The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13
WORLD PROGRESSES
The Science of Osteopatl,y a Boon
to Mankind.
CONRAD EHR1G's CASE
What the New Science Is-What it is Do.
ing and What 1t Can Do Tor
Humanity.

/ The most recently discovered science
OF healing has been called by it's dis
coverer Osteopathy, from the Greek
words osteon, a bone, and patlos, suf.
ferlng. Not that the science is con-
fined alone to the bones, for it extends
to the entire human mechanism. but
the bones being the framework of the
human body, the discoverer named his
science from that foundation. The
world is today beginning to ask, What
is Osteopathy?" There are as many
versions among the uniformed as there
are differences in thought. AS the ten
dency of the human mind is toward the
supernatural, the ignorant at once at
tribute to the Osteopath some super
natural power, such as animal magne-
tlsm, or dark and mysterious arts which
he evokes in healing the afflicted.
10 make it more plain, the doctor rea-
soned that man was machine, made
by the greatest of all mechanics, God
himself. That when God made this
wonderful machine it was perfect, and
unless interfered with in some way,
would run from the cradle to the grave
without an ache or pain. If a watch
should get bent wheel or some OBJ
struction in it's works, the skillful
mechanic accustomed to working on
watches would not pour acids or poisons
into the delicate works, but straighten
the bent wheels and remove the OBJ
structions and the watch would be re-
stored to it's normal condition. From
this he reasoned that the human
mechanism was like the watch. u won
derful machine, which possessed ma
tural levers, ropes and pulleys in the
bones and muscles, as well as all the es-
sential chemicals inside of the body by
which it could be restored to it's normal
condition Just how to remove the
minute distractions in the way to
health is question on which the doctor
has spent lifetime studying and has
arrived at the point where he knows the
whole human mechanism, and has be-
come master of its movements This
correcting of displacements, OF disar-
langements so that the body might per-
form its natural functions, is Oste-
opathy
The Osteopath recognizes fever as
bodily heat created by the excessive
motion of the heart In cases of fever
the medical doctor gives sedatives to
(, s-acken the speed at which the blood
Is being forced through the veins and
arteries, and thus allay the fever. If
the pulse is too slow, stimulants are
given to quicken the action. The Oste-
opath, claiming to be master of the
human machine, regulates the speed Of
the heart by the scientific movements
of the natural levers, just as the loco.
motive engineer increases or decreases
the speed of his locomotive in letting
the steam on or off, by the use of his
lever.
/ The fact that great many successful
medical doctors have come to the Amer
lean School of Osteopathy to study the
science, is sufficient evidence that the
medical profession, though slow to adj
nit it, are becoming dissatisfied with
drugs. The results obtained in the old
way are unsatisfactory to the physician
and certainly more so to the patient
If patient RECEIVERS from long siege
of typhoid fever, it takes months fol
him to recover from the drugs in hi.
system. When one is restored by Oste
opathy there are never any such evi
effects to overcome. The most seriou
cases of typhoid fever have been curet
in one single week. No patient has eve
been lost if the Osteopath reached it il
time, and no poisonous drugs had bee
given it, and in many instances patient
have been cured of typhoid fever
pneumonia. hux, diphtheria, and othe