Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-03-17
OSTEOPATHY
I'm the Home--A Word to
Mothers.

to- ~ attraction abd the center of
thoCght Tor the parents, an article
u,eiing with homes must Of neces-
city hrve much To say Of the little
ones, so this question Of Osteopa.
thy in the home naturally shapes
itself into the subject Of Osteopa.
thy for children.
We all desire for our children
the highest intellectual attainment
Of which they are capable. aud
they are capable of Infinitely more
when their minds are kept SQUAD
by being housed in sound bodies
The physical culture now taught
universally in schools, a Of great
help IL keeping the hndy in good
iOrIn, but # the mother ut home
under lands sometuts of anat
omy and piiysiolog, the SOUND
bodies Of the bahle- arr much
NOR" liFely 10 remalu sound when
the niue ones nave grown 20 school
boy and girl size.
II 10 an exec lent plan also for
mothers To carefully examine the
bodies Of their children frequently
10 see that they are growing
straight and developing symmet.
really.
Cne mother made a practice Of
always visiting The rooms of her
growing children the last thing at
night before she retired, aud after
they were asleep, Of placing them
perfectly straight in their little
beds. Her suns, when grown.
were as straight as Indians, aud
,heir soldieriy bearing was the
subject Of remark. Whether the
mothers early care was the cause
~ nc j, Il was without doubt good
practice.
How many serious deiormities
have Jcgun in childhood, caused
/ by N awkward twist, or by jump
ing, bus slipping the vortebru or
other bone, it might be ever so
slig' ~, but which when neglected
world cause serious trouble later
on. 4 mother may notice tina. a
child has one shoulder blade a
little lower than the other and
think nothing of il. A spinal cul.
vaturs may be an easy thing 10
correct when it begins, but per.
haps Impossible when it is l case
OF long standing.
DR. J. Martin Littlejohn IA mem
Der Of the faculty Of the American
school Of Osteopathy at Kirksvilie
| Mo- N IA paper on Osteopathy
reau before the Royal Society. il
LpndCl, says:
Almost instinctively people il
every land seem to be turning in
the came direction, toward sys
lem in which the main principle i.
the Justment of the human
mechanism to itself, and the har
monizing Of its organic functions.
The Osteona'h claims lha. thl
human body contains within itsei
every force necessary to maintair
. i in health, provided There force
have free play TO do the worl
which nature intends them TO 10
0steopa'hy also places nature
abo' Ill drugs and claims for her
J tha' rnen unrestricted she vii
utilize ;He material given her il
I prese ing proper harmony ant
4 equilibrium in her machine-th
{ human body. OF these health
, preserving elements the blood
chief. The blood is the life. Dr.
Still, ne founder OF the science O
0slor patty, says, "A natural llo'
4 OF blood is health, disease is th
i effect Of local or general disturb
4 ance of the blood" When a chill,
has Group or diptheria, there is
contracted, congested state Of tn
throat. Contraction Of muscles q
course estrlcts blood vessels, thu
/, impeding fee dow of blood, an,
/, disea is the result. The same
true " other parts Of the bod,
d whenever, from any cause, the fire.
=. dow Of flood 5 shut of from an
7 paI,, disease will set NJ.
So ,.uch is being said about mi
c'obcs Of late years, that timid pea
nj pie are almost afraid TO eat q
s sleep or breathe, for fear Of bain
devc red 10y the terrible microbc
They DO not reflect that IN
! blood is the best germicid
= known, when it is H. pure, heal
thy condition and flowing freei
Through every vein ANA artery
The fortunate body through whici
flows such blood is armored agains
, The attac S OF al! the hosts Of lis
ease germs.
The work Of the Osteopath Is
see That nature gets fair play, s
} he direct, his efforts toward tina
end 10y adjusting every membe. 0
ma rlnf The machine. ihni IL nav d