The Globe-republican., 1902-06-12
Who is the Osteopath7

The OsteOpath is the assistant of Ma
ture. The functions of the different
parts are performed through the influence
OF the nerves, which pass from centers in
the brain. the spinal cord, or the SYM
pathetic ganglia TO the bones, joints,
heart, muscles, liver, intestines, walls of
the blood vessels, etc., and control their
action. If one of these nerves is interfer-
ed with. pain or disease is the result as
surely as the cutting of electric wire
will put out the light it supplies. The
Osteopath has thorough knowledge of
the nervous system, and knows how to
correct defects in the nervous mechan-
ism. He is the Electrical Engineer of the
body,
All parts of the body are supplied with
nourishment by the blood, which is
carried from the heart through the arter-
les to the capillaries, where it gives up
nutrient material and takes in impurities
The veins carry it back to the lungs for
purifica ton, the lymphatics adding new
and old matter, that it may go its round
again. The arteries, lymphatics and
veins with the excretory vessels resemble
the water pipes and the sewers of a city.
Obstruction of these result in cIogging,
bursting or in turning their contents into
other channels or places, producing dis
comfort or danger to life. The Osteo-
path Is skilled in the knowledge of these
vessels; he is able to detect any interfer-
ence or deficiency in them, and to re- es-
tabIish their natural functions. He is
the Hydraulic Engineer of the human
body.
The healthy body is a perfect chemical
laboratory. The organs employed in ali
mentation make of the food new COM
pounds which are used in building up the
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lection only in normal living body, and
if it is not done regularly some part will
starve. The Osteopath understands
foods and the organs which change them
into tissue nutrient and the processes of
these changes as well as the nerve and
blood supplies necessary therefor, and
he knows how to order them all in their
working. He is the Chemical Director
of the human body.
The most important organs of the body
are hidden from view. and some of them
are beyond the sense of the most delicate
touch. Yet the Osteopath at times must
affect and control them. His intimate
knowledge of the anatomy and physiol-
ogy of muscles, Hgaments and bones, as
we'll as of the nerves, vessels and viscera
enables him to reach and to control by
his manipulation every organ and part
of the body. The Osteopath's familiari-
ty with every part and action of this
wonderfully perfect machinism. and his
ability to re- adjust the arrangements of
the body machine so that all may work in
harmony, each part aiding the others in
the performance of their functions, max e
him the Mechanical Engineer of the
human body.
Osteopathy is regulator, II sets right,
and puts in running order, that excellent
machine, the human body. It is capable
of curing all acute as well as chronic dis
eases 1t straightens the crooked spine :;
it gives life to the paralyzed limbs; it
regulates the palpitating heart lit gives life
to the torpid liver; it revives and heals
diseased kidneys; and by regulating a
healthy blood supply, drives out disease
and restores health once more to the hui
man body proving equal effective in
acute as in chronic diseases.
DIR. E. 8. REEsMAN, 9 doors north of
rink at Mrs. J. =. Baird's residence.