Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30

many, France, England, Japan, Mex
leo, Sweden, South America, the is
lands of the Pacific, from China, from
everywhere. Some come in private
| cars, some come any way they can.
Some have untold wealth to exchange
for health, others are recipients of the
| clinical corps where services to the
very poor are gratuitous.
OF the weather. class there have
come such well known people and mil
lioniares as Michael Cudahy, James
| Deering, Col. Jordan, Col. A. L. Con-
ger, Col. Mckinley, cousin of our pres
| ident; Senator j. B. Foraker; Rev.
Sam Jones, Gov. Bob Taylor (Tennes-
see); Gov. Lon Stephens Mrs. Benz
Harrison; Gov. Briggs IN. Dak.), and
many other notables from at home and
abroad
The records of the infirmary show
that 60 per cent of the cases treated
have been cured and IS per cent bene-
fitted.
At Washington, D. c., Henry Pat
terson, D. O., has a $4,000 annual
practice and among his patients are
both the Turkish and Chinese minis
tiers. In all the principal cities of
| America graduates of the American
School of Osteopathy founded by DR..
A. T. Still at Kirksville, Mo-, are to be
found handling a practice worth thou
sands of dollars. So it is even in some
of the more important cities of for
eign countries.
The eighth annual announcement
(catalog) of the American School of
Osteopathy has just appeared and a
very important item of interest is the
statement that the school was charter
ed in 1892; enrolled twenty students
that year and on Sept. 3d. 1900, the
new term opening day, the students
class will number 60
The main Osteopathic school build
ing has outside dimensions of 64x176
feet. Contains 6S rooms, % of which
are treatment" rooms. There are
four floors and attics. The walls are
of pressed brick, with mansard roofs
of slate and iron. 1t is beautifully fin
ished inside in the natural wood and
has every modern convenience known
to this age of electrical utilities, and
the system of perfect plumbing. It's
cost with furnishings and class room
apparatuses will exceed 100000, the
finest institution of it's kind in the
world.
Osteopathy as Profession
holds out grand inducements to both
ladies and gentlemen. 1t is not too
much to say that few positions offer Sc
high remuneration or carry with them
the degree of self-esteem by reason OF
good to be done by the graduate, as
that of the Osteopath who holds di
ploma signed by DR.. A. T. Still.
Osteopathy and the Student.
Are you seriously contemplating the
study of Osteopathy? No field prom
Uses so much to the young man or the
young woman. If you contemplate
studying the science of Osteopathy
you should in the very beginning de
eide on the best institution for obtain
ing the knowledge. Osteopathy being
new science has few schools for the
instruction of its pupils.
OF all schools The American Schoo
of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo-, of
! fers the best inducements:
First, it is the oldest school of Os
teopathy in the world, having beer
founded by the discoverer of the sci
| ence.
Second, the discoverer of the science
| DR.. A. T. Still, delivers a number o
, original lectures to the classes during
thic school in the world, and all ar