The times., 1899-05-28
LATEST ADVANCE IN
MEDICAL SCIENCE
0steOpathy Heralded as a Rare
Boon to Mankind.
Claims Set Forth by Deyotees to
The New School.
4 system Dealing With Homes,
Nerves, and Arterics-Rcpudi-
ates Ideas of Hercdity.

As there has been a stone age and an
iron age. an age of political upheavals and
OF social revolutions. when the world has
been startled by the rise of a republic or
the fall of an ancient monarchy. when
events of momentous Importance have been
occurring every day and the fate OF the
nations OF the world hung in a balance
that needed only the slightest pressure to
! plunge the universe into bloody AMI boot
| less war;.as the brain Of the modern in
ventor has been turning out and eiucidat-
| ing the most obtuse problems in mechanics
| and simple domestic machinery. science has
| been striding forward with a slow, but
| steady, tread until today 1t forms link
that connects the world of letters with the
mar;s of trade. when the largest CONNER
/ cial houses in the world find the services
of their scientific man indispensable.
Science has demonstrated many things
in the last fifty years that have astonished
even the most learned Through scientific
research the telephone and electric light
were made possible; il was with the aid
of science that the wars of the nations haye
been fought in fact. everything has been
brought down to scientific basis and Is
! considered from a scientific standpoint
| Every profession has been compelled TO
seek the aid of science in unraveling its
mysteries; every trade has been comp eiled
to turn to science Tor proper solution OF
the problems it has been brought face TO
| face with by the advance OF modern IN
| eeuuity II has even been used for ad-
yertising purposes, and has been brought
into the homes of the general public to
such an extent that in these dying days OF
the nineteenth century almost every man,
woman, and child is a scientist, and views
things and events through scientific enan-
nels.
Probably one of the greatest achieve
ments of science OF the present century
was made by DR.. \. T. Still, OF Kirksytlle.
Mo in the work he has done in attempt
ing to prove that one of the Oldest estao-
ished and widest recognized of sciences or
supposed sciences was not science at all.
but simply an experiment In word, Dr.
StilI has made very successful attempt
to overthrow the pre-conceiyed IDEAS ot
medicine by working or the theory that
medicine was not science, that all man
kind cannot be treated with the Same
| drugs for the same diseases. The only
| science in the medical profession, Dr. sun
claims is surgery. A surgeon knows ex-
aetIy what he can do with the human
body. he knows perfectly what the result
. of certain operations will be. and ne eaa
: tell beforehand what forces are necessary
for the proper recupe-ation OF ms patent
With medicine this cannot be done, Dr-
Still claims; and he has founded new
sNanee called osteopathy. by the practice
! of which he proposes to do away With
medicine entirely The underlying prin-
ciples of osteopaIhy are set forth IN
| ramphlet written by Edward ]. Young.
: A. NJ. B. d. d. D., as follows:
Technically defined osteopathy Is the science
which consists Of such exact, exhaustive ana vefi
talle knowledge OF the structure and functiohs os
the human mechanism, anatomical, physioloslca
and neurological including the chemistry and
phvsics of its own elements. has made dtscoV-
[ er1bIe certain organic laws and remedial re-
so1Tees within the body ITSELF by which nature,
fudrr scientific treatment peculiar TO osteopatnic
: practice apart from all ordinary methoes OF
extraneuus artificial or medicinal stiinuiltioi
ard in harmonious accord with rs own ilettihi-
cal principles molecular activities, and meta
bolic processes, may recover trom dispiaeementS.
t disorganizations arrangements, and consequent {
5 disease and regain its normal equilibrium Oh
+ f,rr, and function in health and strength
a The fundamental principles OF this new science
= are: -, -
= tween the time of birth and old age, are IN
second. All bodily ailments are the result oi
j | mechanical obstruction TO the free CIRCULATION
= OF the vital fluids and forces
e The result that has been obtained by
! DIR. Still after many years Of hard and
l. incessant labor has gained great promi-
: nence. and has been made the subject OF
: discussion throughout the world. An os-
e tecDathic institute has been founded IN
: Kirksville. Mo, and an infirmary has also
Il been built at that place. There are prae-
ticiug osteopaths in almost every state
Il in the Union. and in several OF these the
: State health laws have been amended oy
q tha legislatures TO allow the exponents OF
/ the theory OF osteopathy to practice their
II nrofession. In almost every large city Of
ices have been opened by graduates from
n | Dr Stills school, and they have had all
"a they could do to attend TO the patients thaL
have come to them. Their treatment Is
/ something that cannot be adequately eX-
pIained, they state, but they take great
pleasure in giving demonstrations OF ts
worth and practicability, and there are
| now in this city q number or faInlHes
who are able to treat the ordinary run oi
= human ills without calling on the oste-
- opath for help The new science is boon
! to the poor man, who has had to pay large
e. doctors bills from time immemorial, ant
has been compelled to run in debt 10 set
. tie his account with the druggist
= The osteopathist claims that every mar
% is an individual machine and that VIVA
- would be good for one man will not bene-
- fit another This is the reason that medi'
cine Is not q SCIENCE n PAtStSAaA4 Se'Ai 20
y what he would like to have drug do whef
II he administers it, but he cannot tell wha
(. IL will do and would not dare to state posi-
"a tiyely what the effect will be. In this WdJ
II the osteopath claims many people are dos
y ed with medicines without being oenehtet
: thereby. and the physicians cannot tel
2 what is the matter with them. 0SteopathJ
20 is the treatment of the muscles. bones
10 veins. arteries. and nerves that allows the
ie free circulation of all the vital fluids by
iI exterior pressure and manipulation. Th'
Is sxponents of the science have been called
III derisively bone heaters" but the MANS
le is not apropos, as they devote more atten-
IS tion to the arteries and nerves than TO tbs
oL bones. They believe that most Of the all
d ments of the human being are caused bl
ol some obstruction of these channels OF ac
IN tiyity and when the obstacle is removed tn;
u patient will recover.
Z One of the most peculiar features of tn
science is the utter disbelief in the hered
N ity OF diseases. The osteopath asserts tina
oI a person inherits the formation OF hi
le body from his ancestors, and if the prope
" care is not taken he will be subject 10 tn
same diseases his foTefathers were troubles
~ with There are four practicing osteo
- paths In this city. One of them told 4 re
VI porter for The Times that he was SO bus,
as that he did not have time to go out &
cases when he was sent for. The wors
s. thing they have to fight, he said. vas tha
g. most of the patients that come to them 70
y. treatment are persons who have been siVsl
. IN up as incurable by members OF the mediea
profession, and who have come TO the oS
= | teopath as a last resort.
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