I" 1 1U Tin: aS TU;BUiJ-SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1900. .. ,- - SPIRITED DEFENCE OF .OSTEOPATHY EXCEPTIONS TAKEN TO DR. BATESON'S PAPER. letter Which Sets Forth the Claims of Practitioners of the Now School of Healing So Not Claim to Ctno Everything but Allege That Drugs Are Not the Only Means of Con quering Disease. Miter nl lho rrllmt.o ; Mir: Wc notice In jour paper a tew iIjjs n;o thi- rcrcrt ,,( (he County Mcilleal o It-lj. Amonir nwny things illsciiwetl vv.is the Miujeit o oslco,u tliy. Wo an- pleasccl to tea t ur nioilleul frlimls ronrtMUc. ami Hip liont cvlilcnci' ol ni;rm 111 n man c r it body of turn i nguttiil in the nnMu talllns ol h-allng tlio sick is to know that tlioy nip honestly se-ekliur to know .toine-thliiR eif tlio rVly-llrorrd sclrmc ot osteopathy. That o.ir ninlkil friends are hopestly secklii,? to know (loricthliiR of otropatliy 1 evident nl lv the fait that one of them prepaid! n paper nn the subject for the Instruction and ailvaiiccmcnt of his fel ims. The psper which vvns piepareil bj Dr. Ilitcson irita'red 1 few niMakes as to vvlat hsteopatliy really It, and e he-Hem It due to tlio public, to the ircdlcal society and to Dr. Bate , .on himself that thesi mistakes slioulJ at least be mentioned. Now, Dr. Ilattson, '.lilt is ostee.pilhy? It Ii Wit, as you say, system eif rtiblilnir. Therein you are mltnkcii. It It lot a fakn. as jo'i ilalm. It is Lot n.i old mrthod under a new rump, as you would have .veur friends belli'. p. It I not a fiapPKOAt, us joti kf.ited. That is,. tc-npaths have no training In anatomy, phisiol. vgv, hlslolicj, iIIsmhIIoii, rlc, I not at all In ikrepins with fids. It does not In any seusi' seek to hoikn the medical coure or to arprrpriate the term 'Moo 'tor" until it has Iwep railed by liaid vvirk. The "state of Kentueky Is tiOt rid of the iiiiutiii. of osteopathy," as you affirmed. So inany cirors in so short an artklp would lead one to ask how it happened that Dr. Batcson's paper was so full of mistakes. What is osteopath ? The nitre itself Is new. It li not in the dlctlcuary. It sounds likcdrcck. It it, and while the derivations, osteon (aNbone) and pathos (suffering) are plain enough, the combination is strange. The vsotd itself, like at) other words slewed from the standpoint of etymology, speaks little. The etymology of -allopathy or homeopathy gives but little informa tion about the system for whlrli each stand. Now, osteopathy, like allopathy and homeopath), stands fur something. What, then, don it stand fort It stands for n svstem ot ttcatlsi? diseases of the lit-man body liy scientific, me chanical manipulation mid without the use i( medicine, knife or drugs. oiitrjiN, dkvi:loi'.mknt The svstem or science of rti-(patby wai devel oped by Dr. A. T. Still, of Klrksvllle, Mo. Dr. Still was an M. D. of the old school and a sur geon in the federal aitny, and vvldle he was ac counted a scry successful physliiati, he saw to many rases where drugs acicmpllshed nothing that he was constialneil to seek a icmedy wl ere drugs were conceded' to lip Ine-ftlcfcnt. Physiology teaches and proves tint the licrvos of the body cm o' stimulated or inhibited imili.iiilcdlly as well ns ehemleally by drugs. Taking up this proposition laid down by rrry authority on plnslolngy that mechanical vvnik eu times and ntrve iintris pimhiccs rtlimlatlnti and Inhibition the same as medicine taktti Intrrnillv. he om-nie-nied his work of Illustration and csptrlmrnt. This was nearly forty iais ago. In lbl ho was i "in lined In his own mind that mechanical work on nones and nerve tenters not only airuin pllshed all the gocd lrsults of internal tlieml-al action, but it did aw ty with the after effects of poisonous lrug9 in the system. In that J car he commenced to talk the new svstem and new theory, lie was met at first by ridicule. Many of his friends thought he was insane. Vpon cltlnir authority In all physiologies for the truth of the principle upon which he worked he was told he did not understand what he read. lb was flnilly reduced to poverty, and though he accomplished remarkable rures ul cery oppor tunity, there were none but the luor at first that were willing to try the new Met cm. However among these he proved his theory rvsis which u'r. commknt. In lk'3, In the heme of n wealth!' fainll.t, a llttlp child bad been gicn up to die of dipt -therii The attending doetoi had said (here was no hope and had left the house tint he might not hear the grief. A woman who was doing housework for the family told the mother of Dr. Mill and begged that she might go and bring him. In agony and despair, wild with grief (for this was nn only child), the mother consented, but instructed that Dr, Mill should come In at the back doer. The house servant went In all luste and finally came with Dr. Still, bringing htm In the back door through lho kitchen. The case was desperate. The child was Indeed in the shadow ot the grave, but Dr. Still had tested his rjstem, and by tlio new science he believed there was hope. Tils was abeut 2 o'clock p. ni. He asked no questions but went at once to the rescue. llo worked faithfully ond almost without Intermission upon the nerve centers of the throat until 4 o'clock the next morning, when he was sure he had produced a tlnngo for the better. He told the mother the child would live. And though there was Joy In the house, Dr, Still was let quietly out at the back door, and the rich famllj, though he bad saved the life of their child, were ashamed to let it be known that Dr. Still had been at their house. Finally the daughter of the l'rcshvterlan min ister ot the city, who had been unabla to walk for several months, sent for Dr. Still. He came nml discovered that the hip was displaced. The hip was set at once find the pcor girl tint had suffered so many tnrnthi was at once free from pain and able to walk. These good people were too honest and too grateful not,tu give Dr. Still credit for whit be hid done, and the next Sab bath morning the minister related the rase to his congiegatlon and tffeicd public prajcr fur Dr. Mill, who had brought sunshine to his home. Dr. Stilt no longrr bad to come in Hip back wav. The man mid bis stein from that time on coin ln.iiiiiid respect, lint then came opposition froi i oilier medical men. The sjstem was denounced by mcillcat societies and medical boards. Hut the Bieat masj of people endorsed him. Ills work proved his theory. A school was opened in 180 to teach the new sjstem. Since 1800 nine of the states have legalized osteopathy at a third school ol practice and all the other ttatca are now preparing to follow. CLAIMS Ol TIIC OsTKOl'ATHS. Osteopaths do not claim to cuic everything. They do not claim to cure consumption, cancer, nor to make ourg those who ore old, nut tluv do claim to ha vc n new and improved method of treating all curable dlscason. They do claim tn have a new nistcm for healing that really does the work and In pioof ot their statement th.'y illicit the Inmtigatnr to the states of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Tcnticspep, Noith Dakota, Miss ouri, Ohio and Veimcnt, vherp the people through their legislatures havp passed state lawa legiliring the new science and placing it on an cipnl footing with the eld school ot practice. Technically medicine for the most pirt when taken Into the bedy cither stimulates or In hibits nerve action. Osteopathy accomplishes the same thing by mechanical means by work on nerves and nerve centers. When a medicine is taken into Hip stomach it it thrown Into the cltculstlon, It carried throughout the sjitcm aid affects more or lest the whole body, whereas the citeopath treatt the nerves and the parts affected, and these only. The blood nourishes all partt of the body, but the nerves control the blood, hence to control the nerves Is to control the bleed. Now the new science claims that It has discovered a way to control the nerves of any part of the body, and In this, way they "arc able to increase or de crease the amount of blood in any part of the body. The osteopaths claim that the Iwdy Is so wonderfully made that It bat the power to makj from simple nutritious food all medicines that it has ue for or requliet. There li a power with in the body to make fium simple fucd, hair, nails, ne, muscle, nerve, blood and all parts of the body. Now it it claimed that thlt same power can and does make every chemical ele ment, every ltfdlcino and every compound that lho body really intds. If, then, it has the power within itself to make from food all medi cines It requires, why give ihcint TUB ATLANTIC SCHOOL OP OSIIIOPATHY. A great many young men and women of Wilkes llarre ond vicinity became Interested In Hie new science and desired to sti.dy It, but disliked to take the long trip to Missouri. Accordingly a fw business men ot Wilkes llarre decided to open a school and its giowth las been phenom enal, The Incoiporators leeched their charter In Murch, 1800. The first class assembled April 1. 18W), and now In one ear rearly one hundred students are in attcndiiiis- and the management Is erecting a splendid three story .building v-jhlch will accemmodate 1,000 Mudentu, The faculty of the Atlantic School of Oslc cptthy I now composed nt eight dectms, llvp osteopaths and three medical doctors. The three medical doctors ore 11. I. llcvvUh, A. n. II, S. C, M D.j ,1. T. Male, A. II., M. D., and A. '1. Uruce. rii. I! M. I), each of whom has thir cugh'v Investigated and now thoroughly Indorses the new science of osteopathy. To become an osteopath one niujt attend school the same number of months as he would to be. ceme a medical doctor. The course of study anil time ipaulred aip practically the samp. Tp K' (oiiip a medical doitor one must attend school four winters. To become an osteopath ono must attend two lull jeais. The number of months In pick are practkally the samp, I. p., twenty four months in actual attendance. The course of slidv Is the same, except In osteopathic colleges the new s;lenco of osteopathy is taught. All other subjects, text books, dissection, etc., are identical. The osteopaths, however, lay special stress on anatomy and te-ach it from the living subject throughout the courte. Wc believe that it is alwa.vs best to Investi gate first ond speak aftcrv.'aida. We believe il is always best to be lair. We believe that any sis tun of healing should stand or fill on Its merit. Osteopathy asks for nothing more. It la willing to stand or fall on Its merit,. We are willing ts believe that theie It tome good in all sis terns, but we elcubt If any one has all tne truth. Hoping that these few lines will serve to remote In tome degree un evident misunderstanding on the part ot Dr. Dateson, and the medical society and vvllh 'malice toward none but with char ity fof all" we are, respectfully, Matthews & Hook, Osteopaths, 103 Hoard ol Trade. A FEW JEST NUTS. Bliss. Winn sprlrg is smiling o'er (he trees, And all the world Is gay; W hen perfume lingers In the breere And sorrows fade away; When fleecy cloudt across the tky. Like fleets their sills unroll, We'll sit in ecstasy and sigh, "Wo needn't buv moro c-oall" Washington Star Her Best Friend. He She Is a dream cf loveliness. Her Ilest Friend Ves, a mlnce-ple dream Cleveland Plain Dealer. Zenl. "Wlat Ij your order, sirt" atked the waiter. "Bring mc a puertcrhousc steak," answered tha government employe. 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