The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-01-23
OF OSTEOPATHY


atory methods whether or not the
claims of osteopathy are substantiated
by facts.
The osteopaths have not been con-
tented with cure Of patients. They
demand the only kind of proof which
is accepted by the scientific world in
general, that is, proof Of the labora-
tory under what are known as stand
ardized test conditions as used~in all
research institutions and medical
schools and hospitals~in the World.
DR.. Deason said in part:
81 have, with the aid Of my assist
ants, operated about five hundred ami
mails, dogs, monkeys, cats, rabbits and
guinea pigs, in which we have studied,
in various ways, the effects Of osteo-
pathic LESSONS. Drs. Mcconnell, Farm
err, Burns, Whiting and others, have
been doing similar work for many
years, and I believe we have done more
and better work in proportion to the
length of time our school has exist
ed than any other school of therapy.
We have shown that by producing
prevented conditions, strains, in the
vertebral column, that various per-
verted physiological reactions, such
as abnormal heart beat, increased
blood pressure and other visceral re-
hexes may be effected.
eve tried muscular massage and
many other passive movements and
the effects were only very temporary
and incompatible to the movements
with fxation which produced 'verte:
bral strains and LESSONS.
1--WE observed the effects Of per-
manent LESSONS on thirty-three dogs
These dogs were all normalized, and
only those days were used which show
ed no physical defects. These ami
mails were then placed under deep
ether anesthesia and solicitations
were produced in mid and lower dor
sal regions. After lesion, all animals
showed abnormal urinary findings
such as albumen and sugar. A care
full examination was made of each
animal every day, and by palpation
the lesion could easily be detected.
"Post norton examinations were
made of each animal after it had been
kept for a sufficient length Of time,
and dissection revealed the condition
of the lesion with inflammation of the
part lesioned. Some of these ami
mails were kept in lesion for period
of seven months and showed function
al disturbances during the entire
time. One dog had readily palpable
lesion in the upper dorsal region. He
was a fine animal about three years
old, had a voracious appetite, but lost
weight constantly. Upon . post
norton, a very pronounced lesion was
found. A distented and otherwise
pathological stomach filled with I'M
digested food, which had been eaten
several hours previous to the time he
was killed for examination was found.
eve produced LESSONS in the mid
and lower dorsal regions of eight
monkeys, five of which developed a
severe diarrhea, one. was slightly con-
situated and the other two showed no
abnormal symptoms. The d.
arrhea in the five monkeys continued
from one to two weeks when correct
i've treatment was given. All of the
animals so treated made complete re-
covery in from one to two days. All
animals received exactly the same
kind of food and to further confirm our
findings we lesioned these animals a
second and third time with similar
results.
can osteopathic treatment is not
in any sense massage. Osteopaths
often use massage just as most other
physicians do when such treatment
lis indicated; but the fundamental prin-
ciple of osteopathy is correction OF
perverted structural relations. If a
proper correction can be made in one
minute, as it, often can be done, this
is all that is necessary. In the treat
ment C. the monkeys for diarrhea, l
seldom treated the animals longer
than few seconds; just corrected the
structural pervcrsicns; that was all
There. was no massage or other kinds
Of treatment given. believe the least
manipulation one can do to- effect
correction is all that is indicated in
many cases. This, however, does not
APPLY to all conditions. T.
I'VE have shown experimentaliy on
about $50 animals that viceral 5is-
turbances practically always follow
|a1tiicially produced bony LESSONS. We
have shown chat decreased and even
reversed l,c1istalis Of the stomach
and intastincs, IS we'll as abnormal
heart beat and variations in blood pres.