The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-05-08
What Is Disease?

What Is Disease?
OsteopathicalIy considered disease ia a
misfIt in the structural alignment. IF
each part e. g-every organ. bone, muscle,
nerve, etc. is in its proper position and in
normal relation to all other tissues there
| is no disease, but when some organ or
part is disconnected or disarranged ont
of line or unbalanced the abnormal rela-
ton causes the organs or parts to lose
their proper functions, prevents assImila-
ton and nutrition, nature is trying to do
her work of repair and growth with ma
ehinery OUT of order, which causes an in
reference of the functions of the different
organs of the body; this OsteopathlcaIIy
considered is disease.
ARCHITECTURE OF THE BODY
The human body is built upon a narve-
lous frame work of some 200 bones of
every conceivable shape, giving form and
strength to the structure; they artIculate
with each other by great variety of
joints most of which though bound tight
~ together by n system of igaments are
subject to either partial or complete dis
location causing the bones TO press upon
the numerous soft structures surrounding
them or passing between them, on all
sides and between these hard supports
we find portions of the nervous system.
the most complete teIegraphic system of
which it is possible to conceive. This
with its millions of minute wires or
nerves ramifies to almost every fibre of
the body, any filament of which being
injured, paralyzed or over stimulated by
the pressure of disarranged parts upon it
will cause pathological symptoms to APP
pear. We find also a vast network of
blood vessels carrying the nutriment and
life to every portion of the body and car
rying back the wasted and unused tissues
to be rejuvenated or to be excreted from
the body. A pressure or stoppage by
any one of these branches would be fol-
lowed by starvation, or IN case it were a
vein, congestion of the tissues supplied
by 1T with the attendant symptoms.
These vessels are directly under control
of the nerves which we have Just con-
sidered and the nerves are dependent
upon the blood vessels in turn for their
life and strength. Surrounding all these,
crossing them in every angle, we find a
host of contractile muscles which by their
abm ormaI contractions may cause pres
sure and stoppage of the vessels or pa
rd1ysis, or irritation of the nerves, while
at the same time the muscles are depend
ent upon these vessels and nerves for
their nutrition and motion, then with the
many other organs, tubes and systems
which we have not space to describe de-
pendent directly upon these we have
we see the wonderful intricacy
and interdependenceo of all parts of the
system. The wonder is that no one had
the Osteopathic idea of des-
ease and its cure until the last years of
the nineteenth century, this dependence
would seem to be so evident that il would
seem impossible for these causes to be
ignored in the treatment of disease
The Osteopath adjusts the bones, re-
places the abnormal muscle, reduces the
false pressure, stimulates or relaxes the
mighty net work of nerves that controls |
The functions of every organ of the body: |
we can in this way regulate the action of |
the stomach, bowels, liver, kidneys, |
lungs, heart, ETC., the result of which |
will be health.
DR.. e. S. Reesman, D. o., rooms at tie |
nome of Mrs. Baird, nine doors north of
ink.