The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-04

tooth causing the ache must not DE-
This must be remediad II the tooth
Is 10 continue its useful junction.
This illustration indicates the Os-
toopathic attitude toward human Ills
in general.
Inasmuch as Osteopathy is not
greatly concerned With alternating
symptoms il mus; follow that the
Osteopathic physician must make
thorough search for the causes Of
| symptoms II is with causes al
most entirely that Osteopa'hy rs
{ concerned This being true, u fol
lows that az Osteoplthic physician
Is literally forced. under mis- the
ories. 20 seek rhe structural &c.
fects in the patient body That give
rise 10 The symptoms rom which
the patient suffers.
Now, as already pointed out b.
structural defects il not Nee ssarily
meant solely ynat ,He patients oony
frame work Is Ou, vi adjustment
BY structural maladiustment 10 It's
troadest sense. Is meant that some
nerve. or set OF nerves. suffer IN
due pressure, which IN turU causes
the stimulation or the slowing nap
of some organ or other that FORMAL
~ should perform some function or
supply some secretion necessary 10
the maintenance OF the body IN
health. Thus Il happens that
mechanical dcrangeWtn may lead
finally "a a chcmica one. For
example, what Is commonly known
Is sour stomach may b, the result
OF a mechanical imp .diment TO the
nerves that under normal conditions
would regulate the flow Of gastric
juices. In such a case the conten-
ton of Ostsopathy IS that what IS
needed is nor a dose OF soda dis
solved in water and taken internally
bnt. rather. the mechanical correc-
ton OF the defective bodily struc
ture
And not alone 10 structural de- |
fects OF the body inhiblt or hinder I
nerve action. but structural defects |
inhibit the proper functioning OF
blood vessels as Nell And even !
the hindrance OF nerve force and 4
blood supply through structural de- /
fects does not tell the whole story
These instances are merely illus
trative As the definition taken
from the dictionary indicates. all I
tissues and functions OF the human
system. are involved What has
here been said will suffice TO indi-
cate the close relationship between /
bodily structure and the chemistry |
Of the human system. Those who |
by reason OF their intimate and eX-
tended knowledge OF physiology and I
anatomy know most concerning the /
organs of the human body. under.
stand that this relationship between 1
the physical structure and the /
Of the human system is
wonderfully intimate. In some in
stances IL may be fairly said TO be
mysterious.
Perhaps what has here been said
may be strained by some into de-
NAL Of germ theory Of disease. !
Nothing OF the kind Is intended. /
Osteopathy accepts the germ theory
OF disease. However. says Osteo-
PATTY, We are all OF us daily eX-
posed TO disease germs and We all
doubtless take thousands OF them
into our systems. and the reason We
do not contract the sponding
disease, is because our systems are
functioning properly and are. there
fore. able To overcome the disease
germs and destroy them Medical
science, OF course, takes the same
| view.
But I, might be that a normal.
healthy person should End himself
so circumstanced that the number
and continued yirulence OF disease
germs would finally overcome his
natural power OF resistance what
then? At this point the Osteo-
pathic theory OF structural defect or
reimbursement would seem 10 fall
down. But not so. Osteopathy at
this point. by mechanical manipula-
ton, would so stimulate the nerve
centers as TO arouse the organs OF
tie body that are 5eset with germ
poison 10 increased activity In.
deed. at this point Osteopathy and
the regular practice of medicine run
/ parallel in quite a degree. Medi-
cine is not given to put out disease
rs water puts out fire. II Is usu-
( ally given 10 create internal
reactions, wherein certain functions
are. "a II might be said, speeded