The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-05

practice the healing art according TO
che teachings of hts school, must 20
deeper and deeper in the study of
anatomy every year. Every case
that presents itself to 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
aud 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 his scrutiny or
manipulation. This Is what the
osteopath must do in order to prac-
tice the healing art according to the
teachings of his schoo
And yet these are the men the
drug doctors are trying TO squelch.
These interchangeable, conscientious
delivers into the intrIcacies 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 arrayed every
school of drugging. The druggers
have contrived all sorts of laws
against them. The druggers have
contrived all sorts of malignant
things about them. No Islander 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
opathy with the art Of dru-ging, yet
we feel warranted In saying that We
are in 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 aud the drug doctor.
But surely it is not going too far
70 say that IL any squeiehing rs to
be done it 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-medica and pharma~
coppia: III squeiching il to be al
lowed at all IL should be against
those and not against the men who
are cautiously, carefully, safely,
conscieutiousIy, with paiustakiug
detail. trying Ia unrayel the mys:e-
ries OF disease and Heterogeneous by
ia .tireless study of anatomy. If
those drug doctors who spend their
time bIurtlng and hraying against
osteopathv would spend some Of
that wasted tiume IN reading up on
anatomy, they might after sev eral
years diligence catch up with the
men against whom they are railing.
II any If the drug doctors read
This article and we know they viii ,
we would advise them To observe
this wholesome caution 1920 III con-
tending with those terrible fellows
called osteopaths, dont ever intro
dure the subject of anatomy. II
YOU are ever foolish enough 10 get
into "A controversy with them on
anatomy, they will lay you out so
aat that you will wish you bad
never been born, or, at least, that
YOU had been born right. C. =.
Carr. NJ. D.. Editor Medical Talk.
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