The sun., 1901-02-28
MARK TWAIN FAvORs OSTEOPATHY'
lie Appears Before an Assembly Committee
In Favor Of the Seymour Bill.


ALBANY. Feb. ?7-Mark Twain appeared
before the Assembly Public Health Com
mittee to-day to advocate Assemblyman
Seyinour's bill permitting and regulating
the practice OF osteopathy. lie said he
didn't know anything about osteopathy
and wouldn't talk about II, He Expressed
surprise that there were so many diseases
in the world and envied the man VINO hau
them all He didn't understand the meoicai
terms applied TO them and didn't sec how
the members of the committee could lie
had had a number OF diseases and was Wiling
to take more. provided he could disuion'e
them among the doctors and the osteopa-
thists His text was Liberty. and he arguoo
that the state should not tell him how ne
should treat his body. Then he said
Il see In the Bell Anti ti-Christian science bill
that YOU permit the grandmother to continue
to dose the babe. Well, you couldn't stop her
II il well YOU put In that provision. i like
full liberty. full liberty to do with my body
as I like, to my own peril or to the peril of
any one else II doesn't matter; I'm not par
ticulsr as to that The State stands Tor
liberty and it doesn't seem likely to change
its po,tion and will not interfere with your
soul in the matter of health. This didn't
spring up in a night or like Jonah with
gourd / guess Jonah had a gourd. Now
the Bell bill will drive all the os'eopathists
out OF tho state. Then you create the same
condition as existed in the Garden OF Eden.
You want something and II Is forbidden.
Adam probably didn't want tho apple unti
he found he couldn't have Il, just as he would
want an osteopathist, He was different
from the Clemens hock, especially this on"
] wouldn't have taken one apple but the
This body ia mine. or at least had sup
posed IL was. aud ii | make a MISTAKE the
State doesn't have 70 stand Tor h"ia
my mother responsible. for my desire -,
rxperiment she would take any patent
medicine that came along whether she wonId
need ii or not. and would try any new disease
| that happened to be around she eAperl.
mented on me | didn't ENJOY ~ men, pul
do now. When my mother heard Of snew
haaardly To try IL on No., she chose Ju-
diciou,lv aud chose the one she could spare,
which wa- myself How well do ! rcmem,
ber the water cure away back IN ls42 IL
was expcrmented on me. ] was boy abou!
7 years Of age and every morning that !
got up had a bucket Of cold water thrown
over me, and then came tho rubbing with
warm blankets After that | was wrapped
I'm - sheet wet with ice water and put To ped.
and the per-piration used TO come out IN
that bed but fortunately the bed wa- sup,
piled with a life. preserver. You should
have seen the ygilo% color t Ti may as sheG, npiy
tha outpouringS Of INV conscience. just
spiritual outpouruss, and fortunately y
removed all that. 80 that am not tFourIed
i viii tal;e a chance wi n alopathy for
old times' SAX" When boy my mother
they left me 80 low that they had 10 pun ne
ont by means OF the family doctor Hke
ostcopsthy. II Is quicker and Non don
have to take any medicine SO wah' ,lberty
To do a. chose with nv physical body and
experiment as much a. possible
lie said he didn't claim To have al the
virtues OF the world, only nine or ten 81 mem.
This bill reminded him Of time when he
was boy in the banner State. 4.
Missouri" he continued ! wa born lhere
and 40 was ostreopathy, and 6oth are set,,ns i,s
then the word dispute meant quarrrlng ana
quarreing tn anger Neither did We know
of any other Kind OF doCt7r tlan the one
saddlebar Well one day nv father took me-
10 nv unctr.l house and he had Il pirtur" on
;hA wall of a room showing Christ disputInS
with the doctors ] didn't understand tina /;
fnr ali that I was the model sunday school
bow Of the place, although say " my sell ,
and | wouldn't say II myself II thcr" wa.
some one else h,r t)sN II for me- that 'hrlNt
He then explained how in his perpeNitv lie
called a slave who mi ght have been preiu =;
diced witness. al he was doctor In a smail
Who begun IT." l asked Did He begin
No answered the slave. -the doctor 8
What has lie done" asked In my innocent
bone WHY He ain I gone an got license.
THAT il tt explained Nr Clemens ne
OBJ lection is people are curing peonie without
a license and YOU are afraid II VIII buSt up
business You ought - COMPROMISE 81
Won can all get chance at these p'ople around
here .
Another hearing will he given II request
l. made for one, but from remarks made h'
the members Of 'ha commit az " IL not u a"ly
that The bill will he reported favorabiy.