The Journal of Osteopathy

November 1911

Vol. 18, No. 11

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The Journal of Osteopathy Edited by W . K. J acobs.

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUM BER.

PROFFBSIONAL CARDS _. . . . 763 EDITORIAL 7T I

"ABOUT EY ES AND SPECTACLES, \V. B. V N D E S ND. D. 0 '1 M. D TT;j

ONSILLITIS, A.P. 'fERRE LL, M. D.• D. O 781 HALL WE HAVE A NATIO NAL HEALTH BUREAU? H. D. BOWERS, D. S., D. 0 ...... 785

DEI\OIDS. Dn. LoUISA BUR:s" S. •...... • .• ...... 705 LEGAL AND LEGISI•.\TIVE . . 798 ASSOCIATI ONS...... SOl BOOK REVIEWS . . 809 1911 "REVIEWWEEK" ...... ;<1 6 PERSON ALS...... S18 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES...... 828 A. S. O. ALUMNI ASSEMBLE .. .. . sao LOCATIONS AND REMOVALS.. . . 832 MARRIED, !lORN, DIED ...... S34 Jrofl'.6sional

CALIFORNIA. VOL . XVIII. NOVE~IBER, 1911 xe. 11

GEO. F. BURTON. D. O. DR. ROYAL H. CRIST. D. O. Corner Second and Broadway Editorial 508 Frost Building LOS ANGELES. CALI F ORNIA. Ar tld es B y As announced in th e last number of the Journal, these Dr. Bryce and two articles have been carefully edited and put into ~NO. S . ALLISON. D. se., D. O. .JEN NETTE S. ALLISON. D. pamphlet form prefaced by a suitable explanation. Chair 01 Philosophy, P. C. 0. Dr . Wh itehea d Grad uates 01 the American Sehool 01Osteopathy. In Pamph let The first edition is almost entirely gone, and at the rate 128 West Lime For m. we are booking orders now, a second edition will be MONROVIA, CALIFORNIA. imperative. Send a two cent st amp for a sample copy This is splendid literature for distribution and you should get in on the DR. A. C. MOORE, Osteopathic Sanitorium, second edition. 1121-1123 Devlsdero St., San Frandsco. Treatment at your home if desired. Phone West 2071 for appointment. Is Dr. Wiley Judging from the recent utterances of the Chief of the Terms on application for Treatment,R oom and Board. The Ca ndi­ Bureau of Chemistry and Food an d Drug Inspection wit h dat e? regard to the National Bureau of Health, there is a WILLIAM HORACE IVIE, B. S. D. • D. O. lingering suspicion that Th e American Medical Asso­ Graduate and Post-graduate and formerly member of the A. S. O. Faculty. Office hours, 10 a. m.-6 p . m. Telephone Berkeley 1183. Lady Attendant. ciation is trying to t ake advantage of the wave of "popularity" and en­ 501-510 1st National Bnak Bldg. Opposite San Francisco. thusiasm which is sweeping across the country incident to Dr. Wiley's BERKELEY. CALIF vindication as a result of the recent investigation. Thi s would be rather a clever idea and we would not be at all surprised if the medical politi cians Phcnee F 5394 Hours 2105 would try to take advant age of it ; but it is our opinion that it would be Main 4111 DR. ALICE B. CHAFFEE. rather hard on Dr. Wiley. His efficient serv ice in the Bureau of Chemistry OSTEOPATHIC P HYSICIAN . has gained a lot of enthusiasm for the man and his work, but what would Instructor in Osteopathic Technique Suite 418-25 Lissner Bldg., be the attitude of these admirers and friends should they discover that he Loa Angeles College 01 Osteopathy. 524 S. Spring St . has been willing to lend himself as a tool in the hands of th e A. M .A. t o LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. bring about a regime of state medicine, which all thinking people must oppose as at present outlined? We do not see how it could be anything L. LUDLOW HAIGHT. Oph. D.• D. O. but a disastrous move for him to make. We are convinced that nothing Osteopathic Physician. Oculist but the idea that he could be of greater service to the public would ever Phones : Residence, Hollywood 5151. Office, Home F 3551; Sunset Main 716 persuade D r. Wiley to offer himself as a candidate for the proposed 506 MaBOn Building, 4th and BroBdway LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA cabinet position, but he might not recognize th e fact that this is the siren Pl.ae mention the Journal whe n wrl tJn2 to adeertfsera, 773 772 THE JO URNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. EDITORIAL.

song of the A. ill. A. by which they seek not only to create a tender \ 'Vlsdonl From Under this beading Francis B. Livesey, the editorial sen ~ i ment in favor of a National Bureau of Health , hut to fool presid ents, Wil ey ; Le t Him writer, writes as follows: United States Senators and State Legislatures. For the sake of the ,\.p ply It. ,\." Dear Sir : You have given the country a timely splendid work th at Dr. Wiley has done and the esteem in which he is Open Letter to utterance. It is thi s : "The country if full of fadists held all over the country, let us hope that he will not allow himself to be Him on the and fads. If you want to have a following just thus used by a political machine who never for a moment would hesitate UDoctor·s start something unusual, something uureasonable, to sacrifice a man when the "popularity of th e man may save a cause." Trust." something mysterious looking. The truth is not wanted, nor welcome." Have Go ne Although some of our readers may be acquainted "Now, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the proposed National Health De­ ~ay. to The Field. with the fact that three of th e regular members of partment, as called for by the Owen bill, is the greatest fad of the the A. S. O. faculty last year have fallen victims of It is something very unusual, very unreasonable and very mysterious "t he lure of t he field," the Journal takes this opportunity to extend to looking. It has been urged by the American Medical Association, e~m­ who~ them every good wish for t heir future success and prosperity. Dr. R. E. posed of allopathic physicians mostly, many of are now le.avmg Hami.lton, who for several yea rs carried the burden of the deanship of the th e Association in disgust. The Association has obtamed a followmg of American School of Osteopathy, has located in St. Joseph Missouri 100,000 or more, and the department which it seeks to obtain is one where he is now busily engaged in the pra ctice of his profession. I ~ merely to give fame of a certain kind to a few well known doctors and does~' ~ seem q~te natural not to see him " flitting" about trying to quell compete nce to a large number who are running around in excess of the t he nsmg turmoil engendered by either too exuberant class spirit or over­ demand. much ent husiasm for athletics. Trying situations those, but there is "The docotrs have seen that state education" with its compulsory compensation in the fact that his efforts for a greater and better school of laws, has brought occupation to thousands of teachers, and they now osteopathy were successful. want the same for themselves and their profession. Frederick Almy , Dr. Frank P. Pratt , who was a familiar figure in the lecture halls Sccretary of the Buffalo Charity Organization Society has confessed S~r vey . of the A. S. O. for five years, has located at 5 Clairmont Gardens, Glasgow, along this line in that spreader of Socialism-the New York Scotland. He was one of the most popul ar lecturers ever employed by In part, he says: " Public health is quite as important as public ed­ t he A. S. O. His painstaking thoroughness and keen alertness, abso­ ucati on, and we shall at sometime have free doctors as well as free teach­ lut ely " bluffproof'", made his lectu res and quizzes things to be remember­ ers, leavi ng the private doctors, like the private schools, for the few who ed. In ~ i s new situation, be has a vast field before him where osteopathy can afford them and prefer t hem." IS practically new, and osteopathy and the osteopathic profession is "Now, Dr.'Viley, we know that you have been of great service to fortunate in having the science represented by so able an exponent . t he count ry. You have enough to do and you have sufficient govern­ . Dr. A. D. Becker, pra cticed for eight years at Preston, Minn., then mental machinery with which to do it . You th erefore, have no need of decided t o take a post gradu ate course at the A. S. 0 ., directly after which being tagged on the National Health Department as a Cabinet officer. he accepted a position on the faculty. His solid, unassuming efficiency If you so allow yourself to be tagged and the Owen bill aims, you will be soon won for him th e respect and esteem of the ent ire student body. the prince of fadists and necessarily also, the prince of tyrants. The Patience and a painstaking attention to the details and intricacies of proposed medical inquisition will surpass all oth ers. I am telling you the his subjects were characteristic of th e man and made him popular as a truth on this matter; but, as you say of this age of fads, perhaps you will lecturer. He always had the dignified bearin g and personality of tbe say of my say-HThe truth is not wanted , nor welcome." effic ient , successful physician. Dr. Becker has gone to his former prac­ " You have no doubt noted in the past few decades how men full tic e at Preston, Minn. of vim , originality and individuality have started forth to be shortly All of these instructors entered the field entirely of their own accord gobbled up by some kind of a trust in which their independence was at and they take with th em not only the well-wishes of th e management of once submerged Think, now, if you are not doing the same in becoming the American School of Osteopathy but of th e entire student body, a candidate for the "doctors trust." or course, ) 'OU have some things in 774 THE J OURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.

common. Of course, the doctors mak e some good propositions' but as a ,~h ol c , they are playing to tyranny and to practical State Soci~ lism : That IS the long and the short of it ." . ":he. Owen bill ~ as already met witb three defeats. Your connect­ IOn WIth It may, as Its promoters fondly believe, add something to it About Eyes and Spectacles

but to defeat it will surely go again with th e forces of opposition now By W. B. V~'< DE SAND, D. O., 1II. D. more completely organized than ever hefore. Thirty states now h formiidabl e o ~gam.z atiIOnsand others are forming. If you go down wiavthe Fifty years ago glasses were a rarity on the face of a young man or th e Owen bill, where will you he? Every one of your past admirers woman; not so much because they did not need th e glasses but because and supporters, ~ho like myself, are foes to th e Owen bill, will nevermore the ways and means for examining and testing eyes and correcting the sound your p rS1~es. What you want is a steady, natural, individual various errors of refraction were practically unknown even to oculists. unfoldme:,t and If you confine yourself to this, greater and more lastin g The simple fare of our ancestors and the out-of-door lives of the farmer honors WIll come to you from the people than from the docto r faddists do not tend to strain the eyes. In t he cities the most convincing proof who now seek your seduction. ' is found in th e fact that our eyes are not as good as th ey were even a few Very t ruly, years ago. Nowdays young men and women and children are wearing FRANCIS B. LIVESEY, Clarkson, Maryland. glasses because they need t hem, and there is no doubt that eyesight, generally speaking, is deteriorating. Where Is the In health matters, the position that th e American Years ago practically all the glasses used in t he manufacture of Connection? Me c!! c~1 Association assumes in all its legislation either spectacles, were moulded ; naturally these lenses were not properly center­ municipal or state, is that its members only are com­ ed, and their surfaces were very irregular. These lenses were t hen fitted petent to be on state boards or to act as health officers. How does into crude frames and the person in need of glasses would "try on" all belonging to the A. M . A. make of an incompetent physician a com­ the glasses a dealer had (sometimes a basket full) and finally select one petent one? On th e other hand , how will a National Bureau of Health pair which happened to suit him better than any of the rest. mak~ the "family doctor," the local physician who comes to a com­ . Today th e glasses for the cheap gra de of spectacles only are mould­ muni ty and puts in his bid to be depended upon in case of life or death ed. All glasses, in order to be true and perfect must be ground, but not more safe and ?om pet~nt , wben his previous life has failed to produce all glasses that are ground are true and perfect . T he grinding is done by c~aract er and Ius medical education and training is only a "supposi­ skilled workmen and is a delicat e process. ~lOn ?" In the final analysis, this is th e man in whom the people are mterested, and unless the American Medical Association is able to Errors of Refraction. ~ho.w . a better connection between this proposed "Bureau" and this In the normal eye all parallel rays of light are brought to a focus, 1~ ~I ~l du al , the Owen bill with it s mixture of purposely obscured possi­ on the retina, while the eye is in a stat e of rest. When such is not the b~l t l es and huma~t~ian generalities, must continue to be regarded only case we have some form of refractional error to deal with . WIth ex t re m ~ S usp IC ~ o n; a . s~spici on which the past history and the At birth all eyeballs are too flat and all present tactics of this association will not allay in the least. children are farsighted until at the age of six or seven years their eyes should have develop­ ed to the normal length and have perfect vis- ~===~ ion; but as a matter of fact the majority of : eyeballs do not grow to th e proper length but remain slightly flatte ned. When the eyeball does not grow to its proper, or normal length, Nonnal eye. Parallel rays of farsightedness ensues, and when the eyeball light focus on the retina grows too long, nearsightedness results. 776 THE J OURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. ABOUT EYES AND SPECTACLES. 777

In other words, when t he eyeball is too short, or th e refractive media may bot h focus in front of or beyond the retina but not at the same of the eye are of too low power, the rays of light are not brought to a focus point. Strange as it may seem to t he reader, t he sam~ eye ~ay be on the retina; and when the eyeball is too long or t he refractive media myopic (nearsighted) in one meridian , and hypermetropic (farsighted) of the eye is of too high power, t he rays of light are brought to a focus in in the ot her meridian. front of the retina. But when the eyeball is of th e proper, or normal, Defective Muscles. length, and the refractive media are In addition to the various "errors of refraction" there are "muscular". normal so th at parallel rays of light defects to consider. The reader knows that the movements of each are brought to a focus on t he retina ~~~I eye are controlled and carried on by s.ix muscles. Wh ~n these muscles WHILE THE EYE IS INA STATE OF : are not properly balanced the person IS apt to suffer WIth severe head­ RE ST, that constitutes normal vision. aches or even double vision. Th e "refractive media" of the eye The writing of a prescription for glasses to correct the various errors is the cornea, the aqueous humor, of refraction or muscular trouble) is a matter of dimensions and measure­ the crystalline lens, and the vit- Hypermetropi c (farsighted) eye. Parallel ments. It contains dimensions for the spectacle frame together with reous humor; they are called ;Ire- rays of light focus beyond the retina specific directions for the grinding of the glasses themselves. It is just fractive" media because they re- as important that th e frame s fit the face, as for the glasses to fit the eye. fract, or bend , the rays of light , bringing The oculist must prescribe the proper lenses and see th at they are worn them to a focus. properly. Each particular case of defective eyesight requires . gla."ses In simple far sightedness all rays of light made especially for that individual, and some strange complications from the vari ous meridian s of the same eye arise occasionally. come to a focus, at th e same point , beyond Anyone who will think. this matter over carefully will realize t hat it Myopic (nearsighted) eye. th e retina ; while in simple nearsightedness the requires skill, patience, and time-often hours of time-frequ ently Parallel rays of light focus in rays of light from the various meridians of the several sittings before the most competent oculist with modern apparatus Irout of the retina same eye would come to focus, at. the same can diagnose th e error and prescribe glasses that will correct th e condition. point, in front of th e retina. On the other hand it requires no great amount of skill to select a pair of glasses t hat the patient can '.'see through" or t hat will "bright en Astigmatism-its Various Forms. up" things a little for those who have dcfective vision. The object of Astigmatism is a condition in which th e rays of light from th e various wearing glasses is to relieve .t he eyestrain by correcting the err~ r~ o.f re­ meridians of the same eye are not fraction. Improperly fitt ed glases are apt to be harmful and mj un cu s. brou ght to a focus at the same People suffering with eyestrain are severly handicapped ; especially point. For instan ce: The rays is t his true of children at school. The strain often produces inflamed of light entering the eye through and sore eyes and headaches. the horizontal meridian may come to a focus on the ret ina, while ~~~§~ The Care 01 the Eyes. the rays of light entering th e eye = Whatever imp airs the general health impairs the eyes to a greater through the verti cal meridian (of or less degree· and eyestrain not infrequently causes disturban ce of the same eye) may come to a focus functions of other organs of the body. The "strenuous life" with the in front of th e retina or behind th e attending nervous strain, brings many persons to wearing glasses before retin a. An Astigmatic eye in which some rays of t hey reach middle age. . . -. Again, th e rays of light from light focus on the retina while others That tired feeling comes after a certam amount of exertion, or dis­ the horizontal and vertical meridian focus in front aC the retina . sipation, or may he due to overstrain. Only a small percentage of people 780 THE J OURNAL OF OSTEO PATH Y.

ra.gs and bum them immediately after usin . fail to give relief consult a phy . . g. When simpls remedies T . sroian. he Use of stImulants is injuriou s to t he ' . tobacco is about th e worst thing f tl .eyes; t~ e excessrvs Use of cm while reading or writing ha or b 'd . The habit of stoo ping over . s a very a effect on . Tonsillitis nearsIghted ones, and should be avoided Wh'l some. eyes,. espeCIally lean a trifle backward ' have th r ht' I e reading SIt erect or A. P. TEnnELl" M .D., D. O. if possible. ' e 'g on th e leftside and behind yOU It has been said, "O ut of the abundance of the heart the mouth Keeping the general health good avoidin ~ eeping your eyes properly fitted With' lasses } the use of stimUlants, speaketh ." This is certainly true of the author of this article. He has mg from reading bv poor light rhil gI . you need them, refrain, had a number of cases of tonsillitis recently, which have been treated. aiel in preserving your eyesight . or " I e ymg on the back, all th ese will He has watched these patients, read text books and applied remedies, Montrose, Pa. and given manipulations until he feels like he must say something in order to gct relief. I want all the help I can get , hence I would like for the " bret hren" to speak t hcir minds freely aftcr they have read what I have to say. Had I th e space at my command I would like to discuss the subject at lengt h; but others arc to be heard find I must desist. I will discuss three points only, viz: 1. What is tonsillitis? .2. The symptoms of tonsillitis, what are they? 3. Th e treatment of tonsillitis.

7Ir'HOUSANDS of I.-What Is TonsIllitis ? ~ d ed years ago a leaf fell on the soft clay . hisan ~m to be lost. But last BUmmera geologmt Th e word itself te lls what t he disease is. It is an inflammati on of m ramblmgs broke off a piece of rock with his h the tonsils. Acute tonsillitis is an acute catarrhalinflammation of one mer, and ther.e lay the image of the leaf with a,m- :~e: l;~u~~d ~~ d e1i ca ~ e trac~ry ~re:::V~dU: or both tonsils. But is is not enough to know this, we must know more. t: the, \Ve must know all we can about the scope of the disease. 'The writer speak and the things w~8~o' ~:~~Jea . So the words .we once had an excellent teacher of Grcek who would frequently say to him : but in the great final revealing the~~aI1:m%thbe los.tl 'l ":'low, Xlr. Terrell, tell us all you know about th at word. ' Introduce the appear. em WI class, sir, to its father and mother, brothers, and sisters, aunts and. uncles, - JAMES R USSELL LoWELL. nephews and nieces, and all of its distant kin." \Ve cannot, gentlemen, have a correct knowledge of the whole with­ out some knowledge of each individual part. In studying diseases we must acq uaint ourselves with each member of the family so that we can recognize th eir faces and call each one by name. In the disease under consideration the inflammation may involve the crypts of the tonsils, the entire mucous membrane, or the mucous membrane and the tonsilar tissue. There is usually some inflammation of the faucial mucous mem­ bran e. Thc cause of all of t his I need not discuss. I care not what causes a disease, or a trouble of any kind, if I know what it is and how to cure it. 'Vhen a man sees a storm cloud arising, sees the lightning flash and hears the muttering of distant thunder, he does not stop to inquire 782 T HE JOURXAL OF OSTEOPATHY. TONSILLITIS 783 about the st range phenomena in nature that has produced the st orm. pain over thc kidn eys and there was albumen in the urine. With all of That t he storm is raging he knows. Th e question with him is not what these symptoms set plainly before him, he t old the family that her con­ caused the storm, but the question of questio ns with him is, how shall I dition was attributed to a change of climate. T he atmosphere, he said, escape its fury? How shall I save my family from premature death? was not suited to her . Some of the symptoms he had not noticed at all When the family is safe, and the storm is gone t hen, and not till th en, can He had not availed himself of all of the help he might have had . The he stop to discuss th e cause. So it is wi th a sensible, sym pathetic phy­ oedema and th e albumen in the urin e he took no noti ce of, and hence sician. That his patient is sick needs not to he proved. He sees it in his "Tong diagnosis and wrong treament, We should read, think, his eyes, in his face and OIl his tongue, hears it in his voice, feels it in Lis study, ask quest ions until we know what we have to deal with. It is a pulse and his throbbing side. He does not stop to inquire how carne t he miserable feeling to be treating 1I patient and not know whnt you are patient sick; but runs quickly over the symptoms to decide whut is the treating him for. matter, or what diseuse he hns, and ousts about at once for a remedy. Th e symptoms of tonsillitis arc pronounced. T he disease may he He wants to alleviate the pain, check t he fcver, staunch thc blood, or set ushered in by a chill, followed by fever and a burning pain in the tonsils, the limb. He cares not for t he cause: he wants the remedy that will There is dryness of th e throat followed by an accumulat ion of mucus heal and save his patient, and a desire to swallow. There are also general lllalaise, headache, back­ ache, loss of appetite and painful swallowing. The tonsils arc enlarged H.-What Are The Symptoms. and inflamed. In children we find high temperature, loss of appetite, This is one of the most important questions connected wit h th e restlessness and constipation, usually. practice of medicine. If a man cannot rend and interpret symptoms, he cannot practice medicine. He is working in the dark, and will do III.-Treatment. more harm than good. He will frequ entl y find himself treating his There are many fine diagn osticians who are almost failures in treat­ patients for the .wrong thing. Let me give you an example or two. ing ailments. They seem neither to und erstand the powers and possib­ Recently I was speaking with a "regular" physician of a case he WlIS ilities of the body, nor the potency of the remedies at their command. treating. I was treating the physician at the same time. He said to me, They do not know whether to relax, stimulate, or astringe. Granting " I fear I am up against a case of typhoid fever. The hoy's fever seems t hat he knows just what he wants to do, frequently it happens that he high and continues. It don't seem to yield to thc treatment at nil." if;'not familiar enough with his remedies to know just what to give. He After inquiring about the symptoms, I said to him, "Have you examined may, throu gh ignorance, or carelessness, do the very reverse of what he t he hoy's t hroat? Probably you huve a CllSCof bronchiti s or tonsillitis. desires t o do. Familiari ty with body, familiarity with disease and I feel satisfied, from whut you say, th at th c boy has tonsillitis." When he fam iliarity with remedies are absolutely necessary to a successful prac­ returned to the case he found , on exnminat ion, that the boy had a tician. "Know yo u are right, and then go ahead." severe case of tonsillitis, and he had been pou ring medicin e into him for Noone can successfully treat a bad case of tonsillitis who does not the wrong thing. Again, I was called a few weeks ago to see an eight take into consideration the general constitutional condition. A good, months old cbild. Th e parents told me the child hnd fever, was st upid, thorough, general treatment, I find, greatly benefits any local trouble. would not t ake its bottle, was restless lind wouldn't sleep. Th ey said A good, genuine case of tonsillitis affects the whole system, and in treat­ th at thcy had done all they knew to do, but the child got no better. I ing it, we should give a thorough systematic treatm~nt . Ar?use the called for a spoon, depressed the tongue and found a good C3SC of tonsil­ liver, kidneys and skin. Each of these must perform Its function well, litis. I have a third case of wrong diagnosis and hence "Tong treatment if you would cure the disease . You may give all the local or neck treat­ which I wish to present. An old lady Clime here recently from Winnipeg. ment you please with these channels closed and you will mak e little She was unwell when she reached Dall as lind is still sick. A physician progress. Open up these and the work is easy. A thorough relaxation of the regular school was called t o see her.She was pale, weak, had no of the muscles and a stimulation of the nerve and blood supply of the appetite, urine scanty, rough furroughed tongued.lower limbs oedematous, neck are very essent ial. , The muscles are tense and the blood an d nerve smot hering sensations or difficult breathing lind drowsyness. Shc had supply to thc diseased parts are 1'001'. This work on the neck must not 784 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. be done jerkily, spasmodically; but gently, deeply, and thoroughly. The cervical plexus of nerves and the tonsillar plexus of veins must be influenced to perform t heir functions properly, Treatment over the tonsils aid the flow of blood t hrough the tonsillar plexsus of veins into the external jugu lar vein. Put t he patient in bed, prescribe liquid diet and Shall We Have a National Health ventilate the room well. Do not be afra id that your orthodoxy will be called in question if you order a good antiseptic gargle of some kind, Bureau? and req uire a cold compress around t he neck at night. Keep th e bowels By H. D. BOWERS, B. S., D. O. open, and deal with the fever, should the patient have fever, just as you would in any oth er case. If the disease persists in being ugly and will The National League for Medical Freedom was organized about two not down, lance, cleanse wit h peroxide of hydrogen, and put the patient veal's ago to fight the " Bureau" because it became app arent that its pur­ on some good antiseptic gargle. If it is a child, use a mop three or foul' pose was to establish an Allopathic medical oligarchy in America. times a day and put the cold compress about, the neck at night. Officers of the "League" are:-B. O. Flower, Boston, Ma RS., President ; Wm. H. Brown, Indianapolis, Ind., 1st Vice-President ; Hon. Chas. W. Miller, WaveI'll.", Iowa, 2nd Vice-President; A. P. Harsch, Toledo, Ohio, Secretary; Astor Trust Co., New York, I\. Y., Treasurer. The League has an "Advisory Board" of forty members, consisting of many of our leading men and women, among them a goodly num ber of M. D's, Editor Marden of "Success Magazine," Wm. O. Partridge, Sculptor, New York, Chas, ~1. Carr, Edit or, Organ of the :N. A. R. D . JJ ND IAN Summer is the time to he in the woods or on (National Association of Retail Druggists) Chicago, Mrs. Diana Belais, the eeashore-e-e sweet season that should be given to Pres. N . Y. Anti-Vivisection Society, Drs. A. T. and son Chas. Still , lonely walks, to st umbling about in old churchyards, plucking on the way the aromat ic silvery herb l

"S tate medicine controls the army and navy, t he Government de­ But Dr. George F. Butler, speaking before the same associat ion partments and institutions, soldiers homes and a whole raft of govern­ with Dr. Montgomery, declared the health bureau scheme "monstrous" ment jobs. It has charge of and often takes entire control of small-pox, and "an insult to our independence and intelligence." This idea of a scarlatina, measles, diphtheria, croup, typhoid fever and many other so­ National Department of Health is the foster-child of the A. J\1. A., and called contagions and is insidiously working to officially introduce a full in the words of another in discussing their work before the last Congress : line of compulsory serum treatments for all. It oracularly tells us t hat "T he ramifications of the Association, its political workings and the th ese and some other diseases can be prevented or cured by t hese logus lobby it operated, were a revelation to the oldest and ablest of the cap­ nosodic, specific, vaccines, serums, et al; "State medicine juggles" and ital's campaigners. Its members openly declared t heir intention of creat­ falsifies statistics. It tests diseases and kills our cattle with immunity, ing a regular medical oligarchy."So it seems that Dr. Dixon of Penn­ and ditto for our children, (as we see in the many cases of te tanus, blood­ sylvania, knew whereof he spoke a few years ago. poisoning, eruptions, erysipelas, acute Bright's disease, etc., following The Red Men's Weekly, a publication by t he Fraternity of that vaccination and the sudden deaths from anti-toxin used as a preventive) . na me, is taking up thc fight against t he A. M . A. and the National Health It causes, spreads, introduces and transfers diseases, its latest great feat Department in no uncertain way too, and IfHealth Culture" of New along this line being t he widespread foot and mouth disease experience York City declares that it is inadvisable to establish a medical autocracy, of a year or more ago, which it cost t he people via t he National Depart­ in view of the past experience of Homeopathy and Osteopathy. It is, ment of Agriculture more than t hree hundred thousand dollars to sup­ they 'say " diffic ult to tell how much harm is done by the exclusive drug­ press or eradicate, including the slaughter and destruction of thousands devotees with their prescriptions and "cure-ails" when in fact it can of animals and necessit ating the confiscation and destruction of all the ha rdly be said to cure anything. What would be the benighted state vaccine in the plants near Phil adelphia and Detroit; proved to have been of Allopathic medical pra ctice today were it not for the humanizing in­ the original cause of the trouble among the cattle.Oth er than the fluence invited by Homeopathy, Osteopathy and other non-drug schools? spirited discussion of the whole matter in the U. S. Senate/Feb. 25, '09, The hcaling art is in a state of slow devclopment from the system as published in the Congressional Record, did state medicine allow t he of the dark ages and it would be unwise now to stop the influences that news to be given to the public in the newspapers?" Not much! have wrought so great a reform that the world's foremost m ed i ~ al ed­ ucator can st and before a State Medical Society, as Dr. Osler did two "T he American Medical Association, t he patron fiend of state med­ years ago, and say that "there are only four drugs that are of any value icine, with perhaps 30,000 members an d as many sympathizers is a po­ at all,"-rather slender legs for the Trust to st and on! "And If the un­ litical machine of vast power and rigid discipline, an d is dominated by a fortunate bureaucracy is to be avoided, some energetic work must be tyrannical clique t hat has created a medical despotism which Dr . J . Frank Lydston of Chicago publicly proclaimed the " Russianizing of done . Senator Robert L Owen has fathered a hill to firmly entrench the American medicine." A. J\1. A. in power by clinching it with a Nat ional Healt h Department. I might quote Dr. Clarke much further but t his will suffice. You He has upheld it in spite of the fact that the measure has h.ad eighteen see he isn't afraid to call "a spade a spade" and doesn't mince matters millions of citizens ranked against it from the first; he yet openly de­ in the least . Judging by the quotation he is well posted on current fends the bills, and in the face of all that storm of protest against it. events. In t he words of another: " He is either a wi lling tool in the ha nds of the Now note what Dr . Samuel G. Dixon of 'Harrisburg,Pa., said in the crafty medical gangste rs, or does not comprehend the significance of the Journal of t he American )fedical Association in the issue of June 8, 1907. tremendous opposition his bill has inspired." It is on page 1926. " It is not too much to say that on state medicine The National Eclectic Association in convention assembled at depend s the happiness of our people and thc success of the nation." Any Boston, Mass., J uly I, last year, adopted strong resolutious against t he one who opposes it is put down as "an undesirable ctiizen." Later he assumption of a power thus accruing to the A. M . A. should the " De­ Bays : "Compulsion not persuasion, is the keynote of state medicine." partment" be established. On June 27, 1910, at Kansas City, Mo., the What a prospect! Wh at would become of all else but allopaths? International Hnhnemannian Association adopted like resolutions. Ami 788 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPAT H Y. A NATIONAL HEALTH BUR EAU'I 789

The American Osteopathic Association did likewise August 3, last year, it "unfair to the medical graduate to be compelled to go before a com­ in their National Convention in San Fran cisco, California. posite board where anatomy or physiology was in charge of an osteopath." The Detroit Free Press of Sept. 25, last quoted Dr. L.H. Montgomery They have declared that "An osteopath ought to know more of these of Chicago, in a meeting of the American Association of Medical Exam­ subj ects than a medical man." Not much indication here th at the rank iners; he credits t he osteopathic physicians with "being among the and file of their own profession believe, as some of them pretend, that principals who defeated the Old or dominant School of Medicine and the standard in the osteopathic colleges is low. Surgery in their attempt to create a national bureau of health at Wash­ There are now practicing between five and six thousand duly grad­ ington, D. C." Well, what of it? The youngest and smallest school, uated and accredited practitioners; there are in school at this time or remnant people of the healing art-the osteopathic physicians-don't fifteen hundred students whose preliminary training would admit them deny their power and influence in things national. to the medical (drug) colleges, who are putting in as many hours in prep­ T he J ournal of t he American Medical Association of Feb. 25, 1911 aration for the practice of osteopathy-physiological medicine, if you in the Department "Medical Economics" under the caption "Senator please-as if they were preparing for th e practice of dr ug medication. Owen Introduces New Health Bill" on page 610, publishes th e bill by But further comment is unn ecessary. sections. In a careful perusal of same we find some statements rather The A. O. A. is not opposing the A. 1\1. A. ill their campaign for a paradoxical in character. Th e Secretary of Health who is to be head of "Medical Bureau" because they want a bureau of their 0 \\'11; they merely the Dcpartment of Health will receive 12,000.00 salary per annum, while ask for fail' play. We stand on our merits, and ask for no official position the Assistant Secretary is to receivc ~7 , 500 pCI' year, Just wherein that to uphold our power and prestige before th e people. Osteopathy asks is so economical is somewhat difficult to sec, in view of quotations above. no entrenc hment from the State. And from Sec. 6 we note: '!All power and authority" is given unto them The League with its many :\1. D. assistant s are certainly giving not only to " rearrange and consolidate" the b ureaus of said Department, th e friends of th c Owen bill and of the department of health the tremors. but also to call on other departments for any information that he may According to thc Columbus :\Iedical Journal (Mch. No. ) Dr. Norman deem wise. It certainly is Federal Medicine with a high hand and put s Barnesby in his book " Medical Chaos and Crime" has given t he oppon­ most other depar tments of government in th e position that thev must ents of the measure timely assistance. It says : "In this work he at­ bow to their beck and call. And Sf'C. 0 ,which empowers the Se~ ret ary t acks just th at class of doctors who are foremost in the American l\l ." ~li cal to call an "Annua l Conference" of the Allopaths of all the States and Association and in all effort s to f1 cecc the people t hrough municipal, Territories and the District of Columbia t o convene in the Citv of Wash­ state and nati onal legislation. Dr. Kelley of Baltimore and oth ers can ingtou at government expense. But get the new bill an d read'it. It will find in Dr. Barnesby a foeman in their own ran ks worthy of t heir ste c1­ pay you, It is to be hoped that t his bill will be defeated, too, he is rousing the nation." In his article "Weak Medical Schools as Nurseries of Medical Genius" Th e political M. D's. of West Virginia are peevish beca use the in the Journal of t he A. M. A., Feb. 25, W11, Henry S. Pritchett tak es National Health Bureau has been defeated.An editor characterizes occasion to belittle osteopathists and osteopathic methods. He savs : what its opposers said as "puerile slanders" and makes a grand stand "In a number of states the osteopaths are conducting schools whi ~h, play for the poor Old School doctors. I n short, as "The O steopa~hic while nominally osteopathic establishments, are really , by the aid of Ph vsician" of Chicago, for February says: "T he moral that th e editor feeble departments of anatomy, pathology and ph ysiology , turned into of a W. Va, paper would have us realize is that nothing good in medicine the weakest of ordinary medical schools." He says a number of other can possibly originate or exist outside the great A. 1\1. A. The fact, t hings just as far from the mark and void of reason, but the editor gives ' however, that th e greatest progress in medical science today is being him ample room to dilat e on something neith er of them knows anything mad e outside the ran ks of the A. :\1. A. sadly detracts from the wisdom about. of his conclusion." 'Vonder how much of their "virtuous indignatio n" How is it we wonder, that some of the professors of medical colleges is really inspired? take such a different view of osteopathy? On the subject of Composite Regardl ess of their insatiable appetite for power thc 1\1. D' s of Medical Boards for medical examina tions some of th em have considered COlll'SC, are without guile in th eir efforts to establish a National Bureau 790 THE .J OEH NAL OF OSTEOPATHY. A NATIm ,AL HEALTH BUREAU? 791

of Health. Haven't they said so many times over? " 11y is it, then, Not all the medical journals bow and cringe before the A. M. A. that they word their bill so as to give them such broad dominion? Listen, ,",ote this from the Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic of Sept. 3, 1910-"There please, to the comment s of A.D. Melvin, Chief of tbe Bureau of Animal are a number of surgeon-generals in the United States. One could Industry of tbe U. S. Department of Agricultu re on the proposed Health hardly throw a brick in Washington City without hitting some gigantic Bureau: "To give them the latitude they ask, to place work of this case of official arrogance. It will be a sad day for t he country when a new kind in a department of public health is so preposterous that it is doubt­ medical general is added to the now formidable corps of gold-laced doc­ ful if the advocates of the bill really intend to do this; yet such is t he tors who honor the A. M. A. by their presence." The "Medical Brief" meaning of the language employed in t he bill. of St. Louis, Mo., and the Columbus Medical Journal of Columbus, Ohio, "The large amounts expended by t he Government for the pro­ stand with the Lancet-Clinic-and there are other besides these, too . t ection of the health of livestock are sometimes contrasted with t he small In an editorial in Good Health, February Number on "The Opposi­ appropriations for protecting and promoting the health of the people. tion ot the Nat ional Health Bill," J. H. Kellogg, M. D., Battle Creek, Such comparisons are fallacious and misleading. The money approp­ Michigan with much strong language and some abuse flays that "oppo­ riated by Congress for the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry is not sition" mercilessly. He closes with the following : "The National De­ appropriated because of any sentimenta l feeling for the welfare of the partment of Health is as certain to be as though it were already here. animals themselves, but the real object is to provide a suffic ient and 'Ve may have to wait a year or two; we hope not, but it will come." wholeseome supply of food for the preservation of human life and health." We mustn't forget that he is one of the famous Committee of One II und­ The National League for Medical Freedom is especially opposing red, that his Magazine is one of the 100 subsidized by the A. M. A.,and Federal Medicine. The Committee of One Hundred appointed by Ex­ that he is one of their 1000 "Titers. Besides, now, let us contrast the President Roosevelt has made a good screen for the A. 1\I. A. to hide opinions of J. H. K. with t hose of another 1\1. D ., T . C. 1\1. , on that very behind . They can push and urge the establishment of the " Depart ment" subject, in the Lancet-Clinic of Sept. 10, 1910; T. C. ~l. says : "There and ostensibly be inert. Nothing could delight them more. Th e t re­ is not the least danger that an American senate or congress will ever pass mendous moral influence of this Department handling, as Prof. Fisher a bill giving any set of doctors the right to impose remedies und er the of Yale (the chairman of t he Committee) prophesies, " millions of govern­ plea of public health." Both are strong statements, but they are as ment money," with their one t housand health writers and one hundred opposite as the antipodes. Well, we shall see what we shall see. editors working under National authority and prestige, will he felt in Note what t hat fearless fighter for medical freedom, Dr . J. H. every hamlet t hroughout t he nation. That is certainly "Medical Econ­ Tilden has to say about our National Health(?) Bureau, and the Com­ " I n ste~d omic· s" with a vengeance. What are t hose 1000 health writers, the 100 mittee: of giving President Roosevelt credit for bringing it editors and that Committee working for- love? How can any sane about, it is safe to say that he was used as a eat's paw and that t he Com­ American citizen consent to the union of state and medicine any more than mittee is also a eat's paw. .The whole scheme was laid and hatched ~tate and rel~gion? With that in view, it is cert ainly ama zing, yes, by a few of the leading members of the A. 1\1. A. It was an incubation incomprehensible-c-how the leading monthly magazine of the Seventh period of about six years." Day Adventists, "Life and Health" can support such a Trust and Bu­ "Along about A. D. 1903, the fut ure outlook for the politieal mem­ reaucracy?" It is true that its Editor and Contributors are ~ 1. D's­ bers of the great medical procession began to be a little gloomy. Christ­ perhaps members of the A. 1\1. A.-but, are they political Drs? That ian Science, Mental Science, Divine Science, and other types of mind is the class of allopathic doctors that would benefit by this Owen Bill­ cures, had educated thousands of people out of the dru g superstition, this monstrosity of so-called " Health Regulati on." Is the Magaaine so that today there are many thousands of people in this country who cons. istent ? Does it believe in the union of Church and State, and wi sh will never take anot her dose of drugs ; neither will they, if they can help to inculcate that same beliefin its readers? If not, it can't well afford it, submit to the vaccine and antitoxin treatment, which our "C. ommit- to preach State Medicine, at least, in the light of reason and logic. The tee" commends so highly." And, as Harry B. Brad ford says in " phy- passage of such a law means the beginning of a form of medical tyranny sical Culture" July No., in his article on " Dangers in The Proposed and monopoly such as the monarchies of Europe have never attempted Health Department": "The gist of the matter, as cited above, is that or even dreamed of. It is both un-American and un-democratic. the profession has felt the landslide of patients away from its tender 792 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. A NATIONAL HEALTH BUREAU? 793 care,- and I may as well add, disease-spreading treatments-and feels "Nothing so needless, nothing so audacious in the way of a trust was it imperati ve th at th e time has arrived to seek government aid, wherehy ever before conceived, much less proposed t o he incorporated into th e laws may be passed to. drive hack these thousands of " free-thinkers" government ." again into the meshes of meddlesome medicine." Th e Oregonian published "The Leagues" Coupon too , for t he sig­ President O. B. Flower of " The League" recently said: "The A. M. nature of any one who is in sympathy with the idea of "Medical A. had its machine pretty well perfected for the fur th eran ce of th e doc­ Freedom." One man here said, "It's the stoutest ad" I ever saw in any tors' trust five years ago and since then its activities have been redouhled" papers against monopolies and combines." • H e further states: " There are millions of highly intelligent citizens Frank G. Lydston, M, D., a member of the A. 1\[, A. and a Professor whose belief in regard to the healing of the hody is dia met rically opposed in tb e :\Iedical' Department of th e State University, Chicago, Ill. , in t o that of the regular profession. In our midst today are many great addressing the Ohio Valley Medi cal Association, Nov. (1909, said : " Des­ an~ rapidly growing schools or systems of thought that number among potism in medicine is not a theory. It is a condition-one that should t heir adherents th ousands of individuals who have heen restored to health alarm all save its direct beneficiaries. No physician can with equan­ and th e enjoyment of life after they had signally failed to obtain relief imity survey the trend of affairs medical in America unless he has no under the regular medical treatment." interest in personal liberty and has forgotten the ideals of our medical The A. M . A. denies that it is using "lobbying" methods to secure a forefathers . monopoly in th e care and treatment of the sick, yet t here is a letter out "The more speciously fair the mask self-interest wears, the more to its members written on the "official letterhead" of its Committee on dangerous it becomes. Under the present political regime the A. :\1. A Medical Legislation under date of May 10, 1910 which shows very plain­ has developed into a medico-political and commercial Trust which i ~ t he ly that th ey hav e a lobby of enormous power, and not only that, but it direct antithesis of what the machine which runs it promised it should bears out even "between the lines." The Oregonian, Portland Orezon be." • • • ' 0 ' III Its ISSUC of Junc 3, 1910 has one of the strongcst ad verti sements of You sce Dr. Lydst on of Chicago and Dr. T ilden of Denver, both T he National League For Medical Freedom" that it is possible to con­ eminent ill. D's are fighting thi s "National Health Bur eau ." They will ceive. It is certainly against the A. 1\1. A. It is a one-quarter page not allow the A. M . A by all their seducti ve wiles to use them as eat's "ad" under th e caption " Have You Protested Against The Medical paws." , Trust ?" It quotes th eir lobbying letter and reprints what was said, In Senator Owen's speech (the sponsor for t he bill) hc pointed out concerning this proposed legislation, editorially, in th e New York Herald that over 19000 cases of ty phoid fever occurred in four camps- Chic­ of May 25.It follows: "St andard Oil is a puling infant in the way of a arnaugn, Alger, Mead and Jacksonville- with 1400 deaths of th e finest trust compared with the gigantic combine for which these doctors are young men of America." Is that so? Whore were their army surgeons? working. It would create a monopoly more odious than was ever before Th ev arc accredited superior intelligence; and yet he speaks of it nearly conceived, one which would touch and control the life of th c people at all being "preventable loss." "Preventable loss" forsooth ! Presume a thousand points of contact , and-the most audacious featu res of all­ they were surgeons of eminence to lose one out of every 14 (fourteen) . would impose t he cost of its own support upon the country to t he tu nc of It was unfortunate that Mr. Owen should speak about "medical super­ hundreds of millions of dollars a year. vision" in our army . As Mr. H . B. Bradford remarks, " What do you "Some notion of what this trust would be at th c start- Heaven think of 19,000 cases of typhoid and 1400 deaths, among a picked body only knows what it might not he made to include when once firmly of young men whose daily habits were supposed to he looked after by established as a part of th e federal govern mcnt- may be gleaned from the medical men of the army? What do you think of 40% smallpox th e statement made by one of its promoters as reported in the Journal of mortality in our Philippine army soldiers in-1911,- highest ever reported ~h e .American :\Iedical Association. It would control hygience, san­ in any army- much higher than occurred one hundred years before rtatt on, food, education, immigration public and private relief labor con­ vaccination was ever heard of, and when sanitation and hygiene were ditions and a dozen other things, besides "resear ch laboratories and eqip­ unknown. 'Vhat do vou think of medical men, "army surgeons," who ment." In other words, the American people through their government practice "antiseptic s~ rgery'" and then put rotten calf directly into th e would be engaged in experimentation upon living animals- vivisection. 794 THE J OURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.

blood of sound, healt hy men, every six weeks? Yes, what do you t hink of them? Don't you think it would save millions from suffering and dis­ ease in this country to have a hungry horde of fee-seeking medical experi­ menters, (like t hose who half blinded some out of the one hundred and Adenoids sixty little orphans of St . Vincent's Home, upon whom they experimented with tuberculin recently) in absolute control of our health affairs? Could By DR. L OUISA B URNS . any rhinoceros live through all th e modern preventives of medi cal scicnce? I wouldn 't give two cents for his life after hc tried it. " (See N. Y. Her­ This paper was prepared at the request of the chairman of the sec­ ald of April 18, 1910.) tion on ear, nose and throat and it was expected that th is paper should Han. Ch..s, W.Miller recently said :"So long as the Committee deal with the experimental aspect of t he question but I have added of One Hundred was able to maintain the appearanc of being a body of stat istics derived from tb e st udy of as many as possible of the cases treat­ disinterested and patriotic persons who were genu inely concerned about ed in the clinic of the Pacific College of Osteopathy , th e welfare of t heir country, its health propaganda had excellent standing By a study of th e causes leading to changes in the general blood before the country, but now that it is known that this committee is the strea m, it has been found that an increase in the leucocyt es in the cir­ creature of th e A. M. A., I do not think its appeals on patriotic grounds culating blood depends to a large extent upon changes in t he blood will be tak en very seriously." pressure, in other words, a low blood pressure in general is associated "The storm of protest that has been aroused as a result of the pub­ with a multiplicity of leucocytes. This was demonstrated by several licity campaign conducted by the Leagu e for Medical Freedom durine experiments upon people, that is by taking people who had bony lesions the last few weeks, has probably blocked all doctors' trust legislation, of such a nature as to cause a lowered blood pressur e, making a blood so far as the present session of Congress is concerned. Still it is not yet test and finding excessive leucocytosis. Then correct the lesions, give by any means safe for the opponents of that character of legislat ion to them whatever changes are required by their conditions and the relative assume that all danger is past. The telltale letter reproduced in the number of leucocyt es becomes decreased until it approaches th e normal, Ncw York Herald, May 26, 1910 shows that the powerful organ ization average percentage. From this we may conclud e t hat th e multiplicity of the A. 1\1. A. will t ake a hand in th e Congressional Elections each fall." of the number of leucocytes is to a large extent a matter of circulation. Who wants his life jeopardized by a privilege-seeking class coated An ad enoid is a hypertrophy of what is known as the pharyngeal with avarice and greed and firmly entrenched behind a " Health Bureau" to nsil. This is a mass of lymphoid tissue occupying the vault of t he naso­ of that class? pharynx. It consists of a layer of epithelium covering a layer of small With Mr. Miller we believe that neither this measure nor any similar lymphoid nodules. It is an over activity of these glands in part which measure can pass congress at this session. And as the Journal of the gives the acute symptoms of coryza. A series of bad colds in the head American Osteopathic Association says (Junc issue, 1910) " It may not is" associated with a permanent hypertrophy, both of th e glands and of pass next session, hut it will pass unless the osteopathic practice unites this lymphoid tissue. to a man,using every influence at its command to let members of congress The adenoid experiments which were performed in the hope of throw­ know t hat people who still cherish love for liberty in matters of medicine ing some light on the nature of this inflammation, included tests made as well as in matters of religion, see possible dangers in the measure. upon about a dozen different animals and about the same num ber of The Bill gives the Secret ary absolute power of appointment of a people. The animals chosen were normal; they were cats and dogs and great. many thousand men, and all physicians and surgeons who get white rats condemned to death because they were supe rfluous. We did appointed must be in good standing with t he A. ::\1. A. Enact this not take anybody's pets and kill them for the purpose of experimentat ion. measure and all power as to the nation's health will be in t he hands of T hey were given an anesth etic of ether most commonly until they reached th is huge medical autoerueY,- and not on account of merit or efficiency, the point of surgical anesthesia.. T he anesth etic makes our results but because of numb ers. more accurate, since an animal suffering is not fit subject for any experi­ A parting word of advice: Sound your Congressional Candidate ment, as to his standing on thi s matter and accept no evasive answer. 796 THE J OURNAL OF OSTEOPAT HY. ADENOIDS. 797

The animal was anesthetized, then the nasal pharynz was exposed th em for the sake of the interference with th e breathing which would to view 1 in some cases merely by prying the mouth open and in some occur during the time of absorption. The two or three months of bad cases by' cutting the jaw away. The bony lesions were produced simply breathing would hurt the child more than is necessary. But if children by throwing tension upon either the transverse processes or the spines have adenoids removed, that is no reason why the bony lesion should of th e vertebrae wbich were to be tested. The malposition which pro­ not he corrected. That should be done at once. Why should we per­ duced the most conspieious changes was a bony lesion of the lower cer­ mit the bad circulation to go on? Every physician must act, not from vical and upp er dorsal, the Ist , 2nd, and third. The changes were a theory, not as a result of premature decision, but in accord with th e in­ dilation of the blood vessels of the naso-pharynx an d a turgid condition dividual necessity of each individual case, not forgetting ever that a of t he pharyngeal tonsil. Kot only did it become redder hut swollen few months of mouth breathing and poor nutrition, together with the up as if th ere was an exudation of lymph through th e walls of t he cap­ increased liability to infection, may be suffic ient to interfere wit h the illaries. This was the first effect of the bony lesions upon th e animals child's mental and moral development throughout his whole life time. subjected to the test. You will remember that this turgid condition of Suppose we choose the second dorsal for lesion. You hav e white the mucous membrane and the swelling is the first step in the production rami connecting with the sympathetic centers wbich control the dilation of the adenoid. of the pupil , the caliber of the blood vessels of all of the cranial mucous In case of the people, a number of people who were willing to lend membranes, that is of the Antrum of Highmore, nasal pharynx, of the themselves to this test, understanding the matter, were chosen. First mouth, bu ccal pharynx and even to some extent of the ear. You "ill we had a series of normal people, that is, people who had no lesion in get congestion of all of-these tissues as well as dilation of th e pupil. All the upper dorsal were chosen. ' We produced an artificial or temporary of these effects are slight , and I have no doubt that local infection, an lesion in th e upp er dorsal and found t hat it brings ab out a reddening or abnoraml way of using the voice, a wrong way of sitting in school, the turgid appearan ce of th e stru ctures of tbe naso-pharynx. Examine the breathing of dust, all of these factors, hav e th eir effect in the production pharynx, produce the lesion, examine again, and we get the reddened of the ao enoids.- (By special Journal Correspondent at San Francisco and turgid appearance of the nasa-pharynx. Next we chose a number of Convention.) people in th e clinic who had lesions in the upp er dorsal and cervical regions. In the case of the cervical there was not so much effect pro­ duced except in the lesion which makes contraction of the anterior cer­ vical muscles. A lesion which does not contract these muscles does not produce a great effect in the nasa pharynx, but a congestion of the brain. Examined these patients, gave a treatment and examined again.In every instance as a result of a single corrective treatment, with a varying time from a few minutes to an hour, the mucous membrane became per­ ceptibly less congeste d and less turgid. In examining the cases operated on for adenoid in our clinic during the last fours years back; in every case of a child who had adenoids, there were found lesions of the upper dorsal and cervical verte brae. In the first place, as a result of reflex action the innervation will bring about th e muscular cont raction and in this way bring about the "light mal­ position of the vertebrae. On the other hand, in st udying those clinic cases, we must recognize the fact that no doubt the existence of the ad­ enoid is in large part due to th e pre-existence of th e bony lesion. Even if it were possible to cause an absorption of these growths within a period of a few months, it would still be more honest to reman >: LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE. 799

of the Legislature. The proposed legislat ion is to the effect t hat hereaf ter no ap­ propriation of state funds be made t o any institu tion which excludes from practice within it registered physicians of particular or exclusive schools. It is the idea of the osteopaths that while the st ate has no right to interfere with Legal and Legislative th e details of th e medical manag ement of hospitals and compel them to admit osteo-­ pat hs to practice in them, it has a right to adopt legislation stopping appropriations Meeting of The Louisiana State Board. - The Louisiana State Board of of th e money of th e people to institutions managed by one class of medical prac­ Osteopaths held its annual meeting Oct . 21, at Dr. C. E . Hewes' office,in the Godchaux titioners. building . One applicant was admitted under the reciprocity clause. Reciproc ity The osteopaths t hink t hat if any institution wishes to bar any physician whom with Oklahoma was agreed upon. The following officers were elected: Dr. C. G. t he state has examined and licensed, it has a right to do so, but it has no right to Hewes, president, re-elected; Dr. Paul W. Geddes, of Shreveport, secretary:Dr. money belonging to th e citizens of th e state under such circumstances. "T. A. l\l cl{cehan, of New Orleans, treasurer. For All State Inst itutions.- The law will be broad and so framed as to include ell state institutions of every sort where physicians are employed, and also all charter­ Lectures Aga inst Medical Trusr.c-c''Every man has th e right to choose his own ed and priv ate institutions which are ever given state aid or appropriations to help ph ysician during t he hour of illness, no matter whet her t he physician bea homeopathic, maintain them. From a humanitarian standpoint such a law would help to osteopathic, Christian Scientist, or any other kind of physician," said Dr. Lewis F. alleviate suffering and to prolong life in public institutions. It would also be of great Crutcher in an address against "organized medicine" before a large audience of phy­ benefit to scientific progress, as t here would be built up side by side with medical sicians and laymen Oct . 20, at Memorial hall,Cincinnati, Ohio. "To allow a national statistics, in public institutions, official records of t he results of osteopathic treat­ health department," continued the speake r, "would lead to as much discontent as ment, both acute ~d chronic diseases. has been caused bet wen the church and th e state. It willbe taking away the people's The osteopathic. profession in Pen nsylvania and Massachusetts will also seek liberties.II similar laws in t hose states, and will invite the state homeopathic and eclectic societies "The Owen bill, which wna intro duced by Senator Owen of Oklahoma,t o have to unite with them for that purpose. a physician put in the president's cabinet, is only a political attem pt to form n 'med­ Rig, Convention In Health Ffgb.t In Kansas City.-eonserva tion of the ical trust.' ' Ve have been fight ing against t his bill ever since it originated . end will public health-by t he saving of the babies, the improvement of factory conditions, continue just so long as there are enough members in the Nat ional League of Medical the san itation of cities, the educat ion of the people, by whatever means are avail­ Freedom. able-is to be presented this month as a national issue, and an issue as important "To pass a bill compelling vaccination is unjust. Every person who objects to as those of currency, of business and of land conservation. such an operation has a perfect right, and it would be taking away one's freedom to The Transmississippi Commercial Congress, with 4,000 delegates from every make him submit to something he did not believe in. What we want is an open state west of the Mississippi and from Alaska and the island territories, will meet field, where every person may do as he t hinks best." next week-Nov. 14 to 17-in Kansas City in its twenty-second annual session. The Owen bill, declares Dr . Crutcher, W!l8 found ed by a number of political Many of its recommendations in previous years, notably th ose regarding irrigation, physicinne and fostered by th e Oklahoma senator. He contended that the American drainage, waterway development and postal savings banks, have bad their influence Medical Association had been changed to nothi ng more t han a "politica l associat ion," in national legislat ion. This year th e health of th e country and bow it should be and was only working in the interest of th ose who had a political pull. treated by state and nati on will be considered . To Drive Out Fakes.-Fake doctors win be driven out of town if the crusade Dr. ·W. A. Evans, former health commissioner of Chicago, will be one of the of the Philadelphia County Medical Society is successful. Fm.'1; steps in the crusade speakers in this discussion. Others will be Govern or Hadley of Missouri, E.W. Ran­ against these grad uates of " physical culture" schools were taken at a meet ing of the dall of St .Paul. president of t he Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company, and society in t he College of Physicians. P. D . Gold, president of the American Life Convention. Dr . A. Bern Hirsh introduced a resolution providing for action at th e second Owen will present plan.-United States Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma meeting in November, when the society will join forces with th e district attorney will address th e delegates, presentin g t he details of his plan for a federal department in a fight against the so-called "mechano-therapiata" ami others. of publi c health , with a cabinet position for th e head of the department. The op­ It was declared by physicians present that steps must be t aken to prot ect the position to the Owen plan, which was presented during th e last Congress, will also be public from fakers, who are declaring th emselves to be practicing a school "similar heard. to osteopathy." Thi s war is not directed against regular osteopaths, but agains t Prof . J . Lawrence Laughlin of the Universit y of Chicago and George M. Reynolds, fakes and irregulars of all sorts which infest the city. president of the Continental and Commerical National Bank, are among t he prin­ cipal speakers on another national issue to be brought up at the convent ion- t he Proposed Hospital Legtslarton.c-Dne of th e prin cipal matters taken up at currency reform question. Former Senator Aldrich, Champ Clark, Gov. Hadley, th e thirteenth annual convent ion of th e New York Osteopathic Society at Buffalo Gov. \V. R. Stubbs of Kansas, Gov. Lee Cru ce of Oklahoma, and \V. H . Fuqua, last week was t he proposed drafting of a bill for the int roduction at th e next session president of the Texas Bankers' association, are expected to speak on t he subject. 800 TH E JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.

It is likely t hat important amendments to the original Aldrich plan will be suggested , as t here is known to be opposit ion to certain details of t he original program . Decli nes t o Decide.- The Franklin School Board asked State Health Com­ missioner Samuel G. Dixon of Pennsylvan ia to decide if osteopaths are eligible under t he new School Code to serve as medical inspectors in t he public schools. Associations The Commissioner has rep lied that be does not care to decide t he point and suggests that it be submitted to the legal adviser of the board . Dr. D ixon lets t he Announcement.-The eighth annual convention of the New England Osteo­ matter drop by citing the fact that all inspectors shall be physicians legally qualifi ed pathic Association will be held in Boston, May 17-18, 1912. It will be the first t ime t o practice medicine." in five years that the association has met in Boston and it is planned by the va rious Dr . Henry Hoerner, who agrees to inspect pupils for 75 cents each, and his wife, committees to make it a successful meeting. Several leading osteopaths hav e already Dr. K ate W. Hoerner, osteopaths, who agrees to do the work fot 50 cents per pupil consented to contributed to the program. each, contend that, being subject to the same regulations as the physicians of other Indian a Osteopath s Meet.- The fourtee nth annual meeting of the Indian a schools t hey are eligible to fill t his position. Osteopathic Association W88 held at Denison Hotel, Indianapol is, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1911. There were a number of interesting papers read, Including, "Osteopathy as a Praphylactic," Dr. J . C. Blackman. "Vomiting, its Control," Dr. J . G. Morrison. "Chronic Gastritis,' Dr. J. F. Spaunhurst. "Dieting't-e-Fasting, Dr. Hugh Conklin,Battle Creek, Mich. Dr. Conklin's lecture was illustrated and he gave us many interesting facts re­ garding the dietitic treatment of disease. Bronchial Pneumonia . The Association appointed a committee to respond to Dr. Heath's (Indianapolis) I was called to see a child of four years and found temperature 105 degrees, attack, in a paper read before the medical society, u pon Osteopathy.-W. C. :\ f o~· flushed checks, eyes bright and restless. The child had bronchial pneumonia. I TAGUE, Secretary, Evansvi lle, I nd . immediately ap plied Antip hlogistine about t he t hickness of a dollar over the bron­ chial tubes and apices of lungs, also giving t he child thorough treatment in lower R E SOLUTIONS. cerv ical and upper dorsal reg ion. She was well in five days. \Vhereas in the death of Drs. R . H. Minnis of Shelbyville and W. A. M cConnell D. S. H ARRI S, D. O., Dallas,Texas. of Marion, we are again reminded of the uncertaini ty of life, therefore be it Resolved, by their untimely death t he profession has lost two tried and true mem­ Stor m Binder-The Fa vorite of the Medical Profession.-\Ve note wit h bers, and that we, members of the Indian a Osteopathic Association, extend our deep­ mu ch pleasure the wonderful growth of th e Storm Binder in t he favor of the medical est, sincere and heartfelt sympat hy to t he bereaved relatives, friends and co-workers, profession. From a comparatively small beginning but a few years ago the business and, has grown into a large and profitable one. D r. Kather ine L. Storm, the inventor Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to t he wife of Dr . Minnis, and head of t he concern , is to be congrat ulated on this success, which has been won and another to t he Journal of The American Osteopathic Associat ion, The Osteo­ t hr ough the worth of her binder and her fair dealings.Dr. St orm not only has t he pathic Physician, and Journal of Osteopathy. satisfact ion of having built up a paying bu siness, hut she also has the greater satis­ W.C. M ONTAGUE . faction of having scores of grateful pat ient s to whom ber name is a synonym for O. E. S MITH. relief and comfort. T he testimony of the numbers whom she has helped in various H. M. D AWSO N, Committee. conditions thro ugh t he efficacy of her excellent binder and supporter means more to Report of the Twelfth Annual M eeting of the Tennessee Association.­ Dr. Storm than any ot her phase of her success. Probably no other binder on t he The twelft h an nual meetin g of t he Tennessee Osteopathic Association was held in market has to so great a degree the favor and confidence of the medical profession. Memphis, Oct . 20-21 at Gayoso Hotel. A special feature of the occasion was a splendid The Journ al rather especially rejo ices in t he success of this woman physician . address by Dr. W. Banks Meacham of Ashvi lle, N . C .- uThe tru th abo ut Serum Therapy." Quite an inte resting program was carried out. The following officers were elected for 1912: President , Dr. E . C. Ray, Nashville; 1st Vice-President , Dr. Henry viehe, Memphis; Secretary an d Treasurer, Dr. Bessie A.D uffield, Nashville . Trustees : Dr. P. K. Norman, Memphis; Dr.J . S. Skidmore, Jackson; Dr. A. J . B arris , Nashville. Dr. J . S. Skidmore was endorsed by the association to fill the vacancy on the Osteopathic Examining Board caused by the death of late Dr. T. I", Drennan. The Memphis Osteo paths gave t he visitors a royal good time. A lun ch at the Peabod y Hotel-s two hour auto trip (in the most elegant ears the city afforded) over 802 TH E JOURNAL OF OSTE OPATHY. ASSOCIATIONS. 803

t he city and parks-followed by 8. most enjoyable course dinner in the evening. don e against the "Owen Bill." He said as a member of the regular school he believed The next annual meeti ng of t he T . O.A. will be held in May, eith er at Nashville that everyone shou ld have a right to consult any physician or emp loy any method of or Chattanooga to be decided by t ruStccS.-BES8IE A. D UF FI IC LD, D.O., Seeret erv. healing t hey saw fit. Annual Meettng of the Arkansas Association.- T he ann ua l meeting of the Dr. Harry W. Cona nt president of t he Alunm i Association of t he Meseeehusette Arkansas Osteopat hic Association was held on October 26, 1911, at Ft. Smith, in t he College of Osteopathy spok e on the "Future of Osteo pathy" and he made some strong offices of Dr. C. E . Ross. T he st ate was well represented. The following officers arguments in favor of t he cause and one of the chief points made was that osteopaths were elected for the ensuing year. President, Dr. E . H . Laughlin, of Bentonville; in Massachusetts should not be ashamed to be known 80<> osteopaths by eliminat ing Vice-President , Dr. Jeanette Miller, Siloam Springs; Secretary an d Treasurer the word from their signs or letter head s. n-.xr. W. Higgin botham, of Little Rock. ' Report of Seventh District Iowa Assoclation.- The 7th District Association The trustees are, Dr. J . A. Barnett, Rogers; Dr. B.F.M cAllister, Fayetteville ; of Iowa met in regular session in the offices of Drs. Ridgway and Spri ng in Des Moines and Dr. John Feulker, Texarkana.-Dr. J EANETTE M ILLER, Secretary. on Oct. 28. The Maryland Association l\feets.- T he M aryland Osteopathi c Association This was without question the most enthusiastic and profit ab le meeting t he held its ann ual meeting in the offices of Dr. Aloha Kirkpatrick, 319 N . Charles St., Association has ever held. The attendance also was double that of any previous Oct. 21, 1911. meet ing and t he program excelled anything of the past. This being the annual meeting, the elect ion of officers was in order. Dr Henry The Association WM especially favored in having Hon. Chas. Miller, president McMains of Baltimore was elected President; Dr. Isabel G. Eiler of Cumberland of the League for Medical Freedom, present , who gave an excellent paper showing a Vice-President; Dr. H arry D. Hurlock of Baltimore, Secretary and Treasurer . ' broad knowledge of existing conditions and a man of unusual intelli gence and fear­ The following program was next in order. consist ing of a paper on Ethi cs by Dr. less in the expression of his convictions. Grace McMains of Baltimore. Dr . E. L. Schmidt, of Frederick, gave a talk on Dr. S. S. Still, president of the Association gave an address, strongly emphasiz­ "Dorsal Lesions and Their Effects." Dr. Leonard of Balti more also gave a brief talk ing the need for educat ional publicity. The need to present to the world the prin­ on "Prin ciples of Osteopathy." This was followed by a clinic from Dr. Harrison Mc­ ciples upon which the science is based. Not with the gush of the man who "knows Mains on dislocation of shou lder . Dr. Howard 1\1. Houck of Baltimore, was elected not tha t he knows not" but one who presents our system in the light of t he intelligence to memb ershi p of the association. of the present day. Th e meeting proved to be a most interesting one, and ad journed at 5:30 P. M. Dr. Clark Pr octor of Ames spoke on " Diagnostic and Therapeutic Accessories" A banquet at the Hotel Rennert in the evening was a splendid closing feature of the and as usual spoke only what he know s and with no un certain sound . meeti ng. Dr. Leonard noted as toastmuster.c--Dn. H . D. HunLOCK, Secretary. The report of Dr. Ella St ill on the N. O. A. was t he best ever and was something October Meeting of t he A. T. Still Assodation.-At the October meeting of like reporting a Thanksgiving dinner to a hun gry man . It made those who were not t~e A. T . Still Osteopathic Association of Mussach usetts held on the 26th, Dr. George there wish t hey had been. W. ~le of Boston presented a case of hemiplegia . The meeting was a very en­ Several very interesting clinics were presented by Drs. Ridgway. J. A. Stil l, thueiastic one an d there was a general discussion of hemiplegia by the members present . Grow, and Carr ie H arvison. The legislative situation of Massa chusetts was t horoughly gone over and t he After a bountiful supper ser ved at the Y. \V. C. A. rooms, a round table waa society will work for a separate board along similar lines as the New York State Society. presided over by Dr. T hompson, and some inte resting cases were reported by Dr. It was the sense of the members to prote ct the good. Dame of Osteopathy in Mass­ CatIow of Boone, and Drs. Spring and Lola Tay lor of Des Moines, t he latter report­ achusetts in a~ l its pur ity and to fight along lines for its complete recog nit ion as a ing the birth of both twins and tri plets which recently occurcd in the Still College system of healing. A legislat ive committee was ap pointed for t he purpose of obtain­ clinic. ing a square deal in the state. T he Association was so well pleased with the meeting t hat by unanimous vote Th e starting of an Osteopathic Hospital was discussed and it was stated further it was decided to accept the invitation to hold th e next meetin g in Des Moines also . by ~embers present where money could be obtained from philanthropists who are It was universally conceeded that the unusu al success of this meeting was due to t he anx ious to see such an instit ution established in Massachusett s. untiring efforts and superior ability of t heir president , Dr. S. S. Still, and Secretary "The best Osteopathic meeting held in five years" was the concensua of opinion of Dr. Emily Fike. the members of th~ . Boston Osteop athic Society _at the October meeting, Saturday Meeting of The Los Angeles County Soci ety.- T he Los Angeles Count y 21st . Dr. O. F. Akin of Portland, Oregon was the chief speaker of t he evening. He Osteopathic Society held the regular monthly meeting, Monday Oct . 16th. spoke of "Rambles Abroad" an d he gave a discussion of the work he witnessed in Dr. Royal H. Crist presented the subject "T he Sphygmograph and the Sphyg­ ~he leading hospitals of Europe by Dr. Loren z and ot her famo us surgeons. Dr. Akin momanometer as Diagnostic Agents" giving the technique as well as showing many 15 a full-fledged osteo pat h and many of the arguments put forth in favor of osteopaths sphygmograms and giving the patients' history and sym ptoms. The speaker not were enthusiastically received by t he members . It was one of t he most practical arriving on the regular hour Drs. C. A. Whiting and R . D. Emery gave an interesting zalka ever given in Boston upon Osteopathy. demonstrat ion, with comment s, on t he use of the Sphygmomanometer. The subject Dr. A. P . Evans vice chairman of the Nationa l League of Medical Freedom in proved so interest ing and covered so much ground that the society decided to con­ Massachusetts and formerly of Kansas City, addressed the meeting of the work to be ti nue it at the next regular meeting.- L. LUDLOW H AIGHT, D. O. 804 THE JOURNAL OF OSTE OPATHY. ASSOCL-\TIONS. 805

Another Association Orga ntzed.-c-Upper Peninsula Osteopathic Association, The following interesting program was carried out: T hursd ay, October 12th, a branch of the Michigan State Osteopathic Association, has been organized and 1911, 1:30 P . 1\l.-I

phases, Dr. George W. Goode, Boston ; Adjournment until evening. 7:00 o'clock, An other Associa tion Organized In Michig,an.-A meeting of the oeteo­ Assemble in th e Banquet Hall for the best time of your life. paths of senatorial districts 14, 15, 18, and 2;) was held in Lansing for organization XEW OFFICERS ARE ELEC"I'E D.-The reports of the pres iden t t reasurer board of the Central M ichigan Osteopathic Association . Officers were elected as follows: of directors and special committees were read in full at the morning session. The President, Dr . E. A. Seely, Lansing; vice-president, Dr. Northway, ~It . Pleasant; regular professional programme was carried out in the afternoon, at which session secret ary Dr. L. D. Benedict, Lansing; treasur er, Dr. Florence Rusk, Ionia. o~ ccrs we~e elec~ed and D.ew ?ommittees appointed. A special committee was SIr A ' Vest ern Michigan Asso ciation Organtzedc--The West Michigan Osteo­ pointed t o Investigate vaccinat ion from a scientific standpoint. pathic assoc iation was organ ized Oct. 17, in t he office of Dr. P. A. Shoemaker, with The following officers were elected for the year: President, Dr. Clinton D . the following officers : President, P. A. Shoemaker ; vice president, F. Holings­ Berry of Rochester ; vice-president, Dr. Charles ' V. Proctor of Bu ffalo ' secretary G ran~ worth; secretary, Margaret Thompson; treasurer, C. N. Jennings, all of Grand Dr . E. Phillips of Schenectady; treasurer, Dr . Ral ph ' VaUacc oC' Rockport; Ra pids; committee on laws,F . Heyer, Muskegon ; C. B. Post, Greenville; O. L. board of dir ectors, Dr. Clarke F. FIetcherof New York City, R . H.Graham of Batavia , Slater, w ayland. and Charles Whit comb of Brooklyn. The next meeting will be held November 7, a ban quet at th e Pentland hotel Meeting of Com mitteemen .- The committee chairmen of the Detroit Osteo­ preceding a business session at Dr. Hollingswort h's office. pathic Society having in charge the National Osteopathic Convention to be held Meeting of The First Dis trict Iowa As..~ocia tJ o n . -A meeting of the Osteo­ in Detroit in 1912, held their second weekly meeting at the lunch roomsof th e New­ paths of the first Iowa district was held Oct. 5, at Weterlco, in the officesof D. F. C. comb-Endicott company, Oct . 21. Liffring, 407-8-9 Lafayette building. Many out of town guests were present and the The Ponchartrain hotel has been selected as the headquarters of t he convention, meet ing proved of great value to all th e members of the associatio n who were present. and th e hot el management, together with the convention committee of th e Board Dr. Della Caldwell of Des M oines, who is president of the State Osteopathic of Commerce have extended every courtes y and much material aid to t he local Osteo­ Society gave a very interest ing address. In the address was emphasized the necessity paths in their work. and aid of associat ion work in bringing practitioners int o closer relation wit h one The principal business was the filling up of the committees with members anot her. The doctor also told in a most interest ing manner of the work of the state throughout the state. The chairmen are 88 follows: association is accomplishing. Program, Dr. Frank C. Fanner, Chicago, III.; transportation, not yet named ' Exceedingly interesting talks were also given by Dr. T . C. Stevenson of Cedar arrangements, Dr. H. B. Sullivan, Dr. Rebecca B. Meyers, secretary, Dr. A. B. Ho~ Falls and Dr. X. D . " 'ilion of Manchester. Following th e talks of Dr. Stevenson son, treasurer; clinics, Dr. T. H~rroder ; press, Dr. H. Bernard; hall nnd exhibits, and Dr. " 'i!son the election of officers was held for th e ensuing year as follows: Dr. Charles A. Bennett; entertainment, Dr. G. A. Ford ; reception, Dr. Dorothy President, Dr. N .D.Wilson, Manchester, vice-president, Dr . Isadora Me­ Sellard s; banquet, Dr. w, W. Stewart ; information. Dr. Goo. Clarke; registration Knight, Oelwein, Secretary and Treasurer, DI. Ruth M . Wright, Char les City. Dr. E. D. King. ' It was decided 'to hold the next meeting in w aterloo on the fifth day of pext December. ~astern Washington Association Holds Meeting.-The regular quarterly The out of town guests were Dr . T . C. Stevenson, and S.P.T aylor of Cedar Falls, meeting of t he Eastern 'Vashin ~n Osteopathic Association was held Oct. 7, in t he Dr. F . B. Mc'I'igue and Dr. Ru th M. Wright of Charles City,Dr. Isadora Knight of assembly room of the Old National Ban k. Dr. H. F. Morse of Wenatchee president Oelwein, Dr. N-. D. Wilson of Manchester and Dr. Della ,Caldwell of Des Moines. of t he associat ion, presided. ' Report of The Weatern Pennsylvania Association.- T hat 85 to 90 per An instru ctive clinic was conducted by Dr. F . C. Jones of Sunnyside, in which cent of th e cases of pneumonia treated by osteopathic physicians are eit her aborted he presented several cases which had come from his home town .He also read a or cured, whereas only 1.5 or 20 per cent of th e cases ~reated medically are cured, w~ paper on the treatment of posterior spinal sclerosis, more commonly referred to as the startling statment made Oct. 2.5th at th e fall meetmg of the ' Vestern Pennsylvania locomotor ataxia. Osteopathic associat ion, by Dr. G. W. Bumpus, of East Liverpool, O. Osteopathy in Diseases of th e Eye was subject of an interesting talk by Dr. F. Dr. Bumpus was addressing the associat ion at its meeting in th e Fort Pitt hotel B. Teter, of Devenport. on t he subj ect " Pneumonia," and his statement was received with great satisfact ion Dr. William :\Iost, Dr. Carrie Benefiel, Dr. J . E. Hodgson and Dr. H. E. Caster by the osteopaths present, although it was rather startling to most of them. also took part in the program. Dr. Bumpus explained in detail t he osteopathic t reatment of t his disease, which A movement was started toward t he early est~b l is hment in Spokane of a . re­ has puzzled physicians for hundreds of years, and defied their best elTorts . He stnted search laboratory fitted with special diagnostical instruments and appliances. that in every case rib lesions are found, to which t he medical man pays no attention. The proposition of establishing a free clinic was discussed, and will be reoon- These lesions the osteopath, in his treatment, adjusts and the pat ient benefits imme­ eidered at an early date. . diately. He did not claim that. the benefit was immedate ly permanent, or t hat the The members and their wives went to the Silver Grill, where dinner was served . condition is immediately relieved, but showed that by a proper course of treatment, Dr. Cythia Ramsey, Ritzville, and Dr. ,V. L. Thompson, Pomeroy, also were and the necessary hygienic care and good nursing, the patient has a better chance present. for recovery than under t he old methods of treatment. The next regular meeting will be held th e last Saturday in December. There were nearly 50 osteopaths gathered in th e Dutch room of the Fort Pitt 808 THE J OUR NAL OF OSTEOPATH Y. when President C. C. 'Wright, of Charleroi, called th e meeting to order and intro-­ duced Dr. Frank Hunter Smith, or Kokomo, Ind., who gave a very interesting and instructive talk on "Osteopathic Technique," illustrating his t alk by clinical demon­ stration. Dr . Clara Morrow, of Butler, followed with a paper on "Obstetrics." The banquet W88 served at 7 o'clock. Book Reviews Fo llowing this there was a paper by Dr. O. O. Bashlin e.of Grove City, on "Emer­ gency Practice." Dr . J . W. Rob inson, of Erie, spoke on "To Be, or Not To Be." One Hundred Su rgical Probl em s.- T he Experiences of Daily discussing the future of the osteopathic science. Practice Dissected and Explained. By James G. Mumford, M. D ., Meeting, of The New Jersey Society.- For t he fourth consecutive time Dr. Visiting Surgeon to the Massachusett s General Hospit al, I nstru~tor D. w ebb Granberry, of Orange, was elected president of the New Jersey Osteopathic in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Fellow of the American Surgical Society at th e eleventh annual meeting of the society held at Achtel Stetter' s Satur­ Association, etc. Pp 354. Boston. "T.M. Leonard, 1911. day night, Oct . 7. The ell-day session of the society came to an end with a banquet T his is the third volume of t he case history series published by this and business session in th e evening. firm and t he preparation of these volumes marks a disti nct departure Other OffiCCTS elected were: Vice-president, Dr. E. F. Miner, Ru therford; secre­ in texts on medical and surgical diagnosis. Based upon the tremendous t ary, Dr. F. Myrell Plummer, Oran ge; treasu rer, Dr . R .L. Colburn, Newark; ex­ ecut ive committee, Dr. Charles E. Fleck, Orange; Dr. F.F . w ilcox, Plainfield; Dr. teaching advantage of illustratin g diagnosis and treatment by citing Melbourne Monroe, East Oran ge; Dr. C. M. Sigler, Trenton ; Dr. Edwin " '. Tate, accurate reports of actual cases, the author has selected "On: Hund:ed Newark . Surgical Cases," each one presenting "either a problem or an illustration The session was opened at 10 o'clock with a demonstration by Dr. Charles E. of important features in diagnosis and treatment." The cases ar~ so Fleck, of Orange, who delivered a lecture on applied anatomy . selected as to offer the greatest vari ety, covering in scope the affectIOns The various stages of whooping cough were dwelt on by Dr. Milbour ne Munroe, 8 u r~ery. of East Orange, who described cases which had come und er his personal observat ion. in practically every part of the body which belong to the field of Dr. Munroe mentioned tho se exercises he had found to he most beneficial to his Obviously t he adva ntages of such a book t o the student. a~ d espeCla.lly pati ents, giving demonstrations. the practitioner, cannot he overestimated. As to diagnosI.s,.It d e~l s With The necessity of the most careful physical examinations in cases of suspected and solves problems in exactly the same way as the phYSICIan will have tuberculosis of th e lungs W88 urged by Dr. Vane B. Sigler, of Trenton, who followed to solve them if he cares anything about correct diagnosis. As to treat­ Dr. Munroe . Dr. Sigler cautioned his hearers against informing the patient who was merely suspected of having the disease, until a minute examination had been ment, the book gives the methods.ideas and experience of one of.Ameriea:s made. Too often, declared th e speaker, serious results had been noted when the greatest surgeons who has every right to speak as an authority, and IS fears of the patient had been aroused. therefore of distinct value. Seattle Locals .-At the King County Osteopathic Associat ion's annual meeting, held Tuesday night, Oct. 17, 1911, t he following officers were elected for the coming A T ext Book of Medical Chemistry and Toxicolo~y . -B y James year : President, Dr. W. E . 'Valda ; vice-president, Dr. Arthur B. Cunningham ; w, Holland, M. D., Professor of Medical Chemistry an~ To x.ic~l~gy , secretary, Dr. Francis Thoms; treasurer, Dr . 11. L . Steere; Cor. secretary, Dr. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Third Revised E(htIOD. Robert s Wimer Ford. Octavo of 655 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia and London: The attendance was very good and a heavy program was out lined. w, B. Saunders Company, 1911. Cloth, $3.00 net . Me ettng of The Second Division of The Iowa Osteopathic Ass ociation.­ One of the features of this work which impresses us is that the sub­ The second division of th e Iowa Osteopathic Association held its semi-annual con­ ject matter is confined to facts of chemistry which have a dir: ct bearing vention in th e Times auditorium Saturday, Nov . 4. Other sessions were upon and are essential to a thorough knowledge of the pr~ctIC e of me~ ­ held in th e afternoon and evening. The conventions are held in rotation at Cedar Rapids, Davenport and Clinton. Dr. George St ilI, surgeon-in-chief et' th e icine. To the student this is important . Anoth er practical feature IS American School of Osteopat hy at Kirksville, Mo., was one of th e speakers. The that it combines with the regular inorganic chemistry, organic and program was arranged by th e members of th e association in Scott county. physiologic chemistry, and toxicology, all in a volume of very conveni:-nt Moming.c-Opening Address-Dr. Fred B. Deflroot,' Rock Island. "Rheu­ size, This is mad e possible by the careful omission of the non-essentials matism," Dr .Elmina Stewart , Clinto n. Discussion, Dr. I\L A. Barr, Muscatine. in each department. This, together with a convenient arrangement " Disorders of t he Liver," Dr. E . H . Beaven, Cedar Rapids. Discussion, Dr .C. C. Hit chcock, Vinton. Afternoon.e-c'Osteopathic Treatment of Acute Diseases," of the material and an authorita tive treatment of the subjects, has made Dr. Grace Urban, Maquoketa. "Constipation," Dr. 'V. M. Furnish, Tipton. Dis­ the work deservedly popular among medical schools and students. As cussion, Dr. Th omas Sharon, Davenport. "Some Interest ing Cases," U. ~1. Hibb its , a text, the book has proved very satisfactory. Gri nnell. Clinics--CO ndueted by Dr. Ceo. Still. "Gynecology," Dr. George Still. ...p_~ ~4 =. ~ t - -rtt lY e , 810 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY. BOOK HEVIEWS. 811

A Text Book of Physiclogy.c--for Medical Students and Physicians. uable new features have been incorporated . As capitals are employed By William H. Howell, Ph.D., M. D. , Professor of Physiology, Johns only in connection wi th proper names, it furnishes an accurate guide Hopkins University, Balt imore. Fourth Edition, Revised. Octavo 1018 pages, fully illustrated. Phil adelphia and Lond on: W. B. to capitalization. Besides the inelusion of Veterinary and Dental Saunders Company, 1911. Cloth, 54.00 net; BaH Morocco, $5.50 net. terms , dosage and therapeutic t ables are added features. Short medical The generous reception which has been accorded this work speaks biographies, giving the full name, nationality, specialty, dates of birth eloquently as to its chara cter. When one considers the great amount and death of men whose names have been given to diseases, structures, of experimental work in physiology which is being constantly done, no pro cedures, etc., and biographic sketches of the so-called "fathers of med­ text book can remain up-to-date without frequent revision. This volume icine," are new and both valuable and interesting. There is little in­ of experimental work also makes evident the fact that to present a re­ formation one could demand from a medical dictionary which cannot be vision which is worth while, involves a stupendous amount of work. It found in a "Dorland." means not only to be in touc h with all the current literature, but a care­ ful sifting of it so that any changes or additions to the work may be con­ A Text Boo k of the Practice of M ed lcl n e.c--Bv James M. Anders, M . D ., Ph.D., LL.D. , Professor of the Theory and Practice of Med­ fined to proved physiological facts. In his characteristic conservative icine and of Clinical Medicine, Medico-Chirurgical College, Phila­ manner, the author has accomplished this, and combined with the many delphia. Tenth Re vised Edition. Octavo of 1328 pages, fully other excellent features of previous editions which have been retained, illustrated. Philadelphia and London : W. B. Saunders Company, this fourth revision places before students and practitioners one of the 19l1. Cloth, $0)50 net ; Half Morocco, $7.00 net . best texts on physiology in print. That this book has passed to the tenth edition, is at once evidence of its genuine merits. As it is, it is a well ordered arrangment of a mass Talks with women Co ncerrring Themselves.c--By E. B. Lowry, of practical information on the subject of medical practice. Special :M. D ., author of "Confidences," "Truth, " etc. Pp . 221. Chicago. emphasis is placed upon diagnosis, and t he differentiation between dis­ Forbes & (',0 . 1911. Price 51.00 net . eases is further simplified by tabul ating side by side the symptoms of the In line with other books of the same nature and by t he same author, disease under discussion and tho se of simulating diseases. More than addressed to boys and girls, and which we have reviewed in another the usual amount of space is devoted to the et iology, pathology and treat­ issue of the Journal, this book deals with what every woman should know ment of the various diseases, which is a feature also worthy of special with regard to the structure of her body and its proper care. That an mention. The general excellence of the work leads us to say with­ amazing amount of ignorance exists even among parents with regard to out doubt it is one of the best works on Practice of Medicine in these matters, every physician knows, and a hook such as this, has a print. But one is made to wonder how long it will he before authors of distinct mission in the hands of the layman. It contains a lot of scien­ such text books will have been suffic ieutly convinced as to the possibility tific information in language a layman can understand. of a mechanical etiology in certain diseases in order to give it proper recognition in their books. Take Sciatica for example. A discussion Dorland's American Ill us tra ted Medical Diction arv.- A new of the undoubted influence which a subluxated innomin ate or a relaxation and complete dictionary of terms usedin Medicine, Surgery: Dentistry, of th ~ ligaments of the sacro-iiiac joint, has upon the causation of this Pharmacy, Chemistry, Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, Biology , and trouble, has gone t he rounds of the medical press during the last year. kindred branches; with new and elaborate tables. Sixth Revised Edition. Edited by \V. A. Newman Dorland, .M. D. Large octa vo Not only have osteopaths recognized this fact from the very first but of 986 pages, with 323 illustrations, 119 in colors. Containing over they have been steadily obtaining almost uniform good results from the 7000 more terms than the previous edition. Philadelphia and Lon­ manipulation of t hese structures into their normal relation.Medical don: W. B. Saunders Company, HUt. Flexible Leather, 54.50 net; men of reputation in both Euro pe and America have amply verified these thumb indexed, 55.00 net . contentions during tb e last few years and in view of these facts it would Our readers will need no introduction to this work as it has long been be particular ly refreshing to see due recognition given this additional recognized as one of the best standard medical dictionaries in print. In etiology. It certainly would be worthy of such a splendid work as this this new edition the entire material has been reset and a number of val- to lead in taking cognizance of such unquestioned facts . While we must ADVERTISING SECTION. 813 812 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPAT HY. . 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S., '''n: Surgeon and joint lecturer on Surgery to St. Thomas Hospital, London, Therapeutic Lamp Hunterian Professor of Surgery at the Roy al College of Surgeons of In all four comers of the ea rth this lamp ha s England, etc., and Edred 1\1. Corner, xt. A.,.M , D" M.C., F. H, C. S., made photothe rapy a practical a nd proOt&ble Surgeon in charge of Out patients and the Surgical Isolation Ward s as sls tlm t to the physician. to St. T homas Hospital, London, Lecturer on Practical Surgery, etc., etc , Illustrated, Second Revised Edition and Enlarged. Pp . xv-291, We will . ladJ, se nd you wil bo ut cbara e full In forma tion re lil:ardin lil: th o Lellc:odelu Dl, al so 11 New York. William Wood & Co. 1911. bulle tin of In \l?reBtlnlr cli nic al re po rts , In the preparation of this work the authors have endeavored to present comprehensively and thoroughly every surgical aspect of their subject . Osteopaths will be especially interested in the chapter dis­ Send for the n ew cussing the indications and advisability of "The Early Operation." Th ere I ~ ete rnal body- wuste l\lwa,Vs, a:oi nt;:' Oil, The accumulation of clinical evidence in the osteopathic management of Leucodescent Chart An cver-eecu mulauoe o f th is polso n mean s nerv e ex haustion. 1>rul[ S ca n not drive it out, Take l ~ ove r a do ze n la re:e Illu st re ttc ue, li thogra phed scie ntific T urki sh Hath lit ho me a t cost of on ly zc. a t hese cases seems to fully justify their position with regard to immediate ba th , by mea ns of the surgery. Osteopaths will contend that when these cases are reached In se ven colors. This IB Il. pictoria lly In­ sreocuve encyclopedia of the a natomy a ud Robinson Tu rkIsh Bath Cabinet early enough, in the great majority of cases the necessity for radical IlDd feel the rapid change In you r co nditi on In side ot ph )'slolo&,y ,of th e hu ma n body a nd t he a p­ 30 mi nu te s. It bas prod uced aston ishing resul~ s In treatment can he entirely avoided and t he chances for a subsequent plication of Ua:bt and color as therapeutic men and women, ue rv ousfy exhausted and alfh cted wit h rh eum a tism . blood, stomach , aud other troubles. attack very much lessened. However, no matter what variance in eeene . Limited suppl)o' of tbese charts I' romlnen t physicla u! in ma ny cases a re eba ndc nt na drulil:s for tbis new treatmen t , THE RO B I NSO~ opinion there may be, t he position the authors assume must be considered Nlldy for immedia te shipme n t. 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______1 ADVERTISING SECTION. 817 The Osteopathic Journal 1911 " Review Week" FOR NOVEMBER

THIRD ANN UAL M EETING. Contains the two notable articles on Osteopathy by Dr. Alexander Bryce, M . D ., Glasg ., D . P . II., Ce mb., and Dr. Walter Whitehead , F . R . C. S., F. H.. S., DECEMBER 18 TO 23, INCLUSIVE Edin., wit h suitable preface. T he articles have been carefully edited and they constitute t he best recogniti on Osteopathy and Osteopathic methods ha ve ever T he las t Holiday Review f OT some time, if not forever . Co m bine a Pl eas. received nt t he hands of regular medicine. ant r est with a week of va luable instruction.Even if yo u can ' t co m e r ead this over a n d see what is being don e by the m en in the A. S. O. It Is the Best Literature l or Di stribution Osteopathy a nd Orthopaedics. Surgery an d Current Topics. Because it "ill in terest the best people in your community, whose patrona ge ~I. ~I. GEO. ),1. L AUGH Ll X, B. S . D ., D.O., GEO. A. STILL, 8 ., D ., D . O. you want. No one can read these articles without being impressed with 8. greeter . ,PrOf. Osteo pathic Practi ce at A. Surgeon at A.S. O. for the past six years. respect for Osteop athy and t his pamphlet is deserving of the widest possible , S. O. for the past eight years . circulation. ~ 'Wh en t he first attempt W88 made three years ago to condense mon ths and in­ deed years of work into a week, and to present it to "m any men of many minds " Send Two Cent Stamp lor Samp le failure was prophesied, especially as to t he possibility of satisfying so many different ind.ividuals, with .80 many different opinions. But certainly no two more un iversally satisfacto ry meetm gs were ever held than th e first two Review Weeks. Every on e The Journal of Osteopathy Publishing Co. was sat fsfied, One man, who when in school was known as a "chronic kicker" wrote back Kirksville. Missouri "I don't know how you could please us al l, but you did, and by the end of the week: every one there felt he owed you money ." Ano ther man wrote from Pennsylvan ia : "T he lecture on fractures alone was worth the money, and t he trip." Another student, two weeks after "Review Week" went clear to Utah to see a brother in t he hospital wit h " blood poison" on whom t wo operations had already been performed, and condition getting worse da ily. The treat ment of septic infections as described by Dr. Georg e St ill during the course was instituted wit h immed iate Check for $9.00 should accompany order for r eservation. $10.00 will improvement an d curly cure. be the charge to those not paying in advance. Advance pay saves you a NO TE:-Necessarily, only the briefest outline can be given of t he work, but d oll ar a nd us the bother on opening day. actua lly every subject mentioned on the cards ret urn ed will be given some time. Not ify us, if for any reason you can't come, an d money will be refunded. Notice . Although this program will be adhered to as nearly as possible, the righ t is re­ must be sent before the first day of the meeting, however. served to tuake any ' necessary cha nges. Last year we might have had 50 or 60 more if we had admitted seniors, but Probably one or two hundred clinics will be shown in t he course of our work. they were invited not to come. Remember t his is a I'P. G." Review W(,'Ck, Cor P . Patients wishin g Osteopathi c Examinati on and Diagnosis may have same made G!s, and the seats are yours. Cree by Dr. Laughlin during t his week by going before the assemb led j)hysicians. If you have neve r attended you can't afford to miss this one; if you ha ve, we Also a limited number of illustrati ve surgical cases will he han dled without know you'll come if you can . other than the hospital fees; the surgical tee, Cor the week, being entirely rem itted. All letters should be addressed to, Of the mun y dozens of open operations operated on at the A. S. O. Hospital DR. GEO.ST ILL, Box 64, K irksv ille, Mo. hy Dr. George St ill at Review Weeks and State and Missouri Valley and Nationa l For the first time, a "certificate" will be issued at this session. conventio ns, n ot on e has ever died or even had a wound infection. (One day one year, 23 were performed ra nging from enlarged tonsils to sarcoma of the utcrus.) Attends Meeting in Chicago,-Dr. Carrie Mu ndie attended a meeting of Those practitioner s wishin g to have cases operated on at t his time and und er the Chicago and vicinity Osteopaths held at the Colonial Club H ouse the 1st of Nov. these conditions, must make arrangements in advan ce. " Private Examinations will be made by either Doctor for $2 to $5 each. Phy.. sieians examined free , I ADVERTISING SECTION. 819 ,...; . Successful in Over 16,000 Cases I I l IT H O steo path ic Phy sicians who kn.ow its wOf!h. the VV Sheldon Spinal Applia nce has become an Im l?0rtant adjunct in their treatment of the various forms of spina l trouble. Personals The judgment of these physi cians who .fi! t ~ e Shel- don Appliance in cases of spinal weakness, Irritation Gave Talk Before Soci ety.- Dr. Harry J. Reinecke of Chicago gave u pr ac­ tical t alk on Osteopat hic Technique as applied by the Albright tab le, before the and curvature, has been justified by our. record of successfully treating over 16,000 cases In the meeting of the Boston Osteopathic Society. The demonstrat ion was one of t he nest ever given in Boston and showed the simplest osseous correct ion. T he doctor corected past ten years. a number of lesions in presence of t he memb ers an d did some excellent work. An If you are not acquaint ed with the open parliament followed the lecture and Dr . Reinecke answered many questions put to him to the satisfaction of all present, . Atten ded Meeting of Osteopaths.-Dr. George 'V . Goode of Boston , attended Sheldon Spinal Apptianee th e meeting of t he New York City Osteopathic Society . . n' t this record of successful result s, obtained by brother pract itioners Captu red a Porcupine.-Warren, Pa., coon hunte rs are not meet ing wit h any ;~ all parts of Am erica. worth co nsidering seriously? . Isn't it a. recohd great amount of success. Recently a party of which Dr. Siler was the lead er hied them­ which makes desirable your own personal acquaintance Wi th t e selves to th e tall timbers in quest of the sleek animals. Th ey succeeded in treeing a Sheldon A ppliance? . coon and then proceeded to draw lot s to determine who should climb the tree and T he Sheldon A ppliance is light, co mfortable.. cool, hu~ane-yet I t shake Mr. Coon to the wound. Dr. Siler drew the unfortunate lot an ti he accordingly gives all the required support to the affected spine and. brings .ge n t ~e pressure just

Removal Notice.- Dr. H. G. Rolf, who has been pract icing in Colorado Springs has removed to Mcf' herson, Kansas, and opened offices in the Gu..tefson and Carl- son Building. . Op ens Branch Offlces.c-Dr. W. Art hur Smith of 229 Berkeley Street, Boston, Maas., has opened brunch offices at Norwood and Somerville. Associated in PractJce.- Dr. J . A. Zwecker of Norfolk Downs, 1\1885., has opened fL Boston office at 149 Tremont ,Street, where he is associated wit h Dr. C. Hoy Clemens. Reads Pa per.- Dr. E. II. Beaven of Cedar Rapids, Iown, read a paper before the second district convention of the Iowa Usteopnt hic Association, November 4th. The conventio n was held at Davenport , Ia. " Dr . Gould has come to be known " His dictionaries are known th e wide Ideal Place to Visit in Summer.- Dr. Florence A. Covey of Portland, Me., by th e medical profession as f aci le world over, and have come in many one of t he associate editors of th e American Osteopathic Association, writes "This p rinceps a builder of good medical places, to entirely supplant those of is the place to visit in summer. Each year thousands visit Maine during the summer. dictionaries." all ot her compilers." We have been favored with a numb er of D. O's. th is year . Dr. Frank P . Pratt and wife visited our canst just before he went abroad to study. Dr. Viola D . Howe ent er­ Ov er 305 .000 copies nave been Sold. tained t he following: . Dr. Clam: T. Gerrish of Minneapolis, Dr. H. II. Fryette and wife of Chicago, and Drs. Emma Devries and Laura Hewkens of Washin gton . Dr. The Definition of OSTEOPATHY given In Dr. Gould 's Dlc­ Fryette and wife were seeing the country in their motor car. Dr. R. L. Beeman, tionaries has been prepared by the Committee on Osteo­ wife and child, and Dr. Lul a Pemberton of New York City visited Portl and in t heir pathic Terminology of the Ameri canOsteopathic Association touring car . Dr.S. C. Matthews and wife 'Visited New Hrunswiek and Maine. Drs. Otis F. Akin and Mabel Akin dined with the Osteopaths of Portland, Maine, and " T he Student's Medical Dictionary." Illustrated. Dr. Ot is Akin gave a splended address concerning his recent studies. Dr. A.. E. Eleventh Edition. Illustrated. With Tabl~ of the B a ~ill i, M i crococe i ~ Leuko­ Chittenden and wife have located in Portland, and Dr. C. H . Bernard and Dr. Jos­ mains, Ptomaine, etc. Arteries, Muscles, Nerves, .Ganglia and Plexuses, Mineral ephine Bernard have located in Lewistown, Me. ..We hope the Ost eopat hs will always Springs of t he U. S., etc., and a new table of Eponymic Terms and T ests . Rewritten, huntus up when in Maine." Enl arg ed and Improved. 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Flex­ but have been informed t hnt Dr. Almeda Goodspeed of Chicago, Illinois, is now Dr. ible Leath er,Gilt EdgE' S, Round Comers. $4.00, th u mb 't'1l tlex ed , $4.50 . ThIO~t: Almeda Goodspeed-Dolo of Winuetk a, Illinois. h. .' The Iltusr ra ttous in this boo k . of which the re a re n1?Ou t 300. are extrem ely pmcti'?h!' of tbe Bones. xtusclee. Serves. etc.. wh en taken tOli:etber. wl tb the anatomtcal table s" te n tIe) Resumes Winter Pracrlce.c-Dr. J. C. Herman, who practices .at Magneti c Ill uarra te will I ~ fou nd to he pa rticularly us etul tor re fe rence a nd fo r memort atn e . T here are ~~ CUIS ot the uo ues. 31 ot the Muscles , 21 of Ne rves. 18 ot .Jolnts, 3 ot the Hea rt. l O ot Ll eam eute, 1 ~ Springs, Ohio, during t he summer and at Dayton a, Florida, during t he winter opened ot Pel\·ia. a pla te eac h of the Skeleto n. the Ve in s. tJle arte rtes . etc .• 31 cu ts ot HandaiCS' t20?t U' .' his office in Florida t he first week in November. nary Sediments. l Oot Po st ures, 6 0t Moto r P oin ts . 6 of SUfli:lc.a l K nots. 8 of Hern ia . 21 0 Suture s, 2 ot 'rcneue. 4 ot Ursin. aud many oth ers. Dinner Given in lI onor of Dr- ..Al;dn.-::-Dr. O. F. Akin of Portl and, Oregon, " T he Pocket Pronouncing Medical Lextcon," 34,OOO.Medlca~ \Vords. Sixth addressed a meeting of t he Portland Osteopat hs at the Congress Square hotel follow­ Edi tion. The system of pronunciation used in this book IS very Simple, and. .th e ing: an impromptu lunch which was arranged in honor of the docto r who is on his way definit ions are arra nged in a form most convenient for . reference and mernorramg. cast. He has been st udying in Europe and was a student of Dr. Lorenz, one of t he T hin 64mo (6x3 3-4 inches); xx -1- 1005 p ~es : qontammg m ~ny useful T abl.es greatest bone specialists of the world. Dr. Akin spoke of the more important sub­ and Dose Lists for Physicians. and for Veten nanans:. Fu ll Limp Leather, Gilt jects in connection with the profession. -: Ed ges, Round ed Cor ners, $1.00 ; thumb i fHlexed, $1.2;). Th ose seated at the tables were: Drs. Mary W. Day, Sophro nia T. Rosebrook, Viola Howe, A. E. Chittenden, George M. Whibley, George II . Tutt le,' Louise Bagley, Florence A. Covey and O. F.Akin. , p, BLAKISTON'S SON & CO" Publishers Again in the Practice.-Dr.M. E . Corb in hns taken the practice of Dr . J. 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Stopped on 'Yay lIome.- Dr LeRoy Smith of Portlan d, Oregon, stopped in Kirksville, November 6th, on his way home from St. Louis. The Total Energy Value June Graduate Visits Kirksvilte.-e-Dr . Chas. Alexander of th e June ' 11 class, A. S. O. spent several days in Kirksville the first of the month. While here he inform­ (,.'(1 us that he intended to close his office in Centralia, Ill., and return to Charleston, of One Ounce Ill. J oins Brother in Practfcee--Dr. Jennie E van s, graduate of the Ameri can OF BORDEN'S MALTED MILK School of Osteopathy, clnas 1001, and who has since that ti me maintained offices at G04 H amilt on Building , Akron, Ohio, will after Xnvcmber 20th be in t he offices of her brother, Dr. A. L. Evans, M iami, F lorida . Miam i is a beautiful lit tle city of IS 122 LARGE CALORIES 10,000, on the cas t con..st, with excellent climate and beuuti ful surrou ndings which wit h accom modations offered have caused it to become widely kn own and patronized as This is more than double the ENERGY VALUE of a favorite winter resort . Dr. Evans is leaving an excellent practice, th e result of te ll yenra of consist ent work . Arra ngements have been made whereby Dr . J . "r. the same amount of BEEF, EGGS, or COWS' MILK P atterso n, 520-30 Second Nationa l Building will occupy Dr. E van's form er offices in the H amilton Building. Full analysis, with table of Caloric Values, mailed Returns from Hunrtng Party.-Dr. W. R . Bynrs of San Diego, Cnl., has physicians upon request. returned from a vacation spent with a hunting pnrty in the vicinity of Prescott, Arizona. While th ere he visited the famous United Verde Copper mine at J erome. T his is one of the largest copper mines in the Un ited States and is owned by Senato r Mnlted Milk Department. Clark. He 'writes, "1 had a great time and am now back at work ." BORD~N'SGOND~NS~DMILK GOM~ANY Visits Former Horn e.- Dr . B. J . Mavity of Nevada, 1\10., has return ed to his work after a vacation spent in visiting many points in Illinois where he formerly N~W YORK. lived. Seek Larger Ffeld .c--Drs. Hobert and Edna Ashcroft of Kingston, Ont ., have opened offices in .:\lontreal at 80'2 Dorchester Street, West , a nd will confine their practice in Kingston to three days a week . Father of Osteopa th Dles.-Dr. W. W. Blackma n has the sym pathy of the profession, especially in the state of Georgia, where he is so well known, in the death X-RAY PROTECTION of his father, Mr. F. G. Blackman , \vhich occured at his home 172 Capitol Ave., Oct. HI, 1011. Scheidel-Western T b Stand Latest Protection U Spent Vacatio n in Colorado.-Dr. Nellie Ferry, mother and son, Ralph, e spent the latter part of t he summer in Colora do . Dr Fe rry is associated in practice ADVANTAGES, with her brother, Dr . B. J . Mavity , at Nevada, Mo. (J) It affords absolute prot ection to Another Remova l Nottce.c--Dr . George W . Mc pherson, formerly of Clare operator from Ray. mo nt, N . H ., has locnted at 414 :\l acK ay St., Montreal, Canada. He is succeeded (2) One-half inch GI..ASS protection at Claremont by Dr. Ralph W. Hopkins of Cambridge, Mass. sh ield a ro un d t ube . Passed State Boa rd .- Dr. Ernest R. Humphries, graduate of t he J une class, (3) Gives compressi on. and Br ass cyltn­ A. S. O" passed the sta te board of Massachusetts and ha s opened an office at 276 der out secondary ray. etc. For the physician u-..ing X·Hay, this is one of th e "Rarest of H igh St., Holyoke, Mess. Bargains " ever offe red. Price. complete as Returns B orn e.- Dr. Joan C. :\Ic.-\lIist er of Gu elph , Ontario, Can., who spent illustrated, 550.00. the past mon th in Kirksville. returned to her hom e Nov. Stb. Write us for particulars rega rd ing our In­ Retu rns From Business Trip.-Dr. H. C. J ohnson of Quincy, Illinois, has terru ptless )lachine and Suit Case Por table ; in fa ct an ything that you ma v desire to pur­ returned from a t wo week's bu siness trip in Mississippi and other sout hern states. chase in X-Ray or Hlgh- Irequen cy Apparatus. lie expects to take a t rip to Minnesota very soon . Will Take Post Graduate Course.-Dr. Jennis L. l\Iason who recently grad­ Se netuet- w est er n X-Ray ColI Co. uated from the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy , and successfully passed the 411-419 South J eff e rson Street C HICAGO. ILL. Massachusetts board of registrat ion of medicine is taking n post graduate course in Re presented in a ll Principal Citi es. Los Angeles, California. La reest x xclustve Manu facturers or X·Ray Apparatus In the world . ADVERTISING SECTION. 825 824 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.

Anot her College Romance.- A romance which had its beginnin g in the Phila­ is a powerful,non-toxicantiseptic. delphia College of Osteopathy culminated Oct . 28th, in the wedding of Dr . Ira Walton Drew, formerly of Burlington and now of 1605 North 16th Street, Philadelphia, and It is a saturated solution ofboric Dr. Margaret Spencer of 1805 Korth 15th Street, t he same city. The wedding was acid, reinforced by the antiseptic properties of ozoniferous a very quiet one. oils. It is unirritating, even when applied to the most In Kirksville Fo r Trea t m ent.- Dr . Catherine Compton of Beeville, Texas, is in Kirksville for osteopathic treatment. During her absence her office is occupied delicate tissue. It does not coagulate serous albumen. by Dr. E llen Church of San Antonio. It is particularly useful in the treatment of abnormal con­ Form Partnership.- Dr. F . O. Edwards, Dr. J . L. Moore, and Dr. Kath erine ditions of the mucosa, and admirably suited for a wash, Moore, formerly of Pacific Grove, Calif., have formed a co-partnership and have gargleor douche in catarrhalconditions ofthenose andthroat. opened an office in San Jose. Read s Paper Befor e W. C. T .U.-Dr. Carrie B. Stewart of Detroit, Mich., There is no possibility of poisonous effect through the recent ly read a paper before the central W. C. T.U., on "Drugless Therapy in Treat­ absorption of Listerine. ment of Tuberculosis." Old est Mem ber of the G. O. A. Dies.- Dr. C. A. Breach, the oldest member Listerlne Dermatic Soap is II bland, un irritllt ing and remarkably efficient soap. of the G. O. A., and greatly respected by the entire profession, died at his home at The important funct ion which the skin pertonns in the maintenance of the personal health may easi ly be impaired hy the use of an impure soap, 01' hy one containing insoluble matter 41 Colquitt Ave., Atlanta, Oa., J uly 5th of bronchial pneumonia . Dr. Elizabeth which tends to close the pores of the skin. and thus defeats the object of the emunct ories; indeed . Breach, who was associated with her father in pra ctice opened an officeat33 East Fair skin diseases may be induced. and existi ng disea se ~ re a tl y aggravat ed hy the U5e or an impure Street. or irrit ating soap. W hen it is to be used in cleansing .. cutaneous lIUrface affect ed by diseese, Remove to More Commodious Quar ters .- In order to secure larger and it is doubly important that a pure soap be selected , hence Listerine Dennatic Soa p will prove an dfect:ive adjuvant in the gene ral treatment prescribed lor the relief of various cutaneous dis eases. more commodious quarters, Drs. Walter Jay Ford and Roberta Wimer Ford of Seattle, Washington, have moved t heir offices from the Alaska Building to the new eighteen " 11. 1"loi6.,"'7 A ~ " ..n ..I Li.,.ri".. .. " 128·.,," ,...... Al., J.,cri.tiw ..I tA. ",,'iM.,ic, ..,,11 i"Jie,,';~ ;u .,iIJty ill mu/ictJ. sto ry Lloge Building, which is one of t he finest and most modern office buildings in ....,.c. l . "J Juot..l . r.." iN • ..."" 6. "..J . /l.." ../l/lli<:..,ioll 10 ,,,. ..."j.cl. r.r.. L.",6.,., PJ"U'.. ..cm Co., S rWo' L...... M~u.ri. the North Wcst. Drs. Ford will occupy a corner suite of six well lighted , front rooms, loal ,Ao H., oJ w rtiu....' ..I L;31oriIM ~ •••• • •• • •• ••• which were designed and constructe d according to their own plans; t hereby making well equipped Osteopathic offices. Ca lled a t J ournal Office.- Dr. Isabel Abild, member of th e '09 class, A. S. 0 ., who fomerly practiced at \Vakonda, S. D., is in Kirksville for a month 's visit . She LOOMIS recently made the Jour nal office a very pleasant call. Sells Practi ce.-Dr. Nora B. Pherigo of Fulton, Kentucky, has sold her prac­ t ice to the Drs. Martin of Central City, Ky ., and will be associated wit h Dr. Evelyn SUIT CASE R. Bush at t he Bush Sanatorium in Louisville, Ky. Attended Sta te Meeting.- Nine osteopaths of Rochester atte nded the annual TABLE meeting of th e New York Osteopathic Society in Buffalo. They were Dr . Clinton D. 58.00 a n d $12.00; Uph ols t ered Berry, Dr. Gertrude Berry, Dr. Ra lph H . ' Villiams, Dr. n. A. Whitefield, Dr . John $4.00 extra. P. Chase, Dr . Rose Breistenst ein, Dr . H . A. Thayer, Dr. Helen Thayer, Dr . Lillian We h ave some fine Ge rm a n B. Dailey. S KELE T ONS Osteopaths Marry.- Dr. Mabel A . Stephenson and Dr . Dale \V. Thurston, for sa le at righ t pr Jces both of Los Angeles, California, were married October 28t h. More than four hundred guests were in attenda nce at th e marriage, which took place in t he First United Presby­ Dr. S tlll's P r actice terian Church. $6.00 to ~ 8 . 0 0 New Doctor for Dillon. Mo ntana .- Dr. H. T. Ashlock, who has practiced A.S .O. BOOK CO.. ••Cooper·· K I RKSVIL LE, MO• Osteopath y in Butte for several years hca located permantly in Dillon with offices at th e corner of Bannack and Washington streets,-formerly occupied by the late Dr. J. L. Jones-e-Dt. Ashlock has been in active practice to, more t han twelve years; A Manual of Osleopathic Gynecology Studies i~ the Osteopathic Sciences is a grad uate of the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, :\10., former member volume I-"Bsldc P rtociplelll ," P ri ce ' 4.00. N o w of the faculty of the Milwaukee College of Osteopathy and was president of the Mon­ By PERCY H. W OOD A LL , M. D., D. O. 00 8ale. v ot u me I1-"The x er-ee C-f'nten ," In pre pII. rll.tIOD. Price $".00. Volu me 111-" The tans Osteopathic Association in 1908-9. The docto r believes t hat Dillon has a great Second ed ition P rice $3.50 . I'hysloloJ{Y o r Con8CloUlloeils.'· 10 preparation. futu re and has already become a booster for the city he has chosen for his new home. Price $4 00. AdYance Bub iIC ript lo nll wlll be re­ Recom m en d ed aa Text Book by ..... S. 0 celn do lo r V018. II a nd I II a.t the ra te o r $5.00 lo r the two b oo s e, paya ble when 300 aubscrf ptlona For ee le by a n thor, ban been eecereed. Address MISS M. T. BURNS. BIRM INGHAM, A L A BAMA l'adfl.eCoU('l' e o r Ollteopatb.r, LOB ADgelee, Cal. ADVERTISI.'lG SECTIO:\, 827 826 THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPAT HY.

Talk an d Demonstrati on Before Leagu ec-c-Dj-, George W. Reid of \\'or­ cester, M nss., gave an interestin g t alk on Osteopathy before th e Men's League at Brookfield, ')Iass. Dr. Reid demo nstrated th rough Leo Miller, who has been taking osteopat hic treatment, various muscular exercises of th e diaphragm, which were calculated to act upon t he nerv es of t he stomach and bowels, and to relieve ailments of these organs as well as the liver and spleen. One phase of the t alk, touching the matter of fallen arches, seemed to interest his audience as much as any portion of th e address. Lectu red Before Jurors.- An interestin g feature occurred in the Beaver County Court room when Dr. Hendrik Olson of Rochester, Pa ., gave a lectu re on anatomy to the jurors who were hearing t he Charles Lohry vs . Ambridge Economy Brewing Company case. The plaintiff was suing for damages for injuries to his foot resulting BOVININE from t he wheel of a heavy wagon belonging to th e defendant passing over that member of his body. Dr. Olson displayed a skeleto n foot and leg including the knee joint. BOVININE supplies all this as no Beef Extract' can. . It lIe first explained to the jury the intricate workings and th e realtion between each raises the Opsoni c Index t o normal standard and prevents and every part. By demonstration the physician illustrated how the severa l parts chronic in validism. of t he foot divid e upon the weight of t he body resting upon it. The jurors listened with intense interest as well as those who were in the court room at th at tim e. Im­ BOVININE is not only a perfect nutritive. tonic in itself, but mediately following t he lecture Dr. Olson, who examined t he foot of th e plaintiff, being rich in elementary iron and all essential element,s. nece~­ was erose examined by the counsels of both sides as to th e position and result of the sary for complete cell recon structio? and nutntI~n, It injury. By use of th e skeleton th e witn ess wasable to show clearly the exact condition. re-establishes com pletely normal metabolism, thus assunng a He further told why the injured foot could not beused as had been before th e accident. quick recovery from all wasting diseases, A n ~ lJ n ~ Honor t o Woman Osteopath.- To ~ Irs . Dr. Mary E . Peck, osteo­ path physician of San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded the first August prize, the Wr i te (or Sa mpl e, a l so f or one of ou r new Glass (s te r i liza ble ) To ngue Depressor s third grand prize and t he ladies' grand prize by Field and Stream for prowess as an angler . 'This multitude of honors have been heaped upon Dr. Peck because she THE BOVININE COMPANY landed with rod and reel, unassisted by net or otherwise, a Xorthcrn Pike which 15 West Houston sr., Ne'W' York. City weighed 16 1-2 pounds, 3 feet .5 inches long and 17 inches in girt h. This places her among t he champion women anglers of t he United States. She caught the fish in August while at Lake Mary, :'tHch. Mrs. Peck is a members of the '02 class, A. S. O. Na rrow Escape for Oste opath .-o. J. ~L Favorite and wife of Penis,Calif., Our Big Catalog FREE I'ARE had 3, very narrow escape recently, while driving in their auto ncar Urbita Springs. YOU INTERESTED ASK FOR IT NOW. , I N PR IC I'A m:-;a FOR A When attempting to cross t he railroad track ncar that place th e engine in the auto went dead and the car sto pped right on the track. Just at that time the Sout hern ONLY $1.0 0 State Board Examination? Pacific tra in came in sight but. was too close to be stopped and the occupants of t he If so, write for booklets and literature car jumped to save themselves . Puts this Magnificent descriptive 01 my STATE BOARD PR E­ Accompanying Mr. and :\Irs. Favorite was l\Irs. Calvin Crawford, an osteo­ Cuckoo Code in Yow PAR ATO R Y COU HSE . D uring the past Hom e. 8 years, I have prepared about 3000 candi­ pathic physician.When the engine hit the mach ine it was t urned over and struck A Petfectl"ime.J.:eeper. c.mnli! the Hour and the dates for t he vario us Stat e Board, Army & Dr . Crawford , who was th e last one out of the machine, rendering her unsconscious. Half.How. Nearll'Two Navy, and other examinations, with uniform She was taken to t he Ramona hospital in San Bernardino. Feee H iah. 14 in. Wide. success. in Gaman Walnvl: Cue. Retu rn ed from Eastern T rip.- Dr. Olinda K . Stevens has returned from un By this method of teaching, the know­ The Inlaid Woods of ledge you already have, and that I give extended eastern trip, during which she attended th e national convent ion of Osteo­ Ath. Ebooyand M.IIhopnJ' OmAmeflb are pul loaetheT you IS syetematieed, so that you can paths at Chicago. with minute c:are. Mail Ia $ t .OO fOf one YI:af', sub- make full use of it at any examination. Visits at Ri alto, Ca lifor nia .- Dr . Charles E . B OWD of Long Beach, recently scription 10 COMM ON­ You are taught to dr aw on your own SENSE. aflefWa.dt you IDay resour ces and answer all kinds of ques­ spent a few days at Rialto, visiting at th e home of J . S. Benner. pay$ 1.00a monlhfo rBmontht tions. Technical matters taught in a man­ M a rries . -~ J iss whichcom~ the paymenbOO Da ughter of Osteopat hs Geneva Coffman , da ughter of Dr. lJoIh the d od: and the maaazine. ner easy to remember. Laboratory work and Mrs. Kent ' V. Coffman , was married November 21st, at Owensboro, Ky., to and operative surgery on the cadaver includ- Mr. Benjamin Dee Turman . Dr. and Mrs. Coffman are both graduates of the Common· Sense Publishing Co. ed if necessary. . American School of Osteopathy. ~ DepL 60t ~ Correspondence invi ted. Satisfaction Pllthlpn Blvd . lnd Fortieth St. • • ( bleaeo guaranteed. PAGE BUILOING, CHICAGO. ILl- R. G . SCHROTH. M, D. 546 Garfield Ave. = Chicago, W. ADVERTISING SECTION.

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Houra o n R e ce ip t of Price The Attention of Ost eopathic Physicians. \Va n t ed- T hose actively in­ Illustrated lolder e:lvine: styles and prices and Booklet terested in opt ics and ophthalmology, having studied refraction and th e fitt ing of 01 Testimon Ia.ls se nt on req uest. glasses, know the importance of this bran ch of the pra ctice. Although all people K ATHERINE L. STORM,M .D. become wearers of glasses sooner or later in We, Cew, if any, have the knowledge 1612 Diamond St. PHILADELPHIA t whatever of opt ics. While we have osteopathic literature for free distribution, we W o m a n • Belt-Side Vie w have had none dealing withopt ics and refra ctional errors. The editor of t he leading paper here requested me to write an art icle, for publication, on this very important subject . This I did . Th e art icle was ent itled "About Eyes and Spectacles." A number of pati ents informed me they had clipped these art icles and were saving them Dr. A. T. STILL'S Hazzard's Practice of Osteopathy for future reference. So I re-wrote and illustrated both articles and had them pub­ lished in pamphlet form. These pamphlets can be had at $.5.00 per hundred , or AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Just out, t hird edition, revised and enlar ged) . $22.00 per five hundred, or 840.00 per tho usand copies. Express prepaid. Edition A standard text-book of the science, in use De Luxe. Your card all cover. Address, Dr. W.B. Van de Sand, Montrose, Pa ., (Revised Edition) . 20 Public Avenue. in all the schools. Wa n t ed- A good location by woman osteopath, who has Missouri and Penn­ Will be sent to any address In the sylvan ia certificates. H as had over t hree years of experience. w ould be glad to Part I. Details of the technique of examine­ act as assistant or take charge of practice. For particulars address, HI. W. A," in U nited States prepaid, tion and treatment of all parts of the body care of the Journal of Osteopat hy. lesions. diagnosis, treatment. Part II. Di.. Cheap for Cash-I expect to retire from practice, on account of health, 80 offer Price ~2 .50 . my pra ctice, established over t welve years ago, for the cost of office equipment. I eases and their treatment from a atrictlyoetec ­ am willing to make t his sacrifice for the sake of a quick, cash deal. Dr. Frank R. Heine, pathic viewpoint. A compact work devoted Nixon Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr.A. T . Still's Abd ominal Belt, to osteopathic considerations. For Sale-c-I am in school t his year and ha ve office equipped in county seat postage prepaid, price ~ 1.5° town in Northwest Missouri, which I will sell cheap. Some patients right on start . A. S, O. BOOK CO., General Agents , Kirb­ Address u620" care of th e JournaJ of Osteopathy. Opportunity of a Life T ime-First class office equipment and offlcea right Address ville, Mo. Cloth, $3; half Morocco, $3.50 ; in t he heart of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Bent, heat , and electricity only 5250.00 pages 442. Sample pages sent. per year. List of office fixtures, furn ishings and apparatus sent upon request. Good Blanche Still Laughlin, living assured right from th e start. "'ant to study medicine. Xo reasonable offer ••Pri nciples of Osteopathy" (Srd editio n) refused , but write quick. Address "New Jersey," care of t he Journal of Osteopat hy. KIRK SVILLE, MO. cloth, $3.00. ADVERTISING SECTION 831 830 TH E JOURNAL OF OSTEO PATHY. .-----~------, Dr. A. T. Still's For Rent- To subrent to a bona fide Osteopath, part of well furni shed , centrally located offices in Chicago. Address <1 11811" care of the Journal of Osteopathy. Research and Wanted.- To ta ke charge of a practice during t he holidays, by a man Senior of the A. S. O. Practiced as assistant last summer. 00011 mixer, best references, Practice "can deliver the goods ." Address llAsa'1 care of the Journal of Osteopathy. $6.00 in Cloth a n d $8.00 in Fl exihle Leather Bin d tng A.IIo 11 11 o th er O steo pa t hic Iln d M edical Book. p r epaid. A No. 1 Table for Osteopaths. Twentieth Century Plains, L------~ Gyneologfcal and Folding. • A. S. O. Alumni Assemble Also &tool. t o m atch a tlollOe8t p rl cea Skeletons a n d Sp in al Co lu m n s of fin est quality. F or promptness se nd a ll orders to Through th e courtesy of Dr. Fred Gage and ot her members of t he Colonial Club, the Chi cago grad uates of the American School of Osteopathy, were assembled J. F.JANISCH SUPPLY HOUSE. Kirksville. Mo. October 25, at an informal dinner give n in t he beautifully equipped dining room of AND B E PLEASED the Club, 444.S Grand Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. Promptly at 6:30 P. ~I. t fift.y guests were partaking of t he bounties prepared 08T~OPATNY for t he occas ion, a dinner which reflects credit on the man agement, and will long Research and Practice remain 8 pleasant memory to those assembled. By AN DREW T AYL OR ST ILL, Founder ot the Sci ence of Osteopathy. Dr. Charl ey and Mrs. Still, and Master Ch ar les, Jr. from Kirksville, ..\10., were Paaes, L th $8 00 Net EXeRESS eREeA'o ANYWHERE IN T HE the guests of honor. 543 & ea er,. . UNITED ST A TES. After dinner speeches, were the main feat ures of the eve ning. Dr. Joseph Sul­ DR. A. T. STILL. Kirksville. Mo.• Agent. livan, in the capacity of toastmaster adding mu ch to the enjoyme nt of t he occasion . Dr . Charle s Still's respo nse to the toast "The A. S. 0 ." was interestin g and instructive. In thi s he pointed out the ste ps of advancement that have been made since the time when the idea of teaching Osteopathy first took possession of t hose who were pract icing it, to t he present high stan dard as exemplified in the school. Dr. Grace L. Smith, in responding to "w omen in Osteopathy" pointed ou t in an interesting manner the part women have played, in bringing Osteopathy to its present state of devel opment, and t he field opened in a profe ssion for which t hey are especially fitte d. .. Dr. Alfred ' V. Young gave an interest ing discour se on "Organization," point. ing out the greater efficiency of organized forces, in getting for Osteopathy t he recog­ nitron it just ly demands, as against t he weakness of scattered individual efforts. DOyou know we are the largest im- Dr. Henry S. Bunting, in responding to "Publicity" made it clear that pub­ porters in America of Skeletons licity, which carried education as its key not e, was ethical, and much needed. lI e Spines, etc., as wen as the largest also to ld of th e surprisingly large amo unt of that kind of pub licity Osteopathy had manufacturers of Hospital and Phys­ T el1 How $2 .00 Crew icians Supplies, Surgical Instruments, Into $250,000.00. Youn received, and how it was commanding the attention of intelligent thinking people fM$4 .50 in every part of t he country. Operating Tables, Chairs. Ozone Out­ The men who wrctetnese buRl. The spirit of good will 80 permeated those assembled tha t it was resolved to fits, Static and X -ray machines, X-ray rll'i-it'8~~:'o~~'I' ~f ~::'litln':fll1~i?e perpetuate t he fellowship by organizing an Alumni Association. Coils. X·ray Tubes. W. make them, world. an d wben th ey w{'ro dolo" It they were eve rlas tloll'ly BIJp1rlo ll'th e Drs. E. It. Proctor, Helen Van Horn, Fred Gage, were a ppointed on t he com­ we are not agents. Galvanic, Faradic VCry _ prta clpl es thai t he, ~vc driyca heme iD l be c:hapten oj thne books. mittee for organization. and Sinusoidal Batteries, the best in At:ld y ou ate til Il"CIaJl l bc bcmcfil$ ol lhcil )"ears oi c:tper! CIlce ("r ,...so. the world, Electric Light Baths and r;"w. it th ne ....,.. bulll liP a quarw of a \nUUe'Q do lbJ' busil:less by kn e.1tr.1' be. to malte CYCH letter th e)' sent ou l an order c :iDcbcr .ndIf Dry Hot Air Apparatus. Therapeutic I h~,. Me _Ullnlf to hDpUt th eir mctbodI.. .. by CIIId,,'1 iI 1ltt1e norc o llhb letl fT-writi rolit skillbe beDddal Lamps, Vibrators, Hydro-Therapecttc III your btI51,,~~' 1.1 wou1d.iI"<>mvlish the nTJ' pbns'<>ll tuvc I" ric.... Outfits, Vibrating Chairs and H orse, nIB 't IIK II t ~1 1lI t:S 9 .UI It will ~ h is eyes to th e p<&iW!itles 0 1 ~~~ ~I~~~.:: ~~..~~"~l~~S~ i ::' ~ ~tJ~::.1D~":'b e nli Nebulizers, Instrument Cabinets, TII K rr. on: S~ IOSj. L I"OR RIi:lI~):\IIt:liTI fbis _~ rIr: will be • CODStallt R Ietmc:c. Scndus. mo lley order. P. 0. or

The "Day Light" or Every Coat We Torn. Out a WinDer Physicians' coats for professi onal use . )I ade or White or eo other ahade!l or wasbllble materlals Pes t col ors , Thor­ Locations and Removals "Solar Germicide" oUe"hly sh ru nk be fore mallie". Made to measure. W. par d~li ..n ,. chu,., 10 Alexand er, OhM., from Centrella, Ill., to Charleston, TIl. aU ...ru or t b ~ wo rld . Our "Swatch removes Birth-Marks, Moles, Warts, Card" sho wina: ma teria ls. styl es and Atherton, A. M., from Quebec, Can., to 314 Main St., Worcester, Mass. Wens, Epithelial Cancer, Lupus, prices. free upon request. u reestns Barber, Isabel 1" Paw Paw, Mich. Gow ns , Sm cklne J ac kets . Ba th Robes Eczema, Acne, Ringworm, etc. and Hospita l Uniforms a Specialty. Carter, Lillian L., from Greenville, S. C., to Beckley Bldg., Anderson, S. C. WEISSFIELD BR OS. Chase, Julia J ., 218 Islington St., Portsmouth, N. H. Chittenden, Albert E. , from Syracuse, N. Y., to 601-2 New Baxter Bldg., Portland, Me. IT DOE S TH E WOR K M anufa cturers o f P h ys icians' S upplIes Cleary, George, from Simcoe, Canada, to Burns, Ore. MAYFIELD. "The k in d they all a dmire" Corbin, M. E ., from Powell, Wyo., to Boise City, Idaho. J• 0 • DAY,.. D 0 , KY. 115 NASSAU STREET NEW YORE: Dejardiu, C., room 23, Francis Block, to Fort William, Ontario, Can . Dole, Almeda. Goodspeed, from Chicago, Ill ., to Cor. Elm & Linden Sts., Winnetka, Illinois. Dunnington, Flo. Ra nkin, from Parrott, Ohio, to 116 \V. Temple St., Washington C. R., Ohio. Eells, C. W ., from Gold Hill, Ore., to Lorenz Hotel, Redding, California.

Em ley. T. J., from Sidney, Ohio, to Broomhall Bldg., Troy, Ohio. ~ _~ M'r.... UOO __ ...... Principles of Ervin, E lnora S., from Memphis, Tenn ., to 6t h & Locust Sts., St. Paul, Minn. ... otudy ad,.ertlstng • by m ati with this • Evans, Jennie, from Akron , Ohio, to Miami , Florida. school and ,."OU can •• , posi tive ly Incr ease Gibson, H . R ., from Elida, N. M ., to Portales, N. M. yourearllJngpower_ .. Grow, wm W., 222-224 Logan Bldg., St. Joseph, 1\.10. Ad wri ters ~h·e Osteopathy from $ZS 10$ 10011. week. Harris, L. A., 19-20 Conrad Bldg., Kalispell, Mont. I/lIOU wa" t to know m Ot"e-1/you want to earn mQrt';-t/ lJOllIeallt to Imprc:n-e your Henry, J. L., from Los Angeles, California, to Imperial, California . worldly and nuunc1n.l pos tuou, either as Krill , J . F., w averly, N.Y. em ployee or emptoser, write us to-day BY O. D. HUL ETT, B. 8 ., D. O. and you will rcccu-e our beauU tul pros­ Little, Clara U., from 1717T. St., to 1769 Columbia Road, Washington, D. C. pectus. It1lJF ree. -U TAft Slll,"Sklhutk. entitled ··TM8lnnd· Fourth edition. For sale by all Loring, Margaret , from Marseilles, Ill., to 3-5 Neustadt Bldg., La. Salle, .Illinoia. 4m /l earn'," tI '<1lI preM'IIted June n , { ~. to th tll' rcst, ~ nt ol the ~,!hoo l bU.tuden,. Osteopathic Book dealers . Lycan , Jessie Y., Ookala, Hawaii, H. I. and OrKln u"nh'ara .0 Ulorouahlr UDder our perlect methoo 01 trail1i:i4 Perry, Gale C., North State and Park Sta., Concord, N. H. t b t 111are able to BElli t hei r Btorlee before ther COlD­ I: te f'hae OOUn!6. We . 1110 h eir. tbOll& who want. muk..t for Perry, Mary " "., from Bristol, Va.-Tenn., to 117 N. w ashington St., Sumter, S. C. I.h('b r'lOtOrlee, W rite fo r pa rticli an. FoCIl OOL (I I" "'UO RT Pitts, Eugene, from Randlett,Okla., to 318-20 Eddy Bldg., Bloomington, Ill. STORY.W RITING, BlIp&. n. hp 1II1IIotl••, IlII.II. J...... CII I ~.....,. Plant, Ernest A., from EI Cajon, California, to La Jolla Beach, San Diego, California. LEARN SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS L.""" 1frttbc. We .J1I teach y OIl bymaU to wrlte lhe kind ol letleRtbat Rickels, Harrison E., Grosse Bldg., Los Angeles, California. _ m blIll d up b!Jsi1le5S lo tremendo"' pt"oportl ons ; commands hl2h ....l.ry . Wewlllo;rllklscyourietta"oflllqQlry free . U you wri te iOlftlll par11n. lan . Rolf, H. G., from Colorado Springs, to Gustafson & Carlson Co. Bldg., Me Pherson, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS-LEITER WRITI NG Kansas. n.pt.~ ' 1"&1'1 RlllhU. !l'. llIlelllp a h .....<1 ",0111. SI.. e lllea,.. 834 TH E JOURXAL OF OSTEOPATHY.

Schaepe, Florence 0., Bon Ami, La. Seeley, Goo. 0 ., from Grand Rapids, :\I ich., to Detroit, Mich. Siler, O. A ., from "~ arre n Nat'! Bank Bldg., to Xew Woodward Bldg., Warren, Pa. Smit h, Alexander H" Fitchburg, Mass. Tupper, Mnud, 433 N . 24th St ., Omaha, Nebras ka. Tutt le, Eva 1\'1., Baker City, Oregon. walker, Cornelia A" from 50 W. 43d St., to Hotel Martinique, Broadway 32 and 33 Sis·tN. Y. wetche, C. Frederick, from 123 W. 80th St., to 2508 Broadway, N. Y. City . white, ::\Ierl-dit h, from Birmingham, Ala ., to Mobile, Ala.

Married

Dr. Margaret Spencer and Dr. Ira Walton Drew, bot h of Ph iladelphia, Pa'J October 28th. Miss Maud Adele Smith and Dr. James Bridges, at Doe Run, Mo., Octob er 11th . Mise Katherine Aroon Smith and Dr. August Eugas, at Doe Run, Mo., Oct. 11th. - "~ l\liJ..,,Jennie Anderson and Dr. John Wesley Snavely, at Ottumwa , l a., October Igt h, . Dr. 1\ label Stephenson and Dr. Dale W. Thurston, at Los Angeles, California, October 28th. Born

To Dr. and l\lrs . E. R. Lyda, Kirksville, Mo., October 20th, a son weighing nine and three quarters pound s. To Dr. and Mrs. Meredit h White, Birmingham, Ala., Sept 16th, a son, Max Carlton White. To Dr. and Mrs. .J. G. Follett, of Clyde, Kanses., Octobe r 16th a daughter, Olive Virginia. To Dr. and Mrs. F. 1. Furry, of Cheyenne, \Vyo., October 11th , a ten pound girl, lit-len Louise. Died Dr. Francies Leroy Smith, at Xew Castle, Pu., October 10th. Dr. A. C. Breech, il t 41 Colqui t t Ave., Atlanta, Ge., Jul y Sth. Olive Yirginia Follett, infant da ughter of Dr. J . C. Follett, at Clyde, Kansas , October 27th. F. G. Blackman, fath er of Dr. "p."". Blackman, at 172 Capitol Ave., Atlanta, Ga ., October 19th.