River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-08-28
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
The 0steopathic Convention


by Attorney General Barker, anc
Drs. Woodall and Hildreth. Al
7:l5 P M, the model of the A. T
Still statue was unveiled,
The number who took part in the
parade was given out to-day by the
special official reporter of the A. o
A. as 2370. 1t took over an hour
for them to pass the reviewing
stand. During this time the "Old
Doctor" sat down few times while
the procession was not in motion,
but otherwise showed no signs of
fatigue. He was in jolly good
humor, as is usual with him, and
the parade and TESTED with the by
ISLANDERS.
Il am saving my clean shirt for
Sunday he said to lady standing
near the stand, referring to the ev-
ery-day shirt he habitually wears.
Let's be jolly, what's the use of
long face" he remarked to anoth-
er bystander. you can't go to
heaven with that face"
This beats HE'LL" he said in a
minute. They never have this
many people there"
He did not shake hands with the
numerous friends who gathered
about the stand to congratulate
him. His right arm was dislocated
some time ago and is still giving
him trouble. Otherwise he is in
good health.
Motion pictures of the parade
were made and will be exhibited
over the country.
WOODALL OF ALABAMA Ell
ECTED HEAD OF A. o. A.
STRONG STAFF OF OFFICERS
CHOSEN BY OSTEOPATHS-
LORENZ OPERATION PERFORM
ED THIS AFTERNOON. DR..
BOND SCORES SEATS IN PUB
Lie SCHOOLS. MILWAUKEE,
PHYSICIAN SAYS THEY SER
IOUSLY AFFECT THE SPINES
OFCHILDREN.
This afternoon the operations per-
formed were bone-graft for spinal
fxation and two congential hip op-
erations. The operators were DR..
Geo. Laughlin of Kirksville, DR..
Otis Akin of Portland, Ore, and
DR.. Ralph K. Smith of Boston.
The spinal 6xation operation for
tuberculosis of the spine is one of
the most wonderful of modern snr-
gerry. The spinous processes in the
diseased area are split with chisel
and a healthy bone from the big
bone of the lower leg is mortised
and sewed into the spinal column
where the disease has made most
Roadway. When healed the spinal
column at the side of the tubercu-
ular trouble is rigid and absolu tely
prevents hump-back, formerly so
common in such cases.
THE FOLLOWING IS OF SPECIAL IN
TEREsT TO PARENTS, TEACHERS AND
sCHooL.BoARDs. That the school
room is responsible for the many
deformities of the human race was
the text OF an important address be-
fore the convention today. DR..
Earnest C. Bond of Milwaukee
made the statement in which he
pointed out the faulty construction
of school seats stating that they
cramp the spine and that as a
result, 80 per cent of freshman
class entering a certain we'll known
university were affected with some
degree of spinal curvature.
while there has been improve
ment in the style of school seats
during the last decade the makers
Of many styles of seats fail to get
the curves to fit the normal back.
They are either ignorant of the
curves of the spine or care very
little for the comfort and proper
growth of the innocent occupant.
In the prevalent style of seats the
convex surface of the chair meets
the convex curve of the spine with
the result that the spine is con-
stantly cramped forward to avoid
discomfort when the child is sitting
erect"
Those having to do with the
ordering of seats are blamed by DR..
Bond for this condition and he pro-
poses that the American Osteo-
pathic Association make an effort
toward molding public opinion in
favor of the revision of the present
seat styles. They will take up the
matter with the manufactures dir
ect if they cannot reach the school
boards.