The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-06
WHAT'S OSTEOPATHY
THE SCHOOL OF WHICH THE SCIEN.
TJFiC WORLD Is TALKING.
Remarkable Work Performed by tho
New Science - Some Of the Most
Prominent business Men Of Minne-
apolis Intervene by the Times.

| canton. The article covers practically
| the same ground as those that have APP
| peared in the different newspapers ana
magazines, describing Osteopathy as a
system Of drugless healing the practice
| Of which Is spreading over the coun-
try, and also taking up the matter In
its local aspect. giving a description
OF The Northern Institute OF Osteop-
athy located In that city by Messrs.
Edwin G.. Picker and Frank ID. Parker,
who are practitioners Of the science. or
| as thay are more generally called, Dip
| donates In Osteopathy, and Mr.. Lewis
M. Rheem, who Is the Secretary and
| business manager. The institution was
organized for the purpose or treating
diseases of different kinds by this
method and educating gentlemen and
ladies in the science. The reporter gives
an int aresting account of the methods
employed In teaching anatomy and
physiology, on which the science is
based, and then gives several inter-
| views with such prominent citizens or
| Minneapolis as Mr.. II. S. Goodfellow,
the large dry goods merchant; Mr.. An
thony Kelly. Mr.. George r. Higgins,
wholesale grocers; Mr.. John G. Os-
wald, Mr.. Theodore Blasting, wholesale
liquors. and Mr.. Frank w. Greaves,
wholesale ~tailors' supplies. on account
of the high standing of these gentlemen
We give their interviews in full for
the benefit OF those who desire to inNes-
tigate the science.
Mr.. r. s. Goodfellow said in response
to The Times question OF what per-
sonal experience he had with Osteop-
athy: Il annot say enough of MI.
Picker and O~steopathy. From an ex-
perience In my own family / consider
O~steopathy little short of marvellous.
One OF my family had quite a serious
Internal trouble and has been a suf-
Ta~nr fnv re hn1 cnnnf hundreds
OF dollars In treatment under the best
advice, with no relief. l was induced
by friends TO try Mr.. Pickler and was
truly ~astonished n more than pleased
to inc after a short course OF treat
ment hat a perfect cure resulted. /
should be glad to recommend anyone
suffering to try this treatment
Mr.. Theodore Basting, manage for
Mr.. J. G. Oswald. was e seen: The
case OF my son was a very painful one.
The boy was IS years of age, and while
out skating fell and hurt his spine. A
curvature of the spine was the result.
This vat q very marked and
it did not require a physicians eye to
detect it. / consulted the best Of ad-
| vice and was told that the boy must go
to either New TOrk or Boston, to some
| very celebrated specialists in spine dis
eases. He would have 10 be gone four
or five years and be put in a plaster
cast Ut III al SpIl VI lelllSl III SNt'I
harness. | had almost made arrange
| ments to follow this advice when some
| one told me of Mr.. Picker and OS-
teopathy. | had little faith in any such
treatment n was aStOniShed to meet
such a quiet gentleman as Mr.. Picker.
He did not urge me 10 cave my son,
but said he could cure the case. After
considering the matter, l at last con-
| scented, knowing that nothing much
further could hurt the boy. After a
weeks treatment my boy said the
| pains We're much less, n in nine
months he was as we'll as you and |
and has been SO ever since. Some ear
or so ago my boy had some internal
trouble which he had since a baby, and
this, too, has disappeared, leaving him..
at 10 years of age, well, strong and
! weighing 1874 pounds. | was never so
pleased in my life as at the recovery
of my son and heartily indOrsa Mr..
Picker and his work"
Mr.. John e. Oswald, when inter
| viewed, said: Il have seen so many
cases that are cured by OsteOpathy
that | would keep you busy telling of
them all. y friend of min from Bos-
ton had trouble for years with his hip
| Joint. He had consulted eminent east
ern advice without any relief. He was
obliged to walk with "A cane. After a
number of talks | induced him to see
Mr.. Picker and as a result he took
treatment. He is now entirely cured
| and as we'll as anyone. One Of my serv-
ants dislocated her arm and had it
treated by some practitioner. BY his
advice she used liniments and lotions,
but getting no relief | sent her to
Mr.. Picker, who took the inflamma-
don down, reset the arm. and she now
uses the arm as well as ever. A mid
dle-aged lady, whose name | am not at
liberty to give. suffered for years in one
1 limb NpthinU Sanp1a6 IA do N uf,I
and she was afraid 10 help could come.
ON my advice she saw Mr.. Picker and
after a short time she walked and
ran up and down stairs as we'll as ever.
These and nan more cases l know
! Of"
Mr.. Anthony Kelly said: I'm my own
family l have not had any experience
with Mr.. Picker, but from what Mr..
George E.. Higgins, here in the office,
tells me, l can heartily indorse Os-
teopathy." Mr.. George f. Higgins
spoke Of his own case: 1.-THE experience
of two of the members of my family
and their cures has made me a thor
ough supporter and indorser of Osteop-
athy."
The case OF Mr.. F. w. Graves is GER
tainly unique: My little girl, when
but 4 years old. fell from her tricycle.
and injured her hip. We had her
treated for nine months in the regular
way and then on advice consulted q
specialist. After getting no good from
this | heard of Osteopathy and went
to DR.. Picker. After one treatment the
child. who had TO be carried down on
a pillow, walked out OF the doctors
room. perfectly well. You can imagine
my pleasure"
Mr.. jacob stone, Of IA Third street &
says: Il suffered from dislocation of
my arm and can say that | am very
much pleased with the results of Mr.
Pickler's treatments"
In addition to the parties named
aboVe there are a large number of peo-
PIE IN the city VINO are equally enthu-