The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-07-13
TERMS OF TREAT.
osTEoPATHY ENDORSED.

Hon. T. F. Carroll, Postmaster
Grand Rapids, Michigan:
81 believe that Osteopathy is as far in
advance of the drug systems of medicine
and the needless surgery of the day in
the cure of disease and deformity, as
those practices we're ahead of charm
cures and sacrifices in the days of an.
Gent polytheism. It cured me OF
severe troubles when the drug treat
ments all had failed. 1t has common
sense as its basis and appeals to ones
reason.
| MRS. W. M. SPRINGER, wife of Con
gresham Springer-now Chief Justice
of the Court of Appeals, Indian Ter
ritory:
II can never say enough in praise of
Osteopathy. 1t relieved me from I'M
bearable invalidism | have seen it do
the same for scores of others. believed
before | tried it that it was scientific
method and now. am convinced
that Osteopathy is rational, scientific
and wonderful. 1t will be the greatest
blessing to the world''
Mrs. HELEN DE LENDRECIE. one of
the most forcibe lecturers in the United
States, after having a tumor of the
breast removed by Osteopathy, ex-
planned her case as follows:
"You ask for the reasons which induced
me to seek osteopathic relief. | will
tell you as briefly as possible. In the
fall of 1895 lump appeared in my right
breast. Our family physician advised
its immediate removal, assuring me that
nothing but the knife could remedy the
evil, and stating that it would soon as
sumo malignant form it rot removed
without delay. Knowing him to be a
fine surgeon, as we'll as physician,
placed myself in his hands and sub
mitted to an operation whereby my en-
tire breast was removed. 1t was a
great shock t my nervous system, end
| had not recovered from it. when the
same trouble appeared in my left breast.
| had heard, meantime, Of Osteopathy,
and had resolved to try it before again
submitting to the knife. However, in
Sebte nber, 1896, | was examined by a
: ,,cltist in Chicago, who declared that
only the knife would remove the trouble,
as In the previous case. Instead of sub
hitting to another operation, | went to
| kirksville and was completely cured in
six weeks time. My own eyes saw and
my own hands felt the obstruction that
caused the trouble in both cases, and
know very well that the knife was never
necessary in my case. | do not want TO
be understood a. denying the use of the
knife, however, for in some cases | am
sure it is necessary to prolong life.
What object to is the haste in which
| it is called into requnsihon. never be-
| lieved in drug medication, but surgery
appealed to my reason. / have perfect
faith 10 the integrity of the man, and
the skill of the surgeon who operated
upon me. | believe he did by me as he
would have done by his own wife, and
| il we're in need of surgical aid 20 day,
he, of all oJhers, would be my choice to
do the work. Tnis. however, does not
prevent me from declaring that | was
the victim of unnec ssaIy surgery, and
am sure the knife is used ten times
when unnecessary to one time when
necessary. surgical operation is a
dreadful shock. from which | believe
the system never fully RECEIVERS. Osteop-
athy has clearly proven its right 10 rec
ignition in the healing of cases hereto
fore declared only durable by the knife.
and it is only right that its supporters
should sustain its claims. know what
it has done for me, and | am now, and
ever expect TO be, the firm friend and
loyal defender of Osteopathy."
OPrE READ, Americas we'll known
writer. and editor Of Carriers Monthly:
"My attention was first called to Oste-
opathy by a friend whose wife had been
cured Of insanity. Closely following.
knew of a prominent business man
who was cured Of paralysis. IL re-
I generated me. / have added reading n
observation, and l honestly believe IL 70
he one Of the most wonderful discoverie
Of any age" 80.