The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-23
0S 0P ATHS TO RE-ELEC THEIR CHIEF 0FFICERS Portland, Me, Favored As Next Meeting Place for
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 WONDERFUL CURES Great Advance of Bloodless Surgery Predicted for Coming Year


 At the closing session of the con- verftion of the New England Ortheo- patnic Association. being held at the Stratfield today, the present officers of the association are expected to be reelected. Portland, Me, leads in popularity for the next meeting of the association and wiIk und oubtedly be the next meeting place.
 Exceptional speakers read papers and gave demonstrations at the ses- sion held this morning They are leaders in the profession, and the re- cured through bloodIess surgery are nothing short of remarkable. The as- sembled osteopaths also predict still greater advance in the science during the corning year.
 Demonstrations on patients and lec- at the third session of the New Eng Land 0steopatI1fc association, which opened at 9:38 this morning. It was followed by a paper and demonstra- ton by Dr. H.. A. Thornbury of this city on .aThe Lesion These demon strations proved unusually interest ing to the assembled osteopaths, as several of the patients treated during the denonstrt rtionS showed marked inn provel6ent after getting off the table It was followed by discussions by Dr.. Kendall L. Achorn of New York city and Dr George w. Reid of Worcester. Mass
 One Of the most interesting papers to be reaA at the convent ton, proved. to be ssHIentaI Diseases by Dr. R Walker of New Bedford. Mass. Some unusual cures of insanity were re- corded by tn doctor through the use, of osteopathic methods after they had been given up as incuraible by the medical profe ssion. pr. Eugene c. Link 06 Stamford. a11resddent of the sss5dsci a:tion, told@of several cases upon the football held where q player had become suddenly insane by having his neck twisted while on the field. careful manipulation of the Of the neck, he was able to cure the patient almost instantly. pr. Kendall L. Achorn also told Of sew eral eases in which insanity had been cured by the adjustment of the yer tebTae through osteopa tf1fc treatnents
 The Edueatdcnad Campaign for the Prevention of Diseise' was the sub Prevention of Disease was the salb- R. Kendrick Smith of Boston who declared that it was necessary tos ed- ucate the people into the principal of At the present time he declared the practice of osteopathy Is not as general as it should be
 He was Followed by pr. Frank M. Vaughn. who addressed the delegates on tsTsae Value of Laboratory Dfagno- sis,,
 During his lecture he declared .sbet- ter diagnosis is one of the greatest needs of ths healing prcfession
 7 ssCEteopathy presents a revolution ary addition to all the diagnosis of 5he medical world. This does not mean that. it discards or denies a sins gle scientific truth as utilized by oth- sr schools Of practice but it does mean that it adds to the total of diag- A. rk-r- T lnique method based not upon theory, | ,ut upon anatomy and zph ysioloey which must of necessity be the very l basic principles of all diagnosis. sseT believe that segmen tai spinal os- | eopa tfic diagnosis is a decided step | n advance of general diagnosis, and | lsed in conjunction with the other scientific methods, it fills the idea | which we set Sin our school of prac-1 ice''
 Dr. H. [. ChiIds of Orange, N. J., 'ecreNary Of the American Osteopath- | c association, addressed the conven- ion on The A. O. Az, giving a brief | ;iation since it's conception some | rears ago. He also told of how the | profession has advanced and been ac- | ,epted in the past few years by the | medical profession in general.
 Two demonstrations of the Abbott operation were given by Dr. R. Ken rick Smith Of Boston. Tn the first 'ase. that of a London. Ont, man, he vill be assisted in the operation by | evera1 delegates, while the second sase, that of man from Providence. S- T., he will be assisted by Dr. G. L. Sweet of that city.
 The convention will then hold a 'usiness meeting and later in the day will elect oficens, after which the con-a ,ention will adjourn