Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
OsTEOPATHIC TREATMENT
lFrom osteopathic Health.l

tFrom Osteopathic Healthy
} (Published by direction of DIR. w, I
SMITH, Osteopathic Sanitarlum, Ironton
Mo-, to whom application for further infor
nation may be made.)
AS TO LESSONS.
HOW THE TWO NERVOUS SYSTEMS
COOPERATE TO MAKE HEALTH.
| must now call attention to the
existence of two different sorts O
nervous systems in the body, the
Cerebro- Spinal and the Sympa
thetic. These are qui5e different
in form, position ans function,
yet Intimately related.
Tiny connecting strands pas:
from the sympathetic chain to the
cerebro-spinal nerves as they
emerge from the cord through the
spinal column. These are all i'm
portant structures, physiologically
speaking-among the most inn
portant of the body, if it is pos
sible to say that any one structure
is relatively more important than
others. 1t is one duty of the sym :
pathetic nerves to regulate blood
flow. They wrap around arteries,
big and little, and by contracting
or expanding the fibers OF their
muscular coats, make their calibers
bigger or smaller, sending more
or less blood to feed given area.
This sympathetic regulation of
blood flow is automatic. So long
as the body is in good order its
work goes on rhythmically SO that
just enough blood is sent to every
cell, tissue and organ Of the body.
Give particular attention to this
spot where the two nervous sys-
TENS connect by silk-like nerve
threads. These little fibers reg
ulate the delivery of blood to the
spinal cord itself. Their being in
good working order, free from
pressure-irritations by congested
muscle and ligaments, is absolute
ly essential if the centers they
feed at the different levels of the
cord are to perform their own
functions naturally.
Since these nerve centers Of the
spinal cord are little power houses
that send out energy to feed each
and all the organs Of the body in
turn, the delivery OF normal
blood supply to those centers is
necessary every moment of life.
The stomach would soon cease to
digest properly, the liver to do
its many functions, the kidneys to
strain out poisons, the bowels to
act II the amount Of blood sent
into one or another of these centers
be disturbed, even slightly. Any |
departure from the normal ia these
centers sets up trouble somewhere
and the result, disease, becomes
grave or chronic depending on the
length Of time the lesion has been
operative.
Here is the one structure in the
body besides the brain and heart
where the weight or bulk Of
grain Of sand can cause no end Of
trouble.
Each little pair Of knots Of the
5ympathetics lie against the sides
of the vertebrae right over the
oony hinges formed BY the heads /
'f ribs. faye, there's the rub.''l;
You know how much motion ex-
sts between ribs and spine, the
various joints Of the spine moving
1pon each other and the ribs also I
having hinge motion Of their own s
lgainst the vertebrae. Now here
ire ideal conditions to produce
,inches Of the sympathetic fibrils.
Such LESSONS do occur Ia the spines
# all Of us many times III the 1
curse Of our lives. I
"A vertebra twisted little out Of 4
lignment Or rib rotated in IT'D
ockets does not have to pinch I