The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-05-10
Tennessee College and
IlfFnary Of OStGODatly.
Columbia, Tenn


tBy DR.. w zimmerman, Presldentl
This College has been chartered
under the laws Of the state Of Ten
nessee, and will be open to students
Septe mber, 1901. II is intended nv
thu directors and faculty to make ID
the leading school of its class in the
South. O4teOphy is a great advance
over the old methods of treating the
sick. and realizing that a school TO
represent system so far in advance
of its old fogy competitors as is Os.
teOpathy, should be on a plane also
In advance Of the educational sys-
tens of medicine, we shall place
this college abreast Of the science in
every thing. In fact it Is our inten-
ton to lead. Osteopathy is now in
its infancy of development, and we
have associated with us men who
are eminently qualified to push in.
vestigations in all legitimate dire
| tions, to the end that Osteopathy
! shall be the most progressive as we'll
as aggressive system of healing be
| fore the people. 1t is entirely cut
| lose from medicine in all it's forms
1t ia also independent of Hypnotism,
Magnetic Healing, Faith Cure,
! Christian Science, etc, etc.
Osteopathy seeks the canse of dis
ease. and from scientific stand
point proceeds TO correct il, when
nature will provide a cure. Dis
ease is always an effect; this being
admitted, it follows that to cor.
rect the cause will remove the dis.
ease or in other words, remove the
obstruction and nature will remove
the effects. There is not a disease on
the calendar that il not the direct
effect of some mechanical Ohstruc-
ton or failure in the circulation
inervatiOn, assimilation or eXcie-
ton of the system. Even contagiouc
diseases come under this rule, for
have you not noticed that when You
were in perfect health, you were i'm.
mune to dis ,ases of this character
| have in mind a case of a young
man who nursed his room mate
through severe spell of measles
and was exposed to them afterward:
time and again without contracting
the disease. Yet when he did take
it it was from the poorest sort o
contact. The reason of this wat
that formerly he was in perfec
health, and hence proof to conta
gion, but when he did take it, it wa
because his system was in a recep
tive condition, and was not able tt
! throw off the COntagiou as it haC
been before, showing conclusively
that had he remained in perfec
health he would have been free from
contagion.
. "Oh, but you claim too much 70
your Osteopathy This statemen
was made by Columbia physician
who, if his life had been dependen
upon it, could not have told what W
, really did claim, much less the re
| suits we get in practice. A we'll in
: formed physician "a graduate o
p Jefferson Medical College of Phila
!, delphia.) said the other day: doc
I tor, tried to treat fellow as | say
you do 1t; but you may imagine tn
awkwardness | felt, and the ute
disgust at myself, when l found
could not do it," And yet physi
r clans will tell you, 1--WE know al
t there is in OsteOpathy, for we learn
/ ed it at College where massage
always taught" Said this pnysi
clan, when they say this, they ar
mistaken, to say the least of it,"
The Tennessee College of Osteo
pathy proposes to give the studer
very thorough knowledge c
anatomy and physiology, thu
fitting them for an understanding @
pathological conditions, so tina
: when brought in contact with diseas
: in it's various forms, they will know
. exactly what to do to remove TIL
cause producing the trouble.
4 Hence we shall take the studer
5 over anatomy in class room, the
the demonstration will dissect th
). cadaver and lecture and quiz owe
Q it. Next the student will be RI
. quired to do actual dissection for 8
= least five months. In Phvsiolog
we shall be equally thorough, taE
i ing them over inOrgantic chemistr
u and histology, then to Physiologici
T. chemistry, until they not only unde
Il stand the minute anatomy but al
y familiar with the chemistry of til
human system. This will be taugl
with the aid of the stereoptican an
y the latest improved microscopes an
l, chemical apparatus. After this the
: are ready to begin the study
, physiology proper. Ii teachis
u actual practice and symtomatolog,
!: we begin with Osteopathic prime
u piles, O5teopathic Pathology. an
/ actual practice. This last will
given on the free work, which wi
y be der the treatment of fourt
y term students, subject to supervise
, of Mrs. zimmerman, the superb
tendent of practice Thus they wi
70 get precept and example togethe
70 In teaching symptomatology, it
!! the object of the Osteopath to stud
', symptoms as an indicator or nature
= language, leading to the discover
10 of the actual cause, rather than
q group certain symptoms and namir
y these as the disease.
~ Note particularly the course as v
give it below. The chemical d
partment will be equipped with
laboratory especially designed
the study of inorganic chemistI
by analytical demonstrations. Uril
alysis VIII also be taught in actu
to work. The student will be suppl,
NTH anaoipnana for analuais "a 1