Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1896-10-02

ter was taken quite i'll. The little
girl had very high fever and was
so i'll she had to be carried aboard
the train and put to bed in a Pull
man. The fever grew rapidly
worse and by the time they reach
ed Kirksville bad case of ma
larial fever had developed. At
the suggestion OF Mrs. Furrow,
with whom they are stopping, an
Osteopathic operator was called
in. "We were badly frightened l
tell you," said Mrs. Shelton to a
reporter yesterday. "When We
had time to think about it we were
afraid we had made great mis-
take in not sending for medical
doctor at once. The little girl
was so bad and had such a burn
ing fever we feared she would die.
The Osteopaths came and treated
her. OF course they gave no
medicine and the whole thing was
new to us. But our doubts of
their ability to handle such things
were soon dispelled, for III three
days the fever was entirely broken
up. 1t is wonderful. Mrs. Shell
ton says if the Osteopaths only
get along as nicely with her case
as they did with her daughters
fever she will be perfectly happy.
Little Louise Johnson, aged two
and a half years, was brought to
Kirksville about seven weeks ago,
encased in plaster cast that ex-
tended from her waist to her ankle.
The little one was suffering the
most excruciating torture and fur.
nished a pitifuI example of mod
ern surgical ignorance. The cast
was taken off at the Infrmary anC
a dislocation of the hip discovered
at once. DR.. Charlie Still set the
limb during the first treatment
and now the child can run anC
play like other children, a slight
lameness being the only remaining
trace of the trouble. The mother
Mrs. Robert S. johnson, OF Louis
vile, Ky, was seen by reporter
yesterday.
"Little Louise was always
strong, healthy child" she said
''but one morning she bwoke com
planning of a terrible paiu in tn,
right knee. We took her to
surgeon who has tn he reputation G
being one of the best in the Unite
States. He and two other Louis
vile doctors made careful exam
ination and pronounced it hi
Joint disease 1 suggested tina
perhaps the hip was out of place
but the surgeon said such a thin;
was impossible. He showed IN
the one symptom which he salt
was an infallible indication of hi
Joint disease. That alone, b
suggested, ought to convince N
of the correctness of his diagno
sis.' Then the little girl wa
encased in a big plaster cast, wit
great steel braces that weighe,
almost as much as did the Ii til
body itself. The learned surgeo
promised Mrs. johnson that whe
baby had worn this apparatus 81
months or year they would b
able to say whether there was an
hope of benefit. But Little Louis
grew worse from day to day unit
it seemed the awful torture woul
kill her. From bright-eye(
rosy checked little tot she becam
an emaciated, almost lileless criI
pie. The mother heard OF Ostt
opathy, and disregarding the pr,
tests of Louisville medical mel
brought her child to the Kirk
vile infirmary-
1t is needless to say Mrs Johl
son is very happy and enthusiast
over her experience with Ost
opathy. eff 1 had not heard of U:
teopathy my baby would have bee
a cripple for life," said Mrs. JohI
son, and every mother knows VIII;
volumes are contained in the ser
tence.