Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-19
Sues a Patient For Fees and is
interviewed by a Sick
Woman-Reporter.

of the epople in order to administer tc
their bones and muscies--to engage In
the practice of osteopathy. Now he has
a new "opathy,' according to his own
statement. A wealthy New York lady
became one Of his patients, but after
several months treatment she refused
to pay portion of her bill. DIR. Ward
was not afraid, 1t seems, to carry the
matter into the courts. and sued the
lady for the balance due. The case has
not yet been decided, but it attracted
attention to the former divine, and the
New York World delegated one of Its
lady reporters, Catherine King, to inter-
view him, and the story obtained was
made conspicuous feature. 1t follows:
Its dyspepsia" / said to julius A.
Ward, D. D., NJ. S. and d. o., can you
cure that?"
II caon," he answered, will you talk
to me here or in my private Officer"
Wherever you see your patients"
replied.
Come this way" he bade me from
part way down the hall.
1t was true about the dyspepsia, but
the important truth was that here was
the man, the minister, the physicist the
according to the city directory-physi-
clan whom Mrs. Theodore Sutro called
quack in court yesterday, after four
months treatment by him, for three
months OF which she was refusing, in
court, to pay.
In court also the reasons for calling
his treatment quackery had not been
brought out, and a description of the
treatment had been excluded from the
evidence.
The man whom Mrs Sutro called a
quack placed chair for me and sat
opposite. In the room were an operating
table, divan, a folding-bed, some
chairs and a dressing table. There were
anatomical studies on the wall. but
there were also etchings OF sheep and a
portrait Of copper kettle. Folding
doors separated the room from what
proved to be Mrs. Wards sitting ROOM
HE is A SOFT-yOICED BLONDE.
Dr. Ward himself is a blonde with a
soft voice. His linen, his hands and his
smile were spotless. He is mild. suave,
bland. light eye-lashed. and his eyes
"Now," he said.
"Will somatopathy," I asked, cure
dyspepsia Of long standing and keep 1t
cured?''
ut Will cure everything" he assured
me. smiling. Tell me about the case"
described to him case Of aggra-
waited dyspepsia OF several years exist
ence. told him that wished to come
to him for treatment, but first wanted
to know about the trea tment.
VIVA will 1t COST" said; how long
will 1t take and what do you do?"
First. the cost and the time.
1T will be $50 month";" he said, "for
thirteen treatments each month 1t may
take less time? Oh, no. 1t will not 1t
will take anyway four months But
clergymen. editors and few others I
take at half price,
"Then the treatment"
II should of course. have to make an
examina ton" he said, "first Of all.
should ask you questions to determine
the general state Of your health, and
the examination would tell me what
stage the disease had reached. Then we
would Immediately begin the treat
ments.
''Of what do these consist? OF manip-
ulation No. not massage; not osteop-
athy: not magnetism. 1t Is not mas
sage, because treat thru garment. It
ia not osteopathy, because 1t goes fur
Their. The word csteopathy implies treat
ment OF bone disease. somatopathy is
not the bone but the body I will. II
you like. describe in detail how treat
a case that comes to me.
HE DESCRIBES HIS METHODS.
Suppose the examination reveals, as
1t very often does, that the source Of
the trouble lies in the displacement OF
one of the vertebrate. The nerve force
coming from the brain, which acts as
dynamo. can not perform It's functions
properly because 1t is turned aside by.
this vertebrae. Often a very few treat
ments will correct this. Often stomach
and liver trouble are due simply to this
alone. Especially Is nerve trouble 50
caused.
1.-THE exact treatment then consists
in finding the nerve centers thru which
the vital fluid is coursing and pulsing
and going to waste, and by simple pres
sure of those centers-for, from fifteen
minutes to half an hour. as the patient
can endure-to quiet the centers and
send this vital fluid on it's proper way.
BY vital fluid mean the nervous force,
nervous energy
well, now, when this is not suffic-
tent, but when the bones of the spinal
column must also be acted upon, l
follow the quieting Of the nerve CEN
tiers by pressure of the muscles about
the displaced vertebra. and the latter
is forced back in place.
1.-The physiological effect upon the,
Is also to stimplate them, to
force new supplies of blood thru them,
and to energize the whole body. do
not treat the spinal column alone. I
desensitize-by which mean treat by
nerve center pressure-the affected
parts Of the body also. It is quite log
ical and simple" finished DR.. Ward.
Nerve, stomach. liver and lung dis
eases, brain fog, consumption. heart
trouble-realiy, can you cure them all?"
asked him squarely.
CAN CUREeANYTHING.
Absolutely. he said, III my patients
follow my directions and take treat
ment long enough Lean bring them out
Of anything. do not give medicine.l