The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-08
MODERN METHODS TO
CURE HUnPDACkS
osteopaths Declare Early Diagnosis
OF Trouble VIII Enaabie II TO BE
Remedicd.
sprNEs ARE sTRAIGHrENED
High steps ON Public Conveyances and
strengthening Producing Unusual
and Painful Twists In Americans
Anatomy.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.l
Portland, Ore. Aug. THE world
is to be rid of humpbacks. This state
ment was positively made today at
the closing session of the interna-
tional osteopathic convention by Or.
Harry W. Forbes, president OF the Los
Angeles College of Osteopathic Pny-
sicians and Surgeons. DIR. Forbes DE-
clared that the next generation would
witness the disappearance OF hump
backs from the face Of the earth ana,
as a result of modern methods OF
diagnosis and treatment. q humpback
will become curiosity OF medical
history instead OF the frequent specta-
Gle which It IN today. although there
has been q rapid decrease In the last
few years.
Humpback In q deformity. explain
ed DR.. Forbes, which Is seqnei 70
Potts disease or tuberculosis of the
spine. Early diagnosis OF this condi-
ton with prompt treatment permits .
tubercular area to heal with stfn.
straight spine instead of with a hump
which In the result of the pull OF
gravity of the diseased vertebrate
which buckle under the weight when
they are unseparated. Osteopathic
treatment in these conditions. to-
gether with proper support. spells q
new era of hope for the victims of
this disease.
DIR. Otis Atkin, the famous ortho-
pedic specialist OF Portland, In the
chairman of the orthopedic section OF
this convention and in charge Of the
scientific program today. DR.. Har-
rieon w. Maltby, professor OF ortho-
pedic surgery AZ the Chicago College
of Osteopathy, read a technical paper
upon .Orthopedics and Osteopathy."
go Barefoot" was the advice given
by DR. r. Kendric Smith, the ortho-
pedic surgeon of Boston, in his paper
on weak foot The American feet. he
declared. are being ruined by shoes.
Toe In" was the second panacea
which he offered for painful feet, or.
at least, toe straight ahead. said he.
No barbaric nation on earth. not even
China, with her famous foot deformi-
ties, approach, for a moment, sasi
DIR. Smith. the outrageous abuse on
the feet which the women of Amerlca
infiict with the fashionable shoes OF
the day.
DR.. George IAughlin. professor Of
orthopedie surgery at the American
College of OsteopAthy at KirksviIlt.
Mo. who II known In the profession
as the American Lorenx," exhibited
some patients whose spfnee he had
Strengthened in spite OF the very bad
lateral curves which they had before
he subjected them TO the new os-eo-
pathic treatment with plaster cast re-
tention.
High Steps Injurious.
High steps on street cars and strap
hanging are wrecking the anatomy of
the American people. declared DR.. II.
II re he En- ffx,G ~ Chit
cago College OF osteopathy. NJ today's
session of the international osteopathic
convention. DIR. Fryette 10 acknowi-
edged to be the greatest specialist In
the osteopathic profession upon the
innominate bone and the sacro-fiiAc
joint. These are two things which
are displaced by the particular twist
and strain produced In the attempt
to mount street cars which have TO,
high steps.
Strap hanging, particularly by wo-
men. Ia also denounced by DIR. Fryette
as another OF the undue strains not
only upon this point. but on even more
vital parts OF the body. These two
would not be 30 injurious 10 athletes,
explained the speaker, but the average
city dweiier IL not sufficiently de-
veloped musculAriy 20 Offset the strain
OF the joint In the particular extreme
position required In such ctrcum.
stances. osteopathic physicians have
recorded many thousands OF cases OF
this sort. a very large percentage OF
which, are produced In this way. They
have discovered. also. that all cases
or sciatica are really caused by a
strain on this joint. or a partial dis
placement OF the innominate bone.
The cure of sciatica, therefore. con-
sists merely OF the osteopathic ad-
jIstment OF the peivis.
The. cure OF catarrhal deafness
which has resisted the old school
methods IL now successfully perform
ed by the new osteopathic method of
nnger surgery in the throat. Accord
Ing to DR.. James ID. Edwards. OF ST.
Louis. who demonstrated his technique
today. DR.. G. c. Reid. Of Denver. IN
chairman OF this section Of the con-
vention. Or. T. ]. Ruddy, Of the
faculty of the Los Angeles College OF
Osteopathy. reported list OF intract-
able diseases OF the eye which re-
sponded to osteopathic correction OF
the neck. DR. w. ". GAoodfeilow. Of
the same college, demonstrated the
technique OF the correction OF nose
and throat conditions.
Hay fever can often be cured by
osteopathic adjustment by means Of
the finger In the throat. according 10
DR.. III. NJ. Goehring, OF PittsburE, who
reported a large number OF cases
which had responded to this new
treatment. This Ii the first time that
ofiiciai reports have been made or the
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