Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12
DOCTORS ENTERTAIN |
Drs. Kincaid Receive Their Friends
Tuesday Night.
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE TALK
Glasses Will Soon Begin at the ottum-
wa College of osteopathy-A Mum.
Der of Students Coming From Min.
neapoiis and Other Points.

A large number of prospective stu
dents attended a lecture at the OF
tumwa College of Osteopathy given by
Drs. D. II. and D. L. Kincaid Tuesday
night. Dr. d. l.. Kincaid made an in
troductory speech, beginning with the
earlier records of man and the medi-
cines used in those days to effect
cure and coming on down through the
centuries touching on the different
systems and methods used at different
periods of human history until the
present day, which has given us oste-
opathy, a common sense method OF re-
moving the cause of the trouble and
letting nature effect the cure. His
talk along this line was both interest
ing and instructive as well as amusing
as he compared the medicines of the
past ages with the treatment of the os-
teopath of today. He demonstrated
that the theory of osteopathy was
simply to ascertain the cause of the
touble, remove or correct it, and the
recuperative powers of nature would
complete a thorough cure.
W. w. Epps of this city
was then introduced to the class
and spoke BRIEFLY but to the
point on the subject of osteopathy.
He said his experience in number of
cases which had come under his per-
sonal observation had convinced him
that osteopathy relieves and cures the
sick and afflicted. He mentioned the
case of railroad man who had been
injured accidentally thirteen years
ago and who had been insane from
that time until treated, at intervals be-
ing so violent as to require several
men to restrain him.After course Of
treatment at the Ottumwa college, in
which the four vertebrae which had
been displaced for thirteen years, OBJ
structing the free circulation of the
vital fluids, We're set in place and in
the short time of three days nature
had restored the mans reason and
health. Mr.. Epps said that while on a
trip through the far west last spring
he was surprised to find osteopathy
and schools for teaching the science
nearly everywhere, which shows con-
clusively that while people as rule
are slow to take up innovations, es-
pecially in the line of medicine, that
they are convinced of the value and
Importance of osteopathy as healing
agent. In the course of his remarks
Mr.. Epps said that while the public
might be little slow in believing a
doctor that they never questioned a
lawyers word and for that reason his
testimony was especially valuable.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Epps'
speech DR.. D. H. Kincaid demonstrate
ed to the audience, with skeleton and
charts the basic principles of osteop-
athy. His lecture was interesting and
instructive to the fullest meaning of
the words. He illustrated the location
and nature of the wounds which our
President is now suffering with and
spoke of their relative Importance and
the method to be pursued in treating
them by osteopathy He gave con-
else, yet complete, history of osteop-
athy, from the time of it's founding to
the present day. He told how
DR.. Still of Kirksville, Missouri,
after the death of three of his chill
dren evolved new idea and system of
curing disease and by the careful and
systematic study of the anatomical
structure made it practical and sue
cessful method which today is endors-
ed by thousands.
The doctors do not claim that os-
teopathy is a universal panacea. They
do not claim it will cure organic or
true generous diseases. They claim
that it is only a method of assisting
Nature, the true doctor, in effecting
cures, by removing the obstruction to
the natural life currents, and allowing
the free circulation of the vital forces.
DR.. d. l.. Kincaid has organized a
large class in Minneapolis which will
will arrive in the city in short time
to attend the Ottumwa college.
At the close of the lecture, light re-
freshments were served and the guests
edparted unanimously declaring they
had never spent more profitable or
interesting evening.