The Washington times., 1922-11-05
nature s AIDS
FOE To DISEASE,
CLA|MSDOCTOR
Physio- o-Theraphy Advocate Be-
lieves Science Will Soon End
Tendency to Operate.
by DIR, l.. {. SHERMAN.

Many people ask what is Physio.
Therapy? The answer is that ii is n
coined word, the same as the word
Chiropractic, and means the use of
natural forces, as light, heat, water,
electricity, exercise in the treatment
of disease. The United States Gov
ernment was very successful in the
use or this science as an aid in the
rebuilding of our young men in the
great war.
The profession has added TO these
sciences that of chiropractic, as the
basic principle of physio.therapy.
The reason for this is that none of
these great natural aids can do jus
tice to the human body that has "A
pathological condition until the in
reference with the nerves is re-
moved and the nervous energy is
complete in its supply to the or
gans and cXtremities.
When an organ fails to function
We know that there is an interfcr-
! ence with the lines of Communica.
ton or nerve lines and the only
place where an Interference occurs
is where the nerve is liable to be
tmpingcd. which we know to be at
hard cartilag,no surfaces press on
opposite sides of the nerve. which
diminishes the flow of nerve force.
The first duty of Il physician is
to relieve this pressure, allowing ma.
ture to proceed with the function
of the organs and to then bring into
play the other natural aids, as light,
neat, water, etc, to aid in the me-
tabolism, or the building up of the
impaired organs.
The people of today are n think.
Ing class of people, and they have
put two and two together and come
to the conclusion that one cannot
aid nature by the introduction of
anything antagonistic to nature.
Therefore the sale of drugs and pat
ent medicines which to a greater or
lessor degree contain elements that
are detrimental to.nature and there
fore hamper natures efforts to heal
are losing their popularity, and the
people are turning to natures meth
Ods Of healing, or the drugless ply
siCian.
1t was thought a short time back
that the Simon pure Chiropra Ctor
was the only one who could do good.
but people are finding out by ex-
perience that the above-mentione ed
natural agencies are material aids
in the upbuilding OF torn and dis
eased parts and so the physio.
therapist is coming to he rec
oenized factor in the elimination Of
sickness.
"An ounce of prevention is worth
q pound of cure" a very true maxim
when applied to the condition Of the
human system. A pain is the indica-
tion Of pathological condition,
either being present or on the way.
To the wise man the prevention ls
adopted by consulting a drugless
physician who can ward off the APP
preaching illness Il lot easier than be
could alleviate the difficulty after
established. These diseases are never
named until they are well.seated or
established, therefore il is a lot wiser
TO have them attended to before they
are ready for name.
Many medical men who have seen
the handwriting on the wall have in
vestigated all these nature cures and
are adopting them one after another
and the time is not far distant when
every medical college will have n
chair OF psvsio -thcrapy as was stated
in the Navy Surgeon" some time
ago. Great strides have been made
along these lines and the results have
made the treatments popular and
solicited among the laymen. The
time will soon arrive when nine
tenths of the operations will he done
away with as wholly unnecessary.