Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
BY EDWIN F. BOWERS, MD.

country and with giants strength combined with the
sensitive deicacy of a womanS touch, he rotates the
ball of bone into the cup intended for it. Then rigid
casts hold it in place until the ligaments and muscles
trained to maintain it there.
True, the reduction does not always remain put,
the with Lolita Armour but in explanation Of
this must remember that with her the condition had
persisted for years The muscles and l1gamentS
had become accommodated to their maplaced position
they had lost their elasticity Had the operation been
made several wears earlier say the age of three or
four the results would have been much satisfactory
Many other subjects of this "bloodlesS surgery
main permanently cured
AND speaking of "bloodless" surgery recalls our
friends the osteopaths, who first to practise
this system. Subuxaton of the sacro-iliac joint par-
al islocaon of the hip successfully treated BY
osteopaths years before surgeons adopted this
method of reducing the uxation. And this is but Of
many osteopathic operations that approprating
Physicians and surgeons all over the world real
izng the Importance of the normal alignment of spinal
vertebre and that the relief of "pnched nerves, due
clipping of the spinous processes, frequently fol-
lowed by remarkable results
In few years the science of osteopahy will be recog
nzed branch of medicine, and chairs of adjustment
therapeutics incorporated as part of the currcula of
medical colleges.
The good will be cued out and perpetuated. The
foolish attempts to cure specific diseases, and those
arising from microbc infection, will be abandoned
Osteopathy has an important place. but it can't do
everything.
SOMETIMES it is found that the ball on the head OF
- the emur hasn't bulge enough. 1t is too fiat to
furnish adequate shelf for the hip socket. Then
piece sawed from its outer edge, and the fragment
turned inward and united with the 1attened surface
and the ball is built out to normal proportions.
When malignant growth proceeds calmly to destroy
bone, advantage taken OF the fact that section
of clean bone freshly sawed be ingrafted,- as
have Professor LeXer do with the ankylosed knee
joint, and perfect union follows.
1t happened recently in New York that section of
sound bone from a patient 5 leg removed and
into space the arm from which the tubercular bone
had been excsed. The bone cells ramified together
forming thoroughly solid structure while the cells
from the ends of the leg bone granuated finally
uniting under the protection of the bone covering
perosteum, which had been dissected loose laid back
and then restored to its former position. The ject
of this unique graft now has thoroughly good and
perfect legs.
Even with such seemingly intractabe conditions as
failure to counterfeit the pull" of the sound muscles
and the drop incident to the weight of the foo-bone
migrating is rapidly replacing the Older methods Of
forcble stretching of the muscles and igaments prac
tsed from time mmemoral, to correct of Natures
outrageous bungles An incision made, the deorned
ankle bone removed, straight inserted, and the
feet restored to proper adjustment.
IF IIippocrates could back and the wonders
that of his brain children accomplishing
part of their everyday practice he would be lost in
Amusement. But he practical man, not dis
posed put too much confidence anything excepting
results. His apparatus for reducing wrist and shoulder
dislocatons and Strengthening
club feet resembles very closely