The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-30
a SHORT HISTORY OF osTEoPATHY

covered by Andrew r. Still He is the
recognized father OF Osteopathy HIS
name will go down through the ages as
having discovered the principles that
have done more to alleviate human sur
fering than any other beneficiary of man.
kind. His will stand with the immortal
names of Kepler, Newton, Pythagoras,
Harvey and the others that discovered
the great principles and laws upon which
all sciences are built 1t remains for the
students of the ages to put in practice the
principles discovered by DIR. Still AS the
mathematical student with Kepler's law
in his mind can locate the exact position
of the planets a thousand years hence
and give the exact time of an eclipse, SO
with the law of Newton-drop pebble
in a deep well or cavern and give It's
depth also train the artilleryman to raise
or lower his cannon so as to drop shell
lust over the eneny's breastworks three.
five enght or fifteen miles away, or add
to the law of right triangle the law
of Logarithms and he can step PACK from
the highest tree in the forest and measure
its exact height He can give the height OF
yonder mountain and tell the exact num-
6eT OF eqD nne yards OF Se Student 9e ca do
all this, so can he learn to apply the
principles discovered by DR.. Still in such
a way as to absolutely know not only the
cause of disease. but what is necessary In
order to remove that cause.
Harvey discovered the circulation of
the blood; DR.. Still went further and
UlScONeTeO W1dl Illdheo IL CllbulolC, anu
how to increase or decrease the circula-
, ton to any part Not enough blood to
part is followed by starvation and decay,
too much blood to part is followed by o!,
abnormal growthS. tumorS, ETC. DR.. Still
discovered the underlying principle that
governed the condition that produces dis
ease and what is necessary to remove that
condition, and he calls the application or
these principles OSteopathy. For any one
to claim that these principles were known
before the time of Dr. Still. is to practice
hypocrisy; to use his name or claim the
honor of discovering the same is worse
than plagiarism; to asser that such prin-
ciples do not exist is stupid ignorance
DR.. Still was formerly a practitioner of
the Old School He became convinced
that the theory of drug treatment was
not only dangerous, but unscientific. Being
of a logical mind he began an investiga-
ton, which, after nearly twenty years, re-
suited in the establishment of the princi-
pies of Osteopathy. The success that fol-
lowed the putting into practice these pr1n-
cipeS was almost phenomenal. BY 1892 the
numbers who f1ocked to him for treatment
was so great that he set about to teach
others to help him. Naturally his first
classes were small; he took his students
at once into his treating room and taught
by showing them how to treat. Some Of
these were capable Of scientific investiga-
ton, others We're not. The strong desire
to make money overshadowed in some
cases the spirit of logical investigation
and as a natural consequence their work
became purely mechanical; some of them
schools. They showed their students some
of the manipulations Of treating and called
1t Osteopathy. They claimed from a few
days to four or five months
was enough time to learn Os-
teopathy. These are known as
diploma mills. Phey were after money and
cared not for the reputation of the profess
sion. They gave those who for selfish mo-
tives opposed Osteopathy an opportunity
to point out this class as samples of Os-
teOpaths and try to judge all by these
fakes The fakes have about had their
day We have no hesitancy in asserting
that the student of brains who has learn
ed the real principles of Osteopathy has
no desire to drift into drug medication.
DR.. Stills school grew apace. It was
absolutely impossible for him to attend
all who came for treatment, so he gave
up treating and turned the work over to
his sons and other operators. The school
work was placed in the hands of en-
ployed instructors. DR.. Still gave up the
class work and for a number of years
has devoted all his time to the higher
work of putting in writing the products
of his years of investigation along Os-
teopa THO lines.
The Osteopathic horizon is rapidly wild
ening. Over one-half of the State Legis-
latures have passed bills recognizing this
treatment.
Scientific minds from our best schools
pies and entering from the Osteopathic
practice. First-class schools are being
started from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and it remains for the student desiring an
'Osteopathic education to enter the repu-
table school that suits his convenience and
not only learn the theory but to be best
able to put it into practice.
A. L. MCKENZIE, B. S. D., D. o.,
President of Central College of Osteopa-
thy, X. c.. Mo.