Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-23


the range of diseases to which it
is applicable.
1t is our mission to provide this
information. For everywhere it is
to the thinking of ofpeople-to those
who do not condemn without care
full thought and investigation, to
those who are open to conviction
apd willing to accept proots-that
the friends of Osteopathy wish to
address themselves; and it is the
thinking people who everywhere
are adopting the new system and
relying upon it when ill.
1t is the quality of pure sanity
which it possesses-the ability to
give a logical treason why" for
every item of it's procedure-which
has primarily caused Osteopathy's
tremendous growth (the most
rapid and extraordinary growth
ever experienced by any new
school of healing); but there is
another important factor that is
even more largely responsible.
Never does any man or woman
seriously investigate Osteopa-
thy without coming upon its
extraordinary record of difficult
and abandoned cases that have
been cured. Osteopathy could
not long endure, no matter how
logical its theories, if it was un-
able to demonstrate these theories
continuously and continually, in
actual practice every day.
But with sound theories as a
basis, and an unparalleled curing
record as demonstration, it is no
wonder that every thinking in
vestigator becomes convinced and
proceeds to convince others-so
that the multitude of those who
rely fully upon the new healing
becomes daily greater.
Oeteopathy's educational cam
paign is being greatly aided to-
day by physicians who lecture
upon the subject-some illustrat-
ing their lectures by excellent
drawings and photographs. 1t is
our purpose this month to report
to you portion OF such lecture
recently delivered to an interest
ing audience Of 1000 people. The
lecture itself was. very much on
the order of several articles that
have been printed in this journal
and some of which you have
perhaps read; but at its conclu-
sion the lecturer announced that
he would endeavor to answer any
questions which his auditors chose
to ask. Many questions were
asked and answered-some of
them possibly the very questions
which you would like to ask; and,
incidentally, a great number of
diseases were referred to. It is
this "Question and Answer" part
of the lecture that we herewith re-
port and five illustrations are also
reproduced:
Question--Just how much prepa-
ton does the Osteopath receive
before he begins treating patients?
AnSaoer-Every accredited Osteo-
path is graduate of regular
Osteopathic college; and all of the
Osteopathic colleges require per-
sonal attendance by each student
during three years OF nine months
each. Tho actual time devoted to
study is thus about the same as in
medical colleges; and the Osteo-
pathic student has the advantage
of much actual practice, under the
direction of competent instructors,
before he leaves his college. AS
many people continue to 60 to the
Osteopathic college centers for
clinical treatment, every student
becomes proficient in actual prac-
tice as well as in theory.
Q.-In what respects does the
course of study in an Osteopathic
college differ from that in medi-
cal school? A
A.-All of the subjects taught in
the medical colleges are likewise
taught in the Osteopathic institu-
tions, with the exception of materta
naedica. AS the Osteopath does
not use drugs, except as antisep-
tics and as antidotes to specific
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