Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-05-22
TRIUMPH FOR
OSTEOPATHY
BLINDED SOLDIER RECEIVERS
HIS VISION BY TREATMENT
OF HIS VERTEBRATE.

Thomas Skeyhill. an Australian
soldier blinded in battle has almost
miraeulously recovered his sight.
II was in the fierce fighting before
Gsllipoli in 1915 that Thomas Skey-
hill. a signal in the Amaze forces,
was instantly blinded by the blast Of
an exploding shell. Following a ter
rife bombardment from the Franco
British fleets that succeeded in silenc-
ing the Turkish forts at the entrance
to the Dardanelles. thousands Of
Irish. Australians and New Zealand
ers with British and French troops
landed in an effort to sweep past
the defenses Of the peninsula and
take Constantinople.
The world knows the story. For
nearly a year the allied forces strove
valiantly to take defenses that prov
ed impregnable Thousands Of lives
were sacrificed. and many bodies were
manned by the whitening fire that
came from the foes positions on the
hilltops. II was in December. 1915.
just about a month before the Allies
carried out their splendidly success
full evacuation that the light was tax
en- from Skeyhilrs eye.
Months Of service had given Skey-
hill a deep insight into the motives
that had induced his comrades to sac
rifee gladly their lives. Incapacitated
for further fighting, he sought to
preach the gospel Of the allied effort
from the lecture platform and
through the press. Although barely
over his majority-he enlisted at the
age Of nineteen-he soon became
known as a powerfully effective lee
turer. His speeches were instrument
al in rallying hosts Of Australia's
manpower 10 the eolors. and his verse,
published under title Of Soldiers
Songs Of Amaze" caused him TO be
popularity known through the Anti
podes as the blind soldier poet"
Recently he left Australia. where
his name had become a household
word. TO come to America for a series
Of lectures in the interests Of the
Red Cross. His first addresses al
San Francisco were heard by more
than 10000 people. He met with
similar successes in Reno, Salt Lake
City. Denver and finally in the nation
al capital
Although suffering from his ply
steal disabilities, Skeyhill announced
his intention Of inaugurating an in
Idividual drive with the object Of rails
ing q million dollars for the Red
Cross. He had been afflicted with vio-
lent headaches for more than month.
In San Francisco he had been Obliged
TO 20 10 a hospital. in Reno he had
bled nearly to death from hemor-
rhAges. and in Washington he suffer
ed greatly from pains in his neck.
A Washington specialist found that
the vertebrae at the base Of Skey-
hills neck had been dislocated in
three places, presumably by the shock
that had blinded him. A simple os-
teopathie operation was undertaken.
and as the vertebrate were snapped
back into position the sight returned
10 the soldiers eyes. II was explained
BY the physician that the displaced
bone had impaired blood circulation
and nerve connections with the eye
eenters Of the brain.
As the realization came TO Skeyhill
that the darkness that had hung over
him for more than two years had been
dispelled. he became seized with an
eestatie joy that nearly nnhinged his
mind. His mind became a blank con-
earning thu vearn thar had elaDaod