The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
TERMS OF TREATMENT:
osteopathy, Bound TO Come TO the
Front.

Some months ago | began to hear
something of Osteopathy. | had but
little idea, at that time, as to what was
meant by it. In travelling about over
the country | would meet others occa-
sionally who would have something to
say about it. Though getting only a
smattering of it in this way, there was
something about the treatment that
commended itself to me. l determined
to investigate the matter more thor.
oughly and see what there was in it. |
sought an interview with DIR. Brown
Goodwin. All that he had to say on the
subject was perfectly reasonable, just
what ordinary common sense ought to
teach.
Before leaving the room the sugges-
ton came to me that | had niece he
might possibly cure. Describing her
case as well as | could, | asked the
doctor what he thought of it. His
reply was hopeful. She was brought to
him for examination. The doctor was
not absolutely certain, but thought he
could cure her. She took her first treat
ment before leaving the infirmary.
Miss Ella McCaleb is young lady
twenty years old. Her father lives near
Pinewood, Hickman county, Tennessee.
When Ella was seven years old she had
a stroke of paralysis, followed by long
spell of fever. was often in the home
at this time. She was left an invalid
Her lower limbs persisted to skin and
bones. Her spine was so badly curved
that the arm could rest under the back
without touching it when she was lying
down. 1t hurt her continually. She
would sleep with pillow under the
small of the back to get relief. Both
feet turned in and when trying to star d
she would stand clear down on the
ankles with the soles of the feet turned
a lmost face upwards. She could only
make the faintest effort at walking with
a crutch and stick. When sitting, it
was only by the aid of the hands that
she could place he" feet upright.
| was present at the first treatment.
At the request of the doctor, | put forth
my hand and could distinctly feel the
backbone from the front, so great was
the curviture of the spine. This was
about the first of August. Her father,
ano her uncle and myself returned with
Ella to her relatives near Shady Grove
When she got into the vehicle she dis
covered she could hump her back for
the first time in thirteen years, and lean
back against the resting board. She
WIS perfectly delighted and exclaimed
"Why, uncle Moody, I can straighten
my back like you can ~ She slept
sweetly that night, having no need for a
pillow under her back. She has been
able to straighten it ever since, and it
has not panied her any more.
Being in Columbia for few days, ]
met ELLA in DIR. Godwin's office yester-
day, Sept. 18th. She can now when
sitting straighten her feet upright
without the aid of the hands, and sits
with them that way all the time. Her
limbs are filling out, her appetite has
J returned, she is able to stand alone
without her crutches, and everything
| points to permanent cure. Remem-
boring that hers is a case of thirteen
years standing, when looking at her,
can hardly believe my own eyes to see
what progress she has made in little
over month.
In the treatment of diseases, Osteop-
/ athy is destined to take its place as
much so as dentistry or surgery; only its
, field is more widespread than either Ii
is bound to come to the front, and nc
one, from prejudice or ignorance, can
lfford to ignore it. 1t does not claim &c
, be cure-all. But it has its place, and
that place, in many instances, cannot be
; filled by anything else.
Many do not understand Osteopathy
? They have an idea that it is kind o.
mesmeric performance. Nothing L
further from the truth. 1t is simply
common sense If any of the bones are
! dislocated or any of the organs of the
body are out of order, or out of place
by scientific manipulation these are
restored to their normal, or healthy con
! dition. Just as in piece of machinery
. if rod gets bent ard fails to do its
work and also interferes with other part!
t Of the machinery, the only thing to b'
done is to straighten the rod. So il
0steopathy.
e What | have written is for no othei
purpose than to help sufferin :humanit,
: j. NJ. NJ CALEB,
O Missionary to Japan.
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