large d08£>8. The child had nearly bled weighs ounces where othe r spinal supports weigh pounds. to death on a pr evious occasion from a small out on the finger . The case illustrated Every appliance is made to or­ t he well-known facts that the tendency to hemophilia usually appears early in life, der, to tit the individual require­ the first hemorrhage rarely kills, and over .-') 0 p CI' cen t of these th us affected die he­ ments of each patient in accordance fore the age of seven years. with measurements taken by the physician. It is as easy to take off Appendicitis as Studied by Radiography .c--Liert z conclud es from a radio­ and put on as a coat. It cannot graphic st udy of the appendix that the principal causal elemen t is mechanical, chiefly be detected through the clothing . an omalies of position.Bacterial infection is the secondary factor . The anomalies In over 15,000 cases, this Shel­ of position fa vor stagna tion, which comes about largely from feca l impactio n in the don Appl iance has produce d result s and given comfort to cecum.M ere entra nce of fecal matter into the appendix is not sufficient, to cause the patient far exceeding that the disease , for such entrance is much more common in the newly born and nurslings derived from the usual Plaster than in ad ults; whi le t he incidence of appendicitis is rev ersed at these two periods of Paris or other unyielding Jackets. of life. An anomalous location of the appendix therefore be comes a. menace in later W e will be glad to send to any physician our plan for mutual c~­ life . operation which explains in detail just how the Sheldon Appliance rs adapted to all forms of Spinal Curvature, Irritation and Pott's Disease. l Ve ha ve fittl'd 1?Ta'l dpa r/'1lts of 80 and m/fT, GOld bahies of a year mid l ess.

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