The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-04

practice the healing sff according 20
the teachings OF his school, must 60
deeper and deeper in the study Of
anatomy every year. Every case
that presents itseIfto him is another
puzzle In anatomy. another problem
In the structure Of the human body.
He traces nerves from origin TO
distribution. He locates the origin
and attachment of muscles to bones.
He knows the exact position Of
bones and the precise method OF
their articulation with each other.
No ligament or artery, no cartilage
or muscle, escapes bis scrutiny or
manipulation. This is what the
osteopath must do in order to prac-
tice the healing art according to the
teachings Of his school.
And yet these are the men the
drug doctors are trying to squelch.
These interchangeable, conscientious
delivers into the intTlcacies of the
wonderful mechanism of the human
body. These are the men who are
trying to place the healing art upon
rational, if not mechanical grounds
of procedure. These are the men
against whom is arTayed every
school of dragging. The druggers
have contrived all sorts of laws
against them. The druggers have
contrived all sorts Of malignant
things about them. No SANDER has
been left unsaid; no abuse has been
skipped.
We are not attempting to say by
all this that the osteopaths are all
right and the drug doctors are all
wrong. We do not mean any such
thing at all. In our course Of study
IL happened, however, that the study
of anatomy was very thoroughly
pursued We had in view at the
time to make the teaching of
anatomy our profession. This has
led us particularly TO observe how
little the average practitioner has
use for anatomy. Therefore, while
we do not feel exactly competent to
compare the relative merits of este
opathv with the art of dru @ging, yet
we feel warranted in saying that we
are in a little better position for
doing SO than the average writer
for medical journals. But We choose
To refrain from drawing compari-
sons between the practitioner Of
osteopathy and the drug doctor.
But surely it is not going too far
TO say that IL any squelehtng - To
be done Ii should be done against
those who are experimenting with
dangerous drugs, those who are
practicing that most confusing and
contradicting Of all arts included in
the materia- and pharna-
coppia; II squeiehlng is 20 tie al
lowed at all, il should be against
those aud not against the men who
are cautiously, carefully, safely,
conscientiously, With painstaking
detail. trying to uuTavel the mysfe-
gies OF disease and arrangements by
a tireless study Of anatomy. IT
those drug doctors who spend their
time blurttng and braying against
nsteopathy would spend some of
that wasted time in reading mp on
anatomy. they might after several
wears diligence catch up with the
mem against whom they are railing.
II any of the drug doctors read
this article and We know they will
We would advise them Ia observe
this wholesome caution in CON
tending with those terrible fellows
called osteopaths, don't ever intro
duee thu subject 81 anatomy II
YOU are ever foolish enough to get
into a controversy with tbem on
anatomy, they will lay you out 30
fiat that you viii wtsh you had
never been born, or, Al least, that
YOU had been born right. C =.
Carr, NJ. D., Editor Medical Talk,
adv-st