Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-21
Health Talk No. 81
A Theory and a PhilOs-
Ophy That Appeals
to Reason.
BY r. B. BLEAN, DC.

Inc articles written ny LIZ, M. II.
King, of Louisville, KY. contain 30
much logic on the science of Chiro-
practic that 1 have q growing desire
to quote this noted doctor.
"That a medical man who has
practiced medicine for fifteen years
should stop 1t and take UP the prac-
tice of Chiropractic, Is not unusual,
but 1t has not however, become COM
mon. This question was put to him:
Doctor King. Why did you give up
the practice of medicine for that of
Chiropractio7" This is his reply:
~ am well aware that the medical
profession as O whole does not accept
this Chiropractic idea. but In almost
every instance 1t Is due either to
prejudice or to lack of tnyestiga-
ton. There was time when look
ed at the Chiropractic thru a pair of
bifocal lenses-the upper. plus preju-
dice; the lower. plus lack Of investi-
cation. But because medicine. with
all It's adjuncts, had failed to reach
the complicated ailments of my in
valid wife, I like a drowning man,
grasped for anything in sight.
learned Of Chiropractic thru a friend
of mine. I went at once to q school
of Chiropractio, and, to my surprise,
they We're actually getting results on
cases that were hopelessly incurable
from the standpoint of medicine.
"'The theory and philosophy OF
Chiropractic Is so plausible that it
appealed to my sense Of reason. The
teaching Of this science opened up a
new field Of thought to me, which
had never been presented thru the
study of medicine.
"'After careful study Of the spine
and the spinal nerve, as we'll as the
entire nervous system, / am con-
vinced that the Chiropractic theory
Of interference by pressure on spinal
nerves by slightly displaced verte-
brae of the spine Is the cause Of
most diseases Of. the human body.
My wife was an invalid as I
have said before, and was examined
by this school Of Chiropractic. I
noted carefully that the only exami-
nation made was of the spine, which
revealed lateral curvature, plus
several subluxated (slightly dis
placed) vertebrae. They at once pro-
ceeded to correct these by a series
of adjustments performed entirely
by the bare hands only, and her i'm
provement started at once and today
she Is in state of good health.
"'Seeing at once the possibilities
of this science in the treatment of
suffering humanity, I laid aside all
prejudices and started into the work
in earnest, and now, after three years
of experience and clinical observa-
ton, am going to the medical pros
fession and asking them not to fight
Chiropractic, but to investigate its
merits, and then they will no longer
wonder why it is that SO many Of
their patients who have failed to get
to the Chiropractior and have re-
ceived the health they so much de-
sired.
1.-THE sooner prejudice is laid aside
and the work of the Chiropractor
recognized the better 1t will be for
sick and suffering people. The Chi
ropractor is doing a work that medi-
cine can not do: he belongs to the
class the specialists do; he belongs
exclusively to the class of specialists
and should be so recognized. When
I was attending the Chiropractic
school I was surprised at the excel
lent and thorough training these men
were getting, and any one who takes
the graduates of school Of Chiro-
practic for a lot of ignoramuses may
have occasion to change his mind.
GIVE are rapidly being ushered
into new era. Let US forget the
past with it's failures) and accept
new truths az we find them all for
the benefit Of suffering humanity"
ARE YOU, like DR.. King, willing
to lay aside prejudice; to investigate
and to be convinced.