El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-19
HOW OSTEOPATHS CURE
STOMACH ILLS.
From Metropolitan Magazine.

IL is Sale TO say CIletC oIOLlN~Ch u
is more prevalent than any other form
of disease among civilized peoples, and
it, follows that more thought is ex-
pended on this troublesome organ and
the possibility of restoring it to the
comfortable vigor of early youth than
on any other phase of treatment, says
The Metropolitan Magazine for Octo-
Der.
The famous reputed remark of John
d. Rockefeller, who is pictured as fer
vently exclaiming "A million for a new
stomach" has been echoed in the
minds of thousands who could not
have paid it if they would
Abuse of the stomach will cause
various forms of Indigestion, and thou
sands of dyspeptics are victims of their
own indiscretions. 1t may be. added
parenthetically that other thousands
commit as great or worse indiscretions
and enjoy good digestion to a ripe old
age, because well, perhaps because
they are endowed by heredity with bet
ter alimentarv tracts. or. perhaps, a.
thefosteopath would say, ii their. cases
there is no serious interference with
the blood and nerve supply to the di
gestive organs.
But there are countless other thous-
ands who live carefully, never outrage
nature, and yet suffer untold misery be-
cause their stomachs refuse to act as
they should. What is the trouble? And
81 l.at rs t4re remedy? - 49,
: The many stomach disorders are too
numerous 10 name. Some of the CON-
monest are atony lack OF tone or
strength), gastralgia neuralgia of the
stomach), chronic gastritis (changes in
the mucous membrane resulting in al
teration of the seTetionsl hyperacidity
Increased secretion of the hydrochlOric
acid. and the so-called nervous dyspsp-
STA. which is a neurosis that may be
either motor, sensory or secretory IN
character, or a combination OF more
than one type, as it is in many cases.
The etymology of the foregoing terms
shows that the underlying cause of the
different troubles is improper action of
the nerves controlling the stomach. One
more of the functions of secretion,
peristalsis, sensation and absorption is
deficient. excessive or perverted.
Intelligent Linemen Fix the Wires.
These things do not occur without
reason. so osteopaths look for trouble
along the course of the nerves. If your
telephone doesn't ring, or you get the
wrong call, OF if you can't get central,
or there's buzzing that prevents con-
versation, a. ineman is sent to fix it.
He doesn't pour oil Or ealomei into the
mouthpiece. He examines the connec-
tions, and goes over the line to see
where the wires are crossed or ground
ed So the osteopath seeks to locate the
trouble on the stomach lines. The stom
aeh has mixed nerve supply; it re-
ceives branches of both CT the vagf, or
pneumogastric nerves, as well as nu-
merous branches of the sympa-
thetic. through the solar plexlIs.
1t is always discovered CT examin-
ing patients with chronic stomach tTou-
bIes that they have tender spots"
which indicate LESSONS that affect the
stomach nerves. The lesion may be in
the neck and affect the pneumOgastric
nerve. or it may be in the upper part
Of the back The tenderness to the
touch which is always felt at the point
where a lesion exists, disappears when
the parts have been adjusted. What Is
more important. the stomach symptoms
disappear - ,or
BLES; INDIGES-
~ TON.
I took the state
ment of those who
60 had beer suffering
s%T with liver. cramps
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4 and stomach trou-
bles and indiges-
y ton, who say that
they are now able
! to eat any kind of
y food and enjoy life.
FROM INVESTIGATION OF THE
Dr. j. 4 a..
DR.. IRA w. COLL