Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-07-31
or severe, is caused by a suhIuxa-

Practically, yes; although strict
|ly speaking, subluxated vertebra
instead Of being the cause Of dis
ease is only the physical represen-
tatiye Of the cause. For convent
ence, in speaking or writing, we use
the words physical cause to express
the same idea.) The real cause Of
disease is a restricted OF. an inter
rupted flow Of mental impulses, at
some point in their passage through
the nerves, from their origin in the
brain 70 the tissues which they
supply with vital energy.
But because the ssubluxated YER
zebra is the material agent that
obstructs the normal flow Of the
immateriaL, vital current, it, be-
comes the physical representative
Of the real, insnateriaf cause, and
the only tangible object with. which
it is necessary for the chiropfactor
to deal; for as soon as it is return
ed to its normal position, by one or
more chiropractic adjustments,
thereby establishing the full and
free flow of vital currents, restora-
ton of health is assured.
4. If disease is always the result
OF subluxation, how does it hap
pen that people recover from dis
ease without the aid of cliroprac-
tic adjustments?
From a chiropractic standpoint
there are two satisfactory answers
to this question.
1st. Although a chiropractor con-
tends, for the best of reasons, that
| vertebral solicitations are the ply
steal cause Of disease, he does not
claim that chiropractic adjustments
afford the only means by which
they can be corrected. He is aware
that they may be corrected in as
many ways as they are produced.
But in addition to these ways
there is no question that subluxa-
tons are often unconsciously cor
rected by many of the processes
employed by the numerous physi-
cal methods of healing so much in
vogue nowadays, although pre-
scribed for an entirely different
purpose. Again, because, as we
have seen, it is possible for certain
poisons to cause solicitations, it is
undoubtedly true that certain
drugs, by their relaxing influence
upon the system, correct subluxa-
lions although administered for
other effects.
End. It is possible for one to re-
cover from an illness of which
slight subluxation is the cause
without any restorative change
having been made in the subluxa-
ton. d.
Solicitations occur with widely
different degrees of severity and
the resulting disturbance of health
vary accordingly. A subluxation
may be SO. severesas to cause in
tense suffering, great impairment
of function in one or more organs,
paralysis and even death; or it may
be so slight that no appreciate
disturbance of health will be ex-
perienced until change of en-
vironment or some unusual strain
or effort makes "a greater demand
for functional activity than the
part or organ, deprived by the sub
luxation of ITS full quota of vital
energy, is able to supply. A case
of Hay Fever affords. an apt and
impressive illustr ation of this fact.
The victim of this distressing
malady has solicitations but they
cause no ANNOYANCE or distress, ex-
cept for a short time i'm each year,
when the presence of some sub
stance in the atmosphere, induces
particular Irritation of the mu-
cous membrane of the nose and
throat which, owing Ito its enfeebled
condition, it is unable to resist. As
soon as this disturbing atmospheric
influence disappe ars, the symptoms
which it occasions subside, and
health is seemingly restored. Il say
seemingly, because, as long as the
solicitations exist, the mucous
membrane will be weak and unable
to perform its function in the Wig
orous manner necessary to main
tain a condition Of perfect health,
although 1t may perform them suf-
ficdently well, under favorable at
mospheric conditions, to occasion
no perceptible indications Of i'll
ness.
Thus it is seen that the Chiro-