Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-28
SEES HOPE FOR
MORON MINDS
NOSTEOPATHY
Philadelphia Physician Says
Injury to Neck Causes
Many Detectives.
CURES OFTEN POSSIBLE
Special 70 The Times


CLEVELAND, July 2S.-Thousands of
children become mental detectives from
injury to the neck at birth. said DR.. Ray
mond ". Bailey, of Philadelphia, in a
paper read before the pediatrics section
Of the national oSteopathlc convention
here today. All Of these cases ,an he
cured by osteopathic adjustment Of the
neck, he declared. In these particular
cases nothing else can cure them. as no
other treatment could remove this cause
Osteopathic clinics for the free treat
ment Of these cases are to be established
all over the country, announced the
speaker. The OSteopathic organizations
expect in this way to save thousands of
defective minds and restore them to eff
cheney. In explanation Dr. Bailey said :
at is OF paramount Importance to each
Of Zou 10 be convinced OF the meri. OF
osteopathy in the reclamation Of mental
detectives and TO become Instantly CON
cerned Herewith, because of the high
percentage Of good results to be obtained
the momentous stride forward to your
individual careers. and the ultimate sue
cess Of osteopathy in feds so entirely and
uniquely helpless by the efforts Of the
older branches OF the healing art"
PROPOSE TO REBUILD
THOUGHT PROCESSES.
Il come here to emphasize thu impor-
lance Of what is to be done in one phase
OF purely physical corrections. leading tc
reconstruction Of thought process that Is
impaired by reason Of traumatisln, OUT
side Of the brain proper.
The handling of the feebIe-minded
child is the chosen work of the osteo-
path. If there ever has been any particu-
lar branch Of humanitv's ills that any
school had claim TO. We are emine1tlv
more fitted TO take up this department Of
the suferings of humanity than we are
to drift along in 4 general practice way.
and thus establish in the lay mind the
fact OF our special fitness and their sub
sequent duty where the case exists, that
If any traumatic cause can be found. we
alone can be Of service and all is not done
until osteOpathic care is given
I can assure you that your reputation
cannot suffer. If you will ally yourself
TO the great big opportunity that is be
fore your very eyes. knocking at your
door, waiting only TO place you on rec
ord as one important unit in the inva-
sion Of a field Of work among children
where a percentage Of those destined to
remain eternaIly without the realms Of
common understanding ONLY 10 know the
Slimmer OF the distant light OF intellect
by what you may term mimicry. You
hold the key in yOur ten fingers to bring
within the gates of knowledge from i TO
40 per cent Of those blank minds from
al causes. Is il not time you took the
human view Of your chosen calling and
exercise more than a slack concern in
this problem that Il increasing with I'M
thinkable rapidity and Inadequate means
to prevent II Up to the present time? II
IS the opportunity. as I see il, to make
ourselves Indispensable TO the rest Of
humanity.
RETR0G RADE MINDS
EVER ON INCREASE.
You have before you. no matter how
small your town. an ever-increaSing army
OF retrOgrade children. conditioned in
their school work-a portion Of which by
strict mental survey. have been found %
be only high-class moron or bOrderline
aments, whose ability TO learn ceases at
the twelfth year or thereabo and
whose status is traceable to the misplace
ment Of two upper sections OF the spine
in the neck. These displacements in the
beginning had nothing to do with
heredity or constitutional disease but If
allowed to proceed may be productive OF