Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
WHAT OsTEOPATHY is.
4 student of the ".Drusless" science
sheds Light ON n Most Inter-
esting Subject.

OSteopathy, the new curative science
that has attracted so much attention from
the medical world. is established in Kan
sds City. OF it, one Of the practitioners
says:
"Osteopathy is a new science of heal
ing without drugs. founded by DR.. Andrew
7. Still. OF Kirksyille. No. This school
denies the alleged curative properties of
drugs and repudiateS the whole system of
drug treatment as unnatural and destruc-
tive to health. The medical system OF
diagnosis is also abandoned. In place OF
symptoms and poisons. the new science
substitutes d careful. thorough physical
examination. and treatment by manipuia-
ton. Under the new system. the body
is examined and treated as an intelligent
%machinist would examine and treat a COM
plicated machine with which He was per-
fectly familiar. BY actual cures wrought
upon thousands Of cases that have been
pronounced hopeless by other schools. the
osteopaths have proven that II there Is
an unobStructed nerve and blood supply 10
and from all parts of the well-fed man.
the effects called disease will as surely
disappear as the asCeptic wound will heal
after the surgeon has rendered the parts
microscopicaily clean and placed them IN
proper position.
Through 4 highly developed sense of
touch and a knowledge OF anatomy, me
osteopath is enabled to discover me
slightest anatomical disorder ana every
move made by him III treatment Is To-
ward the definite purpose OF correcting
such disorders.
These osteopathic disorders are not nee
essarily surgical diSlocations, by which term
IS meant II bone completely out OF point,
bur are out of line-out of proper ADJUST
ment. They comprise slight displacementS
of various structures. chiefly bones ana
ligaments. with muscular contractureS,. ut
tie adhesionS, contractions from cold, irrl-
tatiop or other outside Influences. causing
unnatural pressure upon vessels or nerves.
The osteopaths look upon the human body
AZ a perfect machine, and order as the
first law of health. If in order, the hu-
man machine will do its work properly
and run its allotted time. 4 part OF Its
work is 10 digest and assimilate the foods
prescribed by the normal appetite. to man
| ufacture therefrom all the chemical COM
rounds needed by the body for its own
growth and repair. and to eXcrete that
which is not so required. This work can
ONLY be carried on by the forces within
| the body. This is o~steopathic theory based
upon practical experience.
I'm short, o~steopathy Is a common sense
system of discovering and correcting All
: mechanical disorders in the human ma
chine and an intelligent direction or Inc
| recuperative forces within the BODY to the
cure of disease. This principle holds gooo
in acute as well as chronic Troubles Inc
osteopath not only effects without drugs
! ALI the beneficial results the medical pro-
fession claims to get with drugs. but the
/ osteopathic school has made itself famous
wherever its practitioners have gone. by
bringing about the cure of cases tina mad
been given up as incurable by all other
schools OF practice.