It was only after all of this traveling that I found him. He is an osteopath, a D.O., who is now about eighty-four. He is, I think, the most effective clinician that I've seen, and has an incredible success rate. From him I learned,among other things, the importance of breathing as an essential function of human health and illness. In this theory, breathing is seen to be the key to health.
Proper breathing nourishes the brain and central nervous system.
If breathing is impaired, the natural movements of the brain and the membranes covering it, and the fluid covering it, are not adequate. This can result in disease in any system of the body. Now, I think here is a real point of difference between this kind of medicine and regular medicine. In medical school, I learned nothing about breathing. I learned about diseases of the respiratory system, but I learned nothing about the function of breathing.