Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-10-19
WAS THE CASE AGAINST DIR. CUPP, THE OsTEo-
 PATH.
An Interview With the Doctor on the OsteOpathy RecOgniz- ed By a Number of
 States.


 the osteopath, who came to this city from the Kirksville school of osteo- pathy to practice his profession, was arrested on the grounds of practic- ing medicine without license. The Doctor plead not guilty to the charge, and the trial took place be- fore Squire ". D. Vance, and ex- cited considerable interest and curi- osity. Doctor Cupp's defense was that he did not practice medicine, and that the theory of osteopathy did not embrace the giving of medi- eines. Works on the subject of os- teopathy and number of the doc tors patients were introduced as testimony to substantiate this con- tention, out nevertheless Squire Vance held the defendant guilty and assessed a fine of fifty dollars against him. The case was ap- pealed by Dr. Cupp to the circuit court, and on last Friday it was dismissed and thrown out of court. Thus has a case which created con siderable public interest been brought to a conclusion. At the trial Dr. Cupp's patients were his strongest defenders, and it was learned that if the prosecution was successful, the practice of osteopa thy, a new science, would be driven from the city, but by the dismissal of the case it is now assured that Dr. Cupp or some other osteopath, will remain in Pine Bluff.
 Dr. Cupp was interviewed at his office at the corner of Fifth and Pine, by a reporter Saturday and said: "Yes, am acquttedi and right glad am to be rid of the trouble and annoyance accompany ing such proceedings While I re aIized, in a measure, from the be- ginning what the result would be as an Inevitable outcome of a groundless case on the part of the state. I have been put to no little inconvenience and some expense in the matter But it is all over now and settled for good and all time, I hope
 Being asked about the methods used in the practice of osteopathy, Dr. Cupp said: "Osteopaths view the human system as machine, and what is called health is the human machine in perfect working order. If any disturbance of the proper arrangements of this won derful machinery occurs, the result is called disease. The osteopath by his familiarity with the human structure and the functions of the different organs, nerves and arter- ies, seeks for the exact cause of the derangement, and when the ob- struction is removed, health is re- stored. Osueopathy uses no knife, prescribes no drugs, requires no faith. It is based upon the simple laws of nature, and all classes of disease yield to it's treatment. Os- teopathy found its birth in the mind of that noted physician, Dr. StllI, about twenty-five years ago. Six years ago Dr. Still founded school of osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo, which institution this season has enrolled about six hundred stu dents from all parts of the country. There are five other schools of the same nature. "
 In five states, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota and Yer mont. osteopathY has been recog- nized by the statutes as a profes- sion not requiring a license, and now since it has been introduced in this state as a science, no doubt similar legislation will be enacted.
 Dr. Cupps patients in this city are numerous and strong believers in the new science, and will no doubt be gratided to learn that the suit against him has been dis