Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-09
DEAD MEN 5 BONES
An Interesting exp1an-
alton of the cause of
Disease and what the
result would be if any
one of the thirty-one
pairs of Spinal nerves
were pinched.

The spinal cord is situated in the
spinal canal and extends from the
Drain to the second lumbar vertebra,
below which the cauda equina forms
Its terminal division. The thirty-one
pairs of spinal nerves arise from the
cord by an anterior or motor root and
by a posterior or sensory root The
two roots coalesce, forming large
nerve trunks or cords, which pass cut
through the intervertebral foramina of
exit Openings between the vertebrae)
like the limbs extend from the trunk
of tree.
If the point of the finger is penetrated
with pin, it causes instant pain, and
yet the nerves in the finger are so
small that they cannot be discerned
without the use Of a microscope. No
wonder that ninety-five percent of dis
eases are caused by solicitations when
these great nerve cords are impinged
upon as they extend through the OPP
enings between the vertebrate, which
are from one-fourth to one-half inch
in diameter in the upper dorsal, and
one-half inch in diameter in the lum-
bar region.
When the nerve is pinched in the
foramen, the disease is not necessarily
experienced in the back but its ex-
preston is manifested at It's peripheral
extremity, or the portion Of the body
in which the nerves end, Just as the
whitening Of the leaves give the first
indication Of the death of the tree.
There are but few men in America
who have had the privilege of MAX
ing deep study of thirty thousand
dollars worth of bones An examina-
ton Of these astrological specimens,
by the writer, has proven to him that
the cause of disease has at last been
found.
Having discovered the cause to be
s a displacement of one or more of the
three hundred articulations of the
skeletal frame, there is but one way
to remove it, and that is, by chiro.
practic adjustment.
A Subuxation.
The cause Of disease is a vertebral
subluxation where the superior and in
ferior artlcular processes of two con-
tiguous vertebrae have in part lost
their connection, closing up the fora
men (passage or opening) thereby
pinching the nerve and destroying it's
function.
Solicitations occur in many different
ways. They may be caused by sud.
den fall twist, jerk or any accident
whether at birth, during childhood or
adult life, which is sufficient to cause
sprain to the iigam ents that hold the
vertebrae in their proper relation caus.
ing slight or heavy displacement.
One is more thoroughly relaxed while
asleep than awake. In rare cases, a
frightful dream, causing quick con-
traction of the muscles, will bring
about heavier displacement where
a slight one has existed before. This
accounts for one awakening in the
morning with headache or suffering
with an attack of paralysis.
subluxation may also be caused
by the administration Of poisons, the
Introduction of vaccine virus or by
breathing or drinking into the sys-
TEN, bacilli.
Acute Diseases.
There are two causes for subluxa
lions in acute and contagious diseases
One Is when bacteria act on sensory
nerves, which, in turn, act on motor
nerves, causing heavy muscular con.
traction which results In displacement
of the vertebrae. By way of illustra
ton, poison causes muscular contrac
ton, as does strichpia when introduced
into the stomach. The chiropractor
readily releases the nerve pressure and
reduces the contraction by his unique
hand adjustment. From this class OF
solicitations result such diseases as
diptheria, measles. mumps, scarlet fe
yer and whooping cough.
Another cause is by a slight dis
placement becoming suddenly heavier
as result of an injury, sudden twist
or fall or from exposure bringing or
muscular contraction. From this class