Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-10
WHY THE SKELETON GRINNED
PuIsing Power of Vocal Nerve Dem
onstrHted on "a Gaping
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Crowd.
4 skeleton peacefully reclining In the
" lndow of a surgical supply house had
attracted q motley group Of mon. Their
noes were sober. almost CHASTITY, In the
elbow glare Of the window light. a tail
fellow with a red face. rimless spectacles
and thin lips that opened and shut with
4 click. was holding forth excitedly and
he others we're drinking IN his words
with a grave eagerness. The speaker car
led q book In his hands which he used
.mprcssively in gesture. That man. he
was snylng. swinging his book toward
the whitened bones In the window,
that man never died a natural death.
He was killed What killed him2 Doc
tors, drugs. medicine. All drugs n poi
son. Mebbe they cut I'm open with
knife. And all he needed was little
adjustment. little pressure hero and a
little rubin there. When man gets
sick they send for a doctor. The doctor
gives i'm a lot OF medicine, all poison.
and ef that don't kill I'm he usually
gifts a knife and cuts something out OF
i'm. All sickness Is the result Of lack
Of consonance I'm the functioning OF the
anatomy. and the only thing thatn cure
it, tell you men. Is adjustment, adjust
ment OF the nerves. tcndooms aud neur-
ones OF the body so that all cooperate
together. Medicine won't do II. for medi-
cine Is poison Take quinine. for IN
stance. II that man there" pointing TO
the skeleton. took quininc II would ha'
stayed in his body all the days of his life.
Quinine enters the bones and It stays
there. and u that man was dosed with
quinine you could take them bones there
and melt EN- and get back every bit OF
quinine he ever tookl' here the speakers
voice reached high pitch and his face
became alarmingly red
A quiet voice interrupted him. But you
can't melt bones. you know. IT'S q. chemi-
cal impossibility" The young man who
uttered these words was possessed OF
faoo almost completely inoking a chin.
n condition which gave him near Inn
beetle appearance, but he spoke with such
assurance that all OF the group turned in
stnctively TO him. The orator OF the day
was not so easily dispossessed OF his post
ton.
'well.p he said. "mehbe you can't melt
en- but n you could the qulnine would
be there. My authority for that state
ment in Dr. Dr.-oh that great French
doctor-I can't remember his name Just
now. but I'll tell you what" turning
10 the doubter-''lf you come up to my
place I'm show you the book that IT'S
IN" The young man with the missing
chin seemed entirely satisfied with this
explanation and with the others. as
sunied an afr OF wrapt attention.
There's no need of sickness IN the
world. Adjustment. proper adjustment.
win cure 'em ALL Why, ] went to call
~, = dcntow e1.a cet.a,. au.. "a t.ta ..,,..,
came down to the door. and said the
doctor was sick In bed, and couldn't sec
no one. I said. Lady. you Just let me
see that doctor minute And I walked
right past her and went up into the doc.
tors room and found him in his bed
not able TO move. I set him up and run
/ my hand down his spine found a nerve
/ In the lower vertabrae out Of place and
pushed Il back. Wen, sir, that doctor
was out on the street in half an hour.
walking as straight as an arrowi Insan-
ity consumption. fevers. all could be
cured in the same way--iust by ADJUST
mont Why, I tried 20 get IN out here at
the asylum TO work on the patients and
they wouldn't let mo I'M Wanted to
know what / knew about anatomy and
I physiology and the structure OF the hui
man bOdy'--here tho faces OF his audi
tors took on an expression OF sympathy
-"and I told them that knew more
than the whole bunch OF them put to-
gether''-here their faces manifested APP
probation.
why. men. people might go on living
forever II they only paid attention 20
adjustment. Any man ought to be able
10 add fifty years to his life by adj
justment. anyway. Here's my business
cards. gentlemen, and n any OF you
have any disease from neuralgia to con-
sumption--or think you have any disease
-or want 70 double your life on earth
Il will pay you 10 make a visit to my
office"
Each OF the men took one OF the cards
and read the inscription thereon with a
serious face. The only ievity discernable
was IN the face or the skeleton In the
window, II seemed TO grin a little
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