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DR. АУТ,

JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.

VOL. V. KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER, 1898. No. 4

DR. A. T. STILUS DEPARTMENT.

THE DRAGON OF IGNORANCE.

PPEARED from the muddy waters of that ocean whose surface never

sustained a compass by which reason was pointed to any shore. This

dragon of tyrannical stupidity closed his eyes and ears to the panorama
of the eternal beauties in form, paintings and decorations of color.

This dragon hates and dreads reason, and would sacrifice the child of
thought upon the altar of his selfish ambition. He seeks and labors to
dwell under the dark clouds of fog. The black smoke and deadly gases are
his breath and happy dwelling place. He hates and would kill the child
whom he finds sitting in the bright light of the ascending sun of progress.
He hates the mother whose body gave that child birth, who unbosoms her
breast with milk and love to nourish and encourage that child whose
choice is light in preference to darkness. His amusements are the groans,
shrieks and moans of that child's loving mother. That dirty old dragon
has prostrated nations that were flowered and perfumed with learning, pros-
perity and progress. He has burned the manuscripts and books of the lit-
ur erati of the world. Like a blood-hound no foot-prints of intelligence can

grow too old for his ability to keep on their tracks. He makes hideous

gods who are minus of all that is good and lovable; strengthens their arms

that they may destroy all that do not love such gods. He was never known
e» to create a god whose love extended beyond the personality ofa brute.
In his god making he left out every principle of kindness, intelligence and
love, except that of his own foolish dogmatism. Не would destroy all who
sought to acquaint themselves with that God who creates and qualifies all
his beingsto live and labor ior personal and universal comforts. He is
always busy traveling from nation to nation. He is very fond of whiskey,
beer and wine. He is a successful general; he attends to but one business
and that one business allthe time. He dynamites, shells and destroys

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every fort in which he finds liberty and reason. He hates man and all men
whose day-star is intelligence, whose eyes observe, minds comprehend and
tongues speak the beauties of nature. He hatesthat God in whom reason
dwells. He is never so happy as when he builds and armors a fort and
knows itis well officered with well drilled bigotry; he knows such generals
will make and keep him happy. He isso jealous of man's happiness and
brotherly love that he will destroy the usefulness ofthe assembled states-
men with his drunken bitters, and is never more happy than when he
receives the tidings that his chief executive is on a drunken spree.

Frux, (Віоорү DvsENTERY.)

pies is common in all temperate climates. It generally shows its true

nature as dysentery, after a few hours of tired feeling, with aching in
head, back and bowels. At first nothing is felt or thought of more than a
few movements of the bowels than is common for each day. Some pain
and griping are felt with increase at each stool, until a chilly feeling is felt
all over the body, with violent pains in lower bowels, with pressing desire to
go to stool, and during and after passage of stool a feeling that there is still
something in the bowels that must pass. Ina short time that down pres-
sure partially subsides and on examination of passage a quantity ofblood is
seen, which shows the case to be “bloody flux,” as the disease is called and
known in the Southern states of North America, or bloody dysentery in the
more Northern states. It generally subsides by the use of family remedies,
such as sedatives, astringents and pallative diets. But the severity in other
cases increases with time, there is greater pain, discharges have more blood
mixed with gelatinous substance even to mucous membrane of bowels, high
fever all over except abdomen which is quite cold to the hand. Back, head
and limbs suffer much with heat and pain, much nausea is felt at all
motions of the bowels. Bowels change from cold to hot even to 104, at
which time all symptoms point to inflammation of the bowels, the colon in
particular, at which time discharges grow black, frothy and very offensive
from decomposition of blood. Soon collapse and death close out the case,
notwithstanding the very best skill has been employed to save the life of
the patient. He has tried to stop pain by opiates and other sedatives, tried
to check bowels by astringents, used tonics and stimulants, but all have
failed—the patient is dead.

But a question for the Osteopath: At what point would you work to
suppress the sensation of the colon and allow veins to open and let blood
return to heart? Does irritation of a sensory nerve cause vein to con-
tract and refuse blood to complete circuit from and to the heart? Does
flux begin in the sensory nerves of bowels? If so reduce sensation at all

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points of bowels, stop all over-pluses, keep veins free and open from cutane-
ous to deep sensory ganglion of wholespineand abdomen. Remember the
fascia is what suffers and dies in all cases of death by bowels and lungs.
Thus the nerves of all the fascia of bowels and abdomen must work or you
will lose all cases of flux, for in the fascia is all the soothing and vital qual-
ities of nature. Guard it well so it can work and repair all losses, or death
may begin in the fascia and pass through the whole system.

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THEY NEVER DIE.

7 IND words like rivers of life are the odors of thought, the dews and
muscles of durability, the stay and comfort of the worrying man or
woman who tries to reason or travel a road that runs through the forest of
darkness, that must be crossed by all who see the lights beyond the brush
of the untrodden paths of faith and logical truth.

A kind word lightens the weighted and sinking heart until it can run
to the harbor of rest. One kind word is water to the fast wilting tree of
hope. There are a few in my heart whose duration has been many years,
and are cherished today as rivers of joy, on whose surface float great streams.
loaded with unspeakable thanks for him, or her, whoever gave mea smile
and held even a lamp on shore to guide my boat to the stoneless channels.
of safe delivery. Those mites from a friend dropped in my cup which I
drank as a famishing being, relished, as none other could, but he who had
cruised in seas great and small for truth. I think of those smiles and cheer-
ing words as the brightest stars and gems of all my days. Our great word
“love” fails to express my feelings to those that said, “merit is the choicest
jewel of all lives," and will attend all funerals of opposition, because it can-
not die, no never! Give me your kind words and keep all else; апа when
I am dead and my tongue loses its power, I will ask the bones of my tomb
to thank you for them.

OLD as Tıme, TRUE AS GOD.

AUSE and effect as law, are just the same; а thousand years shows no

rust. Each day the *man of God” has added to his powers heavier

drafts of knowledge, and of the kind that is useful—a kind that will dilate
or contract, and eject all unsound and useless words or teachings.

I have said the “тап of God" because he cannot be anything else and
possess an existence. His existence in form is the effect of life; the cause
antedates him by mind and deed. His construction and action in complete-
ness prove conclusively that thought and cause preceeded his coming. He
is the effect, and debtor to cause. If he is the result of cause and cause is

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eternal, and effect also, why not say the race of man is eternal?

With no conclusive evidence that man's existence isas old as cause,
his life, or spirit, must be the cause of his form. His form is an effect which
was produced by the cause commonly known as life. Cause has no begin-
ning, then by cause and being of cause, he is eternal; and as such is bound
to pass all the mile posts of coming eternity, as he has those of the past.

iy

A CONTEMPORARY conglomerate Medical Journal has said that inside
of five years there will not bean Osteopathic school in existence that
has not medicine attached to it. We will acknowledge that there is danger
of the sow returning to her wallow. With the many that have graduated
from the American School of Osteopathy there have been many kinds of
heads. Some have brains enough to resist, while others are weak. Some
are great thinkers, some are great fools, some have less honor thana hyena,
they would crucify all truths, lie to their patients, administer morphine,
whiskey, blisters, or any other damnable drug if they could make one dol-
lar or one cent by crucifying every principle of truth. Such animals have
been in and gone out from this institution. They brought their drugs and
dishonesty with them and will break every injunction of the ten command-
ments of Holy Writ, and tell a bare-face lie to any old woman, man or child,
if they can get one copper more by so doing. They are not now, never
have been, and never will be anything but Osteopathic-medical dummies.
If Osteopathy ever dies it will be by the encouragement it receives from
such unthoughtful, conglomerate concessions who know that God's work is
mechanical in form in all things, and the results of the chemical laboratories
placed in man and animals are sufficient for sickness or health, or your God
is not perfection as commonly taught. You may serve such red-nosed mut-
ton-head gods; I have no use for them or their friends. The God of pure
Osteopathy keeps no saloon, practices no deception and tells no lies.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

FEEL to answer through the JoumRNar questions that are asked by
thousands of persons annually. And as time adds days and years the
number of persons who ask those questions have multiplied to such great-
ness in numbers that is absolütely impossible to find the time to answer
them in detail. And I am not sure that I can answer all of them through
the JouRNAL, but will try and so arrange that a few of the most common
ones will be answered as best I can.
By my method of reasoning I arrive at the conclusion that man was,
after receiving his form, like unto the world on which he dwells, and that
in his body could be found all the mineral, vegetable and animal substances

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that could be found in the beast of the field, the fowls of the air, fishes of
the sea both great and small, in short all that was contained in this and all
other planets and beings, from the throne of God (himself included), to the
lowest form of animated beings; that in the human being all attributes of
mental and physical were represented in kind.

With this conclusion I proceeded and did obtain what I have proclaimed
and proven to be truths universal in kind and action, submitting to and
being governed by one common law. I reasoned that all effects as are
shown in disease with the result of the productions of the truths of the one
great common law, mind and motion expressing themselves through matter.
Motion is an effect of life with its powers. Disease in any form or presen-
tation was another effect. Conception of beings, diseases and worlds, were
the biogenic answer of the wombs of nature either large or small, believ-
ing while I was in the chambers of sober and intelligent nature where hon-
est reason only can dwel!, that it was safe to follow the teachings of that.
principle that made no mistakes that I could detect.

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TE E world’s systems of cures by drugs are now and always have beem

based on three principles, namely: opiates, purgatives and stimulants.
And the difference there is in the schools of medicine are about all told in
the quantities to be given. All give deadly poisons but try to get the same
results. Allopathy starts the ball to rolling by big pills, Eclecticism the
same, but claims that vegetable medicines are better {һап mineral prepar-
ations. Then the Homeopath closes by pills of less size, and if they fail
he drives morphine under the skin and spills it in the fascia, which carries
the opium to the brain and produces effects by paralyzing sensation. And
on these three principles all depend.

CONTENTED IGNORANCE.

A PERSON wholearns just enough to make money enough to live om

and gives no farther attention to mental researches, drifts to a condi-
tion of satisfaction with doing today what he did yesterday. He is easy
and his mind dreads to study, his body takes command of all his mental
energies; he goes no farther and finally stops at the place that he should
rush his mind to the greatest activity. But he has tasted ease and enjoys
ignorance. He plays chess, drinks wine, sleeps well and comes out on
cloudy days to give light by way of giving the sun rest. He feels his daz-
zling brilliancy and wants all fraternities to join the funeral procession that
retires his shining mind from the people who will miss his solar rays and
comforts, the satellites of that great head who gave so much light even to
fixed stars, and makes the babes say, "Twinkle, twinkle little star." Your
life is short but the book of nature is long and full of life and joy.

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"MEDICAL OSTEOPATHY.”

ANY uninformed persons are asking themselves the question, should
drugs and Osteopathy go together? Those who ask this question are
of the class but Itttle posted in the science of Osteopathy. If drugs are right
Osteopathy is all wrong; if Osteopathy is anything in the healing of diseases it
is everything and drugs are nothing. This may seem a bold assertion but
there is not a true Osteopath living who will not back up the assertion. "The
man who pretends to be an Osteopath and at thesame time uses drugs wants the
dollar and is neither an M. D. nor an Osteopath. If he must depend on his
drugs at all, why not be honest and depend on them wholly and not attach D.
O. to his name in order to draw custom.

Osteopathy and drugs are so opposite that one might as well say white is
black as speak of Medical Osteopathy. You can no more mix medicine and
Osteopathy than you can oil and water. The man or woman who has this sci-
ence deeply imbedded in his or her heart and head, who understands its prin-
ciples, would blush for shame to be called a ‘‘Medical Osteopath.’’

Nevertheless there are certain schools which pretend to teach medicine
and Osteopathy. They are said to be the Medical Osteopathic Institutions,
which like the bat are neither bird nor beast, and have no classification. They
are mongrel institutions, snares, set to capture the unwary and unthinking.

Let us look at the question with calm and unprejudiced minds for a few
moments. "To acquire a complete Osteopathic education will take two years.
Two years is the very shortest time in which the very best trained minds can
cover this wonderful subject. What we say is .the observation of educated
ladies and gentlemen who have gone through the course of study. ‘They ad-
amit that two years is short enough.

To acquire a medical education requires four years, as approved by the
best medical colleges. There are some which still cling to the three year rule,
but all of the best have raised the standard to four years. Now if you intend
to be a medical doctor I would advise you to go to the very best medical college,
where you will have to study four years before you can get а diploma. Say
that you want both medicine and Osteopathy, then in order to be perfect in
both you must put in four years in medicine and two in Osteopathy, making six
years in college to complete both sciences. If this is true doesn't any sane
man or woman know that no school can instruct in both sciences in two years?
'The man or woman who pays his money into such institutions gets neither
medicine nor Osteopathy, but a smattering, enough to make a first class quack.

But some may argue that you might double up on some of the studies;
that Anatomy for the Osteopath would do for the M. D. This would onlybe
Shortening one year, which would make it five years. Then again, suppose you
attend one of the cheapest of medical colleges with only three years, and allow-

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ing one year for doubling in anatomy, there is no system of deduction known
on earth which would place the term shorter than four years, which these peo-
ple attempt to teach in two years.

I have so often laid down the law that Osteopathy is hostile to
the drug theory that it seems almost superfluous to repeat it here. Every
man and woman sick and tired of drugs, opiates, stimulants, laxatives and pur-
gatives has turned with longing eyes to this Rainbow of hope. It has been
held out as free from whiskey and poisons, and yet these Medical Osteopaths
are trying to paint this rainbow with calomel and perfume it with whiskey. It
seems strange that divines who make spread eagle speeches on temperance,
who claim to love Osteopathy because it is strictly a temperance method of
healing, should so far lose their self control as to lead off after the false god of
drugs. Ате they any better than the man who makes temperance speeches to
the public for which he is paid, then takes a drink in private just to stimulate
him for another tirade on whiskey? ‘To those pious Osteopaths who mix med-
icine with Osteopathy, we might quote the following,—Matthew XXIII-14
and 15.

‘Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and
for a pretence make long prayers, therefore ye shall receive greater damnation. Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and
when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves.”

What Christ addressed to the Pharisees might be very well cpoken of the
men who pretend to believe in Osteopathy as a health producing, life saving
temperance science, and then wed God’s cure with the ignorance of drugs
which debases and ruins mankind.

I wish to quote a little of history here, in connection with Osteopathy.
About the time I had discovered aad perfected the science of Osteopathy,
there came to me a man who had suffered with asthma for twelve
long years. His case was а serious one, but I cured him in a short course
of treatment. 'This man had been a teacher in a country school, a ped-
dler of lightning rods and a realestate agent. The lightning rod on my house
today bears evidence ot his skill as a lightning rod manipulator.

He desired to enter on the study of Osteopathy and I took him in as
a student, and while under my guidance the ex lightning rod peddler
could treat with some success. About the year 1893 or 4, this student left
me and set up to practice what he called ‘‘Boney-Opathy,’’ under the
control and management of ‘‘ZzNo OF ATHENS,” a gentleman who died some
2000 years ago. It was, I think, in 1894 or '95, when he disappeared very sud-
denly, and next was heard from at a medical school which was expelled from
the national association on account of its low standard asa scientific institu-
tiou.

After two or three years study in the medical college he in 1897 went
west to establish an institution to which he proposed at first to give a new
name. But after various deliberations and consultations with his managers,
they decided on having the word Osteopathy attached to it, because Osteopa-

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thy had won considerable reputation. There was money in the name Osteo-
pathy. Was this really honest? Can the institutionjbe an institution of Os-
teopathy, when it teaches the very evil which Osteopathy cures, viz. drugs?
"Yet, unfortunately there are many so unwise as to be deceived into the belief
that black and white could blend and each preserve its individuality.

There is another institution in a neighboring state! pretending? to give a
course in Osteopathy and medicine in two years. Тһе?ргеѕійепі of the} insti-
tution is not an Osteopath, never graduated in any Osteopathic®school, but is a
masseuse. As a proof that these people teach massage instead of Osteopathy,
they recently advocated in a magazine that treatments should be from thirty
to fifty minutes; the time required for a masseur but not an Osteopath.

In looking over the faculty one sees surgeons, M. D.'s and practically, but
one or two Osteopaths. Сап such institutions be called Osteopathic colleges?
If it takes two years of hard, very hard study to acquire a knowledge of Osteo-
pathy, then why waste half that time in medicine? If it takes three or four
years to learn medicine, is any man or woman insane enough to suppose that
by adding another science the whole can be learned in two years? Such an
idea is too preposterous for discussion. When it comes to the legality, of the
diploma’s issued by such institutions they may be questioned. To be an Os-
teopath one must be a graduate of a regularly chartered college or school,
where they are required to be in actual attendance and study the science in ‘its
manifold branches for two terms of ten months each. If you have studied
Osteopathy ten months, and medicine ten months, you are neither an Osteo-
path nor a medical doctor, and who willsay you are legally qualified to prac-
tice in States that have adopted laws for the regulation and practice of Osteo-
pathy. No true Osteopath can believe in medicine, the very evil it is to regu-
late. If one wants an Osteopath to treat his ailments he wants a true Osteo-
path and not one who is a half and half. If one wants a medical doctor he
will secure a graduate from a real medical college, not some half and half who
is nothing.

If you are going to be an Osteopath don't be a sham, but a genuine Os-
teopath. Put all your time on the study of the science in some reputable
school and when you have graduated have a diploma of which you will not be
ashamed, and which the law will recognize and eive you its protection.

Take an unfinished course in a mongrel school and will not your con-

Science always whisper that you are a law breaker.
А. BASIC

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THE HOUSE IN WHICH WE LIVE.

Mrs, NETTIE Н. BOLLES, D. О.

due following article was published in 1894, in the first volume of the:

~ JOURNAL oF OsTEOPATHY. It was written by Mrs. Nettie H. Bolles, at that
time editor of the JouRNAL, but now aneminently successful practitioner of
Osteopathy at Denver, Cororado. We reproduce it here on account of its.
excellent and vivid portrayal of the wonders of the “House In Which We-
Live," believing it will be appreciated by the many thousands of new read--
ers of the JouRNAL who have never perused it:

No intelligent person of today questions the importance of an acquaint--
ance with the structure and functions of the human body, the principal
organs it contains, and a general knowledge of the laws governing their
well-being.

We, of the nineteenth century, with all our boasted civilization—with
the many improvements for the health and comfort of our bodies, have yet
much to learn. Our cities have their inspectors for the different branches
of sanitation, inspectors to test the quality of food we buy, and the purity
of the water we drink. The proper ventilation and sanitation of our dwell-
ings are constantly studied. Each inmate is made to understand the mod-
ern appliances for regulation of the temperature, ventilation and drainage,
and how to use the heat, light and water furnished in our modern houses.

But this true “House in which we dwell,” how few understand its appli-
ances! It may be faithfully said that no dwelling e’er built by man has so
many “modern conveniences” as his own body. There is nothing yet
invented or contrived by the ingenuity or skill of the artisan, for the com-
fort and convenience of his home, that is not foreshadowed, and generally
surpassed, in the arrangements of the human body.

The first thing to be considered in the house proper is its skeleton or
framework. The literal meaning of the word skeleton is “агу” and so it
may appear to the majority, but to the student of Osteopathy there is much
to be learned and to be remembered about even the smallest bone in the
human anatomy. To him the skeleton has none of the horrors felt by those
not interested in its study. It calls to mind no thought of “some charnel-
house o'er covered quite, with dead men’s rattling bones," but rather in-
spires wonder and admiration for the Divine Creator who so wisely planned
the arrangement of the beams and rafters of our mortal home. Infinite are
the problems that would arise if it became the work of human hands to put
together such a building, supported upon a framework of some two hundred
timbers, of such various structure, shapes and sizes. Yet by the Master
Builder they are all fitly joined together; and like all of His work, it is well
done.

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**Knowest thou the nature of the human frame,
That world of wonders, more than we can name?
Say, has thy busy, curious eye surveyed

The proofs of wisdom there displayed?"

The human skeleton may be considered an irregular conical cage, with
the lower part of the front taken away, and having at its bottom a shallow
basin, the pelvis. Attached to the top isthe skull and to either side the
upper and lower extremities.

There is no standard classification of the bones to the human body, all
classifications being comparatively arbitrary. Weshall follow that given by
Gray. For convenience, the bones of the body are classed according to
their location, also according to their form; namely, the long, the short, the
flat and the irregular bones. The long bones of the arms and legs are
designed to actas levers to move and propel the body. Their great
strength combined with lightness is due to their being hollow, since columns
support weight directly in proportion to their diameter, and inversely to
their height. Where much strength in small space is needed, the bones are
short and thick. The flat bones serve to cover cavities such as the chest
and head, and to protect the delicate organs they enclose. Many of the
irregular bones give shape to, and preserve the form of the body, and are
adapted to give firmness and strength without great weight.

The bones of the upper extremity are grouped in six sections: (a)
shoulder, comprising clavicle and scapula. (b) The иррегагт or humerus:
(c) Forearm, radius and ulna. (d) Wrist, comprising eight carpal bones.
(e) Palm, or metacarpal. (f) Fingers or phalanges. It takes thirty-two
bones to form each arm, which is an instrument of such intricacy that all
the patent offices cf the world contain no model of anything that can be
compared with it.

No less interesting are the bones on the lower extremity, which hang
from little hollows in the hip bones, each of which is called an acetabulum,
or little cup, and corresponds to the glenoid cavity or socket at the shoulder
joints. The analogy between the arrangement of the bones of the arm and
leg are very close; we have the same division into six sections; (a) hip,
comprising the innominate boneand Poupart's ligament, (b) thigh or femur,
(c) leg or tibia and fibula, (d) ankle or tarsal bones, (e) foot or metatarsal,
(f) toes or phalanges. The patella or knee-cap has its counterpart in the
olecranon process of the ulna, which helps to form the elbow joint. The
femur is the longest and strongest bone in the body, and bears the entire
weight of the parts above at every step.

In the back-bone, or *spine of the back" as Widow Bedott called it, we
have the most intricate piece of mechanism in the body. Infinite wisdom
has fastened together thirty-three small bones in such a manner as to form
a supporting column for the weight of the head, the arms, the chest and
most of the abdomen. These small bones, called vertebra (from vertere, to
turn) so called because they permit the body to turn on them as on a pivot,

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are really a series of levers, closely fitting one to another, firm, strong, yet
flexible and elastic, enclosing within a tube-like canal, the spinal cord, while
at the sides of this canal are apertures for the passage of the nerves. There
are five divisions of the spinal column, the upper seven bones are called the
cervical, then twelve dorsal, five lumbar, five sacral and four coccygeal.
'The two last divisions become solidified in the adult, and are considered as
forming two bones, the sacrum and coccyx, sometimes called the false ver-
tebra, to distinguish them from those above which remain movable. The
construction of this spine has been the wonder of anatomists of all ages. It
might have been made a single straight bone, but fortunately for us it was
not. Instead, it permits bending and straightening the trunk, lateral motion
of the body, and a rotary movement enabling us to twist the trunk nearly
one-fourth of the way round. It will support a heavy load, and yet will
bend like rubber, combining flexibility and firmness, two qualities difficult
to unite. There are four curves in the spinal column which break the force
of any jar or sudden movement likely to injure the soft parts of the brain
by shaking them against the skull. Between all the vertebra are cushions
of cartilage, the intervertebral fibro-cartilages, which perform an important
part in guarding the brain from shocks, and also serve to unite the bones
and allow greater freedom than if they were in closer contact. Each indi-
vidual bone of the spinal column is worthy of close study—each has points
. of interest peculiar to itself, but we can here give only passing notice to
those having most marked characteristics. The first vertebrze, upon which
the skull rests, is called theatlas. It is firmly attached to the occipital bone
of the skull and rotates upon the second vertebrae or axis. Its spinal fora-
men is divided into two parts by the transverse ligament which. holds in
place the odontoid process of the axis—a tooth-like projection from the
body of the axis which serves as a pivot upon which the atlas rotates. The
dorsal vertebra are characterized by facets on their bodies for the attach-
ment of ribs, the first one articulating with one whole rib and half the second.
Then as far as the tenth the vertebrz receive half the articulation of the rib
above,and half the one below—the tenth, the eleventh and twelfth each
articulate with the corresponding rib. The vertebra increase in size from
above downward, in proportion to the increase of weight to be supported,
and they are secured by the powerful ligaments extending the whole length
of the column, and by the interlocking of the articular processes or projec-
tions of the vertebra. Upon the fifth lumbar rests this triumph of mechan-
ism, as a great building upon its corner-stone. Upon its proper setting
depends the safety of the whole structure.

In the arrangement of the skull for the protection of the brain the form
best adapted to resist pressure is found. Architects tell us that the skull is
so put together that it will resist the greatest amount of pressure with the
smallest weight of materials. The thickest portion, where the most import-
ant part of the brain lies, the projections, depressions, and apertures for the

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safe passage of the nerve and blood vessels exhibit a perfection of mechan-
ism worthy of the Divine Architect.

The bones already mentioned are those principally called into action
in the running of the machinery of the body. The others serve for the at-
tachment of the muscles and the preservation of the form. Each bone of
the skeleton is securely wrapped in a covering called periosteum (meaning
around the bone.) It has the appearance of a dense sheet of bluish white
rubber in which are packed the blood-vessels feeding the bone. When sep-
arated from the bone its inner surface is seen dotted all over with red specks
which are the bleeding ends of these minute vessels. The periosteum not
only furnishes the bone with food and clothes but with glue for repairs. In
case of fracture this glue unites the broken edges so well that the place
becomes stronger than before.

In this house of ours we find everything needful just at hand and the
materials are put just where their qualities are most needed. The beauties
of color and form of this earthly habitation vie with the workmanship of the
“Roman or Florentine artist. The tissue or tapestries of our home are more
wonderful than those of the Gobelin factories.

No matter what our work in life may be, whether scientific, artistic or
domestic, no matter what our station, we have but the one body to inhabit.
Is it not well, then, to study its construction and adjustment, that we may
be the better prepared to care for and preserve this “House in Which We
Live?”

EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER IN REGARD TO OSTEO-
PATHY.

Y Dear Friend:—I have felt there was much even for me, that was
worth living for, and now that my wife is strong again under Osteo-
pathic treatment, І need rejoice. І can honesty say that I have never yet
envied those whose circumstances were better than mine financially, but
rich and poor alike desire good health, and I am glad for all, that Osteo-
pathy can heal our sick and deformed bodies untortured by nauseous med-
icines.

“Success—the Scales,——which toa thoughtless and often heartless
judge signify all that is necessary to brand victory or defeat, would once
have branded Osteopathy a failure, simply because its victories were un-
heralded and it had not assumed a place among the sciences.

“The unrecognized at first, may in the end win the laurels of fame, as
Dr. A. T. Still and his science of Osteopathy is doing. Shakspear or his
time knew not the full force and magnitude of his works. Bunyan, brand-

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ed by a prison cell, left an allegory the ages will not dispense with. The
ignominious death of Christ upon the cross was but his birth into Eternity,
which justified by faith, satisfies the Christian mind that he also shall live
again.

“Today the lack of appreciation by a skeptical world, augmented by
the fallible practitioner of medicine, in regard to the scientific truths of the
virtues and healing powers of Osteopathy is filling countless graves and
prolonging by hours and months heartrending suffering and pain to those
who lack faith in Osteopathy. And some even go so far as to ignore the
evidence of existing facts, as did the heedless Jews who heard the testi-
mony and personally saw the lame and blind and diseased healed by Jesus,
and yet, after all that, failed to accept the truth.

“The labor of nearly thirty years by Dr. A. T. Still inthe development
of the science of Osteopathy hasso thoroughly established itthat he has
not only cured thousands, but his graduates are likewise meeting with mark-
ed success, and to-day there are many who are studying for or have a di-
ploma from his American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri,
while thousands testify in regard to their cures after allelse had proven
futile, and the learned M. D.'s had pronounced their cases hopeless.

“These are facts and hence indisputable evidence in regard to this science
of healing without drugs. And yet, you may say, І ат ап enthusiast and
do not consistently weigh this matter and thatat best it is but a fad. If
facts are fads, so be it, as I do not base my statements of Osteopathy upon
otherthan facts, and thatit positively cures the diseases man is heir to,
more frequently and easier than medicine сап; and it has met in the arena
and vanquished many cases in which medicine has signally failed, while its
Diplomates of Osteopathy are capable of successfully perpetuating its
many merits.

A man's mind may conjure up theories and ideas (where one has not
personally viewed the results of Osteopathy) adverse tothis science, but
when one comes to see and hear and know those who have been helped and
cured, then why deny its potency? Therefore let us welcome this great
boon to mankind, and thank Dr. A. T. Still for his courage to persevere and
perfect Osteopathy.

Osteopathy is not massage, itis not magnetism or hypnotism, but an
idea of what it is can be obtained if you will read the Journal of Osteo-
pathy, and if one contemplates studying this science atthe American
School of Osteopathy, their catalogue will show you this science is in the
hands of a very profound faculty with skilled professors, operators, etc.,
and its Infirmary has every facility for the care and cure of patients.

FRANK WESTON.

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DEATH OF GOVERNOR F. A. BRIGGS, OF NORTH
DAKOTA.

еы friends of Osteopathy, everywhere, will learn with sincere regret,
the untimely death of Governor F. A. Briggs, of North Dakota.

Inthe prime of life and
on the threshold ofabright
and successful career as a
public man and a states-
man, he has fallen a victim
to that most insidious of all
diseases, consumption.
He died at his home at
Bismarck, North Dakota,
on the morning of August
oth.

Governor Briggs was
elected two years ago as
chief executive of his
state. He had previously
served a term as state aud-
itor. He was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
in the year 1858 and was
а educated іп the public

GOVERNOR BRIGGS, OF NORTH DAKOTA. | schools of Minnesota. He
learned the printer's trade and worked at the case several years. In 1881
he moved to Mandan, North Dakota, and engaged in the real estate busi-
ness during the boom days of Mandan. Tirelessin energy,upright, affable,
he gained the confidence of all with whom he came in contact. In 1884 he
was appointed postmaster at Mandan. In 1886 he was elected county
treasurer and was re-elected in 1888,1890, and 1892. In 1894 he was elected
state auditor and was chosen governor in 1896. He was frank and out-
spoken, never hiding behind subterfuges, never shirking responsibility, de-
tected shams readily and recognized truth in whatever gárb presented. His
training from the days of newspaper apprenticeship had been intensely
practical, and when Osteopathy was called to his attention he examined its
claims without prejudice, and told both friends and opponents ofthe meas-
ure alike that if it D heshould sign the bill. *It was a good thing in
my family and won't hurt anybody," was the way he expressed himself to

the newspaper correspondents when they called to learn what he intended
to do in relation to the measure then pending.

He was a young man and very popular іп а state made up largely of
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compelled to seek rest aud relief, but the sequel shows that his vacation
came too late. In October and November of last year, he visited the A. T.
Still Infirmary in Kirksville, for Osteopathic treatment, leaving in Decem-
ber for Arizonaand California, for a milder climate in which to spend the

winter months.
During his stay in Kirksville he made many friends by his genial and

unassuming manner. On the evening of November 12th the students of
the American School of Osteopathy tendered him a popular reception in
Memorial Hall, and as a token of their regard and their appreciation of his
friendly attitude toward Osteopathy in his state presented him with an ele-
gant parlor lamp purchased by popular subscription.

After going to the Pacific coast, Governor Briggs' health, for a time
seemed to improve, and his friends in North Dakota urged him to recon-
sider his intention to withdraw from public life at the end of his guberna-
torial term. However, the day before the recent state convention, it was
announced, finally, that he would not again bea candidate. His death fol-
lowed close upon that announcement.

GOVERNOR STEPHENS AND OSTEOPATHY:

SoM of the enemies of Governor Lon V. Stephens, prompted no doubt

by members of the medical fraternity, have attempted to make capi-
tal against him for his course in regard to the law legalizing Osteopathy in
this state. A recent issue of theJefferson City Tribune says:

“Gov. Lon V. Stephens has been unjustly criticised in some quarters of
the State for signing what is known asthe Osteopathy bill, which passed
almost unanimously the last General Assembly. When his attention was
called to this criticism, the Governor said:

“The bill regulating and licensing the practice of Osteopathy in the
State of Missouri was introduced in the Thirty-eighth General’Assembly and
passed both houses by a small majority. This science was barely known
by the people, as its promoters had introduced it but a short time prior to
the convening of that session ofthe Legislature. The measure having
passed that body by merely the constitutional majority,my predecessor, ex-
Gov. William J. Stone, was induced to veto it. The proposition then went
before the people. Anew Legislature, the Thirty-ninth, was elected, and
this bill was again introduced and passed over-whelmingly by both branches.
In the House the vote stood 101 for the measure, 16 against, and 18 absent
from the roll call. Ofthe ror voting for the bill, there were two regular
physicians. Six regular physicians voted against the bill and four regular
physicians were among those who did not vote on the measure atall. In
the Senate the vote stood 26 for the bill, 3 against and 5 absent. The total
vote for the bill was 127.

“From this it isa clear indication, in my opinion, thatthe people of
Missouri were for giving the friends of Osteopathy the protection of our
State laws. The science of Osteopathy, as far as it has come under my
observation, assists in relieving suffering humanity, and I do not think I
erred in signing the bill. In view of the fact that such а majority of the
General Assembly favored it, it would more than likely, had I withheld my
approval, been passed over a veto.

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THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OSTEOPATHS.

Т American Association for the Advancement of Osteopathy at its
second annual meeting, met in Kirksville, Missouri, June 29 and 30,
1898.

Almost two hundred of theleading Osteopaths from all over the United
States were present, and a wide-awake, enthusiastic meeting was the result.
Scientific papers, addresses and the discussion of important Osteopathic
questions occupied nearly the whole of the first day's session. After which
the association proceeded to its regular business and then to the election of
officers for the ensuing year.

Officers elected were as follows:

President—S. C. Mathews, D. O., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ist Vice-President—S. H. Morgan, D. O., Florence, Colorado.

2nd Vice-President—G. L. Huntington, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Secretary—Irene Harwood, D. O., Topeka, Kansas.

Assistant Secretary—N. F. McMurry, Kirksville, Missouri.

Treasurer—D. L. Clark, Kirksville, Missouri.

( J. W. Banning, D. O., Burlington, Iowa.
| Mrs. F. T. Hannah, D. O., Lancaster, Mo.
J. W. Henderson, D. O., St. Paul, Minn.
Trustees,J W. J. Dann, Kirksville, Mo.
H. E. Nelson, D. O., Louisville, Ky.
T. L. Ray, D. O., Boise City, Idaho.
F. E. Moore, Minneapolis, Minn.

The Association was not only thoroughly enjoyable, but in the шекер
sense beneficial to all, all feeling that they had been made stronger and that
the real work of advancing the science of Osteopathy had been gloriously
carried forward.

The Association adjourned on the 30th to meetnext year on a date and
at a place to be named by the Executive Officers.

365° Mr. N. F. McMurry, Assistant Secretary, will be centrally located
at Kirksville, Missouri, throughout the year, and in close communion with
all the officers of the association. All matters that should come before the
officers should be addressed to him, and will receive immediate attention.

N. F. McM.

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DISEASES OF A PATHOGENIC ORIGIN.

INDICATIONS FOR TREATMENT FROM AN OSTEOPATHIC
STANDPOINT.

DAVID LITTLEJOHN, PH. B.. M. D.

f ous there exists in this great universe such a class of organisms as

bacteria, is a statement which we all appreciate. Indeed, they are so
abundant that scarcely the smallest portion of the earth's surface can be
said to be absolutely free from them. They are present in the air we
breathe, and the water we drink. In fact, they are an ever present quan-
tity.

This great class of bacteria or micro-organisms, is primarily divided into
two chief divisions, viz. (a) Pathogenic bacteria, or those which, when
introduced into the animal system are capable of producing disease. (b)
Non-Pathogenic, or those which do not produce disease in the animal king-
dom. Both of these divisions afford an excellent field for research, to those
who wish to penetrate into the depths of the science of Bacteriology. But
it is to the first division of this class, that we wish to refer in the present
article, i. e. those which when introduced into the animal economy, are
capable of producing a series of changes, in the structure of the tissues of
the body of the animal, into which they have been introduced. And by vir-
tue of these changes of structure, they produce an alteration in the physi-
ological functions of the body, which gives rise, to what we term, the symp-
toms of the special diseases, which are due to the action of these micro-
organisms, in the system of the individual.

This gives us an idea of the extent of the class of pathogenic bacteria.
It includes all those micro-organisms, which, when they have entered into
the body of an individual, are capable of producing an alteration from the
normal, of the physiological functions, as well as, of the histological struct-
ures of the various tissues of the body.

That many of the diseased conditions of mankind, are due to the pre-
sence of certain micro-organisms in the individual, has been proved beyond
the shadow of a doubt. So that it is unnecessary for us in the present con-
dition of scientific enlightenment, to go into any extensive and detailed
account, in order to prove the truth of this statement. Suffice it to say,
that it has been demonstrated time and again, by thousands of scientific in-
vestigators in all parts of the world. We have butto mention the names of
such men as Pasteur, Koch and Klebs, who are scientists in the highest
sense of the word. When such men as these have demonstrated the fact,
who is there among us who will gainsay its truth.

The further we proceed in ourinvestigations, the more firmly convinced

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are we of the important part that is played in the production of disease by
these infinitesimal organisms we call bacteria.

Let us come down to some common every-day facts, which none of us
can deny. We know that very many of the common diseases, such as,
measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, etc., occur usually in the form of epidem-
ics. Although, of course, we do occasionally find them appearing in the
form of what we call "sporadic cases," that is, where some isolated case
may appear in a community, without any specific history of direct infection
and, where there seems to be no tendency for the disease to spread or to
become epidemic; or more correctly, where the hygienic precautions are
such that it is prevented from becoming epidemic. In many of. these so-
called sporadic cases, however, we are inclined to question the accuracy of
the diagnosis, and believe, that they may, more likely, be due to some patho-
logical manifestations produced by a morbid alteration in the structure of
the tissues of the body, simulating in a marked degree the symptoms of
these other diseases. Yet, on close investigation, we could discover the
presence or absence of certain symptoms, which would enable us to differ-
entiate between the affections.

While this is our belief, yet, we do not want to be understood to say
that sporadic cases, cannot or do not occur. On the contrary, we know
that oftentimes they do. What we wished to state was that many, that are
so-called sporadic cases, are not true cases of the specific disease.

That sporadic cases should occur, is in no way incongruous with the
microbic theory. For when we bear in mind the infinitesimal character of
these microbes; and the fact that they may become latent, and retain their
vitality for an indefinite period, even outside of the human body, and the
facility with which they may become secreted in articles of clothing, bed-
ding, furniture, etc., we can easily understand how it is possible for them to
remain concealed for an indefinite time, and sometime it may be by acci-
dent,they are roused from their lurking place, and so go forth to produce
an infection, giving rise, if they find a suitable soil for growth, to a sporadic
caseofthe disease. That is, if by proper precautions it be prevented from
spreading, otherwise it would become epidemic.

Further, in connection with this class of diseases, we know that it may
be transmitted directly from one person to another, not only by actual con-
tact, but also by the inhalation of the pulmonary exhalations, or of the dried
excretions of the diseased body. Again, we know by scientific investiga-
tion, that from anv special case, we can, by certain methods, isolate a certain
special microbe, which it is possible to cultivatein suitable media outside of
the body. And when some ofthis culture is introduced into another ani-
mal it produces in it, exactly the same symptoms as we had in the original
case.

These facts go to show very clearly, that microbes have a direct influ-
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would have us believe. These points will suffice to prove the truth of the
statement we made, that many of the diseased conditions of mankind are
due to the presence of certain micro-organisms in the individual. So we
will not proceed further with this, but will take it for granted that its truth
will be accepted.

We have said that those micro-organisms are everywhere present. Then
the question presents itself to us, if this be the case, why is it that we are
not all affected with the diseases they produce? This question opens up a
vast field of research and investigation. And in the present article it would
be absolutely impossible to give the extensive answer to this question that
its importance demands. We will have to be satisfied with simply giving a
few of the more essential facts in relation to this important subject.

Itis certainly true, as we have already stated, that bacteria are to be
found invariably present in greater or less numbers in every part of the uni-
verse. Even in the animal world we find them in more or less abundance
in the mouth, nose, air passages, gastro-intestinal and genito-urinary tracts,
and even more abundantly onthe externalsurface of the body. But though
they be thus common and in many cases abundant, both upon the internal
and external surfaces of the body, they do not penetrate the mucous mem-
brane or the cutaneous covering of the body when in a healthy condition.
Asarule, therefore, we may say, that under normal conditions the various
tissues of the body, as well as the fluids of the body, are free from germs.

The vast majority of these micro-organisms, indeed, except under spe-
cial unhygienic conditions, when we find certain pathogenic forms, which
have been emitted from persons suffering from diseases of an infectious
character, or from decayed animal and vegetable refuse, are altogether of a
non-pathogenic variety, and are utterly harmless, as far as effect of produc-
ing disease is concerned in the human body. This in a measure explains
why we are not all placed in subjection to these bacteria. But it does not
clearly explain, why it is that when, say, two individuals, to all outward
appearance identical, are exposed to the same infection, the one becomes.
affected with the disease, and the other one experiences no inconvenience
whatever.

To explain this we must look in other directions for information. While
it is perfectly true, that the skin by its denseness and firmness, prevents the
entrance of these micro-organisms into the system, that is when it is intact
and free from any abrasion, the same is also true of the mucous surfaces,
covered with their epithelial layer, and in some parts studded with multi-
tudes of vibratile cilia. But it does not wholly explain the situation.

There are several forces brought into play in the establishing of this
condition of insusceptibility or as it has been termed immunity.

It has been demonstrated that if we introduce into the blood of an ani-
mal, some minute solid particles of a bright color, (the color being merely
for the purpose of facilitating observation afterward) that they will quickly
disappear from the fluid entirely, and on microscopic examination, they

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will be found embedded in the substance of the white blood corpuscles or
leucocytes. This proves that these leucocytes are, what we might term the
“scavengers” of the blood, removing from it noxious agents which may
be introduced into it. This is exactly what takes place when these micro-
organisms enter the blood. They are seized upon by these leucocytes,
which embed them in their own structure, and it is possible that they even
digest them. Thus destroying these germs, and so they are prevented from
declaring their presence by producing altered manifestations. If, however,
the leucocytes be in an impaired condition, as when there is a lowering of
the vitality of the individual, or if the micro-organisms be present in such
numbers, as to overcome the action of the leucocytes. Then we have the.
development of the specific disease.

What we have said takes place in the leucocytes, is true also of the
other cellular elements of the body tissues. And this general action of these
cellular elements is what has been termed by Metschnikoff phagocytosis.

In addition to this phagocytic action, we have in the various fluids of
the body, certain albuminoid agents, called *alexins," which are known to
actin a striking manner, as germicides. These are undoubtedly of the ut-
most importance in protecting the individual from the inroads that would
otherwise be made by these micro-organisms.

Again we have in the lymphatic system a series of nodes, which act as
filters filtering out of the lymphatic fluid bacteria which may have entered it
from the intestinal absorption or from any external abrasion in the cuta-
neous surface, or from absorption from any localized seat of infection. Thus
preventing it from entering the blood stream. These lymph nodes are in
this way prominent factors in the establishing of immunity.

We have thus briefly described the natural means we have in the indi-
vidual of resisting and overcoming the attacks ofthese pathogenic bacteria.
We purposely refrain from speaking of acquired immunity, either natural or
artificial, as it has no connection with the object of the present article.

In conclusion then, bearing in mind tbese natural forces we have in the
individual which oppose and counteract the action of these pathogenic bac-
teria, what from an Osteopathic standpoint, would be the rational indica-
tions to follow in regard to the treatment of the diseases which are of this
pathogenic origin.

We would suggest the following three indications:

(1) To increase the blood supply, so as to get an increased number of
leucocytes; as well as to cause an increase in the nourishment of the various
tissues of the body, whose cellular elements in conjunction with the leuco-
cytes remove and destroy these micro-organisms.

(2) To increase the various fluids of the body and thus increase the
albuminoid ingredients or alexins,so as to destroy the bacteria in these
antiseptic fluids.

(3) To keep the lymphatic system in proper condition,so as to facili-

ate the removal of the bacteria in their passage through the lymph nodes.

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THE NECESSITY OF THOROUGHNESS IN THE STUDY
OF OSTEOPATHY,

(Communieated)

x a new class in the American School of Osteopathy is to enter this

month, it would be well for its members to consider with care the
step they are taking. Osteopathy more than any other science is exacting,
demanding the utmost attention of the pupil. The American School of
Osteopathy has provided a faculty which can be excelled no where in the
world in the study of this science. Each teacher has been carefully se-
lected for his proficiency in his special line, not only as to knowledge, but
his ability to impart that knowledge.

It then depends on the student alone whether he will be a success or
failure in the future. As it is possible in all schools and colleges for stu-
dents lacking the inclination for hard work, to shirk and skim through
without any deep seated idea of the science they have studied, we will not
say such a thing is not possible in the American School of Osteopathy or
any other school of Osteopathy. But suppose a student should by some
unworthy means deceive his or her instructors and make grades he was not
entitled to, who would be most injured in the end? The school injured
by issuing a diploma to ап incompetent person. The public is injured by
having imposed upon it an incompetent person, through whose failure to
understand what he pretends, patients may suffer and die; but after all the
greatest injury would be to the graduate himself. He would not long be
able to impose himself on the public, for failure would attend his efforts.
He might by shifting his quarters frequently, and by liberal advertising
secure patients for a while, but the final result would be personal ruin and
humiliation.

The student should ever bear in mind that Dr. A. T. Still the discoverer
of the science, spent a life time in learning what you can now accomplish
in two years. It was no child's play with him, but deep earnest thought,
the delving into unknown depths of nature, working in the dark, or navigat-
ing an unknown sea without chart or compass, and of course it required
harder and longer work than will be required of you. Youcan not hope to
be his superior in the science, nor scarce his equal, for thelong years he has
devoted to it, has added a thoroughness not to be surpassed. But you can
approximate to what he has attained, and at the end of your life may look
back over a long broad pathway lined with brilliant successes, which like
that of the "Old Doctor" will be the glory of your declining years.

Not only will you be rewarded by money, but the consciousness of hav-
ing relieved pain, saved life, given the babe back toits mother, saved the
mother to care for her babe, and to bless the husband, or the husband to

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the family. When you contemplate these pleasures you will know to a
certainty that it is more blessed to give than to receive.

If you have carefully thought of all this, and have within you the metal
that makes a true Osteopath, you will not want to shirk a single duty, nor
will you want to hurry through the school, nor start out into the world with
a misty idea of the science, hoping by actual practice and experiment to ac-
‘quire what you should have known before you left college.

The world is filling up with fake Osteopaths and incompetents. Every-
thing successful meets imitation and fraud. No sooner had Dr. Still
proven to the world that Osteopathy was a great science hitherto unknown,
than unscrupulous persons with a smattering of the science began to impose
themselves on the public. Because the doctor denounced them as frauds
and refused to fraternize with them or recognize them, he has been called
‘selfish and egotistic. If itis egotism or selfish to refuse to recognize in-
'competence or fraud, it would be well there were more such egotism and
‘selfishness in the world.

How much better is it to be thorough at the very beginning. To know
all you claim to know, to be honest with your instructor and honest with
yourself.

Be thorough in every department. You will commence with an intro-
ductory course in Anatomy, Chemistry, and Histology. Be thorough in
each branch. You can not build a strong house on a weak foundation,
and the first term of your college life will belaying the foundation for the
entire course. You must have that thorough, or it will be up hill- work the
whole two vears, with a chance of failure at the end.

Do not worry about good grades, but have a thorough knowledge of
the subject, be ableto express it, and the grades will take care of them-
selves.

Make it a rule never to leave any subject which you do not fully under-
stand. Haveathorough knowledge ofall branches taught in the first
term, and the second term will be easier, and the third easier still. The
beauties of the science will unfold from the very beginning like a blooming
rose, and what to the sluggard would be work, to you will be pleasure.

A new interest will be awakened in you, a new pleasure you had never
‘known before. What affords greater enjoyment than making new discover-
ies every day? You are sailing on what to you is an unknown sea, touch-
ing at islands filled with beauties, exploring caverns in which dwell the
very seat of life. The journey of “Alice in Wonderland” does not com-
prise more that is beautiful than lies before the earnest student of Osteo-
pathy. But your ear must be attuned to nature’s rythmic harmonies before
you can enjoy it; your eye must be opened to the beauties of the world be-
fore you can see them; so must your intellect be awakened to the beauties
of Osteopathy before you are capable of appreciating all that there is in the
wonderful science.

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You can not do this by skimming. Hidden beauties of the sea lie at the
bottom, not on the surface, and so with Osteopathy. You will find the hid-
den beauties deep at the bottom of the well of knowledge.

Too frequently one hears the remark:

“Why is this or that essential? What has Chemistry or Histology to
do with Osteopathy? Why have they added thisor that tothe course?
‘Such and such studies were not required by the first classes,;why exact them
of us?"

If the complaining student would only be reasonable and pause a
moment to consider he would see that Osteopathy is advancing. Dr. A. T.
Still and his able corps of educators are continually trying to make the
course better. Those who know the old doctor know that he is not one to
‘соте to a stand still. Не must be continually moving, continually investi-
gating, and exploring, and leading others along in the line he is going. His
whole heart is in the work and he continues to improve it. He keeps а
few leagues ahead of all other explorers following in his footsteps. He
carefully surveys each new field on which they enter in the science, and
when they follow his directions they succeed, when they depart from his
instructions, failure is the inevitable result.

What to the beginner in Osteopathy may seem useless rubbish, may
be one of the essentials to a true knowledge ofthe science. The faculty
and board of which the founder of the school is president, have been years
carefully considering what is best for you, and nothing essential has been
omitted.

Youseea stone. It has no resemblance whatever to a house, but it is a
part of ahouse. When the house is completed you cannot remove a single
stone from the wall without marring the beauty and weakening the structure.

So you may look upon your studies. It may seem wholly unessential
to devote so much time to Anatomy and Physiology. You may think that
you can omit a day or a week and it will never be missed, but you are leav-
ing out one stone in that beautiful wall of knowledge which is to make you
strong for good in saving life and relieving suffering. Don't imagine that
you can putin the stoneafter the wall is built. You may be able to stick a
stone in the gap and partially plaster it over, but the structure will never be
as strong nor so beautiful as if the stones had been laid when the building
was in course of construction. It is during the building, every stone must
be placed, and inits proper position. Just so in the study of Osteopathy.
Every subject must be fitted in at the proper time and place. Be sure that
the foundation is well laid before beginning the superstructure. Be sure
that you know all of the very first lesson before beginning the second. In
the language of Doctor Still, “Clean it up as you go along and leave noth-
ing behind you.”

This rule may seem a little hard at first but before you have advanced
far you will find that the work grows easier.

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The corn should be cultivated while it is growing, Osteopathy should
be studied when you enter into the school and not wait until you have gone
out to locate before you study it. It is hard earnest work, but work that
repays a thousand fold.

Weare often asked the question, who make best Osteopaths? Scarce
a mail comes to the JoURNAL without some such query, and Dr. Still per-
haps has been asked the question a thousand times.

The answer to one and all may be the same. The man and woman who
studies the science for the love of it, and for the pleasure of doing good to
their fellows in relieving pain and saving life, these make the best Osteo-
.paths. There are unfortunately some who enter upon the study because
they love the money in its practice more than they love the science.

These are the men and women who patronize cheap schools of short
terms, or the diploma mills, and аз а result palm themselves off on the
world as Osteopaths, when they are frauds. They are not only frauds but
failures.

Osteopathy is no secret. Itis no small science that can be obtained in
a few week's or months, or gained by reading a receipt book on the subject.
It is a science the most intricate of all sciences. It requires ап education
of all the senses, and faculties. While text books are essential, no one can
learn Osteopathy from text books alone, without devoting a life time to it
as Dr. Still has done, and then the chances are, that he would fail. ,

There never has been but one Dr. Still; there never has been but one
discoverer of Osteopathy, and that man is Dr. Still, all the assertions of all
the quacks and charlatans to the contrary notwithstanding. It took him as
has been stated a life time to develop, mature and perfect the knowledge,
so as to evolve the science. Do you suppose if it had been suchan easy
matter to perfect oneself in it, that Dr. Still with his intelligence would
have been a life time in doing so.

You can not acquire this education without a teacher, and if you have
a teacher you ought to be content with nothing but the very best. It is the
boast of the American School of Osteopathy—a boast in which it prides
itself—that it has the very best faculty to be obtained. Whenever the fac-
ulty can be made better the management will do it. The very best text
books and apparatus to be obtained will be used in the schools, but all this
with the very best teachers in the world will avail nothing unless the stu-
dent labors, and understands.

If you understand the human anatomy thoroughly you will find physi-
ology easy. If you do not understand anatomy you will find physiology
difficult. If you know chemistry thoroughly, urinalysis, poisons and anti-
dotes, with physiological chemistry will be comparatively easy, while on
the other hand if you do not know elementary chemistry, when you reach
those higher branches you will find them dull misty апа incomprehensible.

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soon. Ifyou should enteran apprenticeship to learn to be a machinist,
would you expect to commence with the most difficult and particular work?
All will have their turn at the treating room, but one had as well expect
a boy from the farm to build a locomotive the first week he is in the
machine shop as to suppose that after a few weeks, and before the student
is thorough in anatomy, he or she could be trusted in the treating room.

You have become apprenticed to learn the trade of a machinist, ora
repairer of machinery. The machine you are to learn to repair is the hu-
man body. Before you expect to learn how to repair it you must learn all
about the machine itself. It is not an easy task before you. There аге
hundreds of bones, nerves, muscles, arteries and veins, some large and some
infinitesimally small. They are in groups and have names; you must be
perfect master of them, you must learn where the lever is that will turn on
or off the steam of life.

Students who enter the American School of Osteopathy are men and
women of maturity. They are presumed to have this cause at heart. To
them it is capital on which their future success or failure in life depends.
The instructors in this institution realize this, and the same stern discipline
essential to the management ofa class of boys and girls is not expected.
The teachers believe you are honest, that you desire to know, that you real-
ize it is far more to your interest to be thorough than any one else. They
often presume on your thoroughness, and if they mistake it is your fault,
and we might almost say your crime. ;

Do not be afraid to ask aboutanything on which you are not perfectly
clear. If you are in doubt never leave the subject until that doubt is re-
moved.

It is often the case that a student not wishing to appear more dull than
his or her companions will allow questions of which they have only a par-
tial knowledge to slip by, hoping that in the future it will all be made more
clear. This is wrong. Never leave a subject until you are perfectly clear
on it. Never quit a page of your text book if you have the slightest doubt
in regard to the subject. Do not make the mistake of many of committing
word for word. That would only be a parrot's knowledge. Learn the great
principles which are taught in the text book and you will never forget
them. Learn the names of the bones well, from the largest to the smallest,
learn their articulations and relations to each other. Learn
their grouping and uses perfectly then when it comes to the muscles, nerves
and blood supply with the countless thousands of other details, you will ac-
quire them without difficulty.

Above all things do not permit a fear that you will be regarded dumb
and stupid to keep you from asking for information. The diamond until
cut and polished is only a rough stone, and often the dullest student is a
diamond in the rough whose lustre in the future is to far outshine the varia-
ble light of a seemingly brilliant student.

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Let industry and thoroughness be your motto. Use the brains God has
given you. Do not depend on any one to help you for no one can do that,
you must make the journey in quest of knowledge alone. Your best friend
can not make it for you.

You must make the journey on foot and not depend on “ponies” to
carry you over dangerous places, and hard examinations. “Ponies” used by
students are dangerous steeds. They are treacherous and deceiving. They
offer to bear your burdens but make them heavier in the end. The pony is
the “old man of the sea," Sindbad the sailor tells of. Once get the pony
seated.on your shoulders and you will not easily remove it. At the begin-
ning of this term let every student resolve not to invoke the aid of the
"pony" which is an enemy to thoroughness.

Those of you who have becn fortunate enough to read Dr. Still’s Auto-
biography will remember his famous business allegory in which he states
that, “In this, my first life, it will be seen Iwas not successful as a business
man. Everything I tried for many years was a failure. І lost all my means
and time, and all I had to show was that I had made another failure."

Then he goes on to illustrate himself as traveling on the journey of life
and meeting this one and that one. He lacked confidence in his own abil-
ity and asked the advice of all whom he met, invariably following each in
turn and failing as usual. He discovered that all his failure was occasioned
by lack of self-reliance. It was not until the Ram of Reason had driven
him up the Tree of Knowledge that he found the label of self-reliance and
learned that God had given him a brain on which he must alone depend for
success in life. When he followed those instructions devoting all his ener-
gies he proved a success; and so will any one.

I would recommend every student to carefully study Dr. Still's busi-
ness allegory and apply it to his own case in the study of Osteopathy. If
you follow its teachings you cannot be dishonest. The ram of conscience
will knock vou down every time you pretend to know what you do not.
You cannot follow its teachings and depend on a pony, or the assistance of
а seat mate in the class room. It is your own brain that God has given you
on which you must rely. If you follow the teachings of the Ram of Reason
you will cast aside all such crutches as ponies and walk in the
light of day and reason, an independent man or woman and not the slave
ofignorance. You will have no fear of humiliation at the discovery that
you have fraudulently represented yourself as knowing more than you do.
You will learn that you can stand alone, and do not have to lean on some
one's shoulders. Your confidence in your self will be increased, which will
increase the confidence of others in your ability. This firm self-reliance
when you go out to practice can only be obtained by a thorough knowledge
of the subject; without this thoroughness you will only add one more to
the list of miserable failures. M.

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OPIE REED'S OPINION OF OSTEOPATHY.

N an article on “Osteopathy” published in Carter's Magazine for August,
its editor, Opie Reed, the well known author of a number of popular
works, says:

* Man constantly finds something new about himself, and it is thus that
the world moves. From the dawn of time he has been his own study, and
is even yeta mine of mystery unto himself. We reverence the past, soft in
a mellow light, and yet we know that the schoolboy of today is wiser than
the sage of the long ago. Theory becomes science, and science resolves
itself into a commonplace fact, and we wonder that we were so slow to ac-
cept so manifest a truth. We study ourselves, indeed, but sometimes we
are loth to credit our own intelligence. It is our reverence for the old. A
great orator when asked how he would go about toward the betterment of
the world, replied that he would make good health catching instead of
disease. Good health is catching. Good health is natural. Nature's aim
is to be free from disease. What mockery is there in the saying that a man
of thirty died a natural death. To die before extreme old age is most un-
natural. There is something wrong with the running of a machine that
wears out too soon. Ап observant machinist can repair the evil. Man isa
machine, and recently there has come into notice, a school of machinists to
regulate the machine man—Osteopathy, Most cheerfully do I subscribe to
this science. I have felt the benefit of it, and I honestly believe it to be
one of the mostwonderfuldiscoveriesofanyage. If my voice, though limited
in range, may help the suffering, it is my duty to liftit. My associates know
that I am a firm believer in Osteopathy, and they know that I here set
down what I conceive to be the truth. I have no fear of writing a “puff;”
I have no edge to whet, no graft to gather. In my humble way I am as
earnest as Joseph Medill was when he advocated, in his great newspaper,
the benefits of the Keeley Cure. Every man, not wholly vicious, would
like to aid the sufiering. The fear of advertising a public blessing is an
evil # # E * * *

"In my reading I have come across certain tenets of this great healing
school, some of which I transcribe, believing from investigation that they
are true.

"Medicine continues to point with pride to the ingenuity and bewilder-
ing complexity of its theories; Osteopathy asks the public to look at results.

“Osteopathy is a system of healing by manual operations without the
aid of drugs or stimulants.

“Nine-tenths of the diseases which come to the Osteopath are treated
first by stimulating the nerves of the excretory organs of the system for the
purpose of cleaning up the dirty house within which the human soul dwells.

“The principles of the science can be comprehended only by those who

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are familiar with anatomy and physiology. Osteopathic practice cannot be
explained in print or by word of mouth.

“The chief cause of disease is due to mechanical obstruction to
natural functions. There issome displacement, enlargement, obstruction
or abnormality of bone, muscle, ligament upon a nerve or blood vessel.

“With an accurate knowledge of anatomy, Osteopathy deals with the
human body as an intricate machine, which, if kept in proper adjustment,
nourished and cared for, will run smoothly into a ripe, useful old age.

Osteopaths believe that every living organism has within it, as its
special gift from God, the power to manufacture and prepare all the chem-
icals, material and forces needed to build and repair; together with all the
machinery and apparatus required to do this work іг the most perfect man-
ner. Osteopathy claims that no longer will suffering humanity be com-
pelled to quaff noxious draughts and flinch under the cruel knife of the
surgeon in efforts to seek relief from disease. Osteopathy is the new heal-
ing science of healing without drugs. Among its followers are the most
prominent people of the world.

I am quoting freely, and with but little care as to arrangement, but
with a desire to set forth the “platform” of the school. I have at hand
hundreds of testimonials, from the most trustworthy of sources, but this
science needs no testimony except an illustration of its own principles. АП
that truth needs is a light thrown upon it. Butman is hedged about by
traditions, by adherence to a constant experiment that has come down
through the ages, the belief that to swallow drugs puts him on the road to
health. The little mind is slow to accept a great but simple truth. The
world loves to be tricked.

"You have a great industry in your town," said a stranger to a village
philosopher, pointing to a tall chimney from which a constant smoke was
pouring. "Yes," replied the philosopher, “a great factory built upon the
credulous hope of aches and pains—it is a patent medicine laboratory."

Recently I heard a farmer say that patent medicines for his family
cost him more than his taxes. Taxes upon his land and taxes upon his ig-
norance; and yet he is not much worse off than the man who is constantly
swallowing drugs prescribed by regular physicians. Both are victims of a

*

time worn error. * * *

“A school of Osteopathy ought to be established at every health resort
in the country. The government ought to see that one is established at
Hot Springs. It is worth all the curative waters in the world. It is almost
an instant freddom from weariness. It isthe champagne of nature. It des-
troys the appetite for drink, not in cases of confirmed dipsomania, but in
cases of nervous prostration.

"You are a crank on that subject," was said toa believer in the new
science. “Yes,” he replied, ‘‘and I am doing my friends a good turn."

“So thoroughly convinced am I of the scientific principles involved in this.

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work that I have no hesitancy in saying that I believe no physician is
thoroughly competent without a knowledge of this science. I have seen
and talked with some who have investigated, and all these acknowledge its
genuineness. The time will come, I feel, when they will fully appreciate
its merits, and strive to increase their proficiency in the healing art by ac-
quiring a knowledge of a principle so nécessary to them in their profession.

“Tt will never be a fad, for that would be like decking common sense
with a ribbon; it will be the recourse of the wise. The man shut up in his
office will find that he need no longer suffer from nervousness, the victim
of overwork will learn that within a few moments he can be freed from
weariness, and the farmer will cease to exchange eggs for patent medicines.

"Health is the inheritance of man, and should be jealously guarded.
Without it the wealth of Midas is but as dross, while with it a man is rich,
though he be a beggar. This being granted it goes without saying that the
public should eagerly investigate any new discovery that may be made in
the art of healing, and Osteopathy if thus carefully investigated will surely
commend itself to the average person. While its methods are a radical de-
parture from the principles which have heretofore been accepted as the.
basis of medical practice, if the matter is only looked at without prejudice,
and the human body be regarded as but a complex machine, it will be seen
at once that Osteopathy is perfectly reasonable and rational.

MAII

OSTEOPATHY PROVED BY ROENTGEN RAY.

By Н. Е. BERNARD, D.O., DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

HE state of perfection into which Osteopathy has brought the all

important science of diagnosis has been proved by the most indisput-

able of all tests, the “Roentgen Ray" which has disputed the Theorist and

confounded the Symptomatologist with the absolute facts of anatomical
conditions.

Surface anatomy as perfected by Dr. Still, as taught by his teachers
and as practiced by the graduates of the schools of Osteopathy is destined
to prove to all the world the inestimable boon Osteopathy has brought to
suffering humanity, in that it has brought diagnosis from the fog-land of
theoretical deduction into direct contact with the affected parts.

It is with pride that I record an incident of my practice which demon-
strated the absolute integrity of the highly developed touch in locating the
predisposing cause of disease.

Among the new patients I received recently was a young lady who, in
consultation informed me that she was suffering from epilepsy. She was
very nervous, suffered great pain in the occipital region, her vision was
impaired and there was a partial paralysis of the right side. The history
of the case is as follows:

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The patient hada fall when 11 months old which threw her into an
unconscious condition. Upon reviving it was found that her right foot and
hand were paralyzed and her right eye was closed. In time some improve-
ment was noted, the eye opened but the hand and foot continued ina paraly-
tic state. The patient had slight nervous convulsions uptoher 13th year,
when they developed into epilepsy, from which she has since suffered
greatly.

Upon examination I found one of the vertebrae slipped to the right a
fraction of an inch. It infringed upon the nerves as they passed from the
spinal cord and rendered them impotent; being connected with the sympa-
thetic chain the impotency of these nerves destroyed the exquisite balance
of the great sympathetic nerve which is essential to the proper performance
of its functions. With the sympathetic nerve not in harmony, suffering
ensued, and so for 20 years the patient has been an invalid.

During this long period she had been treated with the usual remedies.
She had been passed from school to school, from Theorist to Experiment-
alist, but always with the same unhappy result. Seven years ago one of
the most famous surgeons in the country accepted her case and after care-
ful consideration operated upon her fora supposed blood clot upon the
brain. The operation was entirely successful but there being no clot the
patient was not relieved.

After making my diagnosis the father of the young lady called upon
"me and asked for the details. Realizing his anxiety but unsuspecting any
other object I gave them very carefully. Heseemed particularly impressed
with the fact of the spinal lesion and when I concluded he informed me
that about a year.ago a celebrated physician discovered by the aid of the
Roentgen Ray that the particular vertebrae I had described was slipped to
the right.

Osteopathy even now is proving its worth in this difficult case and the
patient will probably be cured.

The Bengalese saying, “Do not wake up a sleeping physician," is sup-
posed to have been based upona feeling of consideration for the man of
healing. But it also brings to mind that English adage about letting sleep-
ing dogs lie; also that other older proverb, Qwze/a non movere.

P

At Skaguay, Alaska, sickness and deaths by cerebro-spinal meningitis
have been the cause of much anxiety. So prevalent has the disease been
that it has been spoken of as epidemic by some. А subscription fora hos-
pital was promptly raised and a two-story log house was rented in the lat-
ter part of February; in the temporary shelterand ina cabin annex fourteen
patients have been under treatment.

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JSOSOSS Seg eee ISB Oe овозе
Ne AX QA y Dupo.

КОО ОЛО ОО? ӨӨ ӨӨ ӨФӨ ӨФӨ ӨӨӨ ӨӨӨ

EDITED BY BLANCHE STILL, D. О.

NAILE it is a fact that almost every profession is open to women, it is

none the less true that there are odds against her in many of them.
And although itis true that she can do the work as efficiently and is as con- ,
scientious as her brother in the discharge of her duties, yet she often finds
it along hard struggle before shereaches a permanent footing in the pro-
fession she has chosen.

But there is one profession that throws open wide its door to her—yes
—even insists upon her entering, for none will say she is not fitfor this
work—that of ministering to the sick, and allaying the suffering of the af-
flicted.

In the training schools of the hospitals all over the land we find the
women in their white caps and going from ward to ward, carrying out the
directions of the physicians and alleviating in every way possible the suffer-
ing of the sick, and are these devoted women who are spending their lives
for others, regarded as “out of their sphere?"

Do we not concede that they are really “at home”’ in this profession?

If woman so admirably fitted by nature to “soothe and to heal—the
sick world that leans on her"—is it not true that she is thrice armed if to her
natural ability and her devotion to the afflicted we give her a knowledge of
alleviating the affliction. Can there be a more efficient physician than a
woman, who combines with her natural ability a knowledge ofthe princi-
ples of Osteopathy, so that she alone can soothe and comfort, and can, best
of all, remove the afflicting causes?

THE “КЕЅТ СОКЕ” AT HOME.

THERESE CLUETT, D. О.

“ H! Iam so nervous. I could fly to pieces." How many times I have

heard this cry from suffering womenand how many, many times I
have uttered this very same cry myself! It seems to be the curse of the
present generation, or perhaps it is the hurried age we live in. Whichever

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it is, I wish to say a few words to my nervous sisters and tell them they
have half of the cure within their own hands. Now when we utter this cry
do. we ever stop and think what is the cause of it? Very seldom. Indéed,
we go straight ahead and instead of trying to better our condition we only
make it worse.

Perhaps when we utter this cry we are getting ready for some social
function and what, with our tight dresses, tight sleeves, and that most
detestable of fashions, namely, the high choker collar, we are in a fair way
to collapse entirely. The high collar alone can do a whole world of mis-
chief since it interferes with the proper action of certain nerve centers, and
then becomes one of the “causes” of our nervous trouble. We must give
more attention to the beginning of these feelings. Take the “Rest Cure"
at home and don't wait untilcollapsesets in entirely and then have to make
your exit to some “Rest Cure" abroad.

Try the following experiment a few times and you will be surprised to
see the amount of "rest" that can be obtained through it. When all tired
out and nervous go to your room, draw down the blinds, lie perfectly flat
on the floor on your back and dismember your whole body. Say, to your-
self, that your right arm is no longer attached to the body but is over in
in some part of the room; send the left one to keep it company. Then dis-
member the lower limbs and then “take off your head." Lie in this posi-
tion for ten minutes and then gather yourself together, get up and see if your
nervousness and tried feeling is not a thing of the past. Now don't laugh
at this nor make light of it until you have given it a fair trial. Many times
have I secured the most wonderful results to my nervous patients just by
insisting on this simple exercise. Then again, get out of the habit of hurry-
ing. Don't hurry—all nervous people hurry. I've been there and I know.
Now stop it as it don't pay and you are only throwing away your vitality.
Oft time in the rush and battle of my work I feel that my nerves are trying
to get the upper hand. What do Ido? I simply withdraw to my room,

sit down and relax. Then I talk somewhat in this fashion to myself; “Now
stop it," this minute. A year from now you will not remember one thing
about this matter that is making you nervous; so what is the use of bother-
ing about it at present?" Ina few moments all is well. Now this is not
mind cure, it is simply using my common sense and I want some poor soul
who worries and worries over trifles to try this and see how much good will
come from it if they really wish to get well. Of course, many times there
may be serious causes for our nervousness. It may proceed from pressure
on the sympathetic; it may be caused by some uterine trouble. In any case
see some good reliable Osteopath and have a thorough examination. Go
to one that knows his or her business and not to some “student” starting a
“school;” or some other pretender who claims to know it all. See that the
operator, in whose hands you place your case, has a genuine bona-fide
diploma from a reliable Osteopathic college. Have perfect confidence in
him or her, do as you are told and there is not a doubt but your nervous-
ness will readily succümb to the treatment and you will not be compelled to
take the “Rest Cure" away from home.

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WHAT DOES THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF OSTEOP-
ATHY SIGNIFY?

qe HAS great significance. First, Osteopathy is a well proven scientific
truth, and so accepted by the most able critics of the reading world.

Its cures are natural, and the laws of cure are self-evident truths that
can be and are easily demonstrated at all times, seasons and places.

It signifies that this school is the “зип of light" from whom all other
Osteopathic schools, like the moon, must borrow their light, and reflect in
dark places; yet the borrowed rays of the moon may do much good, but can
never equal the brilliancy of old ‘‘Sol.”

It signifies or means, that the life of one man has been spent with the
determination, if possible, to demonstrate the methods by which nature
repairs injuries to the human system, either by wounds, accidents, the dis-
eases of the seasons, also many classes of contagions that have. prevailed
and destroyed countless thousands of human beings.

It signifies the method or methods that have been discovered and suc-
cessfully applied by A. T. Still, in the curing of measles, mumps, whooping
cough, fevers of the climates and seasons, and through the whole list of
diseases that the human race is heir to.

It has demonstrated its power in midwifery in shortening the time of
labor from one to twenty-four hours in all cases; modified the tortures of
childbirth from 50 to 75 per cent, done away with the forceps in all normally
formed women, and left the mother to thank thediscoverer of thatgreat and
natural law.

It signifies one of the most literary establishments for its age that. his-
tory has ever recorded. Within its walls are morality, truth, industry, the
love of man to his race, and the wisdom of Deity that He has displayed in
the ample provisions to ward off sickness and death.

Itsignifies to ladies that by two short years spent in this college that they
can become qualified to go forth into the world to do good to others and to
be remunerated handsomely for their services; besides the comfort in mind,
in knowing that her sex can get value received, and make a living for her-

self, and those dependent upon her; she feels and knows that the world is
wide and will gladly receive her-services in many places that are now shut
against a music teacher, painting, drawing, dress-making and many other
. professions that honesthearts have tried to make a living at, but on account
of competition have failed. The ladies that have graduated and gone
forth into the world all testify that the American School of Osteopathy is
the morning star of hope to the ambitious woman, and invite her to come
and drink ofthe river of joy that is ever running through its halls.

Itsignifies that A. T. Still has spent his youth, manhood and the
early hours of old age, and will only lay down his belt and sword with
which he has fought the battles of Osteopathy at the setting sun of his life,
as a pillar upon which his body will spend the days of an eternity.

Mrs. Annie Morris.

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A TRIBUTE TO ОЅТЕОРАТНҮ.

i ке M. POOLE. a well known popular writer for the eastern liter-

ary journals pays a glowing tribute to Osteopathy in the following
letter written to this Journal. A brief extract was published last month but
the following is the letter in full:

"Iam glad to give my testimony to the value of Osteopathic treatment.

During seven years I have been a sufferer from gastro-intestinal disor-
ders, nervous exhaustion, catarrh of the stomach and the train of ills to
which these affections necessarily give rise. Last July they culminated in
a fever, during which my life hung in the balance. From the effects, it
seemed impossible to rally.

"In fact I was daily losing strength and hope, when I sought the aid
of George J. Helmer, of this city. Neither my husband nor myself had
ever seen a diplomate or a patient of Osteopathy. But on general princi-
ples. we believed from what we had read, that Dr. Still had made most im-
portant discoveries, and that Osteopathy must justify the claims of its
friends.

“Mr. Helmer evinced seme hesitation in promising a cure, but late im
January began his treatment. At first the treatment was improvement and
gradual. But during the third course, which is not yet finished, I have
steadily progressed toward such a coudition of health as I never expected
in this life to experience. Years seem to have rolled from my shoulders,
this world is altogether a different place, and my gratitude to Dr. Still is
unbounded. The insomnia of long standing has given way to sleep like
that of childhood, the most persistent constipation of several years continu-
ance is yielding, and there is a sense of power, an ease and freedom to which
I have long beena stranger. Usefulness as well as happiness seems once
more before me.

“T should add that several members of my immediate family are or
have been, regular physicians, and that my husband and myself, long ago
lost all faith in drug medication. |

“ A word in regard to Mr. Helmer's Infirmary. It is worth while to see
the crowds of substantial and intellectual men and women who there seek
and find relief from all the ills to which flesh is heir. They are not a lot of
cranks, but generally persons above mediocrity, who have failed to find
help in any system of medicine. Were there space I might tell you many
true stories of remarkable cures that have come to my knowledge.

"One young lady, last year, who had been nineteen months confined to
her bed, was brought to the city оп a stretcher. By eminent physicians she
had been pronounced an incurable invalid, one who would never be able to
take a step again.

"Mr. Helmer found that, owing toa fall, there was displacement of

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several of the vertebrae and injury to the sacrum. (Perhaps the word ‘dis-
placement' is not correct, it may be pressure on the spinal cord.) At the
end.of the third month the patient walked from her boarding. house to the
Infirmary to take her treatment. To-day she is well and happy as a young
person would care to be.

“This is but one of a hundred cases which might be described. Suffice
to say that Osteopathy for all time ‘has come to stay.’

“Опе word of tribute to Mr. Helmer and I close:

“ No more unaffected, sincere and kindly man exists than he. Utterly
unpretentious, and a person of few words, one can thoroughly trust what-
ever he says and does. Аз a man of quiet reserve power, hehas already
made a mark, and will still be more widely known. New Yorkis fortunate
in having such a demonstrator of Osteopathy.

“It is, I trust, needless to say that this is written without his knowledge,
as a tribute from one patient in which many others would gladly join.

Very sincerely yours,
Hester M. POOLE.

New York, May 14th, 1898.

NotE.—The above article was received and accepted for publication some months since,
and prior to the adoption of the rule confining correspondents more strictly to the scientific
phase of Osteopathy and eliminating personal ‘‘write ups" of particular cases. The emi-
nece of the writer is the justification for its publication, at this late date.

AI

CLIMBING LIFE'S LADDER.

On the lowest round of the ladder Till my brain grew weary of planning,
I firmly planted my feet, And my heart strength began to fail,

And looked up at the dim vast distance And the flush of the morning's excitement
'That made my future so sweet. Ere evening commenced to pale.

I climbed till my vision grew weary, But just as my hands were unclasping
I climbed till my brain was on fire, Their hold on the last gained round,

Iplanted each footstep with wisdom, When my hopes, coming back from the future,
Vet I never seemed to get higher. Were sinking again to the ground,

For this round was glazed with indifference, One who had climbed near the summit
Andthat one was glazed with scorn, Reached backward a helping hand,

And when I grasped firmly another, And refreshed, encouraged, and strengthened,
I found under velvet a thorn, Itook once again my stand,

And I wish—oh I wish—that the climbers
Would never forget asthey go,
That though weary may seem their climbing,
There is always someone below.
ELLA HIGGINSON.

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196 JOURNAL OFOSTEOPATHY

The Journal of Osteopathy.

KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY UNDER THE AUSPICES
OF THE

AMERICAN SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY.

Entered at the Post Office at Kirksville, Mo.,
as second class matter.

Every issue of THE JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY,
with all its contents, is fully protected by copyright.

While due and reasonable care will be exercised
inthe admission of advertising matter in this
JOURNAL, such admission must not be taken as an
endorsement, Patrons must exercise their own
judgement in these matters.

J" IS in results that the practitioner of Os-
teopathy finds his justification.

(О OTATHY has passed the experi-
mental stage—it is a demonstrated
fact.

A PROMPT resort to Osteopathic treat-
ment in the beginning of illness will
generally ward off a long sick spell.

rece thinking people are not

long in ‘‘catching on'' to the philosophy
of Osteopathy. It appeals to their good
sense.

pe genuine and thorough Osteopath

cheerfully credits Dr. A. T. Still with
the honor of its discovery. Only the quacks
and fakes attempt to claim any other origin
for the science, Take notice and seeif this
is not true.

HERE is a no surer indication that Oste-

opathy is securing results and curing

its patients, than the fact that the medical

fraternity in several states have commenced

desperate movements for its suppression.

"They would not fight it if they did not fear
at;

tat a new community where Osteopathy is

not understood, the circulation of the
JouRNAL has beeu found to be the very best
means for enlightening the people and

arousing an interest. It is a missionary

which finds a ready welcome into nearly

every cultured and intelligent household.

DR. A. T. STILL’S SEVENTIETH BIRTH-
DAY.

(95 the evening of August 6th extensive

preparations had been made for the
celebration of the 7oth birthday of Dr. A. Т.
Still. Memorial hall had been quite elabor-
ately decorated with flowers, evergreens,
and bunting by a volunteer committee of
ladies, and everything was ready for the oc-
casion, when a heavy thunder and rain storm
setin and continued until too late for an
audience to assemble. As it was, a score or
more braved the elements and were on hand,
but it was thought best to defer the pre-
pared program until another date. While
waiting for the storm to cease, Dr. Still talk-
ed іп an informal but very interesting way
to the few assembled, after which there were
congratulations and greetings followed by
adjournment.

THE REGULARS DON'T KNOW.

apes regular old school doctors seem to be

badly nonplussed over the character of
the fever which has been so disastrous to
Shafter's army at Santiago. Itis now gen-
erally believed there have been very few, if
any, real cases of yellow fever, although the
physicians have so diagnosed a large num-
ber of the cases which have come under
their treatment. It is presumed that the
United States has the service of the very
best M. D's., to be had, and that they repre-
sent the very cream of the profession, The
present uncertainty as to the real character
of the fever only goes to show how little the
medical profession really knows of the na-
ture of the diseases itis called upon to com-
bat.

A physician formerly of the Louisville
Board of Health and who has had years of
experience with yellow fever in Louisiana,
not only admits that its symptoms are dif-
ficult to recognize, but also insists that so-
called medical science is still far from mas-
tering any positive mode of successful treat-
ment. He says:

“Тһе truth is, the medical profession is as

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much in the dark about yellow fever as the
humblest layman. We know nothing; we
discourse learnedly, and we talk in our con-
ventions as if we had the disease, its symp-
toms, causes and cure, at our finger tips.
We have nothing of the kind. There is not
atheory Ihave ever formed about yellow
fever which has not been utterly destroyed
by subsequent experience."

ra the October issue there will appear a
paper entitled “Is Osteopathy a lost
art," in which the question of the Olympic
games, massage and their relations to Oste-
opathy will be treated, showing that Oste-
opathy had no relation to the Greek or
Roman system of healing.
Tse American School of Osteopathy is
atrust," you say! I say it can be
trusted to teach, and does teach all that is
necessary to make a trusted doctor to go
into all combats with diseases. He is taught
standard surgery and midwifery and can be
trusted to deliverthe child inless time and
with less misery to the mother than all the
old school M. D's on earth combined can do.
Ourschool is a growing trust, that trusts
thatsome time men willseethat drugs go
down the necks of the ignorant only, and
the dopes are given by men who do so for
two reason only, first to get money; second
because they know too little of- Osteopathy,
to cure, either with or without drugs.
AGRIS
EPTEMBER opens a new school year.
In the colleges, high schools and acade-
miesof everywhere are gathering the bright-
est, the most ambitious, the most energetic
of the youth of the land, young шеп and
young women who come to take up those
studies which are to fit them for the serious
work of life. ‘The American School of Oste-
opathy is no exception, and its spacious class
rooms will soon be crowded with eager and
earnest seekers after knowledge—knowledge
that will enable them to become benefactors
of their race; knowledge that will make
them masters of disease as manifested in its
many forms in the human body. Every
indication suggests that the September class
will be the largest class in Osteopathy ever

197

enrolled in this or any other college, as was
the February class of the last school year.
At the present writing it would not be safe
to make even a guess at the number it will
comprise, but it will probably exceed two
hundred. During the summer months the
management of the School has not been
idle, but has been systematizing aud per-
fecting arrangements so that the increased
body of students will find that still greater
efficiency has been assured than ever before
enjoyed by the school. A splendid corps
of teachers and officers, working in harmony
and to one end, will afford the student the
best of opportunilies to progrees in his stud-
ies. The student entering the American
School of Osteopathy at this time will have
every reason to expect, if he does his own
part well, not only a year of pleasant, de-
lightful study, but also a year of substantial
progress in the direction of a well grounded
knowledge of the great science of Osteo-
pathy.

A GOLD MEDAL,

Dr. J. M. Littlejohn offers a gold medal
tothe beststudent in Physiology and Psy-
chology graduating during the the year end-
ing at the. June graduation 1899. The fol-
lowing are the conditions upon which it is
open to competition.

(1) Candidates must be regular students
and must have been in attendance 20 months.
when the medal is awarded.

(3) Those only are eligible who have
regularly completed the full course in Physi-
ology and Psychology with grades of not
less than 9o in recitation, term and profes-
sional examinations.

No one is eligible who hastaken any spec-
ial examinations.

(4) A special examination will be set some
time during the term preceding graduation
of June 1899, when all those eligible under
the preceding rules may compete for the
medal.

(5) The candidate receiving the highest
grade will receive the medal. In case of a
tie the Demonstrator in Anatomy, the Pro-
fessor of Histology and the Professor of:
Anatomy shall act as assessors in determin-
ing the one entitled to the medal.

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198 JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATH Y.

NOTES.

T. L. Ray, D. O., is reported as having a very suc-
cessful practice at Boise, Idaho,

ЫЫ

H. W. Emeny, D. O., formerly of Magnolia, Miss.,
fhas located at Marshalltown, Iowa.
жж
Geo. Vance, D. О., assisted by W. Е, Link of the
4th term class, is practicing at Muscatine, Iowa,

жеж

Dr. A. С. Hildreth spent a brief but very pleas-
ant vacation last month at Sterling, Colorado,

NX

Miss Mary E. Kelley has gone to Joliet, Ill.,
where she will locate for the practice of Osteopathy.
жж

Alice Heath Proctor, D, O,, who spent the heated
term at Bay View, Michigan, hasreturned to Kirks-

ville, s
ж ж

Dr. Howard Kellogg, of Birmingham, Alabama,
fhas been notified by the Medical Board that he will

be prosecuted.

ЫР

Miss Harriet Crawford, office stenographer of the
A, T. still Infirmary has resumed her duties after a
months vacation spent in Kansas.

**
*

J-L. Morris, D. O., of the June graduating class
reports an excellent practice in Springfield, Ohio,
where he has opened an office.

m"

Муз. Teant Jackson-Smith, the popular recording
Secretary of the A. T. Still Infirmary is back at her
post after a brief vacation spent in Kansas.

xk

C. M. T. Hulett, Dean of the American School of
Osteopathy spent ten days at Chicago and other
northern points returning to his duties about the
20th.

ua

Miss Minnie Potter, D. O., of the late October
class has establishd a fine practice at Memphis,
Mo.,and hasa number of interesting cases which
she is successfully treating.

Ыы

Drs. W. J. and D. L. Conner will open the
Phoenix Infirmary of Osteopathy, at Phoenix, Ari-
zona, on the first of November, Their card appears
in this issue.
ж'а
Dr. Benton Gentry, who has spent several
-months at Stockton, California, has returned to

Kirksville, and will seek a location in the Mis-.

:Sissippi Valley.
xx
Mrs, J. B. Foraker, accompanied by her son

Arthur and her niece, Miss Amen, arrived in Kirks-
ville last month and are domiciled in the Foraker
residence on Osteopathy Avenue.
ж ж
*

Dr. J. W. Parker, D. O., graduate of the American
School of Osteopathy, has opened a private sanitare
ium for invalids, furnished with trained nurses, etc.,
at Kansas City. His card appears in this issue.

жж

Н. C. McLain, D. O., of Mason City, Iowa, paid;a
flying visit to Kirksville recently. Since his grad-
uation he has been practicing at Mason City, and
finds himself over-run with business,

xk

On September rst Dr. С. W, Sommer will reopen
his office in Cincinnati for active practice. Dr.
Sommer spent a portion of his vacation at the A. T.
StillInfirmary. He is one of the progressive as
well as successful Osteopaths.

ЫРЫ

Dr. Е. W. Hannah and wife have decided to 10-
cate in St, Louis, and have opened au office at 622
Garrison Avenue. Our next issue will contain

their professionalcard. Dr. Hannah has promised

the JOURNAL an article on “The Business Side of
Osteopathy” in time for our October number,

Dr. Still’s Autobiography.

My DEAR DR, SrıLL:—Most heartily do I thank
you for the book which you so kindly sent me.
Besides the enjoyment of reading it, I shall ever
keep it as a souvenir of the man whom we have
heard extolled and admired by all who ever met
him, and to become acquainted with you is a pleas-
ure to which myhusband and I eagerly [оок for-
ward. My husband sends you hearty congratula-
tionson your birthday, as also does,

Yours very sincerely,

BELLE ORSCHEL,
Chicago, August sth, 1898.

C. E. Hulett, Topeka Kansas.

Has opened an office at 611, W. 6th Ave.
In a recent letter he says: “I would like to
use some ої your space on the same topic
treated by Dr. Sullivan, viz. “Ап Osteo-
pathic Absurdity." A case recently came
to me for examination which had been treat-
ed by an “Osteopath” in another state, not
a graduate of the American School of Osteo-
pathy. He had treated the caseevery day,
one hour at each treatment, and then re-
quested the parents (of the patient) to rub
and treat also about one additional hour
each day. Of course he did the case no
good—although he promised a cure in one
month. Thisis why Osteopathy so often
gets a black eye andis classed with mass-
eurs, and expected to give “treatment” at
from 50 centsto $1.00a time. Invariably
we have more trouble in cities and large
towns, where massage ‘‘doctors’’ abound
than in smaller places, and country dis-
tricts.’’

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N. S. Johnson, D. 0.

Has recently located at Grand Junction,
Colorado, and writes that his practice is rap-
idly increasing. Believes he will have all
that he can attend to.

V. A. Hook, D. 0.

Has closed up his practice at Pattonsburg,
in this state, and has joined Dr. S. C. Matth-
ews at Wilkes Barre, Penn., where there
seems to be a splendid opening for the
introduction of Osteopathy.

Е. H. Beavan, D. 0., Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Says he is well pleased with his prospects,
having just opened an office in that beauti-
fullittle city. Has already registered sev-
eral interesting cases for regular treatment.
Dr. Beavan circulates the JOURNAL liberally
among his patrons.

E. E. Beeman, D. 0., Montpelier, Vermont.

Writes: ''Journals received О. K.; glad to
get them, Iam having great success, not
only inthe way of getting patients—but in
gettting results. If one gets results there is
no trouble about getting patients, І have
just about allI can do, therefore I shall not
complain.”

T. E. and Nettie C. Turner, D. O's., Alantic
City, N. J.

“Journals received. The people here like
io read them very much. Our practice is
increasing very fast, but it isso new to the
people here that it takes quite a while to
make them understand the ‘‘new treatment”
as they call it.

ESO,
C.

J. W. Banning, D. 0., Burlington, Iowa.

Reports having handled several severe and
complicated cases with gratifying success,
He says: .

“The JOURNAL affords great pleasure as
well as usefulinformation. The letters from
the contributing graduates are looked for-
ward to with great satisfaction. I unfurled
the banner of Osteopathy in this city June
14th, and have been proclaiming its merits
ever since etc."

W. A. Potter, D. 0., Seattle, Washington.

Dr. W. A. Potter, formerly of this JOUR-
NAL апа now of the Washington Institute
of Osteopathy,at Seattle, Washington, writes:

**We are beginning to doa very nice busi-
ness and now have branch offices in Everett _
and Whatcom Wetreated a genuine Klon-
dike Indian from Alaska this morning. I
think he is the first to enroll for Osteo-
pathic treatment. He lives near St. Michaels,
and came all the way to Seattle to test the
merits of the newscience.’’

Thos. J. G Sheehen, M. D,, Elkton, S. D.

Of the September class, writes:
“Your July JouRNALS just at hand and for
which I feel exceedingly grateful. I am
sending some out to friends of Osteopathy,
Until I arrived people here never heard of
the great science. My brother, who had in-
flammatory rheumatism, complicated with
heart disease, (endocarditis) is now doing
splendidly, and in fact his heart complica-
tiom has now entirely disappeared, under
Osteopathic treatment. On my arrival here
I at once stopped all medicine, liniments
etc., and at once administered teaspoonfuj

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doses of Osteopathy, and under this judici-
ous treatment he soon rallied.

Н. E. Nelson, D. 0., Louisville, Ky.

Writesusthat he has made a slight change
in his location. See card. Dr. Nelson has
decided to test the constitutionality of the
medical law recently passed in Kentucky.
The Louisville Post of July 26th says:

*Dr, Harry Nelson, an Osteopath, insti-

tuted suit this afternoon against the State
Board of Health to test the constitutionality
of the recent act inregard to the practice of
medicine, which practically shuts out the

-Osteopaths. TA
Incasethe act is held unconstitutional,

Dr. Nelson desires an injunction to prevent
the State Board from interfering with him in
the p.actice of medicine. If it is declared
valid, he prays that a mandainus is issued
compelling the board to recognize his col-
lege as a medical college."

The Story of a Mother.

“I feel it a debt I owe to all whom I may
reach to write this letter. When any great
good comes into our lives, we should not
only accredit but promulgate the source.
The universal exchange of good would be
the most profitable commodity we could
dealin. On this principle I desire to speak
to others of the blessing I have received.

Two years ago last January, I discovered
a hard growth іп the left breast. At once I
hadit examined by different physicians and
was told that without doubt it was a cancer.
In February (the next month,) I had the
lower half of the breast eaten off with
plasters. The frightful wound was not
healed ere I know that the disease was as-
serting itself again. In November I went to
alocalhospitalfor surgery. All that sur-
gicalskilland kind nursing could do, was
done for me. I shall ever gratefully remem-
ber the kindness of doctors and nurses. But
it was all in vain. The next May I was
operated on at our State University hospital
by one of our famous surgeons, only to be
bitterly disappointed again. In November
after I again visited our family physician to
whom, as such, I am greatly attached. He
found that not only was the former growth
repeating itself (it was attached to the cover-
ing of the rib just over the heart) but a new
growth the size of a silver dollar was form-

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ing on the chest and another one in the right.
breast. -

Kindly and gently he told me of theawful
extent of the snrgery necessary. I went
home had had a good quiet talk with myself
and decided that if these repeated efforts.
could not succeed with a single, small
growth, why look to surgery when the
disease was so scattered.

For the first time during all these disap-
pointing trials, I gave up completely and.
said I would meet my fate as bravely as I
could. It was not an easy decision to reach,.
but seemed the best one for myself and fam-
ily. The family, ah, there is the rub. Self
means but little to the mother, but the fam-
ily is her world. A few days later I found
that the activity of the disease had been
energized wonderfully owing to any non-
resistant condition.

(It wasat this juncture thata friend of
the sufferer suggested a trial of Osteopathy.
Expecting death in any event. She assent-
ed, with very little hope of benefit. What
the result has been is best told in her own.
language.)

“While I cannot assure other sufferers from
cancer that I am permanently cured. I do:
know that I have had a pleasant happy winter
and my family been made glad where I had
expected to endure a few weeks of agony
and bid adieu to all that mortal life holds.
dear. As I now look out from the door of
my pleasant home and see all the wonderful
signs of life around me, the lavish verdure,
the flowers, the songs of the summer birds,
my senses thrilled by the manifestations of
full life in everything, I realize how differ-
ent is it all from what it would have been.
had not Osteopathy been revealed to me.

Instead of burial mortality in decay, I am.
very much in evidence asa healthy life lov-
ing woman, and many hearts are gladdened.
that before were hopeless. I read of the
ways of learning that Dr. А. Т. Still has trod
with much pleasure. Nature is what he has.
tried to understand. Some great author has:
said, ‘‘Nature is God's garment." ‘“Thus
has he approached nearer to the all good."
May grateful reverent hearts lead us on in
the same way.

Mns. M. E. BEDELL,
187 Sneldon St. Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Additional Notes.

Borw:—To Dr. and Mrs. Н. T. Still on Saturday,
Aug. 2oth, a son,

x

Dr. A. T. Still desires to return his thanks to the
kind friends in many distant localities who signal-
ized his 7oth birthday by the gift of flowers and
other tokens of their remembrance,

x

The expressions and tokens of esteem and re-
membrance which came to Dr. A. T. Still on the oc-
currence of his 7oth birthday, were not only num-
erous, butalso from all over the nation. They
came from Vermont, Colorado, Washington, Iowa,

and from nearly all the leading cities of the coun,

try, Wherever Osteopathy has become known,
Ku
H. С. McLain, of Mason City, Iowa, іп a recent
business communicationto this JoURNAL adds the
information that he is now treating from seventeen
separate towas in Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska,

x

Drs. T. E. and Nettie C. Turner who have spent
the summer at Atlantic City, N. J., have opened of-
fices for permanent practice in Philadelphia, Pa.,
where they have already enrolled a list of patrons,

*
*„

Dr. Lawrence M. Hart, graduate of the American
School of Osteopathy, now located and enjoying a
lucrative practice at Bethany, Mo., wasa visitor at
the A, T, Stil] Infirmary last week,

Ыы

Сео. E. Fout, D. О., haslocated in Ft, Madison,
Iowa, andis meeting with very gratifying success.
He has a large list of patients.

Marriages.
Dr. C. P. McConnelland Miss Agnes Darling, at
Evanston, Ill., August 17th,

At Sheldon Iowa, August roth, С. Н, Gilmour and
Mrs Ella Ray Miller, D. O.

И Kirksville is а remarably healthy

city is shown by therecords of the State
Normal School, running through over two
decades. The number of deaths have been
remarkably small, nor has there been during
that time sofar as we can now recall, any
serious or wide-spread epidemic, The mo-
tive lying behind and prompting the item in
regard to Kirksville, published in the Cos-
mopolitan Osteopath, of Des Moines, is too
apparent to be effective.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

Aas the additions soon to be made
to the equipment of the American

School of Osteopathy is an X-ray apparatus
of the most approved form.

The use of the X-ray as an aidin diagno-
sis in Osteopathy will be made the subject
of exhaustive investigation and experimen-
tation, with the view of determining the ex-
tent of its application in Osteopathy, and the
class of cases in which it may be helpful.

This is as yeta comparatively untried
field, although in a limited number of cases,
the aid of the X-ray has been sought, with,
however, but indifferent results, yet in some
of them there has seemed to be sufficient in-
dication of usefulness to justify the effort to'
determine with some degree of accuracy,
the scope of its applicability in Osteopathic
diagnosis.

In the classes in surgery however its recog“
nized usefulness will be fully explained and
exemplified, and students will be carefully
instructed in the technique of its operation
as wellas in the selection of cases for its ap-
plication.

TO TEST THE LAW.

E. NELSON, D. O., the well known
* and successful Osteopath, located at
Lexington, Kentucky, proposes to push the
battle in that state to determine his rights
under the law, to follow his profession, unde-
terred by the persecution of the medical
profession entrenched behind special stat-
utes and class legislation, which they have
succeeded in having enacted by complaisant
or careless legislators. The following is
from the Louisville Courier Journal of July
27th:

Harry Nelson, a graduate of the American
School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo.,
filed suit yesterday against the State Board
of Health, asking that its members be re-
strained ‘‘from pursuing him criminally or
setting on foot any criminal proceedings
against him, or in any other manner inter-
fering with or molesting him in his profes-
sion." Healso asks fora writ of manda-
mus compelling the State Board of Health
to recognize and indorse the American Col-
lege of Osteopathy at Kirksville, ‘‘to the
end that his diploma therefrom may entitle.
him to a certificate to practice his calling in
this state.”

The p. says that after spending a
term of years in study at the American
School of Osteopathy he was graduated
therefrom on September 15, 1897,and that

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202 JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.

since then he has been practicine the Osteo-
pathic system of healing for his cwn support
and to the great comfort and relief of his pa-
tients suffering from divers sickuesses. Не
has adopted thisas his life work and has no
other means of livelihood. 1

“Тһе system of comforting and healing
the sick,’’ which he practices, he says, ''is a
perfected system, and has in this state and
other states the approval of most skilled and
scientific men, and hasorganized by law in
thisstate and many states schools and col-
leges, in which 'most learned professors,
versed in its doctrines, taughttherein, give
their time and attention honestly and faith-
fully to the instruction of pupils in the var-
ious branches deemed proper and necessary
for a scientific application of the principles
of the school, forthe comfortand health of
the patrons of the same, who exist in large
numbers in this and other states

'The members of the State Board of Health,
the plaintiff alleges, and others connected
with it are giving it outin speeches that
they intend to institute criminal proceedings
against him for the practice of Osteopathy
and to keep up the prosecution until he
abandonsit or leaves the state,

He says that he understands that the State
Board of Health is preparing to prosecute
him under and by authority of the act on
“Empiricism,” approved April ro, 1893. This
act, he alleges, is in violation of the Bill of
Rights. He further saysthatin case the
court finds the act constitutional and en-
forcible against him, in the acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly it is among other things pro-
vided that ‘‘nothing in this law shall be con-
strued as to discriminate against any pecul-
iar school or system of medicine." He al-
leges that the State Board of Health is
discriminating against the School of Oste
opathy and that it is entitled to recognition.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN REFER-
ENCE TO SURGERY.

lá has been decided by the management of

the A. T. Still Infirmary and American
School of Osteopathy to increase its
usefulness. This is inline with the de.
sign of the school, one of the objects of
which is, according to the charter ‘‘to im-
prove our present system of surgery." Ac-
cording to the statement published in the new
catalogue of the American School of
Osteopathy ‘‘the introduction of surgery
into the realm of Osteopathy is the culmin-
ating point where these two accurate sister
sciences are placed side by side. It is not in-
tended that beneficent nature should be so
outraged as to have recourse tothe knife at
every indication of a disordered function,

seeing that Osteopathy herself supplies the
lacking force necessary to restore the aching
void and reduces the proportion very consid-
erably of the necessity for such measures."

This is the age in which surgery has run
wild, surgeons being found ready at almost
the slightest indication of a diseased condi-
tion to use the knife in cutting and carving
the human subject. There are cases in
which surgery is a necessity and recognizing
such cases it is our intention to use the sur-
geon’s instrument only where such a neces-
sity exists, thus indicating the path along
which regenerated surgery may be directed
so asto set up the twin sciences, Surgery
and Osteopathy, as correlative departments
of the great science of medicine. Discarding
the use of and denying the necessity of
drugology we believe that we have a perfect
science of medicine whose function is to pre-
serve health and life, and when attacks are
made upon the humen system in any of its
parts by disease, accident or malpractice so
to employ the enlightened principles of Os-
teopathy and Surgery as to maintain the even
balance of life and make life worth living.

With this laudable ambition provision has
been made to undertake the treatment of
cases which are of a surgical nature, recog-
nizing that there are such cases as require
the services of a surgeon. А surgical staff
of operators with extensive experience in
some of the foremost hospitals and surgical
wards in tiis country and Europe is now in
connection with the institution and prepared
to undert*ke all kinds of surgical work, so
tbatthe class of patients hitherto recom-
mended to go elsewhere will be attended to in
the futureentirely under the supervision of
the combined Osteopathic and Surgical op-
erator. Thishasits advantage because Os-
teopathy can be of great service in preparing
patients for surgical operation and also in
toning up the system and regulating the cir-
culation of the blood and the nervous system
after the operation has been performed.

A veryelaborate X-Ray apparatus is also
being added and considering the possibilities
of this great addition of science in the diag-
nosis of complicated conditions, it will be of
special value in its proper place which it oc-
cupies here as a part of the surgical appara-
tus. No effort will be spared and all {һар

JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHY.

human skill can do will be done to accomp-
lish the best results for those entrusting
themselves to our care and attention.

These changes have been made largely for
the purpose of keeping up with the advances
of modern science and for the accommoda-
tion of the very extended clientel belonging
to the institution. This notice is now given
of the fact so that all the interested readers

203

this opportunity. None of the private pa-
tients are exhibited to the students or oper-
ated on before them. In some cases patients
express their willingness for their condition
to be seen by the students and in these cases
some of the senior students may be allowed
to be present, but never without the permis-
sion of the individual patients. à
Further information may be obtained by `

of the JOURNAL may know and communi-
cate this information to their friends. The
greatest care will be taken of and courtesy
shown to all who may avail themselves of

addressing the Infirmary and patients willal-
ways be welcomed at the Infirmary or at-
tended in privatein the town if unable to
come to the Infirmary.

млл

Prof. William James of Harvard University is an M. D. of the class of
1886, but is a psychologist and not a practitioner. Не hasa very distinct
recollection of the anatomic part of his examination. When he came before
the genial Oliver Wendell Holmes, the latter asked him some questions
about the nerves at the base ofthe brain. Itso happened that the exami-
nee was wellup on that subject and he gave a pretty exhaustive reply.
“Oh, well, if you know that you know everything," said Dr. Holmes, cheer-
fully, "let's talk about something else. How are all your people at home?"
“In that pleasant way,” says Dr. James, “I completed my examination in
that subject. I do not remember having encountered any difficulties in any
of the subjects. The examination for the degree was oral and lasted just
an hour and a half. These ninety minutes were equally divided among nine
subjects, ten minutes to each. Each of us as he came in took a seat at a
desk, behind which stood the professor who was to conduct the examination
in that particular subject. The professorasked the questions and we ans-
wered them as best we could. Out in the hall stood the janitor beside the
big gong, and at the expiration of the ten minutes he pounded the big
gong. This was the signal for all the students to get up and change desks,
much after the manner of your progressive eucher parties. There were two
other matters to be attended to before I got my M. D. I had to write a
thesis, and I did it. Then І went to the dispensary and took a case for
diagnosis and treatment. There was a lump on the back of the man's neck
which I diagnosed as a carbuncle, and for which I prescribed hot poultices.
It was with feelings of apprehension that I learned later that the patient
was suffering from an internal disorder, and the test was on that. How-
ever, the examining board were very kind about it. They admitted that
my course in diagnosing the first trouble I came across in my patient,
namely the carbuncle, which was plainly apparent to the examiner's eye,
was quite natural, and said that my treatment was the proper one. There-
fore I was adjudged satisfactory.—Medical Journal,

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ADVERTISEMENTS-PROFESSIONAL.

CHICAGO INFIRMARY,

Still & Sullivan.

Harry M. STILL, D. O.—JosEpH Н. Surrivaw, D. О.

———QOF-————

—OFFICE—
Masonic Temple,
Suites 905-906.

Regular Kirksville Staff.

JosEPH Н. SULLIVAN, Manager.

W. J. CONNER, D. O.

PHOENIX

INFIRMARY

D. L. CONNER, D. О.

OF ; OSTEOPATHY.

(Open from November to June.)

Phoenix, -
OFFICE:

- Arizona.

The Alhambra.

W. J. Conner, D. O., of the operating staff of the A. T. Stil! Infirmary of Osteopathy,
and D. L. Conner, D. O., Graduate of the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo.
will receive and treat all kinds of chronic cases without the use of knife or drugs.

Phoenix is the great natural sanitarium of the United States, with an unapproachable

winter climate for invalids.

The Infirmary will be open from November until June, enabl-

ing invalids to avail themselves of osteopathic treatment while enjoying this unrivaled

D. L. CONNER, Manager.

climate.
R. SHACKLEFORD, D. О. Graduates
r E. H. SHACKLEFORD, D. O. A.S. O.

NASHVILLE INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY,

Nashville, Tenn.

OFFICE HOURS:
8a. m. to 12m.

2 p. m. to 4 p. m. ; ла;
sae excepted. | Wilcox Building.

—OFFICE—

jg H. TAYLOR, D. О.

PEORIA INSTITUTE

—Or—
OSTEOPATHY.
Peoria, - - - Illinois.
—OFFICE———_

214. N. Jefferson Avenue.

Gye aerate IN SALT LAKE CITY.

A. M. KING, D. O.,

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

OFFICE: Templeton Block.

NoTE: UTAH has the finest climate in the world.
Is nature's true “health resort," Cool in Summer,
and mild in Winter. Plenty of sunlight and fresh
air all the time.

Graduate A, S. O.
Class of '92.

MISSOURI INSTITUTE
—or—

—OSTEOPATHY—
St: Louis, -= -

J О. HATTON, D. O..

Missouri.
Consultation free. "n ml c ^
Competent lady assistant. | oqa Feilow's Building.

We treat all classes of diseases without the use of
drugs.

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ADVERTISEMENTS.—PROFESSIONAL.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY.

Rooms 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, Kittredge Block, Corner 16th and Glenarm

Streets, Denver, Colorado.

W. L. HARLAN, D. O., President.

Graduate of the American School of Osteopathy,

Kirksville, Missouri.

The Rocky Mountain Infirmary is not a school, but especially an infirmary and treats
all chronic and acute diseases known as curable.

ASHINGTON, D. C.
After October 1, 1898.

HENRY E. PATTERTON, D. O.
ALICE M. PATTERSON, D. O.

WILBUR L. SMITH, D, O.
Summer Season—Mackinac Island, Mich.

Graduate

PP WARD B. UNDERWOOD,
А: S. О.

Steele Memorial Bl'dg.

Elmira, - New Vork,

Graduate
A. 8. О.
Louisville, Ky., 210 W. Catherine st.
Monday Wednesday, Friday, 9-12, 2-4.
Eminence, Ky.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9-12, 1-1:30

V M. M. SMILEY,
OSTEOPATH,
Rutland, - - Vermont.
17 Cottage Street
OFFICE HOURS:

H E. NELSON, D. O.

Graduate American School

of Osteopathy, Kirksville, 9a. m.
Missouri. to 4 p. m.
J H. OSBORN, D. O.

St. Joseph, - - Missouri.

OrricE—Commercial Bldg., Rooms 3 and 4.

D* ELLA A. HUNT,

St. Louis, Mo.

Equitable Building, - Room 1o, Fifth Floor:

Graduate

DJ W. PARKER,
A. S. О.

—OSTEOPATH—
OFFICE: 430-431-432-433, New Ridge Bl'dg.
RESIDENCE: 1332, Olive St.

Private Sanitarium for invalids, with
trainedjnurses and all modern convienences.

Kansas City, - Missouri,
M B. HARRIS, D. O., Graduate
. A. S. O.

Will locate for permanent practice in
Kankakee, - Illinois.
About August rst, 1898.

rope CITY INFIRMARY
OF OSTEOPATHY.
Francis G. Cluett, D. O.
Chas, K. McCoy, D. O.
Sioux City, - - - Iowa.

Suite 406-7, Security Bank Bldg.
Bé" Attractive literature sent on application.

M T. MAYES, D, О. Graduates
*» FLORENCE MAYES, D. О. A. S. O.
——OSTEOPATHS——
Burlington, - - Vermont,
OFFICE 157 Union Street.
S R. LANDES, D. O.
.
GRAND RAPIDS,
Office
MICHIGAN.

147 Monroe St.

——

ADVERTISEMENTS—PROFESSIONAL. IX

WASHINGTON + INSTITUTE + OF - OSTEOPATHY.

(INCORPORATED. )

Sixth Floor, Safe Deposit Building,

Seattle, - - -

G W. SOMMER,

—OSTEOPATH—

Cincinnati, - Ohio.

Office Hours: Rooms 405 & 409,
9 a. m. to I2 m. Neave Building.
—— Sunday Excepted.——

T LURAY, Di O;

Graduate American School of Osteopathy.

Boise City, - Idaho.

- - Washington.
J A. BOYLES, D. O., Graduate
. A. S. О.
Bloomington. - - Illinois.

OFFICE: 305 М. East Street.
Summer season 1898at Petoskey, Mich.

OUTHERN SCHOOL AND
INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY,
Franklin, - - Kentucky.
J. S. Gaylord, D. O., Pres.
Second term opens September first, 1898.
Send for copy of Sonthern Journal of Osteopathy.

[оны A. THOMPSON,

Graduate American School of Osteopathy, Kirks-

TX cm HILLS INSTITUTE
OF OSTEOPATHY,

Deadwood. - South Dakota,

ville, Mo. GID. E. Јонмѕом, President.

- ALICE JOHNSON, Sec. and Treas.
Wheeling, 8 quiet ae 5 Whe Маз J. J. BECKHAM, student А. S. O.—Assistant.
NS E. H. EASTMAN, (COSSEN A. WALKER, Graduate
A. S. O.

—-OSTEOPATH—

—OSTEOPATH— Ost ie
Kansas City, - Mo.

Detroit, 4 - . Michigan. Office open on August 4th. Hours from 9 to

OFFICE HOURS: |

9 to 12 and 1 to4 7 Jones Building,

OLORADO OSTEOPATHIC
INFIRMARY.

Mrs. Elizabeth Harlan, D. O., Pres.
Graduate A. S. O.

DENVER Coro: Masonic Temple, rooms 33-34-35 cor.
16th and Weltonst. Mon. Wed, Fri, 9 a, m. to5 p.m.
BOULDER CoLo: Masonic Temple, cor. 14th & Peorl
st. Tues. Thurs. Sat., 9 a. m, to 5 p. m.

12and 2 to 4. Rooms 330-31 New York
Life Building.

Cex MARTIN, D. O. Graduate
A. S. O.
419 S. Broad Street,
Philadelphia, - Pa.

HOURS: 9to 12, I to 4.

H H GRAVETT, Graduate
Р A; S; 0;
—OSTEOPATH—

Piqua, Ohio. Greenville, Ohio.
Except Mon. & Fri. Monday & Friday
each week. each week.

HARVEY R. UNDERWOOD, Graduate
І A. S. О.
Scranton, - Pennsylvania,
Coal Exchange Building, Wyoming Ave.
on Tues. Wed. Fri. and Sat.
Carbondale, - Pennsylvania.
At Anthracite Hotel—Mon. and Thur.

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x ADVERTISEMENTS.—PROFESSIONAL.

M. HIBBETS,D.O.
* Graduate A. 5. О.

Brooklyn,
Powesheik Co.,

Iowa.

Hours: gto 12a. m. I to 4 p. m.

T BEBE CLUETT, D. O.,

Cleveland, Acne Ohio.
—OFFICE—
Savings & Trust Bldg.
No. 44 Euclid Avenue.

—OFFICE HOUR$—

9 to 12a, m.
2to 4p.m. } Standard

(5^7 J. HELMER, D. O.

“The Sorrento," - New York City.

—OFFICE HOURS— —OFFICE—
ga. m, to r2 п, 136 Madison Ave., Cor.
I p. m, to 4 p. m. 31st street.

Wed. and Sun. excepted,

WM HARTFORD, D. O., Graduate
A. S. O.
—OSTEOPATH—
Champaign, - - Illinois.
H J. JONES, D. O., Graduate
е А. 5. О.
Indianapolis, - ^ Indiana.

Osteopathic literature sent
on application,

—OFFICE—
656 When Building.

RS. D. S. WILLIAMS, D. О. Graduates
ISS A. R. DARLING, D. O. A. S. O.
—OSTEOPATHS—
CHICAGO, ILL.
Wellington Hotel, R 564 ELGIN, ILL.

Home Bank Bldg., R 21,

Tues, | 98. m.tor2m. | Mon: {1030 a.m to 12m.
mee 1 p. m. to4 p. m. Fri. I p. m. to 4, p.m,

ДОРН GOODMAN, D. O.,

OSTEOPATH.

Independence ave.

Te lephone 1467. KANSAS CITY, MO.

W. BANNING, D.O.

Graduate A. S. O.
—OSTEOPATH—

| Burlington, - Iowa.

p: R. E. М'САУОСК,

——OSTEOPATH— —

Jacksonville, 2 y eue М;

HOURS:
8a. m.to 4. p. m.

OFFICE:
343 W. College Ave.

ORTON FAY UNDERWOOD, D. O
EVELYN K. UNDERWOOD, D. O.
Graduate American School
of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo.
New Vork, - - - МУ.
Hours: Mon. Tues, Thur. Fri, 9:30 to 4. Wed, Sat,
9:30 to 12. OFFICE—107 East 23rd St.

(vem BLUFFS, IOWA,
INFIRMARY.

Rooms 305 & 306, Sapp Block,
Cor. Broadway and Scott St.

M. W. BAILEY, D. О.

AUBERT FISHER,
OSTEOPATH.

Syracuse, N. Y., 510-514
Onondaga Savings Bank Bidg.

-Examinations by appointment. WA

(РАЕС М. СОЕ, Graduate
A. 5. О.
ОЅТЕОРАТН.
Red Oaks, - - - Iowa.
М5 W. STEEL, D. O., Graduate
A. S. O.

Buffalo, N. Y., Niagara Falls, N. Y.
355 Elliot Square Block 268 Third Street.
Tues.) 9а. m. Моп. ( 9a. m.
Thur. to Wed.
Sat.) 4 p. m. Fri. l 4 p. m.

ADVER TISEMENTS.—PROFESSIONAL. XI

C. O. Hook, D. O.,
Vice President.

J. M. STILL, D. O.,
President.

157% OSTEOPATHIC INSTITUTE,

Sheldon, Ia.
Rock Valley, Iowa.

Rock Rapids, Ia.

G. H. GILMOUR, Manager.

ELLA R. GILMOUR, D. O., Secretary.

Graduates
А. 5. О.

Ammerman, D. О.
. Mrs. L. О. Ammerman, D. О.

DRS. AMMERMAN,
Mexico, - - - Missouri,

Cor. S. Jefferson and Central Ave.

Graduate
A. S. O.
—Osteopathy in Detroit.—

Buite 5o4 Ferguson Bld'g. 232 Woodward Ave.,

Detroit, - -
Hours: 9to 12and 1 to 4.

HH BERNARD, D. O.

Michigan.

О DENSMORE, D. О. Graduate
. A. S. О.
—OSTEOPATH—

Illinois.

Princeton, - -

M. BUCKMASTER, D. O., Graduate
° A. S. О:
MONCTON INFIRMARY
0H
OSTEOPATHY.

Moncton, N. B. St. John, N. B.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

W E. GREENE, D.O., Graduate
z A.S. О.
Glens Falls, - New York.

—Office hours;— —Office:—
9 to 12a. m. її Bacon Street,
Itos p. m.
Sundays Exeepted.

Aj W. HENDERSON, D. О.

Late of the staff of operators at the
A. T. Still Infirmary and American School of Oste-
opathy, at Kirksville, Missouri.
D. B. MACAULEY, D. O.,
Diplomate of American School of Osteopathy.

THE SEVILLE,
ST. PAUL, MINN. 1 Kent St. & Selby Av.

No Knife.
T L. HOLME, D. O.

No Drugs.

Graduate of the American School of Osteop-
athy, Kirksville, Mo.
Tarkio, - - - - Мо.

[Ps N. WILSON,
О Graduate А. S. О.

——OSTEOPATH-—
Danville, - - - «tr. & JI,

E LMER H. BEAVEN, D. O.

Graduate A. S. O.

Iowa Falls, - - Iowa,
н рез BIGSBY, р. O. Graduate
A. S. О.
—OSTEOPATH—
Monmouth, - E - Ill.
OFFICE: 122 S, First St.

AS V. LANDES, D. O. Graduate
А. 5. О.
OSTEOPATH.
Newton, B - Kansas.

Graduates
A.'S. О.

E. TURNER, D. O.
* NETTIE C. TURNER, D. O.

—OSTEOPATHISTS—
Philadelphia, - Pa.

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ADVERTISEMENTS.

OSTEOPATHY, IN DENER.

N. Alden Bolles, D. O.; Mrs. Nettie H, Bolles, D. O.

Graduates A. S. O.

WESTERN INSTITUTE OF OSTEOPATHY.
Member Associated Colleges of Osteopathy. !

Established 1895,

Chartered for teaching and practicing Osteopathy.

No. 832 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado.

F. MILLAN,

à LAWYER.

Kirksville, Missouri.

PARTIES WANTING

- -OFEKATING TABLES- -

Should callon A. L. HOLMES, N Franklin St,
KIRKSVILLE, MO.

STILL HOTEL,

FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT.
Electric Lights, Hot and Cold Water.

Special attention given to guests, Three blocks
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OSTEOPATHY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
DR. AUDREY C. MOORE,

Graduate of the American School of Osteopathy
Has opened offices in the Adams Building, 206 Kearney, Corner Sutter

Street, San Francisco.

Office hours from 9 to 4 every day except Sunday.
Consultation and examination free.

TRUAX, GREENE & CO.

Physicians’ and Hospital Supplies.

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Urine Test Cases. Surgical Dressings, Fever Ther-
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We are in a positton to furnish you any article:
you may require in the practice of your profession.

The Largest Physicians’ Supply

Toouse ín the World.

75-77 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO.
Werefer you to the American Schodl of Osteopathy.

CA Robinson & Co. А largam!

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trains of Pullman sleepers and

chair cars (seats free.)

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ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Kirksville, Mo.

211 N. Franklin St.

ERIRESV IDI)

The beautiful city of North Mis-
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—— The Ilkley.——

176-178-180 Huntington Avenue.
Boston, - - Mass.
C. E. Achorn, D. O., President.
Sidney A. Ellis, D. O., Vice Pres.
Ada A. Achorn, D. O., Secretary.
L. W. Roberts, D. O.
Irwine Z. Gunsaul, D. О.
F. A. Clarke, D. O.

Branch officesin Bangor and Portland, Me.
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(a changing their location, or whose address may not be

properly given below are requested to notify the JOURNAL promptly:
of such change or correction, so that the directory may at all times be as:
nearly perfect as possible.] —EDITOR JOURNAL.

Ammerman, Wesley...... Mexico, Missouri
Ammerman, Mrs. Lou ...... M fs

Ash, Mary E 322 Lyon St Colorado Springs
Albright, Mrs. Grace........ Waterloo Iowa
Bell, Miss Adeline............... Paris, Ky
Bolles, Nettie H 832 Colfax Av Denver, Colo
Bird; AT6Hur е assess deos Rich Hill, Mo

Boyles, J А 209 Division st., Petoskey, Mich

Bigsby, Edgar...122 S rst St Monmouth, Ill

Barber, Ed 415 Keith & Perry Bldg, Kansas
City, Mo.

Barber, Mrs Helen 415 Keith & Perry Bldg.,
Kansas City, Mo.

Baldwin, Miss Mollie.......... Waco, Texas
Bernard, H. E. 232 Woodward Av., Detroit,
Michigan.

Bernards Roy! а... Rockport, Mo

Buckmaster, R. M. Moncton, Canada, Prov-
ince of N. B.

Bailey, M W, 305-6, Sapp Block, Council
Bluffs, Ia.

Bite; Annas... эы». ote ree Kirksville, Mo

Bailey, Н E 903 ..Georgia St Lousiana, ‘‘

Beeman, E E....64 State St., Montpelier, Vt

Banning, J W 523 Division St., Burlington Ia

Beaven, Elmer Н............ Iowa Falls, Ia
РОНС ВЕ ИТЕ OQ OE Рагіѕ, Мо
Burton, George F........ Los Angeles, Cal
Beal Tacie....50 Vennum Av., Mansfield, О
BOCE TIN. Знос Montpelier, Vt

Bolles, N Alden 832 Colfax Av., Denver Col
Brown, LS 2302 Logan, Av., Denver, Colo
Conner We]. = Оа. Kirksville, Mo
Сое Она ДЕ sac). nates ass skies Red Oak, Ia
Cluett, Mrs T....44 Euclid Av Cleveland, O
Corbin, Chas E 23 E State St., Montpelier Vt
Campbell) а 05.5 Pawnee City, Neb
Стат А SMELL Е Des Moines, Ia
Cluett, F G Sioux City,.. Ia., Security Bldg

Corbin, W S 934 Topeka, Av., Topeka, Kas:
Chambers, Miss EttaChalifoux Bldg, Birm-
ingham, Ala.
Conner, DIL ies Phoenix, Ariz
Conner Mary A 16 Gotswold bldg Springfield О
Craven, Miss] W Mo Guarantee Bldg. Han-
nibal, Mo
Cole, M D Room 11, Gilbert Block, Cairo І
Davis, A P 638 Jackson B’l’y’d., Chicago Ш
DAVIS HEB В ы жону Dallas, Texas
De&nsmore; Ө ЖЕ шч»: Princeton, Ill
Darling, Chas Wellington Hotel Chicago Ш
Dodson, Coston..217 W oth st., Pueblo, Col

Dodson, J W.... s “a
Dorohtie, M-B...... itak Woodbine, Iowa
Duffield "Bessie:-...—....2.... Franklin, Ky

Deeming, C O....
Eastman, E H 7 Jones Bldg, Detroit, Mich

Emeny, Harry W ..... Marshalltown, Iowa
ЕТУУ e Быз ЛЕ Parkersburg, W Va
Ely Mrs Anna L...... Parkersburg, W Va
ЕпеБое; Tena... access cle ————
IZNETI n WAS. ты сыге teed Carson, Ia

Fisher, Albert Jr., Onondaga Savings Bldg,
Syracuse, N V

Furrow, Miss Nettie...... Marshalltown, Ia
ether EW А Ет Cedar Rapids, Ia
Fisher, Albert Sr.;......... Red Wing, Minn
Foster, Mrs Fannie......... Unionville, Mo
БОЙБУ БЕ ОН ае Ft Madison, Iowa
Gaylord О с-н о Franklin, Ky

Goodman, A A 1445 Independence, Av, Kan-
sas City, Mo

Gravette МОН у. nente Picqua, О
Gentty; Benton: .... «s Kirksville, Mo
Green Ginerva........ ...... Creston, Iowa
Green, W E тт Bacon, St., Glens Falls, N Y
Gervais; W. A... ree emnes is Anamosa, Ia

Gage Капыл EIL sat Fairfield, Ia

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Gilmour, EllaR(nee Ray) ... Sheldon Ia

Hartford; ее Champaign, Ill

Hartupee, W N 701 Observatory Bldg., Des
Moines, Io

Hartupee, Chas ‘‘ « Des Moines, Ia

Amet GM узу». ЗУ Kirksville, Mo

HOBSON, Mary -ms ve vases e ep e Maysville, Mo

PUTS Et, М es Ша алалыгы: Columbus, O

Hatton, J O 414 Odd Fellows, Bldg, St.
Louis, Mo.

Hazzard GHAs-. е. Kirksville, Mo

ALR MD): а De M ear

Harter Маше. sictalecss . Sedalia, Мо

FEhldreth; А боз sadana Kirksville Mo

Hunt, Mrs Ella Equitable Bldg., St. Louis “
Helmer, G J 136 Madison Av, New Vork City
Harlan, W L Kettridge Block, Denver Colo
PETA DS УРРА ЗОИ Е ААТА Butte, Mont
Henderson, J W The Seville St. Paul Minn
Hulett, C E 611 6th Ave., Topeka Kansas
Hannah,FW 624NGarrison Av, St Louis, Mo

Hanrah Mrs FW '* i fs sf

LOOKIN GAS eiie ces ене Wilkesbarre, Pa
EUDES D M s rures ep sis ne Brooklyn, Ia
КаК ЕДАМ ш Learn еа ае Bethany, Мо
IU Kaley СОО аи IR ONG .Rock Rapids, Ia
Hartford T ETET Eme s Shenendoah, Ia
Ionic De оо eA 'Tarkio, Mo

Harlan, Mrs Phoebe Elizabeth Cor 14th and
Pearl St., Boulder, Col.

Hulett Tone carea ssas Spring Valley, Minn

Huston, ‘Graces cca, erae eg Hawarden, Ia

Hudelson, Mark Fw... шо... Bevicr, Mo
Harwood, Irene 934 Topeka, Av. Topeka Kas
IHOISOSS; TW ое Clarinda Ia
Harris, М. В...» Kankakee, П
Hulett Mrs Adelaide S. .... ..Columbus, О
Ilgenfritz Harry Е ........ Clay Center, Kan
Jocelyn Б У St Louis, Mo

Jones, H J 6162 When Bldg, Indianapolis Ind
Johnson, W Н... McKinney, Tex
Johnson, N S... ... Grand Junction, Colo
Johnson Mrs Alice....Deadwood, 5. Dak
qefierson, J Hi уе. exe Knoxville, Iowa
Koontz Miss Effie..... Nebraska City, Neb
Kerns, Mrs L ОТИ Bethany, П1
ОЕ, Salt Lake City, Utah
Kellogg, Howard Chalifoux Bldg., Bi rming
ham, Ala.
Kelley, Mary Е 3o2;Cutting Block, Joliet, 11

Kennedy, SA seed sessi Corydon, Ia
Rist ply CC бее ssepe cine § Woodbine, Ia
куе, ONIS Гь. у; (Evansville, Ind

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Landes, S R 147 Monroe St. Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Little, CW Earm & Mer Ins Bldg Lincoln, Neb

Landes, Agnes............ Newton, Kansas
Laughlin, Wm R ...... .... Kirksville, Mo
IBS Scr pibe cepe Hingham, Wis

Machin, M.. ....129 N 9th St., Keokuk, Ia
Morris, E B....Somers Bldg., Ottumwa, Ia
MeGonuell; C P. nico. Kirksville, Mo
McConnell Mrs C P(nee Darling) Kirksville
Moore, A C 206 Kearney, SanFrancisco, Cali

Mahaffey C W,.......... Great Falls, Mont
Mahaffey, A D 21 Pittsburg Blk, Helena Mon
Mayes, МОТ н». sus 92» Burlington, Vt
Mayes Mrs Florence........ e He

McGavock, R E........... Jacksonville, 111

McCoy, C K Security Bldg., Sioux City, Ia
McLain, Н C 110 E 9th St. Mason City, Ia

Matthews; S. use sudes es Wilkesbarre, Pa

Miller, Frank C...54 Arch St Alleghany, Pa

Miller, Sadie Hart. ........... Columbus, Nep

Macauley, D B Cor Kent and Selby Ave
St. Paul, Minn

Morgan SH ieee. sense Canon City, Col

McCartney, L H Springfield, Ohio, Got-
wold and Zimmerman, Bldg

Mingus, Chas А .... reses Oskaloosa, Ia

Morris, J T L, Springfield O., Gotwold &
Zimmerman Bldg

McNicoll, MissD E........ Darlington, Ia

Martin Clara 4198 Broad St. Philadelphia Pa

Nelson, Harry 210 W Catherine St., Louis-
ville, Ky

Northrup, W N.... Winterset, Ia

Novinger, W Jere cendie Eugene City, Ore
Nelsoit Сатет —
Neely, Marie: E... ees cente 0s Franklin, Ten
Owens HE o. lies АРТ ЗУ In dianola, Ia
Owen, Mrs] Е............ vi zs

Osborne, Joseph Commercial Bldg St Joseph

Mo.
Оер Мез штан ЛЕ REO Perry, Ill

Potter, W A....Seattle Wash., Deposit Bldg
Parker, Jno W Kansas City, Mo., New
Ridge Building

Proctor, Mrs Alice H... .... Kirksville, Mo
Polmeteer, Frank HO pt
Patterson, НЕ. Washington, D C
Patterson, Mrs. Alice...... R £c
Pickler BC cde Minneapolis, Minn
Parken: E... 322.2 "s es
Prickett ОЮН ы азе Sese aes Helena, Mont

Pendleton, Gid H............ Gallatin, Mo

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Potter, Minnie ......... .....Kirksville, Mo Shaw, Dudley............... .. Decatur, Ill
Pellet, Н 1, 1524 Chestnut st Philadelphia, Pa Smith, Leroy................. Kahoka, Mo
Peterson, (CAS н Chesterton, Ind Severson Katheryn...... Emettsburg, Iowa
Rickart, E J 117 N Montana St., Butte, Mon Sisson, Effiie...... ^ ......... Genoa, Ill
Rankin) J Loree «eese». Bedford, Ia Swan, Wm E.............. Evansville, Ind
Rader C 5.55.2 быга КУТ Kirksville, Mo Sherburne, F W 639 Main St Melrose, Mass
Rhynsburger,W fees: saires «95 Dayton, O Tull, Geo W Rooms 330-331 N Y Life Bldg
Ray, d 0...6. BOINE City; Idaho Капзаз City, Mo
Rozell, Lyda K ............Montpelier, Vt Turner, Nettie C ...1521 Norris St, Philadel-
Suit Wants ы desee replys s . Kirksville, Mo phia, Pa
Still, СЕ................. ss E Taylor, D TELE SE 214 N Jeff Av Peoria, Ill
Still, H T......... soy Niera 5 ‹‹ Turner, T E 1521 Norris St, Philadelphia Ра
SHIRE M ИЕ |“ es Thompson, Jno A Rooms 14-18 Exch Bank
SO SS ЕТА У Des Moines, Iowa Bldg., Wheeling, W,V
Steele, W W 239 Fifth St., Niagara FallsN Y ‘Trenholm, A М................. Mt Ayr, Ia
Sullivan J H 905 Masonic Temple Chicago Ill Underwood, H F 107 E 23 st New York City
Sommer, G W 405-406 Neave Bldg, Cincin- “ K Evelyn “ t к “
, nati, О Underwood, E B............ Elmira, N Y.
Still, па ЕКЕ ААКУ С Macon, Mo Underwood, Н R.............. Scranton, Pa
Still, J М.............. Des Moines, Iowa Vallier Robert.............. Smithville, Mo
Smith, L B Seattle, Wash., Safe Deposit Bldg ^ Vance Geo T................ Muscatine, Ia
Smith, Wilbur....... Mackinac Island, Mich West Bertha M .......... Fargo, North Dak
Snid Ernest P2... 16.227 Fargo, N Dak Warner Jno R................ Boulder, Colo
Shackleford, J R.... ....... Hannibal Mo Williams, Mrs D S Wellington Hotel Chicago
Still, Mrs Flla.............. Des Moines, Ia Ward, M L................- Kirksville, Mo
Strong Mrs J W.... .... ME Heleno, Mont Williams, R К 167 Dearborn st., Chicago, Ill
Shackleford, E H Nashville, Tenn., Wilcox Wirt, J р.................. Cherokee, Iowa
_ Building : у Willard, Mrs Alice N........ Petersburg, Ill
Sippy, А H Commercial Bldg, St Louis, Mo Westfall, Elmer E......... Mt. Pleasant, Ia
Spangler, H L........ Halifax, Nova Scotia Wilson, T N...... sv Danville, IIl
Smiley, W М.................. Rutland, Vt Wyckoff, Louis E.......... Red Wing, Minn
Still TROSO e Leia eibi ave LaPanza, Cali Walker, Cornelia A 330-331 N Y Life Bldg.,
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