The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18

arises either in muscle or organ, the
fact is Immediately transmitted to
headquarters, the brain. and nature
sets to work to correct the disturbance
or repair the injury, guided by an in
finite intelligence.
But let any of these wires of the hu-
man system become grounded" or
compressed by the partial or complete
displacement of a bone or its attach
ments, ligaments and muscles, their
connection with the great storage bat
terry, the brain, Is cut of n as a
consequence there is a loss of force to
the organ or parts enervated and a
functional derangenent ensues in that
region. There is a condition of disease
In that particular part OF the organ
ism.
In electrical science an expert cleo
trician will know where the different
points of connection are and will read
lily locate the spots where a fault ex-
lists. The osteopath claims the same
relation to the human system as the
electrician holds to the electrical. He
maintains that the cause of derange-
ment or disease in any part of the
human body is simply obstruction. The
cure is eYident-remove the obstruc-
ton.
Within the human body, says osteo-
pathy, nature has stored up forces
which can and do provide for its
healthy operation better than any
drugs. When the anatomy is in perfect
order 1t is capable of choosing and re-
tanning from the most ordinary foods
all the essentials Of perfect health.
There is no chemist equal to nature,
no laboratory where this work can be
performed as well as in the human sys-
tenn. Had the Creator intended drugs
TO correct abnormal conditions he
would have conformed them to our
taste. we should hapa ho1 ac laa, an
relish for drugs when the abnormal
conditions are present as we now have
for food in the condition of hunger.
Whatever is noXious to the taste can
not be beneficial to the system. This
last point is the ~osteopath's great
weapon against the drug system n
IT is whetted not a little by the fire.
quent admissions of the regulars" as
to the inutility of their own prescrip-
tons.
Osteopathy here assumes as a funda-
mental principle that If all the nerves
and vessels of the body act in har-
mony with each other and every part
is without obstruction, disease cannot
be present. In other words,
health is order and disease is
the effect of disorder or obstruction.
The object of the osteoDath therefore !
is simply To detect and remove any
obstruction or abnormalitv in the body
which interferes with the laws of ma
ture. so that she NAV continue her
work unmolested. This is the whole
essence of o~steopathy in a nutshell. |
1t claims to cure nothing but only to
restore the body to a normal condi-
ton and let nature effect the cure.
This result is said to be accomplished
intelligent manipulation of the nerve
system, which frees and invigorates
the circulation and gradually restores
the normal activity to every part and
Meanwhile il is insisted that
the treatment has nothing ins common
with massage or Swedish
but is based on a thorough knowledge
structural anatomy and the physio-
logical laws and processes i'm the hu-
mar body. This body is regarded as a
machine and the osteopath is the
skilled mechanic who finds out where
a tangle occurs and sets the machine
to rights.
The public, as suggested above. must
be permitted to judge of osteopathy by
It's fruits as well as by the
ness of the logic that underlics ii. The
claim is boldly made that il cures 50
per cent of all cases treated and this.
although most Of the cases have al
ready baff1ed the Of ordinary
medical science. Many physicians of
the regular" schools have gone over
to its ranks. The founders college in
Missouri has already turned out several
hundred of graduates.
Three or four other colleges have
been established i'm different localities.
every city i'm the union-Chi-
not excepted-has a small con-
tingent of the practitioners of osteo-
Dathy. lt has been accorded a legal
status i'm half a dozen states. About
rs many periodicals are now published
IN its interest. Its future depends on
he proof hat it is q veritable agency
'or the relief of suffering humanity
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