The Journal of Osteopathy August 1913 Vol. 20, No. 8
The Journal of Osteopathy
August 1913
Vol. 20, No. 8
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The journal of Osteopathy EDITED BY A. S. HoLLis, A. B., D. 0 .
VoL. XXI AUGUST , 1913 No.8 EDITORIAL
Editorial The present issue of the Journal is devoted largely THE DEATH OF MRS. HILDRETH. Announcement to reports of the A. 0. A. Convention which met so recently in Kirksville. That the Convention is t he A cloud was cast over the commencement of the Con greatest that has ever been held is the universal concensus of opinion vention arrangements by the sad death of :Mrs. A. G · among those who attended t he meetings. We have attempted to do Hildreth which occurred at St. Louis on Friday, August somewhat adequate justice to t his great Convention in this August issue 1st. Mrs. Hildreth had been very ill for a long t.ime of our magazine and have spared neither t ime nor expense in making and it had been reali zed that she was critically s:ck for the Journal worthy of the great epoch it describes. The Editorial space is naturally somewhat cramped as a consequence, but we feel sure that several weeks before the end arrived. The interment this fact is far more than compensated for by t he articles that we are took place in the Kirksville cemetery on Sunclay.August publishing. We are having several hundred of this issue-printed beyond 3rd. A large following of personal friends and visit our actual needs and will be glad to forward copies-as long as they ing osteopaths attended the funera.! services which last-at 10 cents apiece or $1.00 a dozen prepaid. were held in Dr. Harry Still's residence at 214 X. :\1ain Street. Dr. Zeigel of the Presbyterian Church con An Instructive An interesting feature of the Convention was Comparison t he large number of operations-both surgical ducted t he burial service. The floral decorations and orthopedic-that were performed in the A. S. 0. were very fine and a fitting tribute to a character of Hospital. One that was of particular interest was the t ransplantation of such sterling worth as was Mrs. Hildreth's. We tender a section of the t~bia to the spine to compensate for the broken down to Dr. Arthur G. Hildreth and his daughter the sin portion of certain tubercular vertebrae and thus to prevent deformity. cerest sympathy and respect in this their hour of terrible We quote verbatim the description given in t he Kirksville Daily Express bereavement, and as the Organ of the Profession we of August 7 in order the more fully to draw our comparison below. We read: hereby express the deep sympathy of osteopathic "In spite of the wit hering beat, at two o'clock the pit of the A. S. 0. physicians all over the world at the most sad occm Hospital was chock full of doctors and students gathered to see the epoch rence that has befallen t hem at this time. making fixation operation for tuberculosis of the spinal column. Dr. Otis Akin of Portland, Ore., assisted by Dr. Ralph Smith of Boston, per formed the operation. The operator opened the skin of the back, split the spinous processes of four vertebrae, chiseled out a piece of the shin bone to fit, and sewed the wound up. "This operation is intended to replace the diseased vertebrae by healthy bone, which grows solid, and holds the diseased portion of the spine rigid. This fixation, as it is called, gives Nature a chance to get ahead of the tubercular process and thus to bring about a cure." 458 THE J OURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY
By a remarkable coincidence on the arne clay in London the same operation was performed before the Medical Congress Mee ting. Re.. ports of t his latter operation were widely circulated and in t he Chicago Tribune of August 8, 1913, we read : "LoNDoN, Aug. 7.-An operation to cw·e tuberculosis of the spine was performed fo r t he fu·st time in E ngland this afternoon at the Ortho pedic hospital by Dr. F. H . Albee of New York in the presence of fifty ::mrgeons of many nationalities who are here fo r t he international medical congress. T he patient was a 4-year-old boy. Part of his shin bone was used to repair the spine." Surely such a comparison as the foregoing should dispel once and for all the idea that the osteopath is ignorant and incompetent. First of all, if such were true, the case would never have been diagnosed by osteopathic physicians; secondly, even if correctly diagnosed, the operation could not have been performed by them; and t hirdly, if an attempt at tho operation had been made, it would sm ely have been but a poor and bungli ng affair. BuT, the case W AS diagnosed by osteopathic physicians, the operation W AS perfonned by a surgeon from thcit· ranks, and the patient IS DOING WE:LL. We refrain from arguing the case. We have made a plain stat<> ment of facts and leave it at that. Is it not an INSTRUCTIVE COMPARTSo~?
A Libel on The paper that Dr. Meacham read before the A. 0. A. Osteopathy. Convention has been commented on and mi:quoted in t he general press in everal instances. One of these is so glaring as to call for a word of comment. In the Cincinnati, 0 ., Star of August 5 we read the following : "Can tuberculosis be cu1·cd by rubbing portions of t he spinal column with the hands? That it can was the statE'menf made by Dr. W. B. M eacham of Ashevilll', N. C., before the seventeenth annual convPntion of the Amm·ican 0R f. ropatbic As."' cia.tion at l INSANITY (See cut opposite.) My object is to br.ing up the subject of insanity and what produces it. For that Tea.son, I give the reader a front and a back view of the spine of one of many insane subjects that we have dissected, in order to show you the abnormal condition found in most of the spines that have been sent to us from the insane asylum. The pill doctor says, " hered itary;" t he mechanic says, "a wheel off, a bent axle, a spoke out; fix it, get in your buggy, and go on your journey. " More to follow this in other Journals.- July 24, 1913. * * * Thirty-nine years ago I raised the flag and swore by the eternal that I would stand for the works of the Divine Architect of the Universe. -August 5, 1913. * * * God is an architect, He is a builder, He is an engineer, and all nature comes under the orders of that architect.-August 5, 1913. * * * To the osteopath, his first and last duty is to look well to a healthy blood and nerve supply. He should let his eye camp day and night on the spinal column, and he must never rest day or night until he knows that the spine is true and in line from atlas to sacrum, with all the ribs known to be in perfect union with the processes of the spine.-From the Philosophy of Osteopathy. * * * Osteopathy believes that all parts of the human body do work on chemical compounds and from the general supply manufacture for local I wants; t hus the liver builds for itself of the material that is prepared in its own division laboratory. The same of heart and brain. No disturbing or hindering causes will be tolerated to stay if the osteopath ean find and remove them.- From the Philosophy of Osteopathy. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 463 tion in the world's deeds, is slowly being recognized by public men PRESIDENT 'S ADDRESS throughout OUr land. WHAT I THINK NEEDS EMPHASIS HERE IS THE t'ACT, THAT A GOODLY PER-CENT OF OUR OWN PRACTITIONERS ARE NOT C. B. ATZEN, D. 0., Omaha, Nebt·. YET FULLY AWARE OF THIS GREAT TRUTH, or at least, are not strongly In holding t his 17th annual convention of the osteopathic prc)lell!Si(lfl impressed with the fact that our movement is revolutionizing the founda of the world here in the City of Kirksville-the cradle of tion of medical practice, and is modifying t he world's thought, as it re we are paying a fitting tribute to the man-our founder-who had lates to human health and human life in general. Why do some of our courage to stand alone, some twenty odd years ago. With his practitioners fail to see this t ruth clearly? I think one of the chief reasons uplifted to the God of nature, he pledged his unfaultering is to be found in the fact, that we, as a profession, are prone to stick too to preserve, for the good of the children of the world, the truth, closely to our own business and professional interests, and in doing so, it was his great privilege to give utterance to and to formulate into we fail to get a clear mental grasp of the tendency of the times. This working hypothesis. This hypothesis is now slowly being evolved ought not to be, but rather we should be alive to our possibilities, and a science, and at every step of the way the theories can and will be profit by them, for it is a fact, that medical journals, on the one hand, are in due time, by evidence that will be able to bear the most scrutinizii!Jil more and more giving recognition to the fundamentals of our profession, investigation. so that medical imitators are becoming more and more numerous; whereas on the other end of the line, we see the Chiropractor, the Mechano The Object ol Our Present Meeting. therapist, the Neuropath, and many other paths all earning a liveHhood We are here for a twofold purpose: First, to assure this man by the application of the principles fundamenal to our practice. In philosophy we have adopted as our guide, that we, as a profession, deed it seems actually as though some of these imitators are more alive earnestly striving to improve and perfect his t hought; that we, as to the possibilities, incorporated in the fundamentals of the osteopathic profession, have sufficient confidence in the truths incorporated in principles, than· a number of our own practitioners, for complaints are philosophy, for which he has been contending, namely, "That an voiced from every state in the Union, that these imitators are plenteous ganism contains within its own structure the capacity to repair and' in number, wherever you go, and are actually crowding our own regular heal the ills of its own flesh, provided the environment is a suitable graduates out of the field. That this can be done successfully, it seems and all structural impediments within the organism are removed", to me, is to acknowledge that the imitation is a better brand of Oste continue in the future, as we have been doing in the past, by means opathy than the legally qualified practitioner of Osteopathy is delivering our individual practice, and by means of the spoken and written word; to the people, for ALL THESE IMITATORS GET THEIR RESULTS BY THE AP embodying the truths of this philosophy, to increase its usefulness P.LICATION OF THE ADJUSTMENT THEORY FUNDAMENTAL TO THE OSTEO the people of this and other lands; and to pass laws, to regulate the PATHIC PROFESSION. If then these imitators are qualified to present a tivities of this profession and to stand steadfast, if need arises, to better brand of Osteopathy, with the little study that they are compelled hold the principles of this profession, that it may be preserved in to give to the subject, it seems to me, that their results are due to the present purity. fact that they have a clearer mental grasp of the.worth and efficiency of Secondly, To deliberate upon the problems of our profession, the osteopathic principle of adjustment than some of our regular legally they have arisen in the past, and may arise in the future, perta.ining qualified practitioners seem to have. I t hink t he most of you will legislation, education, publicity, practice, etc., or in other words to agree with me, that we have quite a number in our ranks that ought never liberate upon our economic problems. For the osteopathic to attempt to practice Osteopathy, for they do not clearly understand is a world wide movement, destined to touch and to modify the the principles of our profession, and therefore are unable to apply them thoughts. This it will do not only directly, pertaining to our own successfully ; the result spells failure, and any imitator, possessing a clear tice, but indirectly also, in that it will modify medical practice, n:a.•l!.'~"'" er grasp of the adjustment theory, easily surpasses such a one in actual . views, educational concepts, and problems of public policy. That results in practice. The solution to this problem is in our own hands; osteopathic movement is a force, which must be taken into COilSl mentals of our profession, we must convert them to the int of view, that can be extended to the student and the lacking-in point of view, while in training, and we must even cut out some of ~nfidence practitioner, is to impress the truths fundamental to our unessentials if time crowds, for thus our profession will suffer less ctice again and again upon the mind of the student and the uncon the unprepared imitator. It ought to be apparent to all C!eartlead81i ~~ced practitioner, with the hope that light will dispell the present thinkers, that t he world's thought is slowly being molded into the bts and that success will follow upon possession of a clearer mental d0 U ' . pathic point of view, and hence imitators on both ends of the line grasp of the living pr~ciple of osteopathic adjustment. springing up and profiting financially whereas many of our own BECAUSE OF A FAILURE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GOOD THING sorne Reasons Why It Is Difficult lor Many to Grasp the Osteo pathic VIew. THEY HAVE IN THEm owN HANDS are losing out in the struggle for ence, due to their failure clearly to see their own possibilities. This That there is some simple, physiological explanation, which will of extreme importance for the failure to grasp the osteopathic point help us in analyzing the problem why it is so difficult on the ?art ~£ s?me view clearly tends to discourage the individual and the inspiration of our people, to get a clear mental grasp of the osteopathic pnnc1ple, feeling that he is in the right being lacking, there arises a tendency to is a question of importance. The answer to this q~estion must be f~und indifference in practice. This is discouraging to t he individual's progress; in the fact, that definite thoughts accompany defimte cerebral fw1ctwns, and he becomes pessimistic of the future, and fails to see any greatness and that fixed beliefs are the result of firmly organized nervous structw·cs in the work in which he is engaged. Such a mental state cannot be in the cerebrum. These function with such strength, when aroused by conducive to the performance of good work, and work indifferently stimuli antagonistic to the old belief, that the individual rejects the performed will bring indifferent results, which tend further to discourage. new view point, unless the argument is repeated time and time again ment and final failure. On the other hand, with a clear mental grasp of and is reinforced -,vith evidences so strongly convincing that the old asso the greatness of our professional possibilities constantly before the mental ciations are broken up, and new and better associations are substituted. vision of the practitioner and with hope and faith, the strong lifting powers Let me illustrate t lus point, with a few examples. We arc all aware, of all human undertakings, inspiring the worker to greater and still that there exists witlun our own minds certain definite motives, that greater efforts, must come in time the abili ty to do the work in a more arc basic to the philosophy or religion, governing our daily lives; that we and more satisfactory manner, bringing more and more satisfying re analyze our acts by these basic principles, and that we h~ve a ~endency sults. Such results tend to added inspirations and still greater efforts, to ·reject as unreliable every thought and act, that confli cts With t hese and these in the nature of things will be accompanied by still greater basic principles. Now it is clear to us a.ll that there are many very _ex satisfactory resul ts in practice, by the development of a keener insight cellent people in tbjs world, who look upon themselves as met-aphysiCal and deeper penetration into the problems of our daily work, by the de entities controlled by metaphysical forces, and who attempt to analyze velopment of a better technique, and by an inspiration and hopeful every e~erience from a metaphysical point of view, c?mplet~l y igno~i ng state of mind, which become infectious to the patient. Such a pra.o the self-evident fact, t hat the pl~ysical body is a physical entity, !S UbJect ti~ioner becomes a force in the community, his presence in the sickroom to the laws of physics and chemistry, which it is impossiblr to ignore is a blessing and a comfort, and his or her value to the osteopathic cause if we are ever to get a comprehensive grasp 11pon the interaction con becomes a dynamic fo rce that must be reckoned with, when attempts stantly taking place between the organism of roan and nat ure as a whole. are made to belittle the osteopathic movement. Individuals who think in terms of metaphysics are unable, "·ithout a change of mind, to think in terms of physics or chemistry, and so every The Truth Incorporated In the Osteopathic Movement Most truth stated in the latter terms, is rejected as spuriou:. I ow as all the Important to Individual Success. people of the world have been trained, more or less from a metaphysical To see clearly the truth incorporated in our professional efforts, base, we find here one of the rea,sons why it i so difficult for . orne to is the most important asset of t he individual practitioner, for without it, get the osteopathic point of view, for 0S'l'EOPATHY 1S SCIEN'l'1FIC AND he is left without rudder or compass, figuratively speaking, to guide him NO'l' METAPHYSICAL. Coupled 'vith the metaphysical concept, we have in his work, to inspire him with confidence, and to make him persistent still another, namely t.be educational concept, which has mad<' its im- and steadfast in his professional efforts. The greater service, from this 466 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 467 pression upon every living being. We have been taught from our the conse~uences that f~ilure to comply with these laws implies, namely, liest days, that the human being is singular in number; now from sickness, Ill-health, or discomfort, according to the degree of failure to school point of view this is correct, but from the scientific point of comply with the demands. this is a million times wrong, for upon close investigation, we find the human organism is not singular in point of number, but complex Great Di fficulty To Change Fixed Beliefs. composite. It is made up, that is to say, of bones, muscles, vessels, .It is a univers~l experien~e, that it is difficult to change man's point tissues, and organs, and these again are individual aggregations of of VIew upon questiOns wherem fixed beliefs have been established since each and all of which must perform promptly and efficiently the ear~iest infancy. I have enumerat.ed three branches of universal thought that each organ and tissue was intended to do, in order that the rorfra ....- which have been finnly and persistently impressed upon the mind of as a whole may live in comfort as a unit. This is necessary since the roan for many generations and there are many others which I do not est derangement of any tissue or organ mechanically will u·nm tediiatAtl! mention, for lack of time and space. It is very difficult for individuals be followed by defective functioning of the part or parts involved, and to ch~ge these fixed habits of thought, because of their firmly established discord is produced in the organi m as a unit of action. This is functiOn, and any thoughts advanced more or less in conflict with these demonstrated by a broken bone or a dislocated joint, for these old belief~, ~re at first rejected as spurious. If however they are finally tions are followed by a complete failure of efficient functioning of the to be assliDllated at all, they must either be presented with such over and ANY OTHER DEFECT, GREAT OR SMALL, MUST LIKEWISE whelming proofs, that the evidence convinces in spite of the opposition CORRESPONDING FUNCTIONAL IN-EFFICIENCY IN THE PART or they must be presented in such minute doses, that the truth is assimi Another thought which has been strongly impressed upon the minds l at~d , without the listen~r being aware of the fact t hat it destroys former man, is that he is a social unit, subject to social and economic be l~ efs . T~e osteopathic concept of the human organism, conflicts tions only. This concept entirely ignores that the social or ~er~ously with these old. orders of beliefs, for it is purely scientific, and organism, in addition to social and econmnic regulations, must also msists that the expl~natwn of undesirable functioning, both of a physical itself to the rules of nature, that are impinging upon the organism ~ well as of a ps~chical nature, must be explained by and through defec the environment, and that are of universal application. Such laws tive anatomy, which means defective adjustments of part to part in the not subject to man-made regulations, but are many in number, body as a machine. This explanation involves holding firmly to the instance gravitation, climatic fluctuations, the electric and truth, th~t every activity performed by the organism, either physical influences that are constantly present in the atmosphere, the •ancu.uoo:· or psychical, that concerns us as physicians, is the product of cellular motion of the earth upon its axis, of a speed approximating 25 miles activity. This activity may be either desirable or undesirable in char minute, and the earth's rotation around the sun, at an ~cter , and w?en ~fan unde~irable nature, the explanation must be present speed of 300 miles per minute, etc. ad infinitum. · To all of these m the orgamsm, JUSt as desirable function has its foundation in structure. physical organism must make momentary adaptations, by means That this view of the organism is a truth, which incorporates all that was int~rnal adjustments, that correspond to the external demands. true in the metaphysical, educational, and sociological training to which is clearly demonstrated by one example, namely, the constant ternJ)4• :"~ h~ve all been subjected, js very difficult of acceptat on by many, and ture of 98.6° F. maintained in the mouth of man, under constantly 1t IS nght her~ tha~ the d~culty arises why so many are unable to accept ing atmospheric temperatures. We know that a failure of adl:tntaWII the osteopathic pomt of VIew, as this view necessitates a readjustment of on the part of the organism to these forces, will be followed by many thoughts upon ·which we have been holding fixed opinions since and physical suffering, as inevitably as failure to comply with the our earliest years of life, and these old beliefs do not die without making and economic regulations brings on conflict with the statutory law some protests. man-made regulations. In other words the physical organism of Scientific Training Ought to Help us to Overcome These Errors is a part of the plan of Nature's great activities, and either it must of Thought. itself to the rules of the entire plan in order to remain in harmony But one who has had the advantage of a scientific training ought the demands of these great regulatory laws of Nature, or it will not to experience this difficulty. It ought not to make any difference 468 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 469 whether this training was obtained in an osteopathic or a After the infection has taken place, the majority of diseases of this class lege, for in either institution the student is trained to look upon the run a certain definite course, which does not seem to be much affected, body as an aggregation of cells, and to reason that the total of human as to time, by any form of treatment either medical or osteopathic. tions is the product of cellular activity, whether good, bad, or This definite time is no doubt consumed by the body in the elaboration of From this point of view, every function must have an anatomical anti-bodies, to counteract the poison of the micro-organism or to destroy cellular base, or in other words, the organism must furnish the key the micro-organism outright. If the host meets this emergency recovery the sit uation, be the function what it may. The question of P'rPAt.. a.; takes place in due time, but if the host fails in this function, death closes importance to the practitioner is now to determine, whether the the chapter. It is understood that the medical school claims to possess nat ion for defective function is to be found in the chemical activity certain specific agents, curative for a number of these infectious diseases, the human organism, as claimed by the medical schools, or whether but these claims can be safely ignored, at this time. The field of infec first cause is to be searched for in mechanical derangement of the tious diseases is still an open book, and gives opportunity for :'nvesti organism as a machine. To avoid misunderstanding, we would gation to all who desire to apply themselves, in the solution of this great that poisons when administered in fatal doses act from a chemical problem. The treatment for these troubles is to sustain the strength of and disrupt the chemical composition of cellular elements, so that the patient by every means that may prove helpful, and it consists chiefly this class of cases, the first cause is chemical in origin. In these in hygienic and sanitary regulations, with diet and nursing; in addition then there is no ground for difference as both schools agree on to these procedures the medical man also offers his medicinal remedies first cause; but in the multitudinous disturbances, with which the ...... , and t he osteopath his manipulative measures, consisting of the correction family is afflicted, and which are not directly traceable to of anatomical irregularities and the removal of any muscular contractu res agents, there is a great field, wherein it is not always clear, consuming the strength of the patient. The choice of a practitioner in the primary fault is chemical or mechanical in origin. This 4u''"'"''u..., this class of cases does not depend so much upon what school he is a grad will not be settled by the arguments contained in this article, uate from as upon his judgment and experience. The future only can doubt the first cause is in some cases due primarily to chemical causes, determine which is the best course to pursue, as at the present there and in others to mechanical causes. is not much choice because all deductions as to what school's efforts Both are usually involved when the derangement becomes serious, give the best result must remain problematical, until the effi ciency has but what we wish to determine if possible, is which is the most been put to the text by experimental investigation. In practice we have to become involved first, and also which field offers the greatest oppor demonstrated that when the patient is treated osteopathically the re tunities for intelligent service by the practitioner. sults are at least just as satisfactory as when he is placed under the care of medical treatment, and please do not forget, t hat a great many of Infectious Diseases. these cases would perhaps be better off, if left ent irely to the body's own recuperative faculties. In the field of infectious diseases, where the specific micro-organism Chronic Diseases. is recognized as the exciting cause, it is agreed by the medical as well by the osteopathic school, that a cause previous to the micro-organism But when we enter the field of chronic affiictions,- and this field must have existed, producing predisposition in the body which allowed furnishes perhaps nine-tent hs of all the work with which the practitioner of the development of the micro-organisms. This predisposition · must cope,-the school that stands out clearly and distinctly as the best have been due to general fatigue or overwork, to chilling of the body is the osteopathic, for medical practice has from the beginning been a other unsuitable environmental conditions effecting the organism failure in this field, barring its distinctly surgical end to which a defi nite versely, or to some anatomical derangement which might cause a lowering field must be conceded in the corrections of cb t·onic disturbances. In of the body resistance, in the area in which the initial infection took: deed t he great and valuable service of the surgeon is distinctly in t his place. It is a fact upon which there is no difference of opinion that field. Here t hen for two reasons osteopathic practice stands out clearly cause prior to the micro-organism was active in every infectious dis~~t.:l and distinctly as superior to medical practice, first because osteopathic 470 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 471 experience is greater in this field than in the field of acute diseases and internal body mechanism must adapt itself to the demands made by the individual efficiency has been advanced by experience; and secondly environment as illustrated by the constant temperature maintained persistent disturbance, w~ch is constantly present in chronic attLJct;iotli!l in the mouth of man, when surrounded by constantly varying atmospher IS ALWAYS DUE TO ANATOMICAL PERVERSIONS, WHICH MUST BE ic changes. When we analyze such phenomena we find they signify AND CORRECTED, BEFORE THE EFFECT OF THE DISTURBANCE CAN BE that internal adaptive changes a.re constantly taking place within the MANENTLY ELIMINATED. In this field real skill, both in finding the organism, to correspond to the external demands. These changes are rangement and when found, in the correction thereof, is absolutely accomplished by means of the nerve trunks, and THAT ANY IRREGULARITY sary in order to accomplish the best results and in the fact that oF sTRUCTURE, interfering with these nerve paths-over which a constan.t our ranks we find those who are unwilling either to sacrifice the time or stream of nerve impulses is passing in order to maintain an equilibrium dev9te the necessary application for the development of this skill is between the organism and its environment-MUsT INTERFERE WITH THE chief explanation for their failure in practice. Let me emphasize RESPONSIVE CAPACITY OF THE BODY, Ought to be quite clear to every one point again: IT REQUIRES THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF TECHNICAL capable of logical thought. If these impulses, •passing over these nerve TO APPLY THE OSTEOPATHIC PRINCIPLE TO DEFECTIVE STRUCTURE trunks, are broken into by bodily irregularities, be the bodily cause what unless you are thoroughly convinced of the correctness of the n.c::tPn1r\A.t:htA it may, such interferences must reduce the body's efficiency. This re point of view, this skill will not be developed, because without corlStflllU duced efficiency of the working mechanism is the explanation of the and persistent application the technical skill to do good work cannot fact that when a great number are subjected to environmental condi developed. tions, exposing their organisms to strain, only a few are overcome by the adverse environmental cause. Thus these few were unable to meet Physical Irregularities Do Exist. the demands, because of deficient reactive ability and as a result they were That these anatomical irregularities exist we have proven in practice eliminated from the scheme of existence. It is the duty of the osteopathic in thousands of cases, for patients get well upon their removal even physician to remove these defects and thus to restore the organism to a years of chronic suffering. Theoretically speal\:ing there must be a rause sta.ble equilibrium with its environment. If the foregoing argument is for every effect in the body as well as out of the body, and the osteopathic correct then it is quite clear that bodily irregularities are the first cause lesion gives an explanation for sickness in the body; moreover the for a deficient reactive ability on the part of the organism and the os symptoms clear up upon the removal of the lesion. teopathic position becomes the strongest position in the therapeutic From a theoretical point of view, the osteopathic theory world. In very t ruth the osteopathic profession should not allow any so clearly t hat the philosophy appeals to rational thinkers. Wl1en we other body of thinkers to lay claim to t heir fundamental thought, for Dn. analyze the body from a cellular point of view, we come to the con· STILL WAS THE FffiST MAN TO DEVELOP THIS THOUGHT INTO A RATIONAL elusion, that the organism is a co-operative establishment in which each scaooL OF PRACTICE and it is our duty to see to it that, in the struggle cell pedorms its special work in the manner that was intended by the body, for place in this movement t he credit due Dr. Still is not submerged by so that the aggregation of cells is kept in a stable equilibrium with the means of opposing claims. environment, by means of the nervous system, which is centralized in In conclusion I wish to recommend for your consideration the fol the spinal cord and brain. From the spinal cord and brain trunk-lines lowing thoughts: in the form of nerves radiate into every department of the body; these 1st. That this organization go on record endorsing the stand taken trunk-lines contain both sensory and motor fibers, the sensory fibers by the League for Medical Freedom in opposing the Owen bill and that mitting nerve impulses toward the brain and spinal cord, the motor it urge a hearty support of the said league by t he individual members of sending impulses to the body tissues and organs. These nerve the profession. are sending a constant stream of nerve impulses in and out, 2nd. That the various State Associations be urged to join their upon the demands to which the body must respond, for it must not Associations with the A. 0. A. forgotten that the human body is a part of the scheme of nature, and 3rd. That the various State Secretaries join the National Asso controlled by the laws of nature. We must not forget too that ciation of State Secretaries. 472 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY 4th. That we reaffirm our contentions for independent lef!~B~itili t hroughout the States until such time as the osteopathic point of THE A. 0. A. CONVENTION has been accepted by the scientific thinkers of the world. In order to present to our readers as clear and vivid a picture as possible of the 5th. That we urge upon the managements of the Colleges, the great national convention we have arranged the following cuttings from the Kirks for more specific osteopathic training of the student practitioner ville Daily Express, adapting them slight.ly to the present occasion. in principles and practice. 6th. That we urge the teachers of the various osteopathic Monda y, August 4. to form an organization "and meet annually during the meeting of The program on August 4 began with an opening prayer by Rev. Dr. A. 0. A. for the purpose of comparing notes and to discuss the Ben F. J ones, pastor of the First Methodist church. This was followed problems related to the teaching of the various subjects embraced in by an address of welcome by Dr. C. E. Still, mayor of IGrksville. Next several college curricula. Dr. J. L. Holloway, of Dallas, Tex., ex-president of the A. 0 . A. gave a brief adch·ess introducing the president of this year's meeting, Dr. C. B. Atzen of Omaha, Neb. Dr. Atzen then made an address summarizing the purpose and principles of the A. 0. A. and the osteopathic ideals. Dr. W. B. Meacham followed the president's address by a lecture on "The Probable Mechanism of Body Defense in Infections. " He said in part: "Correcting lesions of the spine through the dorsal region helps to cure tuberculosis. The medical tendency is to give drug treatment in the form of serums and antitoxins more by the point of the hypodermic needle than by mouth. Application of the osteopathic idea of adjusting ~ STEOPATHY has a method of its structure makes it unnecessary to give drugs t hrough the mouth." ~ own which is correct or it bas no method In the discussion which followed, Dr. J. Deason, bead of the A. T. at all. It' is guided by the surveyor's compass Still Research Institute of Chicago, said, " Experiments on lower animals that will find all corners as established by verify t he argument of Dr. Meacham. It has been found in our labora the orders of the government and surveyor's tories that osteopathic t reatment increases the body resistance to disease general. Thus an osteopath must find the and other bad environment, and increases the activities of t he internal true corners as set by the Divine Surveyor. organs from 12 to 100 per cent. Experiments are under way which will . . . . A seeker after truth is a man of demonstrate the scientific nature of all osteopathic contentions." few words and they are used by him only to express the truths or facts discovered. T uesday. Aug us t 5. From the Philosophy of Osteopathy by Dr. A. T. Still. In his talk on "Gastritis", on Tuesday morning Dr. D. S. Jackman summed up its treatment as follows: "(1) Cut off all food for a day or two or longer, according to indica tions. (2) Wash out the stomach by repeated lavage procedures and the lower bowel by the use of enemata for several days. (3) When real hunger returns allow the patient to resume eating but outline and insist on a rigorous and limited diet at first. (4 ) By careful attention to case history find whether uterine, ovarian, cardiac, or other lesions be present to perpetuate t he gastric trouble and if any be found instit ute procedures 474 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY THE A. 0. A. CONVENTION 475 to correct them. (5) Meantime, first, last, and always give The report of the work being done by the A. T. Still Institute at studied and very thorough osteopathic treatment to reduce and Chicago was made by Dr. John Deason, the director, and was of great the various lesions found both in bone and muscle. " interest to the Association because the Association raised the fund with Dr. Louisa Burns, professor of physiology of the Pacific School which the Institute is endowed. Osteopathy, spoke next· on uThe Milder Grades of Anemia." Dr. Deason told of the location of the Institute at 122 South Ashland u The removal of causes of the anemia is the most important Avenue, and said that at present it has two buildings, one, a stone and in the treatment. In addition to this, much good may be done by brick structure containing twelve rooms which is being used for living creasing the efficiency of the circulation through the red bone . apartments for those working in the Institute. The other building, which especially of the ribs. Bony lesions must be corrected wherever this was built for a garage, is 25 by 50 feet and is built of stone and brick. possible, whether they affect the nerv~ ce~ters controlling t~e red It is t wo stories high. The two buildings originally cost $65,000 and are marrow the liver or the spleen, the d1gest10n or the absorpt10n of in good condition. Apparatus valued at $1,200 has been ordered and the e~ation of the wastes of the body, the circulation of the part of it installed. · the respiratory movements, the action of the ductl.ess glands, or During the fust year laboratory departments will be maintained emotional states of the patient; in any case the correctiOn of these ;:;uuic~a:~&11 in physiology, chemistry, pathology, bacteriology, histology, and anat of disturbance must exert a favorable influence upon the formation omy, and it is hoped that other departments can be added. In addition the new blood. to the regular routine work done on animal e>..-perimentation, arrange uThe food must be plentiful, wholesome and easily digested; it ments have been made to do laboratory examinations for the profession. contain an abundance of iron in the form of chlorophyll or il t:Jwu~•u•uu.... All samples from physicians will be cared for at moderate charge and the An excess of starchy food or sweets must be avoided. results of the experiments will be furnished the profession in accurate interesting exercise in the open air, sleep in the open ai~,. plenty of clinical data. The Institute will be ready to begin work Sept. 1, it is stated, and water and sunshine are of value here as in most condit10ns, normal 1 otherwise. Overwork is bad; over play is worse. can .begin on the purposes for which it was established. Besides the "In all cases in which this treatment is employed thoroughl.y, re work outlined above, the Institute can establish scientific evidence of covery is fairly certain; in the developmental forms the blood may the value of osteopathic treatment. The present staff of the Institute become absolutely normal; but it does become adapted to the needs is: the body in a sufficient ma.nner. " . pr. J. Deason, director of the laboratories and bacteriology; Dr. During this morning also a purse of $300~ was r~1sed am?ng the :A. Hollands, chemistry and anatomy; Dr. F. M. Nicholson, histology and physicians present to be given to Dr. A. T. Still on his 85~h birthdaY anat omy; Dr. Laura J. Deason, bacteriology; H. L. Collins, pathology; and the purse was later turned over by him to the A. T . St1ll H. A. Wendorff, physiology. Institute at Chicago. * * * Special emphasis was laid upon the request that all osteopaths ;The operations during the morning by Dr. Geo. Still were a demon march in the parade on the morrow. stration of this great surgeon's remarkable technique done with t he At the Normal school, too, President Kirk impressed t he parade ~tm ost ease and confidence. He performed several difficult pelvic and strongly upon the minds of the students. . abdominal operations. Fires were started in the big t rench in the mornmg for the :During t he afternoon the orthopedic section witnessed operations and the 4000 pounds of corn-fed Missouri beef were placed in the o~ ddouble congenital dislocat ion of the hips, club foot, single congenital after midnight. . disl cation of the hip, stiff knee and 1\.bbott's operation for lateral cw· Mayor Still appointed a squad of twenty mounted pohcemen vature. patrol the city so there would be no robberies while the people were Wednesday, August 6. tending the barbecue. Kirksville gave a mammoth birthday party on August 6 in honor * * * of the Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, its most famous citizen and the founder ... T riE RevrEWJNO I::>TAND '" l' rcoN'I' OF D rt. C IIA itLlE's ll oo;;~;. THE A. 0. A. CONVENTION 477 of the Science of Osteopathy. The party was attended by fifteen thous and people, including a thousand members of the American Osteopathic Association, and their families, students and former Kirksville and Adair county residents, and other visitors from all over the United States and Canada. It was Adair county and Kirksville's biggest day, not even excepting t he A. 0. A. convention of five years ago. From early morning until noon visitors flocked into town in con veyances of all descriptions. Railroad trains toiled laboriously along the tracks 'vith their coaches so heavily laden that passengers were hanging on the steps; automobiles whipped up t he dust of t he country roads as they sped past farm wagons, carriages, and buggies, all headed toward Kirksville and all out for a holiday. The day was a tremendous tribute to Osteopathy, and a token of the esteem in which the "Old Doctor" is held, as well as appreciation of the county for what Osteopathy has done for it in a material way. Kirksville and Adair county " did themselves proud" as did all tho e participating in the parade. It is possible that the " Old Doctor", who arose at 5 :30 o'clock after his usual custom, started the day himself because few people were out of bed at that time, but it was not long until Kirksville awoke and began stirring, and the stir did not end until late in the evening. It was not until the major portion of the crowd began to reach the Normal school campus for the barbecue that the full size of the throng became apparent. Preparation had been made to feed between 8,000 and 10,000 people, it was announced in advance, but it did not require more than an hour for the great piles of barbecued meats and other food to disappear. A conservative estimate made by one of the chefs in the afternoon was that 3000 people were tmned away hungry. The Normal school campus was a tremendous litter after the barbe cue was finished and the ground looked as if an army bad been fed. The food was devoured so rapidly that a large number of those who took part in the parade did not get anything. Major J. E. Rieger, who went to the Normal school campus after he had launched the various parts of the parade, estimated the crowd of visitors in town at 15,000. In the open air theater of the Normal school, addre es were made by Attorney General Barker and Dr. Woodall. The number who took part in the parade was given out later by the -pecial official reporter of the A. 0. A. as 2274. It took over an hour for them to pass the reviewing stand. During this time the " Old Doctor" sat down a few time while the procession was not in motion, but other- THE Kmou'I'!:l Of" PYTiliAS MAitcHING tN TRIJJ PA1tAD~~. THE A. 0. A. CO VENTION 479 wise showed no signs of fatigue. He was in a jolly good humor, as is usual with him, and spoke to a number who marched in the parade and jested with the bystanders. "I'm saving my clean shirt for Sunday" be said to a lady standing ncar the stand, referring io the every-day shirt he habit ually wears. "Let's be jolly, what's the use of a long face," he remarked to another by-stander. "You can't go to Heaven with that face." The " Old Doctor", accompanied by two of his sons, Dr. C. E. Still, mayor of Kirksville, and Dr. Harry Still of Kirksville, mounted the re viewing stand, located on the lawn of the Still residence at the foo t of West Jefferson street, about ten o'clock. The order to advance was then given by Attorney J. E. Rieger, grand marshal of the day. The parade as viewed from the " Old Doctor's" reviewing stand was as follows: In the lead in two autos were the members of the executive committee of citizens of Kirksville who had charge of the arrangements for the day. They were C. J . Baxter, B. L. Bonfoey, J. E. Goodwin, E. C. Brott, Tyler Payne, W. G. Fout, H. Selby, and B. F. Heiny. Then came the Kirksville Military Band. The Knights of Pythias, 75 in number, led by the Uniform Rank. Sixty members of the Sunday school of the Christian church. Twenty fow· members of the Sunday school of the M. E. Church. Forty members of the faculty of the KiTksville Normal School. One hunmed Normal school students messed in the costumes used recently in the opera, "The Gondoliers. 11 , Five hundred and fifty Normal School students wearing the school colors, purple and white, the girls having purple sashes and the boys purple neckties. Twenty-three Camp Fire Girls from the Normal School messed in Indian costume. One hunmed Odd Fellows representing the 250 in Adair county. Fourteen county officials in a carry-all. Eleven members of the Kirksville Fire Department in uniform riding on the hook and ladder wagon. Twenty-five mounted police. Fifty old soldi&s in autos, led by S. S. McLaughlin, on horseback. When the "Old Doctor" saw the veterans of the Civil War of which he is one, he became excited and called out, "Forward march 11 several times, and other military commands. Bell Telephone carry-all. A. S. 0 . faculty in autos. THE NoRMAL ScaooL HoNOIUNG TRE "OLD D oUTon". THE A. 0. A. CONVENTION 481 Ninety Missouri osteopaths. An auto containing part of the St. Louis delegation, which numbered over twenty. and bearing a beautiful banner inscribed in honor of the '~Old Doctor". An auto containing a part of the Kansas City delegation. Ten representing the Arkansas osteopaths. California delegation beaded by a large banner bearing a picture of a bear, a star, and the words, "California Republic ". Each member of the party carried a small flag reproducing the banner at the bead. An other placard inscribed ''Lucky dogs, we are from California." Colorado delegation bearing a banner inscribed, "Technique for the osteopaths, Publicity for Osteopathy," and another bearing the words, "Pioneer Association, organized Sept. 1897." Florida osteopaths in an auto. Georgia osteopaths, nine in number, in an auto. Illinois delegation led by an auto. They began in front of the re viewing stand to sing the words, " Hurrah, Hurrah, for Osteopathy," etc. to the tune of "Marching Through Georgia." About one hundred followed the Illinois standard. Indiana followed by sixteen on foot. Nine Iowa autos followed by thirty on foot. A banner bearing " 78 Incorporators" (referring to t he incorporators of the S. S. Still Col lege in Des Moines), and a large picture of the "Old Doctor" were car ried. The l~tter had under it the saying of the "Old Doctor", "Find it, fix it, and leave it alone". All in the delegation carried purple and white parasols and pennants inscribed I. 0. A. Kentucky delegation in a surrey. Kansas float decorated with crepe paper sun-flowers and bearing a 14-foot sunflower and a child on a throne. About forty-two on foot followed the float. Each one carried a parasol decorated with crepe paper representing a sunflower. When the" Old Doctor" saw the Kansas party he called out, "Hurrah for Kansas." He was a resident of the state a number of years. Ten representing Michigan gave nine rab's for the "Old Doctor. " Minnesota was headed by the Picklers in their electric. About twenty-two on foot followed. Montana had six on horseback. Nebraska had seventeen in line each carrying a flag and a stalk of corn representing The Corn State. New York had a large delegation arranged in the letters A. T. S. the "Old Doctor's" initials. They stopped at the stand and spelled the name of their state and A. T. till. 482 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY Ohio had twenty-six on foot and an auto from Columbus. also spelled their state name at the reviewing stand. Oklahoma bad about eighteen in line. The Oregon delegation consisted of Dr. Mary Giles, Dr. J. A. Brakle, Dr. Virginia Leveaux, Dr. Otis F. Akin and Mrs. F. E. They came the fart hest of any state delegation and are trying to land convention for 1915. They were dressed in pink and were followed four negroes dressed in pink carrying a sedan chair in which was Dorothy Hulett, daughter of the late Dr. Guy D. Hulett, who taught the A. S. 0. at one time. Phijadelphia had an enormous banner with their slogan on it. was followed by a large number on foot joined one to the other by a of bunting. Two autos followed throwing Philadelphia, 1914, fans to the spectators. The Texas osteopaths were lead by an auto bearing an Imme]1181 steer's bead haltered and pulled along by a man on foot. Each me:mtlel\'l• of the party which followed on foot carried a cow-bell. When the Tennessee osteopaths came even with t he reviewing stand; the "Old Doctor", called out "Hurrah for Tennessee". He spent about his sixth to his ninth year in Tennessee. Five osteopaths dressed in Indian costumes and marching single file represented the profession in W asbington. Wisconsin mustered about sixteen. They gave a yell a.s they marched which ran, "Boo rah rab. R oo rab rab. Wisconsin," and cheered the "Old Doctor" as they passed. Some advertising .floats carrying treating tables came next. 'l'he Iota Tau Sigma fraternity had a wagon beaut ifully decorated with green and white and containing about twelve people. Thirty-two members of the United Order of Foresters in their deco rations. Forty members and two officers of Company C, Fourth Regiment, Missouri National Guard. Decorated autos, wagons and other vehicles brought up the rear. The morning session at the A. 0. A. convention tent began with & concert by the band. This was followed by the singing of the song, " The Old Doctor's Birthday," by Miss Roberta Minter, the audience joining in on the chorus. A couple of songs written in honor of t he 11 Old Doctor" and set to well-known tunes were next sung by the audience. The addresses which followed were by Dr. Jeanette Bolles, of Denver, Colo., and Dr. 0. J. Snyder, of Philadelphia. * * * :-l1·11lVI i'. ll '1'111·1 13 t.ttut,;t:tHl - .\ uc:. ti. 484 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY A large crowd was present in the convention tent during the at the ceremony attendant upon the unveiling of t he miniature of A. T. Still statue and for the Adair county reunion which closed evening. Several brief speeches were made in connection with the sentation, among the first being one by Mrs. C. J. Baxter who told the Sojourners Club had conceived the idea of the statue; how the is being raised and how much the completed work will cost, with details of interest to the audience. Other talks were made by Dr. A. Hildreth, Dr. E . C. Crow, Dr. Homer Bailey, Dr. Ella Still, Dr. T. Ray, Dr. Holloway, Dr. Conger, and Mrs. H. C. McCahan. Attorney J. M. McCall presided over the reunion meeting, in absence of Dr. E. C. Pickler, the orignator of the idea, who was iU night. Mr. McCall made a highly eulogistic speech in his happy Dr. C. V. Kerr, who has written t he lyrics for several popular LUlun~;IUlli productions, then sang a few lyrics on the convention, ·and Dr. C. E. expressed appreciation, for himself and his father, for the interest by osteopaths, Kirksville people and visitors, in t he "Old Doctor'a'~ birthday celebration. The personal reminiscences given by Dr. Asa Willard of ~·~•oou• UUI•··· Mont., made the hit of the evening. Dr. Willard told a number of hum orous anecdotes concerning his former classmates t ill the audience had \ laughed to exhaustion. He concluded with t he following, " I never was at any meeting that I was more glad to attend than this one. We must not let these old memories die. We should have these meetings oftener, not only for those in the practice, but for all those who were a part of the : olden days in old Kirksville. Kirksville ought to have a regular home coming time, at least every five years, for her widely scattered boys and girls." Thursday August 7. Dr. Percy H. Woodall, of Birmingham, Ala, was elected president of the American Osteopathic Association on Thursday AugusL 7, succeeding Dr. C. B. Atzen, who takes one of the five vacancies on the board of trustees. The election of Dr. Woodall is not only in recognition of his standing in the profession, but is a recognition of the South and its re lation to Osteopathy. Other officers elected were: First Vice-president, Dr. Frank M. Vaughan, of Boston. Second Vice-president, Dr. Effie E. Y orlc, of San Francisco. Secretary, Dr. H. L. Chiles, of Orange, J . J., re-elected. Treasurer, Dr. J. R. McDougal, of Chicago. Asst. Sec'y, Dr. W. S. Nicholl, of Philadelphia. 486 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY THE A. 0. A. CONVENTION 487 Tru_stees to fill the five vacancies in the board of fi fteen-Drs. Bond made the statement that faulty construction of school seats cramps W. Perrm, of Denver ; C. B. Atzen, of Omaha; Martha Petree, of the spine and that as a result 80% of a freshman class entering a certain Ky.; W. E. Waldo, of Seattle; and A. D. Becker, of Preston, Minn. well known university were affected with some degree of spinal curvature. In the dis~ussion which has followed the barbecue, and there ..Experience Meeting. •• b~en much of It, the Daily Express estimate of 15,000 persons in birthday celebration bas been generally accepted, and there are The experience meeting held during Thursday evening at the con who are inclined t o believe it was a very conservative estimate. vention tent brought out a number of interesting talks on " What there One of the members of the execut ive committee st ated this is in Osteopathy that Means the Most to Me." Prominent osteopaths ing t hat the men in charge of t he barbecue bad 10,000 paper plates, from all over the United States and one from Scotland spoke. Dr. A. G. that these were all used. H e t hought it more t han possible that Hildreth of St. Louis presided. The meeting was opened by t he sing persons used more than one plate, but this led him to believe that ing of songs dedicated t o Osteopathy and its founder, Dr. A. T . Still. 8000 persons got something to eat. This was led by Mrs. Horace Ivie, of Berkeley, Cal., assisted by Dr. The prize offered for the best showing made by any state aeJ!ea:1~:~.ticlD Bolles and Dr. Mack Hullett. in the line of march of t he parade yesterday was a warded to the Dr. Ella Still, a member of the faculty of the A. S. 0 . was the first delegation by the committee in charge. The Kansas osteopaths speaker. Among other t hings she said that in her many years exper umbrellas decorated with crepe paper of green and yellow so that ience she had never been disappointed wit h Osteopathy. Dr. Spence of New York City got up and told how, having been in looked like huge sunflowers, and Mmes. C. A. R obinson, S. H . .I.!Junsu111• an~ C. J. Baxter, who composed t he committee, t hought that they early life a structural engineer, he had been convinced that Osteopathy eas1ly first and entitled to the $35. The second prize of $15 went to was based on scientific principles and had taken up its study. Oregon delegat ion and honorable mention was given to Iowa. Dr. Sims of South Carolina praised Osteopathy for saving women The "Old Doctor " appeared at the convention tent at about from needless operations. o'clock and was greeted by a great ovation. The audience rose and Dr. F arnham, of San Francisco, said he was impressed with the cheered. He appeared unaffected by the strain of t he day previous. He completeness of the principles of Osteopathy and with t he fact that it is m_ade a short tal~c tellin~ why he could not shake hands or talk t o bh many not an adjunct of the healing art but the foundation. fnends and attn buted rt to the fact that his shoulder which he dislocated Dr. Conger from ' 1 all over the world" t old bow she once tried Os some time ago was still inflamed. teopathy on a horse. Assisted by four men she gave the animal a t reat Dt~·ing the _afternoon the operations pCI·formed were a bone-graft ment that put it on its feet within an hour. from spmal fixatiOn and two congenital hip operations. The operators Dr. Whiting, of El Paso, Tex., said that he had made experiment s were Dr. Geo. Laughlin of Kirksville, Dr. Otis Akin of Portland, Ore., that had convinced him that the common medical drugs are deadly pois and Dr. Ralph K Smith of Boston. ons to the lower organisms, and that, since these organisms are similar The spinal fixation operation for tuberculosis of the spine is one of in st ructure to the epithelial cells of the human body, he believed he was the most wonderful of modern surgery. The spinous processes in the justified in concluding that the drugs were, therefore, destructive to t he diseased area are split wit h a chisel, and healthy bone from t he big bone epithelial cells of t he body such as the alimentary tract, t he liver and of the lower leg is mortised and sewed int o the spinal column where the other organs. disease has made the most headway. When healed the spinal column at Dr. Ligon of Mobile, Ala., gave a convincing testimony as to the •the site of the tuberc~ ar t r·ouble is rigid and absolutely prevents hump- worth of Osteopathy in her own case and in her practice. 1back, formerly so common in such cases. Dr. C. E. Still, a son of the founder of Osteopathy, was next called I * * * upon. He said that the thing about Osteopathy that appealed to him That the school room is responsible for t he many deformities of the most was that it is teachable. He t old how his advisers tried to dis- · human race was the text of an important address before the convention suade him not to attempt to organize the A. S. 0 ., because they thought during t his same morning by Br. Ernest C. Bond of Milwaukee. Dr. that Osteopathy was the peculiar gift of his father and could not be taught. 488 THE JOURNAL OF 0 TEOPATHY THE A. 0 . A. CONVENTION 489 Dr. Percy H. Woodall, of Birmingham, Ala., the new president W know t hat the cytoplasm of the cell increases enormously ii). propor the A. 0. A. mentioned the simplicity, the reasonableness, and t" e to the cell nucleus as age advances and these changes in structure scientific basis of Osteopathy as ·ts most striking feature. In fact, :::accompanied by corresponding changes in function, and that these said its simplicity keeps many fr9m accepting it. "Osteopathy is tructural changes become so great in old age as eventually to suppress upon immutable laws of Nature," he concluded. ~ell function entirely finally resulting in cl eat~. . . Dr. Waldo of Seattle, Wash., said that he believed in the ne c. o. Cline, Monticel.lo J. R. Bullard, Marshalltown VISITORS AT THE CONVENTION F. W. Gra~am, Morns Grace D. Urban, Marquoketa Anna D. P1xley, Olney H. W. Gambl~+ Missouri Valley z. Z. Propst, .Nevada The following list of osteopathic physicians who attended the National J. J. Moriarity, Ottaw~ Lydia H. ~olmes, Pekin Wm. Stryker Newton Yention in Kirksville is by no means complete. It is, howevt>r, correct as Millard Gr~eves . Isadora Mci<'oight, Oelwein possible to obtain. If we learn the names of any others who were present E. Q. Thawley, Peoria Ollie H. P. Myers, Ottumwa the week of the Convention we shall be glad to print a supplementary liat ~label Brown Proph ~tst.QW11 Ely M. Thompson , Ottumwa George G. Chappell,1 Sidney month. Daisy E. Walker, ~umcy J. F. Walker, Quincy Ella H.. Gilmour, Sioux City Alabama Georgia C. E. Medaris, Rockford G. A. Aupperle, Sutherland A. C. Foster, Birmin~ham Frances Saunders Albany 1. L. Thompson, Salem . Blanche B. Record, Washin~ton Percy H. Woodall, Birmingham E. L. Thurman, ~ericus Jennie M. Chase Shelbyville E. S. Mitterling, Webster C1ty T. C. Reid, Demopolis Stella C. Thurman, Americus Paulino H.. Manti~ Springfield F . H. Weidlein, Wellman Arizona J . W. Elliott, Cordele Ottie M. Maxey, i::ipringfield Kansas D . L. Conner, Phoenix Edwin L. Harris, Marritta. Ernest M. Moore, Tuscola Elizabeth Wood, Atchison Nannie Z. Riley, Rome Arka nsas C. C. Rude, Tuscola L. A. Kissinger, Beloit Charles E. Ross, Ft. Smith Ida ho Lorna Alic(' Oliphant, Virginia Leland S. Larimore, Caldwell T. H. Lay, Harrison Charles Rogers, Idaho Fa.lls Indiana Charles H. Chandler, Cherryvale H. IC. Benneson, Clay Center Charles A. Champlin, Hope Illinois J. E. Baker, Brazil A. W. Berron, Hot Springs A. B. Wyckoff, Alton A. M . Reid, Columbus J. H. Baughm':l',n1 Connersville W. B. Edwards, Concordia C. A. Dodson, Little Rook A. 0. Howd, Augusta E. C. Crow, ElJ Michigan Roy K. Eldridge, Kirksville Montana Eliza Edwards, Cincinnati W. S. Mills, Ann Arbor L. Von H. Gerdine, Kirksville ,\nna. Stoltenberg, Anaconda Maude L. Warner, Cincinnati Otto B. Gates, Bay City G.' I. Green, Kirksville R. M. Wolf, Bi.g .Timber Clara Wernicke Cincinnati C. A. Bennett, Detroit Frank R. Heine, Kirksville ?.lillie Burk, Billings C. M. 1.\trner Hulett, Cleveland Geo. Burt F. Clarke, Detroit Eugene H. Henry, Kirksville H. T. Ashlock, Butte and Dillon M . F. Hulett, Columbus E. 0. Millay, Detroit A. S. Hollis, Kirksville F. J. Eimert, Miles City Lawrence H. McCartney, Columbus F. L. Harden, Dowagiac J. Prudence Kendall, Kirksville Asa Willard, Missoula C. H. Cosner, Dayton Vera E. Derr, Fostoria Margaret S. Thompson, Grand Rapids E. S. Linhart, Kirksville Nebraska Roscoe Lyda, Kirksville W. N . Coons, Medina Minnesota Wm . H. Cobble, Fremont Joseph Wenger, Mt. Vernon Harvey Moore, Kirksville J. T. Young Fremont D. B. yatlinl.. !Y.lankato Frank Norris Kirksville Franklin E . CorkweU, Newark L. E. !Jams, 1V1arshall Gwynne H. Yoder, Friend E. W. Sackett, Springfield E. A. Rice, Khksvil1e C. K. Struble, Hastings F . M . Davey, Minneapolis I . M. Roberts, Kirksville F. E. Jorris, Minneapolis Van B. Smith, Lincoln Oklahoma Leslie S. Keyes Minneapolis Mrs. I . M. Robert~,}Grksville Jessie M. Crane, rorfolk Lynette Reeve Barton, Bartlesville Mary E. Roberts, .1urksville C. B. Atzen, Omaha H. C. Wallace, Blackwell K. Janie Manuel, Minneapolis Harry Still, Ki1·ksville Harriet A. Nelson, Minneapolis W. S. HcllCJ· Omaha W. S. Corbin Chickasha J. N. Waggonor, I J. H. Harrison, Memphis Washington THE OLD DOCTOR'S BIRTHDAY P. K. Norman, Memphis Arthur B. Cunningham, Seattle H . Viehe, Memphis H. Crofton Seattle F. A. Boulware, Murfreesboro W. E. Waldo, Seattle WoRDS BY MRS. A. D. RrsDON. Musrc BY JoHN F. RYAN. J . Erle Collier Nashville Louis L . Garrigues, Spokane Nessie A. Duffield, Nashville Anna B. Ford, Seattle Why these great crowds of people, E. C. Ra.y, Nashville West Virginia Who are thronging on our street; J. R. Shacklefor_Ontario, Canada Three cheers for Osteopathy, Edgar D. Heist Berlin Three cheers for Doctor StilL Rose T. Stern, San Antonio H. E. Sinden, Hamilton B. L. Gayle, Waco Hubert Pocock, Toronto J. Ellen Gildersleeve, Waco F . P. Millard, Toronto For the sun shines much brighter, Alice 0. Poulter, Waxhachie Scotland Than it is his wont to shine. Winnie B. Harman, Whilemight Franklin Hudson, Edinbw·gh Birdies are singing sweeter The following were registered without addresses. Than at any other time. Grace Bolles C. C. James AU Nature is rejoicing, Jas. Burris A. A. Kasier All in her delightful way; E. C. Cain Blanche E. Kinney H . F. Canance Mabel Link Helping us to celebrate Edythe L. Carel Zero Martz The Doctor's natal day. Vera Chalfont Alice Mayhugh Etina K. Curry Carl Moore One more milestone he's passing, W. B. Cuny Royal W. Neff W. M. Divoll J. F. Ponge On his journey this glad day; H. A. Duglay W. Reid Then let there be rejoicing B. Farr F . H. Snyder Jamt>.'> Fraser S. H. Sover On his eighty-fifth birthday. Eugenia W. Graham Seth Trowbridge Come help the celebration S. J. Hassell Earl E. Weaver E thel Heist Mabel Willett In t he good old fashioned way, R. F. Hetherington Making this a joyous time With all things glad and gay. Ev'ry place flowers blooming, When sweet fragrance fills the air; All round us lights are gleaming Making beauty ev'rywhere. Founder of this great science Surely merits all our praise Many happy sweet returns My dear dad's natal day. THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY THE A. 0. A. CONVENTION 497 496 , (2) ANDREW TAYLOR STILL How the people shouted when they heard the joyful sound DRS. BOLLES AND BU!lNS How the doctor's grumbled as the word was passed around, Tune (Yankee Doodle) Of a clrugless science that bas won such great renown (1) Which you may study at Kirksville. If any man on earth deserves (3) Much praise for great achieiving, Otu· dear old Daddy now has reached his 5 and 80 years It is 1.he man who saw the plan With faith and hope and love we come, undaunted, wit hout fears, For human ills relieving. Let us all join heartily in ringing songs and cheers, CHORUS As we are. marching thru Kirksville. These the words of A. T. Still (4) All Osteo's believe it May his life continue to a hundred years or more ill. The lesion causes every And give us osteopathic truths as he has done before, " Find it, fix it, leave it." May we spread t he gospel till it's known from shore to shore, ~ • (2) That we are marching thru Kirksville. Good red blood increases life, The sow·ce of Atrength and beauty, The body needs no drugs nor knife (Tune, Old Heidelberg) Whose blood performs its duty. Here's to t he County of old Adair, (3) Here's to her honored name, A noble structure nobly planned Here's to the science which she brought forth, For earth's most holy uses, Here's to its grownig fame, With active nerve cells in command Here's to her sons-the best of earth, Keeps free from drugs abuses. Here's to her daughters fair, Here's to the home of good, true men, Here's to ow· old Adair. DADDY'S JUBILEE CHORUS. DRs . BoLLES AND BuRNS Oh! old Adair; Tune--(lVIarching thru Georgia.) Dear old Adair Thy sons will ne'er forget; Come all loyal osteopaths a.nd celebrate in song The Golden Haze Our dear old Daddy's .Jubilee, as gay we march along. Of Kirksville days Here we come with loyal hearts, full twenty hunclred_strong Is round about us yet. As we are marching tbru Kirksville. We'll sing thy praise CHORUS Through all our days Hurrah, Hurrah, for Daddy's Jubilee And through the passing years Hurrah, Hurrah for Osteopathy. The thoughts of you So we sing the chorus from Missouri to the sea (Repeat) 1So good, so true, While we are marching t hru Kirksvillt>. l Will fill our eyes with tears. LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE 499 "old school" physicians and only two homeopaths. Until a homeopath is appointRcl LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE to succeed him, Dr. Uebelacker will continue 8.1:1 a member of the board. Dr. Mc Donald presented his own certifieatP of appointment, but the board was unanirnoua The Recently P assed California Law. In view of the fact that in the in refusing to accept it. Joumal we published a letter commenting favorably upon the new California Jaw, Beside:; being retained a.'! a member of the board, Dr. Uebelacker Willi! elected its this month print an excerpt from the official report of the Legislative Committee treasurer. The other officers named are Dr. Edwin Hill Baldwin, of Newark, president the A. 0. A. endorsed by the Association. It will thus be seen that the general and Dr. A. G. Norton, of Trenton, secretary. Dr. Norton's certificate of reappoint census of opinion is unfavorable towards this law. ment as a member of the board was received yesterday. "A bill positively vicious in its demoralizing and weakening influence upon The board voted to refuse to issue licenses to graduates of theNe w Jersey College osteopathic profession was passed in California as a substitute for the corn~:llifi of Osteopathy, formerly located in Passaic, which has been defunct for several years. board law which has been in operation in California for sb: years. I ts many -NEWARK CALL. debateable features cannot here be discussed; but your committee has no Osteopathic Exam ination in Kansas. The next meeting of the Kansas State in saying that, in so far as its bearing upon ow· people is concemed, it is the Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration wiU begin Octobe1· 8th at the pernicious lega.l medium for the stimulation of drug catering and osteopathic w~>llk•• National Hotel, Topeka, Kansas. All applications should be in at least ten clays and professional decay and disintegration, now upon the statutes of any state or before that date. vince in Christendom." The applicants who took the examination June 27th and 28th all passed, averag<' The Montana Hospitals Qu estion. " In the June Journal there was grades ranging from 88 plus to 94 plus per cent. an announcement from the Helena, Mont. Record which stated that the The law requires all of those who graduated after June, 1907 to have, "Before general had rendered it as his opinion that the hospita.l bill recently passed taking up the study of Osteopathy," a diploma of graduation from a high school, legislature did not apply to osteopaths and that its provisions would not entitle academy, state normal school, college or university, or a certificate of e M. 0. A. Elects Officers. The Missouri Osteopathic Association met on Aug; 50 rouch of his life fluid. 6, and elected officers for the coming year as follows: President, Dr. A. B. ~ Today, the same, frequently 1u·gent thera St. Louis; Vice-President, Dr. F. P. Walker, St. Joseph; 2nd Vice-President, Dr. Frank Bigsby, Kirksville; Secretary, Dr. Arlowyne Orr, St. Louis; Treasurer, Dr. Lou peutic expediency, is more scientific~lly and safd¥ Tuay Noland, Springfield; Trustee, Dr. B. J. Mavity, Nevada; Legislative Como accomplished by the p r o ro p t , l1 b e r a I appli mittee-Dr. W H. Graves, Jefferson City. The secretary and treasurer were re-elected. cation of New 25~Cent Size Another feature of the meeting was a discussion of the plan to erect an osteo pathic building at the San Francisco Exposition in 1915. This plan will receive the favorable support of the Missouri Association. The site of the next meeting of the association will be decided later at a called meeting of the board of trustees.-Kirksville Daily Express. Annual Meetin(t of Nebraska Osteopaths. "The Nebraska Osteopathic association will hold its 14th annual State convention, on Wednesday and ThllJ'&o and all the patient's blood saved for the 1·epai1· of his own tissues. day, September 24th and 25th, at Grand Island, Nebraska. A good program has been arranged for and will be published in the September issue. "-0. B. ATZEN. Aotipblog~ tine, applied hot and thick •. is establish normal circulation in the in indicated m all deep-seated or superfiCial flamed part, thus prevcnt,ing (when Meeting of Tacoma Osteopaths. "The osteopathic physicians of Tacoma, inflammatory conditions. It absorbs met in my office to bear Dr. F. C. Jones, late of Sunnyside, Washington but for p~ water with AVIDITYi relieves pain, and used in time) the oth!'rwisc inevitable year Lecturer on Acute diseases and superintendent of clinics in the Pacific College. acts in a physiologteal manner, to re- suppuration and destruction of tissue;:. Dr. Jones used about two hours time in talking and answering questions propounded Antlpbloalstlne Is prescribed by Physicians a nd supplied by Oruaatsrs all over the world by the profession present. It will be remembered that Dr Jones practiced medicine for twenty-five years before becoming an osteopathic physician some ten years ago, THE DENVER CHEMICAL MFG. CO.,NewYork,U.S.A. hence the answers to questions were practical not theoretical. I consider this one of the best talks it has been my good fortune to bear, IT WAS PRACTICAL. "-W. T. THOMAS. Semi-Annual Mee ting of Colorado State Association. The Semi-Annual meeting of the Colorado Osteopathic Association was held on July 28-31, at the Brown Palace Hotel. The first two days were devoted to " Technique" by Dr. Dain L. Tasker of Los Angeles, Calif. On the 29th the program consisted of luncheon at noon, a dis cussion on Technique, led by Dr. Tasker at 2 p. m. and a public lecture also by Dr. Tasker at 8 p. m. On Thursday, July 31st., at 2 p. m. Dr. Louisa Burns spoke on LISTERINE Tt·eatment of the Minor Psychoses and at 3:15p.m.. Dr. T. J. Ruddy also spoke. Listcrine is an efficient, non-toxic antiseptic of accmately determined and Annual Meeting of Pennsylvania Osteopaths. The fourteenth annual uniform antiseptic power, prepared in a. form convenient for immediate use. meeting of the P. 0. A. was held at Philadelphia, June 27 and 28, with an attendance Composed of volatile and non-volatile substances, Listcrinc i.~ a. balsamic anti of over 300, largely from Pennsylvania, with some from New York, New Jersey, i!eptic, refr!'shing in its application, lasting in its effect. Deleware, Maryland, and Washington, D. C. Two full days with five sessions of Listerine is particularly useful in the treatment of abnormaj conditions of the instructive papers, practical work, and interesting features were closely followed. mucosa, and admirably suited for a wash, gargle or douche in catarrhal conditions The key to the city was offered by Mr. George B. Porter, the director of Public Safety of the nose and throat. of the city of Philadelphia in a very entertaining Address of Welcome; Dr. William In proper dilution, Listerine may be freely and continuouSly used without prejudi Rohacek made an able response. The program was taken up in the following order: cial efT!'ct, either by injection or spray, in all the natural cavities of the body. FnmAY MonNING-9:30 Call to order, Ron. Geo. B. Porter, DirectOr Public AdministerE'd internally, Listerine is promptly effective in arresting the excessive Safety. Address of Welcome. Response. Dr. William Rohacek, Greensburg. Min fermentation of the contents of the stomach. utes of Thirteenth Annual Meeting. Communications. Appointment of Committees. In the treatment of summer complaints of infants and children, Listerine is President's Address, Dr. E. M. Downing, York. 10:15 The Success of Osteopathic cxtcn.~ive l y prescribed in does of 10 drops to a teaspoonful. Gynecology, Clinic, Dr. Cecelia G. Curran, Philadelphia. 12:00 Question Box In febrile conditions, nothing is comparable to Listerine as a mouth wash ; two or Osteopathic Publicity, Dr. R. H. Williams, Kansas City, Mo. 12:30 Recess. three drachma to four ounces of water. FRIDAY AFTJ'JRNOON. 2:00 Announcements. Blood Pressure; Its Significance "Tbe Inhibitory Action of Listcriao" (128 pages) may bo had upon application to the manufacturers. in Diagnosis and Treatment, Dr. J. T. Downing, Scranton. 2:30 Demonstration of LAMBERT PHARMACAL COMPANY -...locus t and Twenty-first Streets ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Pt... e m ention the Journal when wrltiq to adYertt.en. ADVERTISING RECTION 503 502 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY t.he Abbott Method for Correction of Scoliosis, Drs. E. M. Downing, E. N. this were your little girl, J. C. Foster, assisted by Drs. Wm. S. Ticoll and E. S. Willard. 5:00 l~e.chat.-i •...... :: Round Table, Dr. Janet Pem·ose, Philadelphin.. FRIDAY EVENING. 7:00 Banquet in the Banquet Hall . The Human Factor Doctor, what would you do? Our Profession, Dr. C. J . Muttart, Philadelphia. Vaccination- illustrated What =ouldn 't you dol Mr. Porter F. Cope, Member of Pennsylvania State Vacciuation Commission. You would search unceasingly for a method of cure. You would em phatically reject all means of treatment of questionable benefit, the antiquated SATURDAY MoRNING. Announcements. The Osteopathic Treatment of instruments of torture, the plaster cast, the steel and leatner jackets, and other genital Deformities, Dr. Arthur M. Flack, Philadelphia. 10:00 Business unscientific apparatus. Report.s of Committees and Election. 11 :30 T echnique, Cervical, Dr. L. L. You would be gentle, you would be CERTAIN of success. You would Philadelphia; Dorsal, Dr. C. W. McCurdy, Philadelphia; Lumbar, Dr. J . W. save the child from life-long misery and disfigurement. Ex/1austi'Ve itl'Vesti gation would lead you to adopt a son, Erie; Sacro-llliac, Dr. MargarE-t Evans, Scranton. 1:00 Fraternal Lun SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 2:00 Announcements. An Unusual Reflex; it.s and Treatment, Dr. 0. J. Snyder, Philadelphia. 2:30 The Practical Application Sheldon Spinal Appliance ltesearch Work, Dr. Carl McConnell, Chicago, Ill. 4:30 Adjournment, Sine Di<'. The election of officers resulted in the following: President, Dr. Irving M any physicians have f ormd out what the Sheldon Appliance accom 914 Land Title Bldg., Philadelphia, P a.; Vice-President, Dr. W. A. Sherwood, plishes, and they are now using it in all their cases of spinal weakness, irritation and curvature. The judgment of these physicians has been Duke St., Lancaster; Secretary, Dr. J. C. Foster, Stein Bldg., Butler; T1·easurer, justified by our record of treating successfully over 18,000 cases in t he E. N. Hansen, 644 Arrott Bldg., Pittsburgh. Members of the Executive past ten years, a record tl•at even the most conservative practitioner must Dr. S. F . Warren, 112 Chestnut St., Dr. Cecelia Curran, 348 Mint ArcadE>, recognize as conclusive evidl'nce of worth. The Sheldon Appliance provides the required support, givln~r a gentle, firm 8. Nicholl, 323 Mint Arcade, all of Philadelphia. pressure where needed, yet permitting full respiration. normal heart action and free play of the muscles. It lifts the weight of the head and shoulders off the Annual Meeting of the Maine Osteopathic Association. " The spine, and corrects any deflection in the vertebrae. annual meeting of the Maine Osteopathic Association was held in Roclqa.nd, 30-DAY GUARANTEED TRIAL June 28. The members and friends took a trip up Mt. Battic in Camden in EftlJ Sheldon Appliance is made to orde.r according t o measurements taken by the Physician, afternoon and eighteen were served a shore dinner. In the evening a business meeting and ia delivered subject to a 30-day guaranteed trial. was held at t.he office of Dr. R. A. Sweet. The problem of the increasing munlx>r of Let us send you our plan ofCOo()Peration and/ull in/ormation ahottt the Sheldon APPliance. Address PHILO BURT MANUFACTURING CO., ~ 11>3 Eighth Street, JAMESTOWN, N.Y. fakers was discussed at length, and a committee was appointed to devise the best means of dealing with the situation. A publicity committee was also appointed to enlighten the public as to which organization represents the osteopathic profession. The following officers for the ensuing year were elected: President, Dr. Genoa A. Dr. A. T. STILL'S Deason's Physiology Sanvorn; Vice-President, Dr. Mervine E. Hawk; Secretary, Dr. Florence M. Opdycke; $4 cloth, $4 7 5 half-leather Treasurer, Dr. T. L. McBeath. Trustees, Dr. A. E. Chittenden, Dr. Geo. Fl. Tuttle, AUT OBIOGRAPHY Dr. Sophronia T. Rosebrook. T he next regular meeting wi ll be held in Auburn in (Revised Edition) Tasker's Principles September . "-NORA R. BnoWN, D. 0. Secretary. Will be sent to any address in the United States prepaid, New Edition, $5.00 PERSONALS Price $2.50. A. T. Still Research and Sixty-one Opera tion s in Six Days. Sixty-one operations in six days is a record Dr. A. T. Still's Abdominal Belt, Practice, $6.00 and $8.00 made by Dr. George A. Still, chief surgeon or the A. S. 0., during t he week of the postage prepaid, price $I. 50 Con ven~ion, and it is stated that the record may be unique in the history of surgery Hulett's Principles in times of peace. i\lany of the operations were performed in clinjcs for the benefit of visitors to the Convention, while others were private cases. The operations were Address $3.50 for ailments ranging from hysterectomy to adenoids. Blanche Still Laughlin, Spent Vacation in Iowa. Dr. J. G. Follett and wife, of Clyde, K ansas, spent And thousands of Other Books their annual vacation in Iowa. Wl1i1e there Dr. Follet.t had an epithelioma removed KIRKSVILLE, MO. from his lower lip. SEND FOR LIST Is Traveling with Author. Dr. Cornelia A. Walker of .Kew York Cit.y, is Studies in the Osteopathic traveling in Europe with Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of " Little Lord Fauntleroy," as her physician. v Sciences ·~ l ume I-"Baetc Principles," Volume U lo t ~" Nerve Centers." Volume III-"The P hys Bledsoe Supply Co. Utn gy of Consclou8nees." Price f4.00 per vol p e. Address MISS M. T. BURNS &elft c College of Osteopathy, Los Angeles, Cal. KIRKSVILLE , MO. 504 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY ADVERTISING SECTION 505 Appointed Member of Texas State Board. Dr. S. L. Scothorn of The Peculiar Advanta~e Texas, has been appointed a member of the Texas State Board. He fills the of the left by Dr. Paul M. Peck who is spending the summer in Europe. Room in tlie State of Washington for More Osteopaths. There are a Marvel "Whirling Spray" Syringe number of towns in the state of Washington in which no osteopaths are to be Practice is not limited as it is in many states. One may practice what he is is that The Marvel, by its to do. At the state board examination held in July, there were fifty-two M. D. centrifugal action dilat es a nd D. O.'s, and one D. 0., M. D. Thirty-six M. D.'s, one D. 0., and one M. D., Bus h es the vaginal passage passed tho examination successfully. The next examination will begin with a volume of whirling fluid, l'uesday in January, 1914, in Spokane. Dr. W. T. Thomas of Tacoma wiH which smooths out the folds give any information or furnish application blanks. and permits the injection to Pass t h e Kentucky State Board. Drs. V. S. Mosely and Wm. T . ..., ,wreruiA. Prominent phy 11 sician s ~nd come in contact with its .January graduates of the A. S. 0., recenlty passed the Kentucky state board. gynec ologists ~nti re surface . Has Returned from Vacation . Dr. John J. Henderson of Charleston, W. everywbe1e rec· has returned to his home and practice after spending a two weeks' vacation fishing omm end the the mountains. MAR VE L Resolutions Passed by the Missouri State Board of Osteopaths. Syringe in caoes of Leucorrhea, Vaginitis, and other vaginal the untimely demise of Mrs. A. G. Hildreth has cast a bereavement over one of disoaBCS. It always gives satisfaction. most esteemed families in the osteopathic profession, Tbe Marvel Company was awarded the Gold Medal, Be it resolved that the state board of osteopaths of Missouri extend to Dr. A. Diploma a nd Certificate of Approbation by the Hildreth, its honored President, and his esteemed family, its sincerest sympathy Societe O'Hyaiene de France, a t Paris , Oct. 9, 1902. tenderest regard for them in the trying hour of bereavement, and further, All Druggists and Dealers m Surgical l nstrwments sell it. Be it resolved that this resoltion be spread upon t.bc minutes of this Board. li'or literature, addres~t B. J. MAVITY, J. B. CoLE, Committee. MARVEL COMPANY, 44 E. 23rd St., New York Will Reopen Offices in October . Dr. Mary Walters of Santa Barbara, Calif., who discontinued her practi ces~ me months ago because of ill healtb,and who has spent the last two months in Kirksville, will resume her practice in Santa Barbara, October 1. Visited Mother in Kirksville. Drs. C. H. Conner, Albuquerque, N. M.; Sallie M. Conner, Bellfontaine, 0.; and Mary A. Conner, Cincinnati, 0 ., visited their A New and Practical mother in Kirksville during the Convention. Dr. C. H. Conner returned to his prao tice August 12. The sisters remained with their mother a few days longer. Osteopath Dies. Dr. John H. Leiter died, July 3rd, at Glenwood Springs, Colo., Osteopathic Physiology where he had gone for his health. Death was due to a complication of heart and stomach trouble. His widow, residing at Phoenix, Arizona, would like to learn the Written for Students and Practitioners address of Dr. Leiter's brother, Frank, last heru·d from at Durango, Colo. of Osteopathy Associated in Practice. Dr. Carl W. Strance, a recent graduate of the A. S. 0., BY is asso9iated with Dr. St. George Fechtig at 37 Madison Ave., New York City. J. DEASON, Sc. B ., M . S., Ph. G ., D. 0 . Elected Medical Adviser. Dr. J . W. Snavely of Ottumwa, Iowa, was recently IJIREC'l'OR Ofi' THE A. T. S'l'ILL RE>:;EAROH INSTI'J'UTE elected Associate State and Home Medical Adviser of the Guardians of American in Indianapolis, Ind. ASSISTED BY Drs . C. P. McConn ell, Louisa Burns, C. A. Whiting and F. P. Millard Has Returned to Former Location. Dr. Ralph A. Sweet, who bas been prao ticing in Rockland, Me., for several years, has returned to Providence, R. I., where he practiced for about seven years previous to his going to Rockland. The book includes 75 cuts and 40 colored plates prepared by Dr. Millard fC?r illustrating osteopathic lesions. In addition to 370 pages of general and osteo~athic Has Been Reappointed Member of State Board. Dr. John F. Spaunhurst physiology, the book will contain about 250 page~ of the ~e~ults of osteopathic re of Indianapolis, Ind., has been reappointed a member of the Indiana State board of Bearch written by the above well known osteopathic author1t1es. medical examination and registration. Send $4.00 ($4.75 if half leather is wanted) to the Wr ites from Liverpool. Dr. Caryll Smith, who has been visiting hospitals in London, Paris, and Vienna for several months, writes from Liverpool that he has bad JOURNAL PRINTING CO., Kirksville, Mo. a very profitable trip. The Research Institute gets $1.00 on every copy sold at full price. The book Will be ready for delivery on or before August first. 506 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY Pass the Pennsylvania Board. Drs. Jeannette B. Herche and ArthurS. were successful in passing the Pennsylvania Board in June. Pass the Minnesota Board. The following recently passed the state board: Drs. George Wright, St. Cloud; Mary A. Lewis, St. Cloud ; Platt, Barnesville; H . B. Raymond, Albert Lea; E. S. Powell, St. Paul; H. F. Minneapolis; and A. E. Allen, Minneapolis. Has Sold Practice. Dr. R. E. Hays has sold his pracice at Brookfield, Dr. 0. W. Messick of Chicago, and has removed to 601-5 Exchange National Bldg., Colorado Springs, Colo. Is Taking Vacation. Dr. Franklin Fiske of New York City is spending a weeks' vacation touring the West. During his absence, Dr. Cockrell is receiving Physician Has Fine Apartment. D1-. Robert Dormer of Belleville, recently purchased an old office builcling and bas t ransformed it into a modern of offices wit.h attractive appartment rooms on the second floor . There is a veranda seventy-seven feet long which affords a delightful resting place for St. Louis Osteopath Revives Street Car Victim. A seven year old St. Louis, after alighting from an eastbound street car, stepped into the path westbound car. The motorman, seeing that he could not prevent striking the dropped the fender. She fainted as the fender picked her up, but she was only injured. She was carried to the office of Dr. Mary Crehore, 4.237 Olive St. physician worked five minutes before the child was revived. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES For Sale.- Practice in good town in central Kansas. Average $200 a Will sell on easy terms. Lady osteopath preferred. Address" 18" care of the To Osteopaths in New York.-M. D., neat appearance, twenty-five osteopathically inclined, graduate of Eastern University, with hospitalvm.uuuts, assistantship to osteopath in New York City at a moderate salary. Has a "hVI:iPiA:nir license in New York. Address" 543" care of the Journal. For Sale.- A practice, established twelve years, in town of 7,000, county seat ~ has the best of school advantages. This is an ideal location for a man and wife. N1J further information address "E. S." care of the Journal. Wa nted.- Position as assistant by a four year graduate of the A. S. 0. E~ enced. Would buy a partnership or practice if located in a Missouri town or in a stat& giving reciprocity with Missouri. Address "523" care of the Journal. For Sale.- For price of office fb,tures will sell my busines if taken at once. De sire to change climate. Address Box 12, Rich Hill, Mo. For Sale.- A practice, paying $4,000 a year, in town of 5,000. Town surroundecl by the best farming country in the state. Collections are good. Practice and aut.o for $1,200; practice alone $600. Cash only does the business. Add.ress "C. C."' care of the Journal. Wa nted.- A live practice by June ' 13 graduate. License in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri. Would take good practice for three months or more. Address "85" of the Journal. For Sale.- A growing practice in a southern city of 9,000 population with more to draw from. An A 1 place for a catholic. Suitable for a man, a womaD, both. Address "E. V." care of the Journal. Wanted Position for a Year. A lady graduate of the June '12 class like to take charge of a practice or to associate herself with a practitioner for a Address 2013. Care of the Journal.