River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-10
Osteopatly, the Science of Drugless
Healing.
BY oPIE READ.
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regeneration at the Illinois College of
Osteopathy Since then have added
reading to observation, and / find
that some Of the greatest physicians
have endorsed this wonderful de-
parture in the treatment of disease,
| some Of them unconsciously. DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes, dear to Am
erican letters, a graduate of Harvard,
a medical man Of renown, a professor
Of anatomy and physiology in Dart
mouth. once declared that mankind
had been drugged to death, that the
! world would be better off if the con-
tents Of every apothecary shop were
emptied into the sea. | would recon-
mend every man not too old who is
dissatisfied with his profession-I
would advise every physician to study
| Osteopathy 1t is spreading so rapid
| ~ that it is with difficulty that enough
operators can be obtained 1t is the
best field now open to the youth start
ing in life, and hope that this will
fall under the eye of many country
boy, strong and intelligent, who feels
himself fitted for something better
than digging i'm the ground. Within
short time all prejudice against
Osteopathy will have vanished. Med
icinc continues to point with pride to
the ingenuity and bewildering COM
plexitics Of its theroies; Osteopathy
asks the public to look at results. All
that truth needs is a light thrown
upon it. But man is hedged about by
traditions. by adherence to constant
experience that has come down
through the ages, the belief that to
swallow drugs puts man on the road
to health. The world lives to be
tricked
Recently heard farmer say that
patent medicines for his family cost
him more than his taxes. Taxes upon
his land and taxes upon his ignorance;
and yes he is not much worse off than
the man who is constantly swallowing
drugs prescribed byregular physicians.
Both are victims ola time worn error.
But medicine has made great dis
coyeries during the past few years,
remarks the believer in doses. Yes it
has discovered new ills that it cannot
cure. 1t has presented man Bright's
desease, "Oh. we know what's the
matter with you it says with salts
fed smile. Our progress teaches US
that. But can you cure me:' the
wretched creature asks well now
that's another question, but we've
got your desease down fine" What
does OSteopatby say? 1t says that
the machinery is out of order, that
the wires are crossed and then it pro-
cceds to regulate them.
OF course the doctors fought it, it
couldn't possibly do any harm but
they fought it. In different legisla-
lures they introduced bills against 1t.
But the law has been compelled to
recognize it.
OsTEoPATHY PERFECTLY
REASONABLE.
Health is the inheritance or man
and should be carefully guarded.
This being granted it goes without
saying that the public should eagerly
investigate any new discovery that
may be made in the healing art, and
Osteopathy, if thus investigated will
surely commend itself to the average
person The general public has come
to regard the healing art and drugs as
| inseparable and naturally a science
that claims to heal without the use Of
drugs comes as a surprise. but it
should be remembered that all
sciences have made rapid strides, and
it is unreasonable to suppose that the
profession of medicine should be prac-
ticed to-day as it was hundreds of
years ago. Yet this is practically the
case with the old-school doctors and
| their adherentS.
Soothing, healing, cleansing, De
! Wits Witch Hazel Salye is the inn
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