East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-30
OSTEOPATHY
Pelvic Diseases of Women.

Why this alarming state? For the
answer to the greater part of 1t, we
must look to the so-called pelvic dis
eases, or female troubles. 1t is rare
indeed to find a woman In the active
period of life entirely free from all
these ailments. Is Il any wonder that
scientists are constantly asserting the
degeneracy of the human race, when
these must be the mothers of 1t, or
that in France and Germany the
death rate exceeds the births? Is II
any wonder that SO many false cures
are heralded, and that for years
Quacks have made this their harvest
field? With years of suffering and
distress, aches in back, ovaries and
uterus, with their reflex accompani-
ments, headaches, digestive disorders,
bladder trouble, ETC., is it any won-
der that woman submits to the burn
Ing caustics, pessary. electric shock,
and finally the surgeons knife, only
to find herself at last unsexed, a
nervous wreck and a hopeless inva-
lid? Such is the story of hundred
in our own town. Cannot science end
this awful tale? II not, new and
harder race must take the stage.
He who brings this story to a close
will be greater than any now on his
tory's pages. Such a one is now
striving hard for this glorious cause
in the person of DIR. Andrew T. Still,
the founder of osteopathy. Said Mrs.
Senator Jos. B. Foraker "If the
founder of Osteopathy does nothing
more in this life than what he has
done to relieve the suffering of wo-
men, his name will go down the ages
as the greatest physician of any age.
and one of the benefactors of the
race"
Is this eulogy merited? Let us eN-
anime his theory and see If 1t be rea-
sonable, for We should reason on
healing, although we have never done
so. The body is not a mystery, but
works by law, just as truly as any
other machine. So have a reason.
The uterus and ovaries have an
abundant and delicately balanced
nerve and blood supply on which they
depend to functionate, or perform
their duty of life, procreation. Be-
cause of this abundance and delicacy
of nerve and blood supply, they are
easily disturbed. At this point DR..
Still began by asking, How does this
disturbance come about?" Strange 1t
is that no physician ever asked this
before, or II he asked, failed to get an
answer. DR.. Still never stopped until
he had an answer.
The blood to the female organs, as
well as to all parts is controlled by
the raso-motor nerves. These arise
in the spinal cord, pass out between
the vertebrae, thence downward
through tissues and over joints to the
organs. Cut the vaso-motor nerve to
any vessel and the vessel wall is
paralyzed. Then the force of the
blood within the vessel spleads the
wall, accommodating an excess of blood,
an Inflammation or congestion. With
these facts of physiology as a starting
point, DR.. Still began the search for
the agent cutting the vaso-motor
nerve. Diligent search revealed that
the vertebrae between which the
nerve leaves the spinal cord, we're
slightly displaced, the ribs, the 18th
and 18th, were drawn down and to-
gether, and that the pelvic bones,
commonly called the hip bones, were
twisted. "An idea" says DR.. Still.
These bring pressure and cut off
the nerves as they pass by them. If
/ straighten these 1t should get the
desired result" He did the work
The result you have in the above quo
tation from the wife of Ohio's greatest
senator.
You have been duped long enough.
Henceforth proceed, by reason. In
vestigate. There are several in our
town who have been treated. Get a
complete explanation and understand
Pick the wheat from the chaff. for
pretenders are numerous and will
infest our state until Senator Brown
ellis bill, now before the legislature
becomes law and compels all os-
| teopaths to go before an examining
board. Don't judge Osteopathy by
what some pretender has been able
to give you. Would you Judge medi-
cine from the work of a quack?
Frequently we hear, IL have a
uterine displacement, so Osteopathy
can't help me-" Does not the dis
placement come from the stretching
of the >ligaments, weakened by poor
nourishment? What will correct It?
Prop 1t up with a pessary, or correct
the blood supply and nourish the lig-
aments back to strength?
Because you cannot detect the
slight displacements of bones, don't
be positive there are none. Trained
fingers will find them and point them
out to your satisfaction, Medical doc
tors, those who never investigate,
often assert that these displacements
do not exist. Any such we cordially
invite to call, as we have some ex-
cellent examples OF all classes of
displacements among our patients.
osteopathy makes no claim to cure
tall cases. Some mild cases are incur
able, some very bad cases are easily
cured. Most depends on the causes,
whether II be a removable condition
or not. Then comes In the recuper-
ative power of the body. The longer