The Clovis news., 1920-10-14
NATIONAL HEALH
CRUSADE STARTED
Free Public Clinics Being Established
in Many Cities for the Osteops-
thie Treatment of the Poor.

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Free public clinics are being estab-
lished in cities in all the states for the
osteopathic treatment Of the poor.
Free lectures on the prevention of
disease are being given in various
community centers. Better Babies"
conferences are being held by the
women osteopathic physicians for the
benefit of mothers and infants.
0steopathic hospitals have been
built in several cities recently and
number Of others are projected for
the immediate future.
The osteopathic colleges report
large increase in the number of ma
triculants, enlargement Of faculties,
and a still higher standard Of en-
trance and curriculum requirements.
Great industrial plants, mills, fac
tories and large commercial houses
are installing osteopathic departments
for the purpose Of keeping their
workers fit, decreasing absence due
TO sickness and increasing the output
by raising the physical efficiency
Several railroad companies have al
so added osteopathic specialists to
their staff of physicians who restore
injured employees to active service.
Accident insurance companies have
discovered that injured men whom
they care for under the Workmen's
Compensation Act and employers liza
bility contracts ere in many cases re-
turned TO wage earning very much
sooner under osteopathic treatment
than heretofore. This has resulted in
a number Of the greatest insurance
companies installing osteopathic spe-
cialists in their Offices in various cities
to care for these cases.
Laws regulating the practice Of os-
teopathy hay, now been passed in ev-
cry state in the Union. This means
that osteopathy is now standardized
and regulated by law in manner
analogous TO that by which the prac-
tica Of medicine is controlled. I'm
qualified, incompetent and illegal
practitioners Of osteopathy are there
fore now barred from practice by law
and tie public is just as well protect
cd from injury by unqualified osteo-
paths as it is saved from harm by un-
registered medical doctors, No os-
teopath can practice in any state in
the Union now without being legally
registered by the state.
Educational standards in ostaopa-
thic colleges have been raised to the
level of medical staudards and are en-
forced most rigidly. There are only
seven ostcopathic colleges in the
world, and they are all members of
the Associated Colleges Of 0steopa-
thy. This organization compels a5ro-
lutc uniformity Of entrance require
ments and a minimum curriculum Of
study hour and subjects equal to
that Of medical schools. The length
Of the course Of study in osteopathic
colleges Is four years and no person
can enter without high school edu-
cation. These colleges are located in
Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Kan
sas City, Des Moines, Kirksville, NO.,
and Los Angeles.
Large general surgical and obstet'
rical hospitals are maintained In con-
junction with osteopathic colleges.
0steopathic colleges are chartered
educational institutions, authorized
by the states TO confer degrees. They
are not conducted for the purpose Of
profit, but entirely from the educa'
tional standpoint.
Osteopathy, then, is school oi
practice, the basic principals Of which
is the mechanical adjustment Of the
body. This is so simple that Il is diff
ficult TO see why there should be any
misunderstanding regar .ng it. Osteo
paths are mechanical physicians oi
the human body. As the spine Is The
central support Of the structure Of
the body and as il contains the spina
cord which is the main cable OF
nerves extending from the braiI
through the whole length Of the trunl
the adjustment Of the spine is neces
sarily the most important part Of the
work Of the osteopath. Surgery beinf
mechanical, is Of course embraced
within the scope Of osteopathy al
though body adjustments by thu
hands Of the osteopath saves the pa
tient from very large percentage o.
avoidable operations.
Nothing which is scientifically tru'
regarding the human body as taugh
by the older schools Of practice is de
MED in the teachings Of osteOpathy
Osteopathy is not system Of mega
tion, Of attack or criticism Of othe
schools of practice. 1t is not destruc
4i,,o IA Il noratructive. There mr.,