The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-08-10

intelligent chiropractor avails himself
OF In the practice OF his profession.
We owe our patients a higher duty
to any methods howsoever meritorous.
1.-THE appendicitis butcher OF the old
school 1s 80 welded to the knife, that
it's use il suggested to him in the most
frivolous cases, and frequently in no
cases at all.
ITO insist that the chlopractic
thrust is a panacea for all the ills
that flesh Is heir to is perversion Of
our principles and a lowering of our
standard in the estimation Of intelli-
gent men and women.
Don't Heal Everything.
I'VE have not an absolute monopoly
Of every branch Of the healing art, and
I am persuaded that the individual
practitioner who will make such g.
pretention is dangerously near the do
main Of fakirism. We do know. that
II the true philosophy OF the chiro-
practic school we're understood and
practiced by the men and women Of
our land, sickness and disease would
be numbered with the infirmities that
were. And we know further that for
certain enumerated diseases the chiro-
practic method Of healing is the most
natural, most expeditions, most effec-
tual, and indeed the only adequate
method. When the ravages OF a dis
ease have become so irreparable az to
be invulnerable to-. the beneficent
thrust the patient can buckle on his
armour and prepare for other scenes.
and more blissful enjoyments. The
period Of his sojourninS on this planet
Is exceedingly brief.
Origin and Nature.
Respecting the thrust's origin or
first existence, that is a matter Of
comparatively little consequence
either to the practitioner or patient.
The all important question is that
we have 1t. Two theories are ad-
vanced with respect to Our own exist
ence. Both Of them have adherents.
and perhaps neither Of them fully ex-
plain the mystery Of our being here.
I am persuaded the thing is true, in
a. measure at least, Of the chiropractic
thrust. The origin Of many Of the
most useful appliances in the indus
trial world IL lost In the ohscurities OF
the past; and I apprehend the trac-
Ing Of our. thrust's history back and
'accrediting it to the Bohemians, is on
par with many another legendary
claim.
What If it were an American In.
vention? When the multitude OF our
other discoveries In science and rat
are considered, surely the chiropractic
thrust would not suffer In public esti-
nation were 1t to be recognized, as I
believe 1t to be distinctively Amer
1can-the product OF American brains
and ingenuity in skilfully adapting the
means to the end desired to be at
tanned. From the material aspect we
REFER to the body as a machine, tor
such 1t is, and q complex one at that.
III 1t can be shown that the prin.
ciple underlying the thrust movement
Is In strict accord with the law Of
physics. applicable to the successful
operation Of the wonderfully automa-
tic machine called man, then the
thrust has no further need Of Anolo-
gizing for its existence, and no. one
need worry his mind about it's parent
age. r. r. '@' {,
The Thrust's Antiquity.
But II the thrust needs some
ancient progenitorship I must in JUS
tice to the memory Of my forefathers
present for recognition the claims of
the Highlands Of Scotland. The HUI
nudity Of the heather laden hills and
valleys Of that country made it proli-
f1c in diseases affecting the honey
structures Of the body, Rheumatism,
lumbago and sciatica, were the most
prevalent. = 49,.
Before the dawn Of enlightened
civilization, and indeed for many zen
erattons thereafter in remote sections
OF the country, the people were ex-
ceed1ngly superstttious. In addition to
charms, spells, necrounanois, sorcertes,
etc. for alternating and removing dis
eases. they believed that a child, that
was the seventh in 4 I: succession / Of
seven sons possessed wonderfully
healing powers. But In the event Of
all their enohantments failing to e.
feet g cure, more energetic measures
were resorted to. The patient was
made to lie down upon his face. his
back was laid bare, and the services
Of some able- bodied husky youth was
called In requisit ton. Ne outh would
tread up ana down the patient 4 spine,
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