The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

The relation of the spinal cord to life
aud to health has just come prominently,
to the medical world from an almost
new and distinctly advanced standpoint.
Heretofore it has been the custom to
treat disease in its effect, and removing
the cause of disease has been largely
overlooked In considering disease there
have been various forms of practice and
certain new schools have arisen the
most recent and most advanced one of
which is known as chiropractic. II has
been found thai the great vital base
of all cause Is In the spinal cord.
Nerve stimulus is recently coined
expression in the world of medical
treatment and it means much. 1t de-
seribes that foreeful and controlling and
operatin force that governs the nerves
and the reduction or lack of which
means disease This stimulus is manu-
featured in the brain for the use of the
body and for such parts of which as
have need to be supported. The brain,
therefore, is the great center from which
the Nerve Stimulus radiates to all parts
of the body and the carrier of this slim
uius is the spinal column.
The spinal column is divided into seq
ments of bone and these segments are
separated from each other by cushions
of cartilage, a spongy, rubber-like sub
stance which enables the human body to
be bent forward or backwards or side
wise at viii. More important, however
is the fact that the cartilage separating
each bony segment of the spine permits
connecting nerves to go forth from the
spinal cord into the various parts and
organs of the body, and it is in this way
that the various organs receive the
Nerve Stimulus for their opera ton and
maintenance.
The brain sends this Nerve Stimulus
into the body for the support and mainS
tenance of every part of it. and all its
organs--and this Nerve Stimulus is
transferred from the brain by means
of the spinal cord--and the spinal cord,
acting as the great trunk system for
the Nerve Stimulus, redistributes it by
means of the smaller nerves at each
aperture in the spine
The School of Chiropractic has deter
mined that the successful operation of
all the organs of the body must have
its base in always maintaining the full
and complete 100 per cent flow of the
Nerve Stimulus from the brain, down
through the spinal cord into the sub
sidiary nerves and by them into the
different parts of the body. The School
of Chiropractic has further discovered
and maintains that no organ of the
body can be diseased or suffer any lack
of energy if it is always supplied with a
full 100 per cent of Nerve Stimulus.
1t can be illustrated very properly by
the illustration of stepping ON a garden
hose If there is flow of water from
tha hydrant through the garden hose
and you place your foot on the hose, you
stop the supply of water. The compare
tive illustration is that If you stop the
flew OF the Nerve Stimulus from the
spinal cord into the radiating nerves
that you. therefore, lessen the effect
and benefit CT this Nerve Stimulus.
The most common way in which re-
duced Nerve Stimulus is brought about
is in slight deformities of the spine or
in any pressure Of the various segments
of the spine which flatten the cartilage
separating the segments, thereby caus-
ing undue pressure on the particular
nerve radiating from the spinal cord
through that particular vertebrae, and
thereby either shuts off or reduces the
flow of the Nerve Stimulus from the
spinal cord into the smaller nerves.
In the accompanying Illustration there
is shown very clearly and with a great
degree of accuracy the various nerves
which connect the spinal cord with the
organs of the body.
II is also important to notice that the
spinal column is the only place in the
body where nerves come in contact with
two bony structures that nre movable.
Therefore, the spinal column is the only
place where nerves can be impinged.
You will notice one nerve goes to the
eye, another to the heart, another to the