The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-09

| lean, sinewy, strong, an athlete in ev-
cry way. Poverty, hardship, work on,
of doors, Nature had educated him,
His hands were the hands of Esau.
Also, they were the hands of me.
chanic. an artist, and lapidary. He
sought for the seat OF pain with his
hands. He could locate. quickly and
accurately, degrees of temperature
which the average man could not de.
tect with his fingers. Manipulation
came to him as habit. Right
justment followed and quickly. The
blood flowed properly, elimination
took place. Inflammation subsidized.
The patient became calm, then hope.
tul-and was well. Clutches and
canes were piled in the front yard OF
the good old doctor Drugs became
things to forget, and all the Latin.
Doctor Still ever knew was releg@tl
to the rag-bag Of Time.
Fifteen years passed, and in order
to care for the patients that came to
him he had to call on the help of 9th
81. several young men acted as his
assistants. An addition was put on
the old farm house, and Doctor Still
daily instructed his boys, and he in
structed the patients that came. And
thus naturally, without violence of di.
rection, merely as a matter of course,
the Science of Osteopathy was born.
What Is osteopathy7
Osteopathy simply means the sci
ence of adjustment of the human ma.
chine. 1t is based upon the idea that
/ II there is right adjustment of struc-
ture, other things being equal, the
man will be well.
Mans business is to adjust himself
to his environment, and then so to
live and act that every tissue will be
adjusted one to another.
Under the conditions, theoretically
waste should repair and the man
should live forever. The Osteopath
maintains that we should all live five
times the length of time that 1t takes
us to reach our maturity. That is to
say, We should all live to be hun.
dred years old; and We should be
well, happy and useful all the time.
Senility and softening Of the brain
would never occur If the brain We're
intelligently used and properly fed,
The great central trunk line of nerves
that play through a mans body is
centered in the spinal column. And
here is where the trouble usually first
occurs. These bonds that make up
the vertebrae get slightly displaced,
pressure occurs on nerves, this affects
the arteries and veins, blood supply
is cut off from some particular point
and disease follows. Osteopathy aims
to do away with the necessity of sur
gical operations. Carried out proper.
ly and taken in time, there is no
doubt that it would and does.
Giving Nature a Chance.
Believe that Doctor Still was aDou.
tic tIst physician 70 cease using the
word cure" An Osteopath does no
claim to cure disease. All he does
is to give Nature a chance. The heal
ing principle is in Nature. We are
part OF Nature. Nature is on oul
side and she is doing her best al
of the time to keep us well. Pain is
the result of a remedial endeavor OF
the part of Nature to bring about &
change for the better, Also, pain Ii
beneficient warning. The old tim,
> method of silencing pain by sedativei
: and lotions was based on a wront
: principle. For instance, doctors useC
to give morphine to stop pain. TIT
effect of morphine is to deaden sen
i sibility, not only in the afflicted par
g of the body, but also throughout tn,
: entire system. ! have seen morphine
+ given in cases of sciatica and lumba
+ go, and there is no doubt that /
t stopped the pain. 1t also stopped IN
I action in the entire alimentary tract
:, And always and forever where MOI
n phine is given il has to be followe
n with another drug in order to pre-
l. vent killing the patient through ma
e nutrition. So one drug always call
Q for another, and thus the patient nc
only has to fight the diesase, but ha
n also to fight the effect of the drug
r and thereby is his resiliency or resis
e ing power lowered. And when 20
g reduce a patients vitality, other con
n plications enter and his chances
T. recovery are much diminished. To r
-e tain all of ones vitality is the on
Ie desirable thing to do. osteopat
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