Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-03-07
A NEW SCIENCE.
An Osteopathic Physician Locates in
 Prescott

fNh oiNAofi 1ONohOo '''
 Prescott.
 The closing years of the nHe- teenth century nave been remark able for the great advance made in scientific research, and especially so has his been true along the line of treating the diseasrs which man kind Is neir 10. "robably one of the greatest of this branch of discoveries IS the science of treating disea-ee by what nas been termed Osteopathy. Osteopathy Is not altogether a new thing in Prescott, for there are quite a number of our people wLo have been most successfully treated by Doctor COnnor, who has a very large and growing practice lu Phenix and who has made number of visits to Prescott, but his practice has grown so large and the demand by parties in this section has iucr-as,d until Dr. S NJ. Kellogg, a graduate of the American School Of Osteopathy, and a very successful operator, has ar rived from Kirksville, Mo-, and opened an office in this city.
 The JOURNAL MINER believing its readers would be interested in know ing omething of this wonderful method of treating diseases, has obtained brief account of its dis covery, some of the many diseases that are successfully treated and the method of treatment.
 A few years ago practicing phys icia1 by the name of 4. T. StIll, living in the town of Kirksville. Mo-, conceived the Idea that a natural flow of blood was health, and that strong and poisonous drugs were not essential for the treatment of the disorders oI tLe body. He con- tended that the human body as a marvellous machine, perfectly con- structed by it's maker, and if ke pt in proper condition is c2p7ble of surviving for long time; that dis ease IS the effect of local or general dist urbance of the blood; that the way to remove the disease was to remove the cause. As each blood vessel in the body has a nerve sup plying its muscular coat and this nerve controls the calibre or size of of the blood vessel, it can readily be seen that the blood supply to any part Of the body can be regulated by the proper excitement of the uerves. A pressure or stoppage of the natural flow of blood would cause the part of the body which Is fed by thls blood to become starved and deseased, and in case it were a vein the blood held in check would cause a congested condition As the nerves, blood vessels and muscles are so fastened 10 and inter woven among the bones of the hu- man skeleton, that by using the bones for levers the operator, under standing as he does, the location and function of every nerve, muscle and blood vessel, Is almost unlimited ir his possibilities for manipulating them. at first this idea met wit | strong opposition but by patient and persistent labor he proved his theory to b. based on fact, and then a. most as if by magic it sprang to the front ami claimed the attention and approval of some of the brainies men Of the country and today thousands of cases of chronic all ments Of almost every kind, anC largely those that have been pro nounced "incurable" hy physicians are being successfully treated by osteopathlc physicians, who art practicing iu nearly every state ana city of any size in the country. whil, the American School of OiteDpathy at KIrkSville. under the leadership ol Dr. Still, besides some six O
 more other schools, are turning ou
 hundreds Of both men and women armed with a thorough knowledg of this wonderful science, to reliev, the countless aches aud pains O
 humanity.
 While os'eopathy is eu inentl . successful with chronic diseases it field of operation is not confined t, them alone, but greal success ha
 been achieved in treating acu'e dis eases also.
 | Taken altogether the philos ph, of oSteopathy surely comEends it self to the mind of thinking per ,, son, being based upon facts ant
 knowledge derived from the most It
 liable sources, and backed up as i
 is, by the exceeding abundance O
 evidence that it has presented to tn a world.