The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

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By ameoAano-thesapy or psghaes M
miGht, bsttsesbs called .madual- -thsrapy. -
meant q, msthod Of treatmant ~ which
IA oDeeaisr- aftempts to -rsstoss heaithi
b. s,@ply usens =. hands 70 indssnee DIS
eass proceesoG A. . method Of treat
certain cendjttons, and In such @cases
should be rseognissd .as- tbs dominant
tre4t0lnt. whila such measures - regu-'
1sfihg diet out OF doors. exerciSe, change
Of climate. use Of electricity. administra-
ton Of msdicine &c, are Of sscohdary Inn
portance. This ID true. asNsaA IN csrtain
condificns, but such conditions are limiten
To- oily ~ very small percentage OF dis-
eas1 sta4es. In . vastly sreater- number
ef 1bpse suffering from IN health massags
All maalpulationr = Of uss only - ad-
juhct treatment. while In . great many
conditions. such . method - Of no value
II all One who - skilled In this line
Of work can by certain manipulstions
exercise muscles. relax ligaments. stretch
innammstory adhesions. temporarily in
creass or decrease the blood supply to .
certain region Of the body, and increase
the activity Of certain nerve trunks and
nerve centsrS. The excretion Of waste
products can also be favorably Influenced
BY skilisd manual thsrapy. This b by
no means the only way BY which such
ends can be accomplished. but II 10 one
Of the methods. and In some cases II u
the BEST method.
During ths past few years several
schools have been established for the pur.
pose sof teaching the art OF massage and
manipulation. and II the graduates Of
better class of these schools are content
to limit their efforts to cases where such
treatment 10 indicated and to do 20 under
tho direction OF . physician who II ca
pablo Of making. . real diagnosis and Of
outlining other valuable means to hasten
recovery all would then be well. and the
public would be greatly benefited. But
such II not the case. for graduates and
even students OF these schools are as
suming to diagnose and treat all manner
Of disease by massage and manipulation.
DiaEnosis Formerly Guess Work.
Before the invention Of the many In
struments OF precision now used by SCI
entific physicians. the cause. the preven-
ton. the diagnosis. and the treatment of
disease was largely q matter Of guess
work. Superstition, creed, and dogma
had full sway. but in this day and age
there can be no excuse Of belief in but
one cause or ono treatment OF all dis
eases. The microscope alone has revealed
know that . certain micro-organism will
cause . certain disease and no other. and
that another micro organism will cause
. totally different state. Scientific physi-
clans have found the exact cause OF
typhoid fever. malaria. plague. cholera.
sleeping sickness, consumption. yellow
fever,A q cerebro-spinal meningitis, and q
host Of other diseases. Not only this.
but they have discovered the one or sew
hxr TO-
spread and acting upon this knowledge
have saved and are saving millions of
people from sickness and death. Such
means have for instance rendered the
Canal Zone, Q fever-r1dden pesthole. freer
from disease than our own city. Being
mindful Of such practical results, such
proofs Of the real cause Of disease We
must acknowledge that the medical pro-
fession are right and that there IL no
single causs for all disease.
However. there are thousands practic-
ing some form Of healing art based on Q
''one cause. one cure" or all diseases fal-
lacy, and 20 there must be hundreds Of
thousands Of people giving financial and
moral support to such an unwarranted
belief. The writer has seen, for instance.
people suffer from such diseases as
diabetes, going with diet Unrestricted.
their sole treatment being to have their
justed. How many good lives are short
ened and how many are lost can only be
surmised.
Treating Symptoms.
You may be one Of tho many who be-
Heve that the practitioners do not rep
resent their SCHOOL, as q system Of
healing. but merely rs q superior way Of
treating certain symptoma II this Is .
fact, why 10 It that the leading school Of
the mechano-therapy cult, seeking recog-
milton in the various States to legaiise
their practice and permit them to sign
death certificates? Why, then. should one
Of the foremost In this school say. ''Oste-
opathy 10 . system Of healing, not alone
. methid Of treatment; It Is a system or
school because IL has a distinctive and
embracing etiolosy q. Q. cause for dis
easel diagnosis (means Of recognixing
which disease exists), and therapy Great
msut). CAcConneu. The Osteopathic
Concept" Journal American Osteopathic
Association, Vol 10. No. - In other
words. he would have us believe that
there = one ell embracing cause for all
disease, one al embracing means Of dag
nosis. and one method Of treatment. This