Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-03-22
0STE0P
What Some People Enormously
Think IL 10 be. Contrast
ed with what Ii
Really is.

In An article published in these
columns, | have already outlined
briefly what Osteopathy is. Itl
would seem that this statement
should render IL unnecessary To-
tell what OsIeopathy is not" but
such necessity, nevertheless, seems
to have arisen.
In sections where Osteopathy
has heretofore been introduced il
has been found that many people
persist a long while in the suppo.
sition that the O.teopath and the
magnetic heaiern have sr nething
in common. The Osteopath is
sometimes incorrectly called 1.-THE
rubbing doctor, and as that name
is given also to various "iaith
cure practitioner, .tc., some CON
fusion thereby arises. There Is
nothing supernatural about este.
opathy; 1t Is an exact science.
based on anatomy and a thorough
knowledge of the human system in
health and disease. IL takes years
of hard study in "a well equippr.
institute, with a full corps of pr
fessors, 10 DO q person for the pra.
tice of healing the sick aud alllict-
ed through the science of Osteopa.
thy. 1t is very far indeed from
so-called magnetic healing
Another common error is to con-
found Oste1pathy with massage.
There is a great mistake made here
also. Massage is based on sound
principles, and in some cases may
do good. but massage is an ex.
tremely limited and narrow branch
of therapeutics A. compared With
Osteopathy, which embraces the
entire field. Any ailment. the most
complicated, any disease, the most
deep.seated, if durable ut all, Is
durable by Os,eopathy. Many con-
sidered incurable by any other sys.
TEN. ere durable by O'teopa'hy.
Any fracture OF the bones; any
disiocation, any crippled cpndl-
ton; stiff joints; p1raly'ic otlsc.
tions--any Of these j, muscles.
and tend0u- r1A nerves have not
been destroyed by the knife or
other adequate cause, are treated
successfully 10y Osteopathy. Peo-
pie who had been on rrutchcs for
twenty years, aud who had long
lost hope or thought Of recovery
nave by Osteopathy been made Il
walk and leap aud run. This :.
so common in portions of this
country where Osteopathy has had
its most complete development
that in those sections it has be,
come commonplace, and no longer
excites wonder Is there anything
in massage that compares with
this?
Some cases come 10 us after nav.
ing lost all rcac'ive power. Such
cases we cannot benefit, and So,
. frankly tell them So.
4 / have never related, except cas-.
.ually to q friend, many Of the won,
Ierful cure. | have known Tn,
most unbIu-hing frauds, grack
and fakes build up their ueudou,
practice by pointing to testimonial,
f. Of the most wonderful cures.
could publish many remarkabI,
testimonials, well authenticit.
but prefer to ,et results in IN,
own practice, right before the eve'
of thi. people. do that work fol
me. O.teopathy is doing som,
good work IN Bryan, which ! mal
be able 10 refer 10 later on. ! am
permitted now, by some of my pa
tients, TO refer iuquirer- 20 them.
Osteopathy Is not mesmerism; /
is not massage; 10 Is not any it'll,
side issue ofauy other system. |
II not mushroom growth, q nine
days wonder. Lei, a science an,
an art Of healing without drugs o
i the knife. II d. %, broad in it, APP
. plication as the range of human
infrmity Iii. taught in a grea
institute at Kirksyi.lr. Mo-, and a
one each no Boston and Minueapo
. Ills. HUNDREDS of graduates ar
turned out every year