The Journal of Osteopathy
February 1902
Reproduced with a gift from Jane Stark, B.Sc., Dip. S.I.M., C.A.T. (c), D.O.M.P.
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May not be reproduced without the permission of the Still National Osteopathic Museum ..... ' . • -THE-' TIlE • - JOURNAL OF i1fa,'~k • - OS'l1EOPATHY • - KIRKSVILLE MISS0URI, FEBRUARY, 1902 •... -RUNS- [Copyright by the American School ot Osteopathy.] •: 4 Dallj' Passenger TraIns Into /{,rksvllle 4 DR. A. T. STILL'S DEPARTME~T. • >
WITH my fifty years of experience in treating disease in its great multi... tude of forms, I feel that I am competent to speak of the weaknes9 of drug medication theories and the drug medication training followed in the so called "old schools of medicine" especially as I was a disciple of the' 'old school'" , for many years and among its most faithful practitioners, until a better in telligence and a better understanding:: of God's provisions for the cure of human ills in the body mechanism' itself, led me to sever the ties .that once held me blindly to drug medica tion. Typhoid fever, bilious fever. yellow fever, scarlet fever, mountairn fever, hectic fever, and all other fevers known by various names, are simply effects with different appearances, but to seek and to know the cause or • Making Close Connections with a.~.~ ~.i~.~~,. causes that produced the effects has : ·~~·d··g·i~·i·~~:::~~ ·.·~.h..~ ~.U..~I.i~~~~~.I.I~."..t ~.~.~~.~~~~ ever been lost sight of by the doctors . of the "old school. ', No attention or · very little, if any, has ever been giveil • Through Sleepers betw~en Kirksvill.e and to the parts of the body in a'search for physical changes that have caused un C~ty., Mo~ne.'; natural conditions in functions. They have been drilled in the faith that • St. Louis, Kansas Des & symptoms, well known, constitute a sufficient wisdom with which to open the: : St. Paul. But one change of Oars be- fight. The drug physician finds some "heat" in the patient. He thinks that • tween J(irksville & Buffalo, Boston & if he learns how"hot" his patient is, that he then is in a position prepared to open the combat. He feels for his "pig-tail thermometer" and 10, finds that : New York. it has slipped through a hole in his pocket and is lost. And the owner of the thermometer is just as totally lost. • Address: I. oM. RIOHARDS, Agent, Kirksville, Mo. • O· S ORANE General PassengerAgent, St. Louis. Mo. The M. D. 's training is largely limited to observation of pulse and temp ·•••••••••••••••••••••••••••. ., . . - erature. In the case of fever he has been loaded up with the importance af . . 62 JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. 63 finding out how' "hot" his patient is in the morning and how mU:h hotter criveJhe disease. He does not find quite enough symptoms to. warrant him gets at night, on through the days as the disease grows older m days an ----~~ ~calling it typhoid fever. Then he is at sea without a compass and is left weeks. He is exhorted to keep a record of the degrees of heat, two, four, s' clothe' best he can, even thongh boat and crew: may be lost. " twelve and twenty-four hours apart and keep a similar tab on the pulse. He h to We -are in the beginning of the twentieth century' and the wisest' doctors been weIrdrilled in the use of his lI'dirty" thermometer that goes into rectu f all schools and systems of the healing art have said that typhoid-fever is "a vagina, under arm and then into the mouth of a patient, but no thought . °elf.liroited", disease, in the treatment of which':drugs are a total failure." ·given to the physical changes of form or the functions of the affected organs ~his, in substance, is the: conclusion of them all, exce:ptillg the most bigoted, the body. N or is the student of that school shown the causes of the chan d we believe-that the conclusion is an honest and a wise one..The old school in temperature and pulse. His leading guides stick in their examinations an a~ysician is now saying, "keep out the drugs and bring in the nurses." And ,diagnosis to the pulse. He pulls out his wa.tcb and times the beat: of th i will say, that· they give to the world no mQre lig
-of man was sufficient for the day of a successful hunt for an innocent and trus ~the application of cantharidin as a preventative to smallpox contag- worthy germifuge for smallpox, and that it would be proven early in th ~a Bis directions in detail are as follows: n twentieth century, if we would but work and reason. 10 . :for an adult, take an amount 01 cantharidin equal to the size at two I will not dispute or try to criticise so great a man as Jenner, but I w' rains of corn. Spread it smoothly over a piece of coarse sheeting one and one- say that in all the histories of the man and in his own works, I do not find ~a1f inch square. It will cover the cloth. Press the plaster into the arm from single word of his philosophy nor any reason why he believed that the co hree to six inches above the elbow, avoiding old vaccine scars. When the :pock would fortify the human body against the entry of smallpox. He simpl tkin begins to look quite red, take off the plaster and dress with vaseline or reported that a less number of milkers took the smallpbx after they had ha Sutton tallow on cotton. Allow the bandage to remain until the arm itches. "sore hands" supposed to have been caused by getting the poison in some eu ~hen take off the dressing if the cotton is loose. If not loose leave it on the scratch or broken surface of the skin of the hands. Since his day, the worl ann a day or t~o to allow the blistered spot to heal. The work is then all ~bas been content to hunt for that "stuff" that was on the cow's udder. , Ni done. :for a ch1ld under ten years of age, use a plaster three-quarters of an ,questions were asked, it was simply, "I want same of that stuff what make inch square in dimensions. For an infant, use one about one-half inch square. folk's hands git sore." Jenner did put "rot" into his patients to keep th Do not have a plaster on an infant over an hour. Take it off and after dressing •'rot" of smallpox out, so you see there was a fight for possession between t it with vaseline, leave it a day to see if the blister has taken. If not, try two great "rots" and the cow-rot is supposed to have hooked off the smallpo again, but watch carefully and do not blister too deep. In all cases a single rot. That is all the immunity there was about cow-pock holding free fro good blister will immune for a year at least. smallpox. The power of cantharidin as a germifuge has been proven, but it 1S 1m I believe that the discovery of Jenner gave nothing to the "vorld exceptin perative that only pure and fresh cantharidin be employed. Dr. Still has the history of an accidental cure or supposed preventative to smallpox. H made arrangements by which he gets the very best direct from the manufac :gave no reason why one poison would immune the person from another paisa turers. He cannot advise the promiscuous purchasing of the ointment from 'The doctors simply accepted, tried and adopted the supposed remedial pow old stocks. Time will kill the cantharidin and render it useless. Impurities ,of cow- pox, sore or cankered heels of the horse.' They gave us no caution may also get into the ointment. Dr. Still feels that the best way to supply the hint that the grease heels of the horse might be a venereal disease peculiar A. S. O. graduates is to keep the fresh and pure for their use and protection the horse only.' They told us nothing of the cow-pox, whether or not it w against old stocks. He is preparing to publish in pamphlet form a treatise on smallpox, cantharidin, etc., and with all orders for cantharidin which he puts venereal in its nature. Like the adoption of most "remedies" the doctor us up in $1.00 orders, he will enclose the ointment, directions for its use and one or has used, it came to notice by accident. of his pamphlets. I do not wish in the least to antagonize the efforts Qf Jenner. I belie that they were good, but I do think that more effective and less dangerous su OSTEOPATHIC TREATMENT IN NEURASTHENIA. stances can be used than the putrid compounds of variola. I aiso believe th L. E. WYCKOFF, D.O., BAY CITY, MIeIl. the philosophy that I present, can and will be found just as protective agai NEURASTHENIA, nervous prostration, or the American disease, the defini measles, diphtheria, scarlet fever, leprosy and syphilis as against smallpox and other infectious contagions. This is the twentieth century, our schoo tion of which is "debility of the nervous system causing an inability or les was created to improve on past methods and theories; let us keep step with th sened desire to perform the various duties or attend the occupation of the music of progress. I feel certain that the time is close at hand when co~pur. individual," is a malady of comparitive1y recent origin, as it is not described sory vaccination will not be necessary, for a better method, one that w1ll in the old text books. It is the result of too rapid living and the constant the work and leave no bad effects as is the case in vaccination with the COWl struggle for wealth of .d_mericans. The "strenuous life" is responsible for the horse or other animal poisons, has been found. The dread of disease and dea that follow vaccination, causes people to hesitate in having vaccine matter pu break down of many nervous systems. The class of people most subject are into their own or into the arms of children by military force. When they lea those whose occupation requires mental as w~ll as physical strains or calls upon that a fiy-blister as large as a fifty-cent piece will keep off smallpox in all cases the emotions, as artists, students, financiers, speculators, etc. then there will be no fear or trouble about smallpox or vaccination. However common it may be, the numerous causes from which it may arise and the train of distressing symptoms that follow it, make it a difficult HOW TO USE CANTHARIDIN. disease to combat successfully, and one of the most troublesome the physicians IN answer to many inquiries on the subject, Dr. A. T. Still has furnish of all schools encounter. Each case is peculiar to itself and must be studied to the JOURNAL his instructions to graduates of the American School of Oste and treated individually to get the best results. Neurasthenia means a debil ity of the nerve centers or a lowered vitality of the nervous system, and the 12 JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. 73 important point in the diagnosis is to find a primary cause of waste. -----clers of the mm. d , a tendency to look on the dark side of things and frequently It may arise frolll numerous causes, the majority from overwork, ment ordespair of recovery. Sleep is disturbed or perhaps a troublesome insomnia. ~oor alt~rnate worry, emotion and grief,. from excesses, a1cholic and sexual, or the excessi circulation in extre.mities, flashes of. heat and chilliness, sweat use of tobacco, in any form, mainly from cigarettes, in fact anythin.g that sa • (f irregular heart actIOn and d1sturbed sensatlOll. A loss of appetite and 10", d' t b Th" the nervous system, and where expenditure of nerve force is greater than t other alimentary 1S ur ances. e maJonty of symptoms named are found daily income, producing physical bankruptcy. A neurotic temperament tna: '0 every case, yet no two are ever exactly alike. be responsible. for unfortunately at birth, all are not endowed with t 1 Jow as to the treatment of this disease. A careful inquiry into the his same amount of nerve force. The digestive organs too may be at fault, f tory of the case will indicate what is best to advise, in way of rest, recreation since it is a disease of malnutrition to the nerve centers, these organs are t ao d exercise. Also the proper diet to follow. The patient should always be starting point of many cases of neurasthenia. There have been very fe cautioned to use great care in diet. The digestive organs are usually weak .cases that have come under my observation that have not had a faulty dig aod not capable of taking care of much food, and a small amount properly as tive system or malassimilation. similated is better than a larger quantity unassimilated that will be in the One important cause is a nerve poisoning from uric acid or lithce,nia, an stomach and intestines and ferment, making a toxic substance to be absorbed lastly but not least, the one most looked for by osteopaths is an irritation by the blood, further poisoning the nervous system. Here is where osteopathic disturbance, which may be internal or organic irritation from displaced orga treatment shows its superiority over drug treatment, and other systems. No as for instance, the uterus ·in the female may be out of position and by th foreign element enters the alimentary tract to further derange the organs of as constant disturbance wasting vital nerve force. Then there may be the e similation and hinder instead of help the process of l1pbuilding nerve tissue. ternalor spinal irritations, consisting of contracted muscles along the spin The organs are stimulated through external manipulation to their own column or misplaced vertebrce or ribs, producing a constant irritation to t oerve supply and its connections along the spinal column and caused to carry nerves and obstructing circulation to the cord and nerve centers, keeping t 00 their functions in a natural way. Some may ask why a tonic or "nerve nerves in a continual state of irritation or hyper-sensitiveness. This is t medicine" would not accomplish as good a result. It would not, because "tender spine" frequently found in this trouble. These lesions may be at a there can be no artificial stimulus without a reaction and the organs are left in point along the spine from atlas to coccyx, but usually are found at the fi a weaker state than before. It is just like a whip to a tired horse, you may vertebra, the mid-dorsal region or splanchnic area and the fifth lumbar a get a little more action for a short. time, but the effect will wear off. The os other important reflex centers. To illustrate, I had one case where all t teopath in his work replaces and strengthens each organ, removes the irrita disturbing symptoms were produced by misplaced coccyx. It was bent and tions and interferences along the spinal column to the spinal cord and nerves, irritated the ganglion impar of the sympathetic nervous system that a typi creates a normal circulation of the blood locally and generally, and improves case of neurasthenia was the result. By careful treatment at this point throu the quality of that vital fluid through the blood making organs so that healthy the rectum and a replacement of this bone and muscles attached, the case i tissue is built up. Everything working in harmony brings the system back proved from the beginning and became entirely well. Twice since then, to a normal state, the distressing symptoms disappear one by one, strength re something over a year's time, the patient returned with nervous symptoms. turns and the patient feels as he ought to once more. found the structures at this point very much contracted, produced as Is This is not theory, but facts, and is my own experience in nearly four mised, by his sitting constantly at the desk. A little careful treatment reliev years practice. I have handled a great many cases in that time, of all kinds the symptoms each time and there was no return. and in all stages of the disease and have yet to report failure, where the patient The pathological state or result of the aforementioned affections produ followed instructions and took the treatment faithfully. Most of the cases the following named symptoms in a typical case. The first traces d yielded from one-to three months after beginning treatment. This certainly is velop gradually, one of the first is a feeling of irritability or inability to conce conclusive evidence of the superiority of this treatment over any other method trate the thought;:; and the efforts to do so causing headache or pressure in t before the scientific world to day and the neurasthenic, who puts himself under cranium, with dizziness. Fatiguing easily on exertion, requiring more ti the care of a competent osteopath, can feel assured that he is undergoing the on a given task that formerly was accomplished easily. Loss of stamina very best treatment there is for the disease. self-confidence, as a patient expressed it to me, "I am a perfect cowar afraid to talk to people or attempt anything entailing responsibility." SexU OSTEOPATHY AriD MASSAGE. power is greatly diminished aIJd often painful menstruatiou in the female. D' FRED JULIUS FASSETT. A. B., D. o. IT does not require a long explanation to show the average inquirer that 74 JOURNAL 01'" OSTEOPATHY. JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. 7 ~merican osteopathy has nothing in common with any of the psychic or mystic syste School of Osteopathy, as is always the case, was largely represented. re were tluee graduates and from the student-body fifteen, who made up a jolly party of the healing art that are abroad in the land. ThCthe march on Chicago though we realized the object of our trip was not so jolly. When, however, the osteopath insists that his system differs essentially for For an osteopath to go before an examining board consisting wholly of JII. D. 's makes. from massage the listener is apt to accept the statement with some mental reser. ost sanguine feel a little uncertain, and wish that one osteopath at least was on the the m vations unless the specific differences are rather clearly pointed out. To a bOard. casual observer the methods of procedure of the osteopath and the masseur seelll But it is due Dr. Egan, the secretary, and other members, to say that WI'! were very urteously treated and have reason to expect fair consideration of our work. very similar. And one, even, who would give the matter enough attention tQ CO Below is given the list of questions furnished by Miss Ethel Burner, who made a copy notice that the characteristic movements are not the same, might easily imago f each list. ine that these different movements were but different methods of applying th a The fact that several examinations were largely localized in one. or two branches o[ the- same reasoning. The two systems resemble each other in recognizing the fact bject involved, instead of beil~g more generally distributed, was a surprise and of course s~cessitated that a large part of all diseased conditions are due to a stagnation or slowin an extensive detailed knowledge. D When we came to that question in anatomy which called for a description of the pI'in of the circulating fluids of the body. It is in the method employed to obtai ipal muscles, about twenty in number, of the hip and thigh, their names, origin, insertion, the proper motion of those fluids that the marked difference in the two metho ~uDctioD and nerve supply; we wondered if the medical brethern opposite us were working appears. out a problem of that extent. The masseur, if we judge from the published works on the subject, spends We answered the question as best we could in so lim i ted a time, and some regretted that. comparatively little time in examination as to the cause of the stagnation we did not have the several hours extra which would be required to answer it as stated, but reasons thus: "The blood is a good thing for the tissues, therefore push it 'ust to show what we learn at the A. S. O. J I am sure it would be a matter of satisfacthm to most osteopaths to receive the same along. " And he proceeds by more or less skillful manipulations to mechanically examination as the M. D. 's on parallel subjects, as long as the medical board has fun propel the blood and lymph along their normal channels through the pack charge. where the stagnation has occurred. It is to be deplored that no examination in osteopathic therapeutics can now be given. No one can deny that is accomplishing, for the time at least, a desirable That is one large subject on which an osteopath alone can pass an examination. As it is now many who know little or nothing of the pl'inciples and practice of osteopa result but the osteopath, confronted with the same conditions reasons thus: thy can be licensed to practice our profession. "The stagnation of the circulation would not exist were there not some mechan. If the law demanded each applicant to present a diploma from a recognized osteopathi~ ical obstruction to the vessels of the part or some change in the size of the college, it would mean much for the advancement of pure osteopathy. That, with oste vessels due to too much or too little activity of the nerves which govern the opathic representation on the state board would insure the people of Illinois a more effective muscles in their walls. safeguard. This is not meant to criticise the present efficient board, or the ability of Secretary With this fact in mind, would the simple pushing of the blood past thi James Egan, who seems eminently fitted [or so responsible all office. 0bstruction or through these contracted vessels be the thing best calculated to The following are those who tool, the exaninations: secure a permanent improvement in the condition ot the part affected? Would Mrs. Charles Crampton, Miss Almeda Goodspeed, James R. Stott, Miss Lois Robinson, it not be a more satisfactory method, if possible, to find the musCle or ligament Miss Hezzie Carter Purdom, Miss Maude ,Vaterrnan, Miss EthelBurner, Miss Anna Francis, or bone obstructing the vessels, or find the irritation to the nerve center which Miss Emma Fagar, Miss Loretta Lewis, Miss Isadora Beebe, Alfred Brimblecombe, ,V. D. Dressel, ,Ym. Van dl; Sand, R. A. Peebles, J. R. McDougall, E. B. Thawley, Frederick E. controls the size of the vessels in the part, and then expend our energies re Moore. moving that obstruction or irritation? 'If this can be done, no pushing will be Followingare the questions: required to cause the blood of the ann or face to return to the heart and allow CllE~nSTRY-TBrEONE AND ONE-llALF llouns. fresh blood to take its place. The natural pumping of the heart and the wond Give the constituents of the pancreatic juice. e:dul nervous mechanism for regulating the size of the vessels will see to it Discuss the action of the saliva on the food in digestion. that the tissue is nourished and drained according to its needs. Give a test for starch. Diseuss the action of bile on (a) food alone; (b) on food mixed with pancreatic juice. THE ILLINOIS EXAMINATION. What are pl'oteids? What are carbohydeates? FREDERICK E. MOORE, D. 0., KIRKSVILLE, MO. Give a test for free H. C1. in the stomach. The first examination of the new year for all practitioners who desired to secure State Give the symbols of nitric acid, ammonium sulphide, potassium chlorate, acetic acid. Certificates in Illinois, was held at the Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, January 16-18 inclu Give test for proteids. sive. Give urinary tests for sugar, bile, blood, albumen. There were twenty-four osteopaths and probably sixty M, D. 's who took tIOns under the state board of health.
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PIIYSIOLOGY-Tnm ONE ASD ONE-IIALF IIOunS. SYMPTOMA'rOLOGY-TIME TWO HOURS. Describe the red blood corpuscle, its size and number compared with white cell. Give the general symptoms of a downward dislocation of the humerus. How many ounces of blood pass through the heart at each pulsation? -- Of a dislocation of posterior extremity of a rib. How many ventricles in the brain? Of Pott's fracture of fibula. How many lobes in the brain and how many convolutions in each lobe? Of fracture of a rib. Describe the different nerve fibers. Of fracture of base of skull. Describe the blood circulation in bone and cartilage. Give the general symptoms of chronic bronchitis. Describe the layers of the nervous matter in the' brain and cord; relative position; func_ Of interstitial nephritis. tion of cerebro-spinal fluid. Of cardiac dilatation. Describe a reflex action. Of arterio sclerosis. Give functions of liver, spleen, and kidneys. Of cerebral hemorrhage. Describe the skin and discuss its function in relation to the nerves. ANATOMY-'rIME TWO IIOunS. Up in Michigan. Kalamazoo. The poor as well as the rich Give the name and description of the various classes of bones according to A great movement has been given bir~h can have appendicitis in this famous celery number of each and their position in the body. during thc first month' of the new year up III town, Doctors and nurses will be paid How many bones in the skeleton? Give different classes. Michigan. Thc Ohicago Record Herald, ed reasonable fees from the funds of the club. Give the differences and similarities between the bones of the forearm and leg. itorially, tells the story as follows: The Kalamazoo idea is a good one, and, like Give the peculiarities, eminences, etc., of bones of the leg. The question that men in Ki:\lamazoo ask Kalamazoo celery, is likely to spread all ove),' Give the attachments of the ligaments of the clavicular joints. each other is not, "AI'e yon a Buffalo?" but, the country. Describe the articulations of the foot. "Are you an Appenclicitter?" The interrog Name and describe classes of articulations. Give example. atory is intendcd to elicit information as to Senator Platt's Position. Give description of the pl'incipal muscles of the hip and thigh, names, whether the i)crson addressed is a member in Under a Washington, D.O., date line the tion, nerve supply and functions. good standing of the Kalamazoo .'Appendi following appeared in the columns of the Describe the aorta fully, giving origin, course, termination, and branches given citis Club." secular press, Jan. 23: position. A pel'son who has had his vermiform ap Senator T. C. Platt is outspoken in favor' Describe, locate and name arteries forming the ci rcle of 'Villis. pendiX removed, of course, is not presumed of legalizing the practice of osteopathy in HYGIEXE-TIME '1'"110 IIOunS. to be eligible to membership in this club. NewYoric state and will urge his friends to' Name some of the impurities in drinking water and their sources. As medical and surgical science has never support the bill. Mention any food adulterations with which you are acquainted and giYe objections been able to discover any use for the vermi "I am a believer in osteopathy," said he,. their use. ' form appendix in man's anatomy, it is popu "it is based on common-sense principles andJ Discuss the deleterious effects of poor ventilation-both immediate and remote effects. larly undcrstood that it was placed there has the endorsement of some of the ablest What means should be taken to prevent smallpox, tapeworm, tuberculosis, malaria? principally for the benefit of the doctors. menin the state of New York and the coun What diseases are comm unicated to man by impure food? . Many a poor but deserYing young physician try. There is no good reason why the fol ,Vhat diseases may be contracted by man as a result of working at certain trades or oc gets his start in practice by removing a man's lowers of the faith should not have the same cupations? vermiform appendix and then removing a right to practice as other branches of the Give a general outline of the adyice you would give to a family good portion of the man's estate afterward. medical fraternity, and so far as 1 am con children had scarlet fever. The appendicitters in Kalamazoo, however, cerned 1 do not see why there should be any "That effects has freezing on the impurities in drinking water? ha\'e played a sharp tUl'n on the mercenary hesitation on the part of the legislature in ,Vhat is an antiseptic? Name one. doctors, Too mltny of them wanted to get passing legislation that will place them on Name a disinfectant which should Dot be made up in a solution in a tin vessel. rich out of this "fifth wheel of man's anat an equal footing with othe1' doctors. IITSTOLOGY AND PA'l'HOLOGY-TIME 'rwo IIouns. omy." They have worked a corner in the "Here in the senate, there are some ear Give minute anatomy of the liver. appendicitis crop. Seven hundred persons nest advocates of the system, including Sen Name and describe the forms of connective tissue. have formed an organization to protect their ato[' Foraker of Ohio, who had a son whose Describe the histological element in bone man'ow. collective vermiform appendices from the life was despaired of, cured by osteopathic Where are involuntary muscle fibers fonnd? , knives of mercenal'y surgeons who desire to treatment; Senator Cockrell of Missouri and How do the fibers of the so-called sympathetic system differ from the other carve their way to bme and fortune in one others. nerve fibers? sh01't hour. "The opposition comes, 1 understand. Differentiate between organic and functional diseases. The doctor who b['eaks into this vermiform from practitioners of the old school, but From what germinal layer do carcinomata develop? combine-this community of intestinalinter this is an advanced age, and 1 see no reason ests-will have to accept the tariff of the as why the legislature should stand in the way Differentiate between a benign and malignant tumor. of the development of a science which has Give the mOl'bid anatomy of multiple sclel'Osis. sociation. There will be no more fancy fees proven successful in so many remarkable in What are the blood changes in anaemia? for cutting out the vermiform appendix in stances. " 78 JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.
PROGRAMME OF COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY.
Frlday Evening. January 24. Beeman, Roy Herbert Banquet for Senior Women. Bergland, Mrs. Pearl J. Bergland, Victor A. Bragg, Delos Austin Sunday. January 26. Brirnblecombe, Alfred Song "Holy, Holy, Holy." Brown, Mi~s Ethel E. Invocation Rev. Arnold Lindsey. Brown, IVrn. Hamilton Bryan, Austin Lyne. Male Quartette.. "Nearer My God to Thee." Byars, W. R. Scripture Reading and Prayer, .. Rev. A. L. Bunting, Olarke Wilson. ' Ohadwell, Pearl T. Anthem.. . "Gloria in Exercise." Oleary, Geo. W. Oobble, v'i'm. Houston Sermon Elder H. A. N:orthcutt. Oonl;el, Miss Maude .Song.. .' "How Firm a Foundation." Oonner, Rev. Jos. Saddler ,Benediction Elder H. A. Northcutt. Oonner, Miss Hattie M. Ounninghan, Jno. Robert Monday Evening. January 27. Oovey, Miss Florence A. Davis, D. W. Semi·AnnualBanquet of the Axis Olub. DeGroot, F. B. Dodson, J. W. N. Tuesday Evelling. January 28. Downer, Leonard A., Jr. :Semi-Annual Banquet of the Atlas Club. Dressel, 'Walter S. Dufur. Denna Dyer, Miss Minnie M.. ·Wednesday. Jauuary 29,9:30 a· m· 'Farber, O. V. CLASS DAY. Faucett, Edwin L. Fields, Miss Perle E. ·Music A. S. O. Orchestra. German, Riley Address Olass President, F. J. McGuire. G1ezen, Royce Alvah Olass History ,. Frances E. Spear. 'Hannah, Hubert 0., M. D. Music A. S. O. Orchestra. Harden, Frank L. Henry, EugE'ne Howe Olass Poem. . .. . Ethel E. Brown. Herrick, Wm. Edwin Olass Prophecy.. , .•...... E. H. Henry Hickman, Hugh Address Dr. A. T. Still. Holgate, Mrs. Mabel D. Music ' A. S, O. Orchestra. Holloway, Perry D. Hoye, Miss Emma Hyde, Wendell Thursday Evening, January 30· 8:00 IllinsJd, Alexis X. . p.m. Kilgore, Miss Lenore GRADUA'l'ING EXERCISES. Knox, Joseph Franklin Lane, Ira T. Music ' A. S. O. Orchestra. Lawrence, Mrs. Jennie Invocation Rev. O. L. Brownson. Leslie, Geo. W. Music A. S. O. Orchest·ra. Lowry, Omer J. Address, for class P. D. Holloway. Maxey, O. N. McDaniel, Alexander O. :Address-for faculty Dr. A. G. Hildreth. McGavock, James E. Music A. S. O. Orchestra. McGavock, Miss Annie Presentation of Diploma.. ,Dr. A. T. Still. McGuire, Frank J. Music A. S. O. Orchestra. McKee, James A. McNeil. Miss Nita Helen Mace, Orlin A. Roster of GradulLtea· Marsh, Roy W. Anderson, Mrs. Annie U. Marshall, Frank J. Arnold, Miss Myrtle Mel'l,er, v'i'm. Lincoln Ballance, Miss Lillian G. Miller, Luther VY., M, D. Bathrick, P. L .. Moore, F. E. Bathrick, Mrs. Rose Morris, Henry D. JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. 81 80 JOURNAL Oil' OSTEOPATHY. ~5tcopatbr. description of the work in Lhe American Mumma, Maxwell E. • tain or to what church we shall give our ttbe--:Journal of School of Osteopathy, as follows: "I read Noonan, Mrs. W. E. moral. or financial support,. Nor does it the description of the college and its work peebles, Reuben A. :::::== Pierce, Floyd step in and tell us, "Here you walk around PUBLISHED MONTHLY UNDER THE AUSPICES with great interest. I had known very little Pleak, S. Morton, M. D. and vote the Democratic ticket, step up OF THE about this new development of scientific Polmeteer, 1!:dward C. lively now." What a picnic there would AMERICAN SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY. treatment and think it must supplement the Purdom, Mrs. Theodocia E. b'e if such a thing should happen, for in. KiRKSVILLE" MISSOURI. old methods." Purdotll, Miss Hezzie C. stance in Ohio. But would all this be Reesman, Elmer Samuel *** Rice, E. A. more unreasanable than the laws on the Subscription, • 50cts pet' year in advance. IT remained for the intelligent board of Robinson, Miss Lois 1. statute books of many a state, conceived -- health of'Wilkesbarre, Pa., to make the re Rosebrook, Miss Sophronia by an i!Jiquitous medical fraternity that markable finding that vaccine matter im Ross, Charles Edwin =====-E ery Issue of THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY Runyon, Miss Nellie would dictate to the people how, when with :Ults contents, Is fully protected by copyright. bedded into the arms of children by osteo Sackett, Edgar W. and where your child, my babe, ourselves, paths was not as trustworthy as it WQuid Schoettle, Mrs. ~'(ary Teresa are to be treated when sick in body and have been had a duly licensed M. D. done CONTENTS-February 1902. Schofield, T. M. sore affiicted. Think for a moment how the act. School children had been ordet'ed Sevier, Robt. E. L. Simmons, Mrs. Ida May they would curtail our God·given and man. DR. A. T. STILL'S DEPARTMEN'l' 61 to be vaccinated and many of the families of Shoush, Rev. F. M. fought for-rigbts.,;;And the saddest thing of OSTEOPATHIC TTEA'l'MENT IN NEDRA-S the city wanted their osteopathic physicians Spear, Mrs. Frances E. it all is that many of us have sat quietly by TUENIA, L. E. Wyckoff. D. 0...... 71 to do the vaccinating. The board learned of Stewart, J. A. and haven't raised even so ~uch as a finger OS'l'EOPA'l'UY AND MASSAGE, • the fact and fOl,thwith notified the school Stone, Joe' Clark 73~ Tanner, Cha,rles W in prot~st. n is high time that in a mighty Fred Julius Fassett, A. B.. D. 0...... board that it was to compel all school child Tindolph, Lea W. chorus we join and break the bands tl',at TIlE ILLINOIS EXAMTNA'l'ION, ren to be successfully vaccinated and "ex Thompson, 1. N, we have allowed legal measu'res to strap Frederick E. Moore. D. 0...... 74 hibit certificates from duly registered physi CO~~NCEMEN'l'EXEIWISlj]SATTHEA.S. O. 78 Thompson, Miss E. M. around us. [s man to have the privilege cians,," before they were allowed to attend Trueblood, John O. FIELD NOTES, EDI'l'ORIALS, CLINICAL RE lVII'S. of calling in whom he will when he is ill, school. Trueblood, Jennie PORTS, ETC...... 81 VandeSand, Wm. to choose any representative of any school Waller, F. lVI. that he may desire, or is a medical trust HATS off to Senator Platt. TU:I in the treatment of disease, in whatever form regularly chartered school of osteopathy ------h't of a danger of contracting the dis- school and those practicing in the field not thou/i ' it presents Hself. To abusively rail at oste the course in which shall comprise not les~ which generally. strikes terror to the from our schooL Our men do not stoop to opathy, or to ignorantly compare it to the than five months duration in each year for ease't of the people of a community afIlict I actics that I witnessed in one city and which hea.r s wmk of the masseur, is to make a fool of the four separate years. The law does not set ·tll cases of the dread malady. Most of I was chagrined to witness. For instance, at. ed WI . writer and makes the paper that publishes up any standard for any other school of tes here. If not all of them. were treat Washington, in the lobby of one of the lead the ca. such rot the laughing stock of an intelligent medicine so far as the length of the COurse d osteopathically and responded to the ing hotels, I saw two alleged graduates of a. public. There are medical schools of loW' or the number of months in any given year e tm ent much better than to the old meth- school to the north of us, not in the associ standards. There are fakirs in the medical are concerned. The court holds that this is trea. of drug med"!CatIOn. The expel'lence. ation of osteopathic colleges by the way~ ~s profession. It is true in any profession, a discrimination against the so-called school ksville has had with smallpox besides who were handing out their cards and telling medicine, law and in others. There may be of osteopaths and that the general assem bly KI~ving Dr. Still's claims for cantharidin as everyone they could get to listen to them osteopathic schools of low standards. There pI' eventative to smallpox, has given ad- that they would give him a month's treat has no power to make such discrimination a. pI' are fakirs of osteopathy at large, There are against one class of persons engaged in the 'tiona.l proof of the superiorty of osteopath- ment free of charge if he would call on them "fake mail courses" in osteopathy offered. healing art that does not apply to them all. ill trea.tment over drug medication in one of and present the card. It was an awful jar IC , d' On the other hand how many hundreds of It also holds that the practice of osteopathy he most if not the most contagIOus lseases to me and it was with an effort that I re-, medical"diplomas have been sold at so much is the practice of medicinewithin the mean ~f which man is liable to be a victim. strained myself in giving the duet a bit of per? But the Sun does not condemn medi- ing of the law, and that the legislature has osteopathic advice. * cine. Why not? It has just as good prem ample power to regulate the same. The de ** "At Washington Mrs. Still and I were de.., ises as it has on which to base its conclus cision, of course, prevents the prosecution of Dr. U. E. Still's Trip East. lightfully entertained by Senator and Mrs. ion on the profession of osteopathy. The persons practicing osteopathy by the state , Dr. C. E. Still has recently returned from Foraker and Drs. Patterson, Smith, Stearnes opportunity to investigate genuine osteop medical board, because of the discrimination the East where he passed a month with Mrs. and Hodges. Osteopathy stands high in al~ athy and genuine osteopaths is opep to the alluded to.. Still in travel and sight-seeing. During the the cities we Visited. ,In New Jersey we Sun and there is no excuse for its malicious The decision of the court on the discrimin trip he took the opportunity to visit the mao were royally entertained at Dumont by Mr. and blind attack on the science. The Times ating clause of the Ohio medical law is cer 'ority of the osteopaths in the cities he vis and Mrs. Dumont Clark. In New York and, of New York is following in the footprints of tainly a just,one, and tends to illustrate the ited and makes the report that without a Brooklyn I called on the Drs. Helmer, Rog-. the Sun in discussing osteopathy. Heaping unwisdom of attempting to prepare a law single exception the graduates of the Amer ers, Norris and Wilkes, Tindell, Underwood, opprobrium on a good cause may temporarily that will cover every possible condition inor ican School of Osteopathy are doing a good and Fletcher, Tealle, Whitcomb, Bandell, do some harm bnt "truth crushed to earth del' to restrict the practice of a profession to business and in many instances the rush is so Henry, Hadlej·, 'West and Chestney. New will rise again" and all the vaporous bark a certain class. Ifless had been attempted "reat that the strength of the osteopath is York just at present is a "h,)t bed" of oste ings of such "yellow" tactics as some medi more would have been accomplished, but ~a.xed to the utmost in the demands made opathy. Medical writers on two of the lead-, cal overseers of the legitimate press indulge the law was spoiled by over-reaching. upon him. ing New York dailies are giving us in at in, will never avail. There is always a **~'(- To a JOUll-1'i/AL representative Dr. Still said, tempted criticisms thousands upon thousands mighty rebound to malicious misrepresenta A great deal of interest is being manifest shortly after his return: "I had a splendid of dollars worth of advertising in editorial tion in favor of the cause maligned. It will ed in the Old Doctor's discovery of canthar trip and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of columns. In Buffalo I met Drs. Steel~, Har-. be thus with osteopathyin New York. idin as a preventative to smallpox. The re it. I visited in all thirty·nine osteopaths, ris, Herbst, Monroe and Clark and with the .."" ports continue to come from the field where calling on many more but missing some. osteopaths in the eastern part of "he state, THE Midland Druggist makes the follow- it has been tried that it will do all that is They are all doing remarkably well. I did they are confident of winning out in the leg ing fair-minded comment on the'recent de claimed for H. Dot find a single instance where our men are islative fight. Senator Platt made a ten cision of the Ohio Supreme Court in the Recently smallpox appeared in Kirksville true to osteopathy of a lack of business. I strike with the friends of osteopathy in his Gravett case: and to date about ten Ot' fifteen cases have found' a few, and I am glad to say only a few, interviewgiven to the press declaring his de "The Supreme court of Oh io has just ren been reported. The cantharidin has been dabbling into medicine and for these I can termination to support the osteopathic bill dered an important decision relating to the thoroughly tested in every family where not say so much. That is, they do not seem before the legislfLture. I find that the ma practice of osteopathy under the medical there were cases of smallpox and many in to be doing well. The sooner the osteopath licious work of the M.· D. 's who have in law of Ohio, The law was amended in 1900, stances where parties were exposed to it. learns that osteopathy and dl'Ug medication dulged in the worst kind of llIisrepl'csenta requiring all persons to pass an examination There is not a case on record of a person are as far apart as "the East is from the tions, to crush osteopathy; has made the·' as a condi tion of l'egistration admitti ng to who had been properly blistered before ex West" the better it will be for him. They science hosts of friends among the members the practice of medicine and surgery within posure to it, contracting the disease, and don't go together and all the efforts to mix of the legislature and the people at large. In the state. It specified that osteopaths must where used after exposure, the disease ap the two will result disastrously for the man New York I met H. G. Stripe, fOI'mel'lyof pass an examination in four branche& peared in only a few cases and in a very that attempts it. You can be no more suc St, Louis Post-Dlspatch later of the New' chemistry, anatomy, physiology and diag mild form. Between 2500 and 3000 blisters cessful as a hypocrite in osteopathy than you York Journal, who is now proprietor of the nosis-which is a less requirement for exam were applied in this city during the past few can as a hypocl'ite in religion and you de "Banker and Inventor" a "Tall strcet publi ination than that exacted by all othel' months and it was a notable fact that the serve little more respect. I was exceedingly cation. He is a warm friend of osteopathy sohools of medicine, But it also specified fear 'of the disease was entirely expelled. pleased by making comparisons that I was and spoke confidently of the passage of the that osteopaths must be graduates from a People went about their business with no able to make between the men from our New York bill. On our way home we ------_ .. ------_.... JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. 85 stopped in Detroit and visited Dr. Rider and and particularly to backbones. ~COUl'se of an interesting inter- generally recognized as a uniformly well our other representatives in the Michigan ])Urll1" . "Mr. Platt osteopathied obviously implies . with Dr. Hcrshey, he saId: developed secretory organ that plays an im metropolis. On our way East we spent sev w Mr. Platt in a condition of spinal superiority. ,'Ie "enerally accepted definition of the portant part in the proper working of the eral days in St. Louis. Osteopaths there are "The" .. . In such a condition the announcement is not 'form appendiX IS, 'a functIOnless 01'- h,uman organism. In a healthy state it is a doing well. In IYashington we called on rlOl surprising that he will not retire either from ,'e rudiment of a lengthened caecum necessity; diseased, it becomes a menace to Senator Cockl'ell of Missouri and on Con n the senate or from the boss-ship of his party ga ,,, ~he word rudi men ta ry instead of what life at all times." gressman Lloyd, both of whom extended us ID in this state. Whether or not he was led to 1Is uldo be used, 't'"es Igla. l'. If rud'Iment ar~, *-x.* many courtesies. try the bone cure by a suspicion that Pres ~ho . sumes the possibility of further de A New Sydenham Society Puphcation. "The trip was a delightful one in every ident Roosevelt's and Gov. Odell's backbones It pi e ent. If Yestigial, the supposition is "eloplO Jonathan Hutchinson, F. R. S, general respect. Through it, I am more and more are the results of secret osteopathic treat. ·t was once a wcll-deyeloped organ, but sec!'etary of the New Sydenbam society, impressed by the power and need of harmony ment is immaterial. The important point that I ecome functIOn. 1ess. TI'lIS It'a tel' IS the aud Unitlld action among osteopaths. In a b has requested P. Blakiston's Son & Co., of is that Mr. Platt is feel)ng better than he has t "enerally accepted. \.'.Ie" . Philadelpbia, the American agents of the stand together we are bound to win. Petty has felt fol' a long time, and that the im 1O~~It ~eems almost incredible that with our society, to announce t~e publication of jealousies have no place in our profession. provement is most marked in the vigor of .. ote acquaintance with this little mem- The profession itself is a noble one. We his vertebral condition. IDtunw . "An Atlas of Clinical Medicine, Surgery our anatomy, we should prononnce It want large minded and noble men to fill it bel' o·f . and Pathology," selected and arranged "In short, Mr. Platt has renewed his functionless Qrgan. , with the design to afford, in as complete and we have them." youth-and feels it in his very bones, a "The fact that the appendix is a uniform, a manner as possible, aids'to diagnosis in .. ,,* Alike at 'Washington and at Albany this en erfe~tlY constructe~ ,body, wi th a blood .. all departments of practice. Ie is pro ALWAYS remember, "one single fact is try in the annals of osteopathy will have p ply of its own, Its mucous membrane posed to complete the work in five years, worth a ship-load of argument." more than medical interest." ~~~taining more actil'ely secreting glands, in fasciculi form, eight tol ten plates issued ·x· .,,~ * ·x· in proportion to its sUl'face, than any p~rt ** every thr'ee montbs in'conneetio'n with the . THE JOURNAL has received the following Pope Leo Takes No Medicine• of tbe intestinal tract, shouldlead us to Ill regular publications of the society. The self-explanatory letter fwm J. S. Billings, Pope Leo, the Thirteen·th·, believes in the "estigate closely the part it plays in the New Sydenham society was established in director of the New York public library: "I tenets of osteopathy, as witness the follow process of intestinal :limination. 1858, with the object of publishing essays, am instructed by the trustees to acknowledge ing appearing in recent press dispatches: "Tbat the appendiX has a secretory func monograpbs and translations of works with thanks the receipt of the JOURNAL OF "The pope takes no medicine, not even a tion is without a doubt, as no case of ap which could not be.otherwise issued. The OSTEOPATHY for the year 1001. which you tonic. He do~s not believe in medicines. prJldicitis ever became grave unless com list of publications numbers upwards of have been so kind as to present to this li His theory is that God requires his creatures plete obstruction of the canal has taken brary." to observe the laws of nature as faithfully place, either as a result of catarrhal inflam 170 volumes of the greatest scientific ".... as tl:).e moral laws, and if they do so their mation with subseq uent strictUl'e, a foreign value. An effort is now being made to Montana State Board. lives will be spared to the end of their use object or by hardening of its own secretion. increase the membership, in order to ex tend its work. The next meeting of the Montana State fulness. He employes a physician to teach "Whether or not this secretory function Osteopathic Board will be held in Helena, him what the laws of nature are, and to i of great importance remains to be fer *** March 4th, 5th and 6th. advise him in the manner of obedience. He reted out by further inyestigation upon the rebraska Osteopaths. .... has neyer been a strong man. On the con patients who have had the appendix re The annual meeting of tbe Nebraska .. trary, in his childhood he suffered from a mO\'ed or obliterated by suppuration. Osteopathy and Senator Platt. Osteopathic: association was held at the chronic malady of the intestines, of which "For se"eral years I have had this sub office of Dr. Hutchinson, in Lincoln en 'The following somewhat facetiously word it was feared he would never be cured. " ject under invcstiga tion, and I am convinced Tbursday, December 19, and an enjoyable, ed editori.al but containing more than a that the appendix is not a vestigial organ, timlil resulted. Inasmuch as previous kernel of truth appeared in the Kew York *** Use of Vermiform Appendix. but one that has a most important function: meetings had been largely devoted to Herald of recent date: During January, Associated Press reports "There are two fac tors in the construc-. efforts to keep the state from becoming "Believing himself to have been much contained the following recital of Dr. Her tion of the appendix that should lead to barred to us, no attention had been paid benefited by osteopathic treatment the Hon. shey's claim (an old one with osteopaths) further evidence of its functional power: to the educational features of the associa Thomas C. Platt is reported to view with that he has discovered on important use of "First, there is at the orifice of the ap tion meetings and no programme had been Ifriendly feelings the pendiJig bill at Albany the much maligned vermiform appendix: pendix a val ve so constructed in health as prepared for this meeting. Now that we to admit osteopaths to legal equality with Dr. E. P. Hershey, chairman of the Col to prevent foreign invasion of the canal. are legalized in the state, our future meet allopaths, homeopaths and other paths. orado State Medical Society, believes he has Recent investigation leading to the demon ings will be largely devoted to the bJ'ing "This seemingly small item in the news discovered a use for the much malig'ned tration of an actual sphincter just within ing out in a systematic manner such of the day may be of large public portent. yermiform appendix. the canal alone is enough to lead us not to features of osteopathic practice as will be To the popular mind osteopathy is a word According to the doctor, the vermiform treat too lightly the subject of the appendix mutually beneficial to the members. In Oakland, California, and San Francisco, Californi Off1CE- 1 Chatham St., Cor. Mainand Chatham Sts. HOURS-9-12, 1-3; by appolr.tment after hours. I 'I'BLEPflONES-Ofllce.l3lI-3; Residence,31i4-tl Consultation at ofllce free. WORCESTER, MASS: /,5 and 6 Gas Co.' s Bldg., I3th and 608 Parrot Bldg., Mar Clay Streets. Street. A. L. McKENZIE B. S. D. &. D. O. RESIDENCE 103 Westport Ave - Residence Phone I2:l Green. Graduate or the American School of Osteopathy, R. WATERS, D.O., Grad. A.S.O. J. S. CRAWFORD. D.O., Office Phone 599 Red. A. Kirksvllle M" MRS. G. M. BREWER, D.O., OFFICE flOURS OFFICE-300 NEW RIDGE BLDG. Officp. Entrances Osteopathic Physicians, 8:30 to 12. 911% Main St. 1:00 to 5. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 912 Walnut St. LINCOLN, Nebraska. Graduates American School of Osteopathy. OFFICE 1327 L. Street. Phone F, 962. Suite 403-404, National Exchange Bank Buildlnr. 249 Main Street, OAL LAS, TE)(~ DR. JOSEPHINE DeFRANCE, OS TEO PAT HIS T. Graduate of the American School of Osteopathy. Late member of the Faculty and The Eugene H. Henry Infirmary of Operating Sta:lI ..the A. T. Still Infirmary. 604 COMMERCIAL BUILDING, HOURS:H~~~~' Flushing, Long Island. St. Louis, Mo. H. ~C:MAINS, D. O. ~ANAGEE, Graduate American School of Osteopathy, KirksTilIe. Missouri. OFFICE HOURS AND LOCATION ANNOUNCED LATER. Baltimore Infirmary of Osteopathy Graduates A. 8. Suite M4 Uuion Trust Building, N. E. Corner Charles I and Fayette Streets. Hours: II a. m to 4 p. m. BALTIMORE, MD. CECIL R. ROGERS, D. O. CLARENCE VINCENT KERR, D.O., MYRTLE D. HARLAN, D. o. Do you want a liThe Up",town Osteopath:' Osteopathic Physicians, NEW YORK CITY, SUite 3, the New Amsterdam, cor. Euclid and Pe", 275 Central Patk, West, Graduate A. S. o. :Bust or Kedallien Near 87th St. ~~B~~-3.io.l. => Cleveland. Ohio --OF- Branch office: A copy of the Osteopathic Digest will be mall Madison, New Jersey. upon application. ANDREW T. STILL? P. J. CHADWELL, R. L. PRICE, M. D., D. O. MRS. R. L. PRICE, D. O. The Busts are 16 inches high, of good quality and durable. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Jackson, Mississippi. We will ship you one for $3.00. We will send you a Medallion Rooms 30)\ 9-10·11 Opera Ho 13 inches in diameter, for $1.50. Graduate A. S. 0., Graduate A. S. 0., Kirksville, Mo. Kirksville, Mo NORTH PLATTE, NEB. Graduate Louisville Medical College. Order from the Journal of Osteopathy. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. v IV PROFESSIONAL CARDS. D. L. Conner, D. O. SULLIVAN CHICAGO INFIRMARY. PHIENIX INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY. Masonic ~ 504 ~ ~emu(e. OFFICE: 14 North Second Ave., PHOENIX, ARIZONA. D. L. Conner, D.O., Graduate of the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville JOsEPH. SULLI VAN, D.O., Registered, will receive and treat all kinds of chronic cases without the use of knife or drugs. ' Phoenix is the great natural sanitarium of the Un:ted States, with an unapproacha MARY E. KELLEY, D.O., Registered, winter climate for invalids. The Infirmary will be open from September until June e ling invalids to avail themselve~ of osteopathic treatment while enjoying this unrlvall All Work done by ajjiJint1lle1lt. O(jice Established I891 , climate. Osteopathy in Kansas City, Missouri. ---J. O. HATTON, D. 0.. Graduate A. S. 0 Class of '92 • Formerly Operator in the A. 'r MISSOURI INSTITUTE OF OSTEOPATHY St. Louis, Missouri. Still In,firm~ry, Kirksvil!e. 1(~ consultaliou free. -OFFICE- Dr. W. J. Conner, ~ Dlse~m l:OJIlpetent lady assistant. Odd 4ir~I~~~~;SB~:~dlng ChrOnlC a Special, We treat all classes of diseases without the use of dr..ag-s. .{~ to 12 Offioe: 204 New York Life Buildinir, .------_._------HOURS: Kansas City, Missouri. J, R. SHACKLEFORD, O. O. . I to 4 Graduate of American School of Osteopathy, Established 1897 CINCINNATI, OHIO. Kirksville, Mo. ~~~~~~~~~ 602 WILCOX BUILDING, D~. MARY R. CONNER, NASHVILLE, TENN. L. OSTEOFAT::H:IST.-' DELLA RENSHA W. D.O., NOR'.L'H AMERIOAN Graduate Dr. Still's School of Osteopathy, Kirksville Mo. INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY, OFFICES: INCO·RPORATED. 308 Neave Building, Cincinnati, O. Suite 20, Frechtllng BulldIq eRegistered.) Tnesday, Thursday and Saturday. Hamilton, Ohio. W, H. JONES, Ph. D., D.O., President Telephone Main 3112. GRADUATE OF A. S. o. Detroit, Miohigan. - 85 Alfred Street, City Offices: 232 Woodward Ave OSTEOP~THY DEN~ER Graduate A. S. O. IN DETROIT, --- MICHIGAN. N. Alden Bolles, D. 0.; Mrs. Nettie H. Bolles, D. O. X-Radiance a Specialty. Journal of Osteopathy Phone, Grand 1088. Graduates A. S. O. Issued Quarterly. Branch Office: ADRIAN, MICH BOLLES INSTITUTE OF OSTEOPATHY. NELL MARSHALL GIDDINGS, EO. F. BURTON, Graduate Member Associated Colleges of Osteopathy. G OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Graduate A. S. o. A. S. O. Established 1895. Chartered for teaching and practicing Osteopathy. 603 Frost Building, cor. Second and 1457-59 Ogden St. near Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado. Cleveland, Ohio. Broadway, OFFICE HOURS: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. DR. WARREN B. DAVIS, Mon. and TUeS,} 9-4 611 New Eng. B'ld'g I)R. H. W. WILI)ERSOrt Thurs. and Frio 'Phone, Main, 2932, J Omce Hours -9 to 12 A. M.; 2 to 5 P. M. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Graduate American School ot Osteopathy, B:lrIII Wed. and Sat. 9-12 Residence, lOas West 17th Street. ville, Missouri. tI2-914 Herman Building, Cor. Wisconsin St, and Nome Institute of Osteopathy Broadway. X·RAY EXAMINATIDNS MEMPHIS, TENN. DR. E. R. BOOTH. 37 and 38 Southern Express Building The Pioneer Osteopath of Memphis. In the p1'lO' Milwaukee tlce since IS92 aaO§1teoIPa1tlhlilc = PlhlY5UCUBl[j}u Office Hours: Suite 65, Atlas Bank Building, Graduates American School of \ H. E. NELSON, D. O. Graduate Osteopathy, Kirksville Missouri. 9to 12 a. m., r :30 to 4 p. 111. or by appointment. CINCINNATI, OHIO. A. S. O. MRs. CORNELIA A. WALKER, . OSTEOPATH, IRENE HARWOOD, Office Hours; 210 W. St. Cathriue St.. OSTEOPATH/STS. Except Thurs. and Suu., Louisville, Ky. 06-7'~-9 N. Y. Life 9"12 &. m" 2·4 p. m. Bldg., Kansas City,_Mo, Touraine Apartment, NO.9 EAST 39th STREET, Teiephone, H06-it8th St. Between 5tll and Madison Aves., ~I<:'V YOR K J.O.TRURBLOOD, D.O. J. C. S TON ~~ , CITY OFFICE HOURS. EAST ORANGE, N. J., OFFICE HOURS. Mon. and Fri., 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., and ~ to 5:30 p. m. Wednesday and Saturday, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. MRS. M. J. TRUEBLOOD, D. O. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Tues. and Thurs. 9 a. m., to 1 p. m., and 2 to 4 p. m. 73 N. Arllngton, Av& OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate of American School of Osteopathy, (Under the Founder.) Graduates American School, Kirksville, Mo, Graduate A. S. 0., Kirksville, Mo. COLOIUUO SIJRI~GS, COL. CARROlJrO~, iUlSSOUBI. VI PROFESSIONAL CARDS. PROFESSIONAL CAR DS. VII OSTEOPATHY IN CHICAGO AND KENWOOD. ----- Osteopathy in Rochester, N. Y. 608 and 610 GRANITE BUILDING. Henry Stanhope Bunting, A. B., D.O., CHJ:tRLES M. COE, 0STE0PA:THIST. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. _~ te of American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo. [Lecturer in Anatomy at the HARVEY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Chicago; formerly Editor of Grauua Journal of Osteopathy.] ~A INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY KENWOOD OFFICE;-4681 Lake Ave. CI'fY OFFICE-MethoGist Book DR. J. B. KINSINGER, 9 to 1r:30 o'clock. cern Building, 57 Washington 76 Circular St., SARATOGA, N. Y. Osteopathic Physician, Telephone, Oakland, 558. Suite 500-504. 1 to 4 o'clOCk. W. E. GREENE, D. O. Central 2169. Graduate American School of Osteopathy, Graduate of American School, Kirksville, MO. KIrksville, MIssouri. Y N. Y. GLENS FALLS, N. Y. ~o a~d S&t. Mon. and Thurs. 342 W. Second St., ANNA HADLEY, D. O. ':t~i5th &ve, 11 Bacon st. RUSHYILLLE, INDIANA. Graduate of the American School of O;;teopathy. 80 Hanson Place. EVELYN K. UNDERWOOD,'D. O. WALTER W. STEELE, D.O., Graduates BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. ORD--LEDYARD SANDS, D. O. HARRY M. HARRIS, D.O., A, S. O. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9-12 and 2-~. Room 1231, Presbyterian .BulldJng, 156 Fifth Ave., Corner 20th Street... Buffalo, N. Y. Wednesday and Saturday, 9-12, or by appointment. Everyday excepting Wednesday NEW YORK CITY, and Sunday II URS-Mon., Tues.• Thurs. Fri., 9 to 4. N. Y. 356 Ellicott Square. W°oo, aDd Sat., 9to 12. . DR. JENNESS D. WHEELER, M. E. DONOHUE, D.O., DR. GILMAN A. WHEELER, OSTEOPATHISTS. M. TURNER HULETT, D.O., (Graduates of AmerIcan School, under Founder of Graduate of the American School - Syracuse, N. Y. the science.) c. M. lONE HULETT, D. O. 400 MARLBOROUGH STREET, of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo...... BOSTON. ALBERT FISHER, D. O. Graduates American School of Osteopathy, 604 Paxton Block. Kirksville, Mo. Honrs: Mon. Tues. ThU.\ ~ Fri., 9-12 and 1-4 Back Bay Telephone 414 S. Saiilla St. Telephone 1367 1208 New England Building, Euclid Avenue, Wed. & Sat. 9-12 Connections. HOURS: ¥Ir REGISTERED PHYSICIANS. to 12 and 2 to 4. TEL. 1709-1. CLEVELAND, OHIO. ~§TEOPATHIST, GEORliE J. HEL'I~R, U. O. Lady in Attendance. MRS. ELLA A, HUNT, Pioneer Oateopathist in the East, Graduate 01 Amt!rican School of Osteopathy. The George J. Helmer Infirmary 136 Madison Avenu e, OFFICE HOURS:- EQUITABLE BUILDING, 8:30 to 12 a. m. No Branch Office. NEW lORK CITY It04p. m. ST. L0UIS, William M. 8miley, D. O. The John P. Spaunhurst HENRY BROUGHTON SULLIVAN, D. O. HERBERT BERNARD, . 213 STATE ST. ••• OSTEOPATHIST, Institute of Osteopathy, 86-87 Valpey Building, Suite 504 Ferguson Bldg, 232 Wood....rd An. ALBANY, N. Y. Fltth Floor, Stevenson Building, 529-30, Graduate Office HOl ,. , INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. 213 Woodward Avenue, DETROIT, MIOH. Graduates A. S. O. A. S. O. 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. (Registered) Branch: Gref'ncastle. Ind DETROIT, MICHIGAN. Established 1897, BOST0N INSTITUTE OF OSTEOPJ:tTHV. FREDERICK J. HARLAN, D. D. A. S. O. 178-180 Huntington Avenue, BOSTON, MASS. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Members of Associated Colleges of Osteopathy and American Association of Osteopathy. Graduate of the American School of Osteopath" Most extensh'e and best equipped offices in the'East. Kirksvl!le, MIssouri. DR. CHARLES C. HAZZARD, SuIte 3, St. Charles Bldg. 631 Second Street, C.B. ACHORN, D.O., President. S. A. ELLIS, D.O., Vice-Pres. COLUMBUS, LOUISVILLE, KY. MRS. ADA A. ACHORN, D.O., Sear. Member Kentucky Osteopa-thic AssocIation. 971 Niel Ave. Correspondence Solicited. Send for a copy of "Boston Osteopath." 147 Gennesee NORMAN D. MATTISON, D. O. Auburn, N. Y. Street. (tft~ (ttlrn~r 3lnfirnttlt'l! of PEORIA, ILLINOIS. ll1lfarm~llry 9 OregoIril IT of OsteolP'atlhy OJIFlca Hl'URS: 9 a. m., to 5 p. m., except Saturday, 9 a. m., to I p. m. PHONE 54&. By L. B. SMITH, D.O., of A. S. 0,' Oregon's Pioneer Osteopath. Hot Springs, Ark. COLUMBIA, MISSOURI. JAMES B. COLE SUITE 409 OREGONIAN BLDG. DR. A. M. KING, Osteopath. CARYLL T. SMITH, D. O. Graduate A. S. 0., '87. MINERVA KEY CHAPPELL 'Phone No. 258. Graduates Americian School of Osteopathy, under PORTLHND, + + + OREGO Dr. A. T. Still. Office 620~ Central Ave. Suite 4 and 5 Haden BuUding, Broadway. .. ~.~ ..... ~S'~?·"· ..,....,-:.~~,~~. MYRON H. BIGSBY, D. O. CLAR A L. M IL NER, ~CTICEOF OSTEOPATHY" (2nded.) SUBSCRIBE FOR Osteopathist, ~:D'S"PRI"CIPLES A. S. O. Graduate, OF OSTEOPATHY"(3rd ed.) KI RKSVI LLE'S NEW DAILY, Suite 601, 2 and 3 Corner State ~ A. S. O. BOOK COMPANY, • Champlain Bldg. Madison St KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI. Tt1E EVENING EXPRESS. M 0 NM 0 UTH, ILLI NO IS CHI CAGO, IL LI N0 I S sen d for Sam pIe p age s. $2. SO per year, by mail. JOHN A. THOMPSON, D. O. BERTON W. SWEET) D. O. 6 EJAUGHMAN'S C. PIERCE, MARY ISABEL MAHAFFY, D. O. MRS. FRANCES THOMPSON, D. O. ------T ~ Adjustable Chin Support. Graduates or the American School or OsteQJ>(ltqy' • 0. Prevents iiiOiith breathing r, Os.tl;:,(,lpaJlJic Physicians. ]Tra~~f~r ~_i~e N so often found with children, TITUSVILLE, PA. OIL CITY, PA Graduates, or A. S. 0., Kirksville,_MI880QII,; uvery, Carb ;., convalescing patients'and old ' ,.~ .:: -people., l'revents sn 0 ri nil'. 18 W. Walnut: Room 7-8.Ghflltb Elilg; "'Suite 203 Mahala' Block ' SANDUSKY,' ' AND DRAYS-MEET ALL TRAINS. """ 'lary,ngiti~" and catarrh. ' Tues., Thurs., Saturday. Mon:, Wed.,'Friday. . For descriptive circular en- , HOURs~'9 to 12~;30to 4: ptione Harrison C\ll KIRKSV+~LE, ~6. -:s close stamp and address , , '. ; 0.. - J, S:BAUGHMAN, D. O. EPJlONF 42.· -} . ',O'. ~t~ Pi,i.io.' 8t;. B.rlinrtt•• J..! CHARLES 'E. ROSS, ~ ,'. [_ HARRISBURG, PENN. :). . , . Osteopath, ORDER,~J\RLY AN"n'~X~ID THE, ~US~:; ',!":r-; '" 'i J. F. STEVENSON,D. O. GRADUATE: A. s. O. MRS, ALICE STEVENSON, D. O. R~~'D,",·S;::;,:l':,::}?~uit:~~~~on::cl~:~~:.~r:~i~~~:~o:s~;l:d;:'~5! 'Graduates of the A. S. O. ,.' ''- .I FORT SMITH, ARK. , .'.. "'" per hundred wc1udlOg plate. c·' , CA, .' 1, j " ;, "4, ... '.~ -:' '): DR. WILLIAM ARTHUR WILLCOX, C.ijAREB. M;:cf1.AR.RJNGTON, f~~~rE:.I,~~ Chi~,ag_~_ ()f(i~e P,.,- '[, J ".!l ,:1. I j OSTEOPATHIC ',.T~ude .2~I :Building PHY~ICIAl(' ~ i;" ;"1 R. BERNARD,,-O. O. Graduate A.'S·. ·0.· Graduate A. S. 0., 1897 O~teop~t~l{. ClIStle BilL WATERBURY, CONN. ! III Send fs>r Bernard Magazlne.or ROBERT T; W AL!£f.CR, D.O. ,r;, ?' THE PARIS INfiRMARY MARY WHEELERvWALKER, b: '0" Graduates ~mericaQ6«hoq,1 otd.!lteopathy OF OSTEOPATHY Kirksville, Mo.~- Paris, 'Texas. , , J. FALKNER, D. O.• New Bedford, Massachusetts, MRS. ERA ABERNETHY GANONG. D. O. 201 Merchants' Bank Bld;g. Graduates A. S. O. Otrice, Preston Bldg. Res,; Mary C/mnor'CoJl THE LINCOLN INSTITUTE MRS. LULU ABERNETHY BARR,'D. O. -OF- '.,.__. __ "._. OSTEOPATHIST OSTEOPATHY. Graduate cr American School or Osteopathy undi EDGAR BIGSBY, D, O. the Foulld~r, 'D,t. A.:' T. Stlll, Kirksville, Mis Third floor. Brownell Block. Suite 46 to 53. 'Hours: Mon., Wed., Thurs., Sat., 9-12, 1-4, 187 South 11th St." LINCOLN, NEB. TueA., Frl., 9,12 Residence office, 3123,R. Stre'et. 154 Newbury Street; , ,,' BURLINGTON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY J. S. BAUGHMAN, D. O. NANNY R. BALL~BAUGHMAN, lJ. O. Graduate American School or Osteopathy Graduate American College of Osteopatbic ,Medicine Klrksvllle, Mo. Member A. O. A. and Surgery, Chicae~. Authors of "Physiological Chemistry Illustrated" (chart). Consulta,t1oQ.and.E:w;amlnation ~ REGISrERED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. PHONE 287. No. 523 Division St. BURLINGTON ADVERTISEMENTS. XII Zll ADVERTISEMENTS B F. LAMKIN & SON, IDON'T FORGET ~ High Class Dress Goods, 'Pal~ce R~Estaur Dr. A. ·T. ~TILL' ~ FANCY NOTIONS, FOR FANCY CANDIES ' ELEGANT SHOES. FRl':JfTS, ETC..•• ' South Side Square, KIRKSVILLE, MO. W. D. SIGLER. J. O. SIa SIGLER BROS., TREATING ~BAIR ... Pickler's Famous. REAL ESTATE AND INSUR LoANS AND COLI:ItCTI0NS House Renting a specialty: The Old Doctor's New Chair Is now FINE CLOTHING, Office room No.5, over National ready for use. During the past year he 'Phone No. 160. KirksviU has spent a large part of his time in con FINE DRY GOODS, structing a device that will greatly C. W. ADAMS. assist the osteopath In treatlng. After CARPETS AND FURNISHINGS, you Jearn how to use it you can do BET &Dd TER WORK than you have done In NOBBY LINE OF SHOES. HattoI, GOQts' fUfQiSnUf the past on tables. NORTH SIDE SQUARE. A. S. O. Students Welcome. South Side Square, IT IS A -'KIRKSVILLE, ---• MISS W'~"STEIJ D. C. PIERCE, Tim~ an~ ta~~r ~av~r LO &mHlIS, ,- SOUTH 'SIDE, .Ladies'Go'ods,Men/s Goods, l Groceries & Queens We use it In all the operating rooms , at the infirmary. It Is of great assistance Children's Goods. Men '.s KIRKSVILLE, MO. In adjusting the spine, ribs, lnnomlnates furnishings asp e ciaIty. and hlp. Write for particulars. Address, JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY'l Sh oe sandelat h i n g. STUDENT'S TRADE SOLICITED. Price, $10.00") H. BESTMANN, -FOR- ... FURNITURE ... IF YOU WISH TO BUY A : And Undertaking. • Static Machine or X-Ray Outfit • Remember that the SIMPLEST is the BEST. i ARKANSAS MILLER. : rHE &EST KNOWN T::a::E -HAS THlt- i UIAlIuondPl-. Is the Simplest, Easiest to Run and Easiest to Fix, and therefore Best Cab 1 Transfer Line ~TnI~~NTJN always reli'able. Ready for use every day in any climate, and it iRljORT costs a little more than half of what other first-class machines cost. :IN THE CITY, J : ELEOANT THR.OUOH SERVI : ~LOW EXCURSION RA Write for catalogue. It is the only catalogue published on Static And gives special attention to the accommo Machines and X-Ray Apparatus only. dation of patients of the A. T. STILL INFIRMARY. i Y/{,IRON MOUNTAIN 80 :4-CAIL.V TRAINS RAPIDS X-RAY MFG. .-=;----:--;--~---:-=-,.....,..,:--~~--== • lIogut deacriplin &Ild Illutralod pamphlell fno, • .. Ask for Miller's Cab when you get : apall. H. C. TOWNSEND GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. oft the train. t Go.onI P qer aad Tleket Apa"ft. , ...... ~~__ ~••••'_I'HI-. XIV' AD:VERTISEMENTS.. ADVERTISEMENTS. xv " " ·How to Get to Kirksville, Mo. The Omaha, Kansas Ci~y and.,· fastern ~. is the Kirksville Line. '.', PAY,LIGHT PASSENG~R TRAINS EOUIPPED ·1 4 WITH, CHAIR CARS AND DINING SERVICE CONNECTIONS CHICAGO, } . OMAHA ~ From W QUI~CY, From North, East I ST. JOE North and ST. LOUIS, and S~H1th. KANSAS CITY South. See that your tickets rtad via OMAHA, KANSAS CITY AN EAS~E;RN ~. ~. into Kirksville, and arrive in daytime and in comfort DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE W. G. BRIMSON, General Manager. A. J. BANDY, G. P. A., J. W. QUAIL, AGENT, BETWEEN St. Louie. Kansas City, Mo. Kirksville, MOo OHIOAGO, NASHVILLE, OAIRO, OHATTANOOGA, FOR NOR THW EST SET T LERS. • Mii MEMPHIS, ATLANTA, THE BURLINGTON'S VERY LOW RATES. Every day during March and April, 1902, vp.ry low : VIOKSBURG AND one-way Colonists' rates by the Burlington Route, .as follows: i Personally NEW ORLEANS. Kansas City to Portland; Tacoma, Seattle and Puget Sound points, $25 00. . To Spokane and surroundIng territory, $2~.(;Q. To i Conducted Butte and Helena district, $20.00. For exact rates'to intermediate and branch terri tory, consult nearest ticket agent, or write the un dersigned. i California "The Burlington-Northern Pacific Express" is the great time-saving train, carrying through coaches, through chair cars and through tourist sleepers, to Excursions Butte, Helena, Spokane, Puget Sound and Portland. From Denver to the Northwest.-The Bur Via the Santa Fe Route. ALL THE YEAR ROUND PULLMAN SERVICE, lington has fast s"rvice ,la Billings In connection r :with "The Burlington-Northern Pacific Express." Three times a week from Kansu BURLIN(rrl>N1S FAST DENVER 'J'RAIN. City. BETWEEN Fast train' leaves Kansas City 9:35 p. m., arrives : In improved wide vestibuled Denver 3: 15 p. m. next day. Another D",nver train Pullman tourist sleeping cars. 'leaves Kansas City 10:40 a. m. Double dally throngh : Better than ever before, at lowest -chair cars, sleepers, dining cars. : possible rates. St. Louie and Jaclisonville fla. 'fO ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. • Expericnced Excursion conductors. . Double dailv train service Kansas City to the twin :. Also dally servIce between Kansas cities of the North, via Omaha and Sioux City. Citv and California. Do us the favor to write for rates, free printed, • Correspondence solicited. The "Lookout Mountain Route." Illustrated descriptive matter. Let us advise you • the least cost of your trip. • G. W. HAGENBAUCH, R. H. CROZIER, L.W.WAKELEY, • T.P.A.•82:l Main St., Gen'l Pass'r Agt., •• Gen. Agent Pass. Dept. C. C. McCARTY, A. H. HANSON, KANSAS CITY, MO. ST. LOllIS. Mo, HOWARD ELLIOTT, • The A. T. & S. F. R. R. Div. Passg'r. Agt. St. Louis, Gen. Passgr. Agt. Chicago, General Manager, • KANSAS CITY, MO. ST. LOUIS, MO. •••••••••••••••••••• .~======.