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aS TU;BUiJ-SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1900.
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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.
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