The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-04-30
OSTEOPATHY IS TESTED

(The following article is published by
request of the local osteopaths.)
The A. T. Still Research Institute
has completed its preliminary investi-
cations and will soon announce its
conclusions into the truth of falsity
of the claims of osteopathy. Ever
since the birth of this new school of
practice the scientific world has de-
manded other proofs than the cure
of patients, go the osteopaths ther-
selves contributed 100000 from their
own pockets to establish the research
institute in Chicago, and instructed
the investigators to report the facts,
regardless of their pet theories. Other
research institutions are endowed by
the laity, but this is the only one in
the world financed by physicians. Or.
John Deason is director of the insti-
tute. He was formerly an instructor
at the American School of Osteopathy
at Kirksville, Mo-, of which institution
the founder of osteopthy is president.
For years trained specialists have
been conducting in Chicago an elabor-
ate system of scientific experiments
upon animals and human beings to as
certain by laboratory methods wheth-
er or not the claims of osteapathy are
substantiated by fact. DR.. Deason has
at last made public the result of all
the work. His verdict is in the af-
firmative. The osteapaths have not
been contented with cures. They de-
mand the only kind of proof which ls
accepted by the scientific world, that
Is. proof from the laboratory under
what is known as standardized test
conditions as used In all research In
sttutions. medical schools and hospl.
tails. Dr. Deason says In part:
IL have, with the aid OF my assist
ants operated on about 500 animals,
dogs. monkeys. cats, rabbits and guin-
o. pigs, In which we have studied. in
various ways, the effects OF osteo-
pathic LESSONS. Doctors Mcconnell,
Farmer. Burns, whiting and Others
have been doing similar work for
mGy years. We have shown that by
producing strains In the vertebral
column various perverted physiologi.
cal reactions such ms abnormal heart,
increased blood pressure and other
yisceral reflexes. may be effected.
I'VE tried muscular massage and
many other passive movements, and
the effects were only very temporary
and Incompatible To the movementc
with fixatioi, which produced 'verte-
bral strains and LESSONS.
I'VE observed the effects OF perma-
nent LESSONS on 80 dogs. TheGe dogs
were all normal. and only those dog
were used which showed no physical
defects. These animals were then
placed under deep ether anesthesia
aad subluxations were produced. Az
ter lesion all animals showed abnor-
nal urinary findings such as albu-
men and sugar A careful examina-
ton was made OF each animal every
day. and by palpation the lesion could
easily be detected.
An osteopathic treatment is not In
any sense massage, osteopaths often
use massage just as most other ply
sicians do when such treatment is In
dlcated; but the fundamental princi-
Pile OF osteopathy is adjustment o:
perverted structural relations. II a
proper adjustment can be made in one
minute. as Il often can be done. this
is all that is necessary, In the treat
ment OF the monkeys for diarrhea !
seldom treated the animals longer
than a few seconds just corrected
the structural peryersions. that was
all. There was no massage or other
kind of treatment given | believe
the least manipulation one can do To
effect adjustment is all that is indi-
Gated in many cases This, however.