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THE SCRANTON TIUBUflE-SA'JLTRDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1901'.
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OSTEOPATHY:
How and Why Treatments Are Given The Creed of the Osteopaths.
Its Philosophy Its History Its Methods. m m t jt jt & -Jt v , x vf
5i:MKVINO that ninny of
our rondois know lint lit
tle of the pi notice of Osteo
pathy. Hnrl tliat many
vague Ideas nre cntei Mined
ns to Its thcniy and more
especially lti method
when nnd why and Just
'on- treatments me Riven, a Tribune
repot ter called on Dr. Donning, one
f ltd lending practitioner, In the
Board of Trade building. The doctor
Is a graduate of 1'rlnrcton university
nnd one of the Western schools of Os
teopathy, and lnipieisc one as being
a holly sln'cere and honest In his con
viction. He told the serin? that Dr A. T.
"t 111. the founder of Osteopathy, date
Its birth In 1S7I, when he (Still), who
whs a medical piactltioner of the old
school, discarded the ice of drugs,
and has since ptaetlced along the
lines of mechanical rather than chemi
cal agencies.
The flit school of Osteopathy, how
ever, was not founded till lSftJ. and
since that time less than ten years
the Osteopaths tell you with a great
deal of ptlde, that sixteen states have
passed legislative enactments placing
Osteopathy on an equal footing with
medicine in those states, and that
practically all the states of the union
through the JudleUry have declared
its practice legitimate.
The Tribune man remaiked that he
had often heaul the practice spoken
of as "rubbing." and similar to mas
sage, and also heard some contend
that It was a form of faith or mind
cure.
The doctor smiled a wearied smile,
and said, "Yes we hear that on all
hands, principally, I picsume, be
cause people hear that we don't use
drugs, and naturally conclude then
that It must be either massage or a
mind cute; and those who know a
little about It uv It Is "nibbing," and
those who know nothing, say mind
cure. Christian Science and the like.
But 1n my four years' oxpeiicnce with
Osteopathy, T have never seen any
part of any treatment that could be
properly called "rubbing." nnd never
anything like a mind tieatmcnt. V
do not treat the mind for "mortal
error," at being the uium of disties
and disease as do the Chi Mian
Scientists foi we iccngiiip mankind
to be Intensely toipoicul and that
the "physical error" is the principal
cause of pathoIogTc.il conditions,
though not denying or neglecting to
utilize the psychic Inlliiome to Insure
the proper mental attitude of the pa
tient. But this Is not absolutely
necessary, for wo hac effected cures
where the patient was a lolent disbe
liever In our philosophv "
"Well, what then. Is your method,
doctot; and for what and how do you
glp treatment?"
"The philosophy of Osteopathy." was
the reply, "Is a difficult thing to ex
plain In a few woids, Hut wp may say
that Its citdin.il piluclplp Is simply
this: The hitman body has within It
self, or can elaborate with proper diet
?nd hygienic surtonndlngs, evetythlng
necessary tor Its tecuperation and re
covet y In tase of disease. When un
title, unassisted, does not readily do
this, it Is because of some ohstiui tton
to the blood supply, or impingement
upon the nerve force, or interference
with some of the other vitalizing MuliK
or forces of the body, which Impedi
ment nattfe cannot overcome alone
This is where the osteopathic pliysl--Ian
(oines to tlte rescue. With his
trained scne of touch nnd teclmiiiue
liiseci upon an exhaustive study of the
ttiuctuic and functions of tlte normal
human body, the osteopath locites and
then removes by purely mechanical
(manual) means, the lesion or abnorm
M condition that exists which Inter
fetes Willi uatute's pi ogress. The best
that any plislclan of any school of
practice can do is to assist nature and
natute makes the cure. It Isn't the
medicine or the tieatmcnt that effects
the cure, hut nature, and we think we
can best assist natiiie by meehanliiil
lather titan chemical menus, because
wp believe that physical lesions aie
the cause of disease nnd should bo le
moved by physical agencies."
The doctor then looked at his sched
ule of appointment for the day, and
said: "I see my next patient Is the
case of a boy, and 1 believe he w ill not
object to our watching his treatment,
so if you'll wait a few minutes I'll
show you exactly what the osteopathic
treatment consists of in his case and
explain its purpose. In the meantime
let me refresh your tnemoiy on some
of the fundamentals of physiology that
you learned nt school."
He then took me in his pi hate of.
nee, or "treating loom" as he mils It.
Tn the center of this toom was a long,
nation, leather-coveicd and padded
affair, vvtilcli he calls a treating table.
This wns about six feet long and two
feet wide nnd about two feet high.
Upon this table most of the treatments
aie given. About the walls of the
room wpte numerous charts illustt ut
ility the anatomical structure, nnd
philological functions of all parts of
the bod : one chart showing muscles,
on" nerves, one blood vessels, another
otgans, One chart i devoted en
tirely? to the illustration of tho spinal
nerve, centeis. showing the pnrt of the
spinal column from which the nerves
go to all tho vailoua otg.iua nnd parts
of, the body. The doctor brought In a
human backbone or spinal column ond
upon this stalled to Illustrate 'his the
iry of mechanical causation of dlscarc
or how a misplaced inono or cartilage
or muscle could tauso most all of the
Ills that human llesh Is lielr to. He
began with a perfect shower of wcien
!lflc nomenclature and phraseology
that almost staggered me, so that I
had .to request him to talk "I'liltcd
Slates" If lie, wished to fie undoistood.
He' modUlod it somowhat, but evpn
then I felt that I must be sadly do
Sclent as to our anatomical make-up
If these weie the "fundamentals of
phjslology that 1 learned at Kchool."
So that If I'm not udontlloally accur
ate In my report of the Int'rvlou, you
must blame not the doctor, but my
self and the Innbllltv of my shoithand
to catch nil of the flieok and Latin
names In his pnjysyiiablo terminology.
I'll slmph give j on hU ideas as neaiiy
is 1 could get them.
"Tile spinal luilill," the dm 'oi be.
;ati, "fornix Uiv iilnclpjl iiicmcs of
vim coiiimuuKatloii between the
oialn and i-vn-v numi of th body.
I'ilf-t me till-'." illMlht'l, tlli'tt'i ,lxe-
ieM"tl. n i'niM -jsti'ii . Hi 'tn
.Wliiiwjlnu:, i-V the .fin, ull.nie,
nnd (.1) the twelve cianlal nerves. The
llrst two s.vstetus we have most to do
with, though wo frequently tieat af
fections caused by deiangeiucntft to
some of the twelve cianlal neives -for
Instance, a muscular or bony lesion
In the neck may Impinge upon or In
let fete with tho pneumogastiic nerve
(the 10th cranial) and this nuld af
fect the eat, larynx, phaiynx, oeso
phagus, hcait, pulmonary appaiattis.
stomach, or liver, for this nerve Is dis
tributed to all those organs.
"Ptobably nine-tenths of the diseases
we are "ailed upon to ttcal have their
origin in some spinal lesion, and by
"lesion" wc mean any abnormal ton
dltlon that exists. Them nre thirty
one pairs of nerves on either side ot
the spinal column that emanate fiom
the spinal coid, constituting the ceie-tiro-splnul
sjstetu, and these are Intl
mntely connected nnd cm edited with
the sympathetic system situated on
either side and In fiont of the vette
bral column. These thirty-one pnlts
of nerves come out from the spinal
column through these holes (foiamina)
on cither side. You will notice that
the holes ate not through the bone
of the vertcbtae, but half of the hole
is in the bone above and half In the
one below. Now, In the normal condi
tion these spinous piocesses of the
vcitebrae (indicating same) aie in
perfect alignment not always a
straight line, for we hap a very llo
Ible spine, composed as it is of twenty-six
separate bones, but always in
the same telatlve position either
straight or In a symmetrical cutve.
And as long as this noimal position
obtains j ou see the foiamina or holes
on cither side, for the notves ate al
ways the same. Now, let us twist
tills vcrtebia out of alignment by shov
ing the spinous proiess to the light
and holding the ones above and below
In their noimal position. You see at
once the effect on the fotauilna funned
by the misplaced veitebra It enlarges
the holes on the light side, but com
presses tho ones on the left This
coinpicsslon squeezes or Impinges upon
the ucives as they emanate fiotn the
coid nt tliat point nnd thus Inteifcics
wltli the noi mnl functions of the or
gan or oigans that get their ncive sup
pl fiom th.it patticular legion It
may or may not cause pain oi soreness
In that legion of the spine depend
ing on the natiiie of the ptesuie
and whethei oi not It alfects the le
ctin lug blanches of the nerves tliat
supply the muscles and integument
there. And a lesion ot thai kind may
effect the vlsceial oignns lontiolled
fiom that centie In dllfeient vva.vs
If It (.uises a constant file lion to the
nerves, then wo have stimulation and
consequent hyper-ac tlvlly of their
filiation, oi if it icstilts In steady pres
sure, then it cuts off the neives'
functional activity and we have .slug
gishness, toipidity and In.ictlvlt.v of
the oigans and p.uts which should
get their luueivation limn that spinal
ccntte. Then, too, a slight delleitlou
of a vcitcbia oi lib can inlet fere vvlth
the blood How tliiougli the spinal
blanches of the postcilm divisions of
the illicit ostitl arteiles, .mil tints pie
vent tcitaln nerve cells In the spinal
coid uom teething theli piopei mitt 1
tlon This could lpsult in aenenila
of the spine, nr vaiious oihct phases
of spinal diseases. Of touise If lite
dislocation weie t omplele so that it
biought a picssuie upon the spinal
coid. It would lestilt In paraplegia or
p.ualvsls of p.uts below the lesion
Hut these slight misplacements such
as I have just Millet rated to ou on
this spine, aie Hie cause of nearly all
of the cluonk tumbles we have to
ileal with, as Indigestion, d.vspepsla.
hllllousne.ss. heait, lung, limine tmu
hies In fact all fonns of functional
disorder. If the lesion Is In the legion
ot snme of the pilmipal vasomotor
centres of tile spine iiipivc which
council tlliectl.v Hie t IiciiI.iIIoii of Hie
blood bj regulating the calibre of the
rrletics), then we have a generally dis
turbed eh dilation lesultlng In conges
tl'in. In mini lies, heat Hashes, etc."
"Hut. doctot," said I, "what causes
so many misplacements and mnl posi
tions as you pic tin o to us'.'"
"Theie aie vaiious causes for these
conditions, spialns, blows, stialus,
fulls, contusions of all kinds, coitus
In fact an.v agency that can icsnit
in muscular t ontracliue Theie aie
live layers of museies on the bat k.
some Hill ty. one pahs In all, and these
all attach In one way or anotltei to
tho spina column either to this spin
ous piocess, transvetse process, m
some, other pan. Let us say foi in
stance a coltl settles In a muscle oi
set of muscles along one side of the
spine. These muscles, of couise, con
tract, and as they do so they become
tense nnd gradually draw their bon.v
attachment out of pioper position, for
the muscles on the opposite (ie will
giadually lelax to actomnioilate thoin
bdves to the stt allied position. If this
contracture is In u supeiilclal must le
or ono that is easily sti etched or
worked by voluntaty effoit, the weaier
of It will himself coirect the tumble
But If not, then the condition of enu
tiactuio becomes cluonk-, and tliiougli
It effects a chronic mlsplnceinnt. which
In turn causes a chronic disease which
requires an external agency (the. osteo
pnthlo physician) to coneet. When wc
thus jemovo tho cause, the iccupeta
tlvo powets of nature will take care
ot tho symptoms, I spoke of a cold as
ono or the causes of muscular con
tractuie. Wo often "take cold" this
way without any sign of It In the head
or tluoat. I can take n bellows with
vety coltl air and blow It upon the
muscles on ono Hide of your neck and
Inside of a minute you'll find It almost
Impossible to turn your head. It
stands to reason that cold and damp
ness that will warp boards anil con
tiact pvpii steel and Iron, will affect a
dellcatlvo sensitive tissue like muscu
lar nine."
Heip the boy patient was announced
nnd the doctor Intioduccd him in tho
ti eating loom Having him remove
coat anil vest and collar, ! ked him
to lie ill st upon his right Hide up . i!
treating table. He explained that thu
tiou bio in thin case was one of gen
pi ill muscular ilieuinatlsm, pool cli di
lation with '! mi,, nei vousness ami
toustant I : i i caused pilnclpally
bv mil' iFiuii,, tractions In var-
'"'J" '"1 Ipal spinal les.
' ' i' pan i 'icck the at
las I ' . u , ,,-i,!, intci feied
i I' alpa! v a.m. motor centie,
ll.IIn acini; the cli dilation of Hip ,ood
coueielly. Ho explained that Ills was
d "BtMKTf.n (njvitineiit as compared
WHAT IT IS
AND
WHAT IT DOES.
with many which tup moip local or
specific.
Standing in fiont of the patient the
doctor began by moving the muscles
alone? the stHn of ttin udIha nnittjt.t nii.l
iciugiy ouiwaid tlio entire lengtn of
e spine, beginning at base of the
tin nun going 10 run oi spine this.
mi hi wns to fiee the course of all
neives as they emanate from the
innl column Then lie took the left
in anil minted the muscles of same
enl.v clear to the bone fiom the
ottlder to the hand. Then taking him
the elbow and shoulder blade, twlst
hls arm and shoulder mound sov-
al times in eneli illt-cntlon. 'I'll In
as to ftce the cliciiiatlou and nerve
lie or the whole Mini Then he hail
in tuition! Iln fin tlw, .ittim ulil,. n.iit
'peatetl the same piotediirp upon the
opposite side of spine, aim and
shoulder.
Next he had the patient tuin nnd
lie fate tlowiiwaid with either arm
over the sides of the table
"For a condition like his " said tho
tloctoi," we want to stimulate the
kldne.vs, liver and spleen. Wp tlo this
In two ways tliiougli the neivous
toimectlons to those organs, anil b
direct mechanical vibration over the
oigans themselves. Now a wold as to
theli neivous t ounce lions so that
you'll iindei stand w liy we neat wlieie
wp do ami as we do along Hip spine
In this case.
"The liver gets Its ptliuipnl neive
forte ft tun tlie left vagus and coellae
pleviis. The vagus, oi pucilliiogasli Ic,
we icatli In Hie side of the neck, when
the patient Is lying on Hie bat k. The
coellnc plexus Is a dliect continuation
of the solar plexus, and also ict elves
brant lies fiom the lesser splanchnic
ami gives off hepatic pleviis In liver
and receives left vagti" and tight
pluculc. Tlie solar plexus is a l.nge
neive i out i c sometime culled 'the
abdominal biain' which supplies all
the visceia In Hie abdominal cavity It
let elves a greater pint ot Its Inueiva
llon fiom tlie gicat splanchnic nerves
on both sides and some llllameuts fiom
tlte light piieuiiiogastrlc. Tlie gicat
splanchnic nerves nie fonneil by
branches that leave the splnp fiom Hip
thoiaclc ganglia between tlie sixth and
tenth dm snl veilebiae. and Hie lesser
splanchnic between the tenth and
twelfth.
"The kidneys nre supplied with
neives fiom the leiml plexus, fiom the
solar plexus, tiom the semilunar gang
lia ami not tic plexus nnd lesser
splant huh .
"Tlie spleen gets the neive foite tiom
the coellae plexus ami light vagus.
"Now Laudols an authority on
physiology says 'Stimulation of tlte
vagus dilates Hie icuiil vessels, ln
t reaslng the iiilne.' and that's what we
want lu tills tase, to assist natiiie to
eliminate through that excietory func
tion the extess of in It at hi whiili I
found in Hip mine upon aual.vsls. I
stimulate the vagus, as I said, in sides
of the net k when patient Is on his
bat It.
"Laudols also sa.vs 'Stimulation of
Inferior teivlcal and Hist tlioiatlc
ganglia toutiaits tlie hepatic vessels
anil tile lobules (of the llvei).' Now we
don't want t oiitiatilou, we want ex
pansion moie blood and gieater nctlv
Itv. Anil sinie a succession of i.ipid
movements over a nerve tentte stimu
lates and a li.ud, steady piessiue In
hibits Its funt Hon, we Inhibit tliiougli
this legion.
All of tills , way of moie 'tunila
tnentals of physiology, which 1 learned
at school.' I suppose.
Tlie dot lor then placed his thumbs
on either side of the spine In the lower
pan of ih neik (patient Iving face
downwind), anil gave a hard, steady
piessme for some little tinip between
eatli pair of vei tebrae for n distant e
ol six in eight Inches tlow u the spine.
Then lower down along the spine,
with one thumb on either side, lie gave
a iiipld succession of upwaiil and out
wiud movements for a spate ol about
eight or ten inches, to stimulate, he
satd, the greater and les.-rr splanchnic
nerves fiom the sixth to tenth anil the
lentil to tweirtli thoracic ganglia.
Then plating one hand lightly over
Hist one kidney, then tlte olhpr, and
then over the spleen, he gave for soiiip
little time a light, tieiuuloiis motion
over path oigan. This Iip called vibra
tion, which he said frees the minute
laplllary limitation within the tissue
of tlte organs themselves and stimu
lates each of the little glands to
greater acthlt.v
He then had the patient tuin on his
back, anil Willi Hie hand on the light
side gave this same tieatmcnt (vlbta
llon) ovei the llvei.
Then wlthlioth hands holding Mi inly
Hie muscles and llesh of the thigh, he
rotated tlie same deeply with a twist
anil an upwind movement from the
hip to the kncp and fiom the knee to
the ankle. With one hand upon the
knee and the other grasping the ankle,
he flexed the thigh upon the abdomen
and gave a sideways twist to tho whole
limb back and foith soveial times, so
tliat when the knee was out Hie foot
was in, and vice-versa, and then
biought the limb out sttalght with a
shaip Jeik several times in abduction
and adduction, as he tailed It.
This was to fiee the clitulatlon to
Hie extiemltles. Then going to the pa
tient's head, he manipulated rapidly
the muscles of Hie neck, first on one
side, then the other, to fiee, as he said,
the limitation to and from the head.
Standing then nt tho end of the tnhle,
with tlte ends of the lingers on cither
side of patient's neck, he gave a veiy
rapid succession of peculiarly deft
movements which seemed to stictch
the muscles on either side outwntd
and downward. This, he said, fiees
and stimulates the pnottmogastrlo
neive which passes through tho neck
on either side In a shenth directly be
neath the stornocleldo-tnastold mus
cle. Here tho doctor paused to leinark
that "when tho trunk of the supetlor
laryngeal branch of this pneumogas
ttlo nervo Is pressed upon by, for In
stance, a goitre, or an aneutlsin of the
upper part of the carotid, we hnve
a peculiar dry, brassy cough which
can readily bo relieved by proper man
ipulation." Next ho took tho patient by the chin
and back of head and gave the neck
a good strong extension pulling till
tl i"dv niovedt slightly on the tnhle.
"'' i i ,n hnnd iindei tlio back of
" !" o other under the chin,
he ".lie i I pushed and twisted thin
way at I i.iai, the hand at Hip back
of the neck being i-xpeclally active, till
suddenly theie was n shaip click as
of a ligament ur muscle slipping over
a bone, or a bone being set In place,
nnd the doctor then told the patient
"that will bp all for today."
This last manipulation, he explained,
was to ndjttst tho atlas or first of the
cervical vcrtPbra. "if that would stay
perfectly ndjusted, ns it Is now, he
would have no more hendnchc and
would have good circulation gener
ally, for that misplacement Is the
m tin cause of his trouble. It will be
out of place ngnln slightly when ho
comes next time. We gain gradually
In those conditions till finally we get
the adjustment peifcct so as to ip
main permanently In noimal position,
and then the cute Is complete"
The young man got up looking none
the worse for wear. Ills treatment
took In all about llftecn or twenty min
utes. I asked him how he felt now
and he answered, "Fine" "I always
reel better after each treatment Doc
tor never hurts me a bit "
After the young man had gone the
doctor said: "That was a veiy gen
et al tieatment you saw. I wish you
might spp thp next treatment, for It
Is entliely local or speellle to correct
one single lesion, and Illustrates most
beautifully Hip osteopathic philosophy.
Helng ii lady patient of couise I can't
ask you to see Hie treatment, but I
can explain in a few words what it Is,
The condition is that of muscular
atrophy and partial patalysls of the
icft mm The cause Is a marked mus
cular tontrncttire or one particular
milcle In the side or the neck namely
the scalenus amicus This muscle at
taches at one end to the trausveise
piocesses or the thlid, fourth fifth and
sixth of the epivical vertebra and at
the ilber to Hip llrst lib Now Hip
nerve force to the aim tomes fiom
the brachial plexus a union or the
four lower cervical and (list dot sal
nerves. And the principal blood sup
pl.v to Hip aim is from Hip sub-clavlan
aitPty and vein. Now tills contracture
of the scalenus antlcus muscle draws
together the first lib and clavicle or
lollar bone, and thus Intel feres with
the blood How thtoiigh Hie stib-clavlnn
army and vein and prevents tlie aim
getting Its proper blood supplj Tills
same contracted muscle also Interfeies
vvitli all the nerves Hint make up the
btnchlnl plexus by tensing Hie tissues
mound the nerves at their pxlt fiom
the Intoiverterbral foramina, so that
Hie muscles of the arm supplied by
tlip.sp nerves do not receive the nee
essaiy nerve Impulses. It, this case we
simply woik to relax and free this one
muse le and natiiie will do the test
Isn't that simple and logical?"
Heie the next patlentwas nnnouiiced,
but the doctor said If I had any further
questions to ask lip would gladly give
me a few minutes longer 1 asked lilin
if any harmful lesults ever tame fiom
osteopathic treatment. "Not If piop
erly given by one tiioioiighly tiaiued
and competent, but I would not like to
answer for an amateur on some eases,"
' Do you use any drugs?"
No."
"How often tlo you tieat'.'"
'As often as the case tcqtilics, some
times daily, sometimes but once a
week."
"How expensive is .vour tteatiuentV"
"As cheap or cheaper than medicinal
treatment, when ott consider tliat we
both preset Die and furnish the tem
edy." "Do you licit acute uises?"
"We aie eminently mitiessful In
many tonus of acute disease, but gen
erally speaking we tlo not treat them,
because of tlio npcessitj of fioquent
treatment and wp cannot tlo them ju
titp at tlte ipsiiieiiip w lien we have a
busy ofllce mac tlte, too. Outs Is es
sentially an otllce piactice."
"Do you tteat lor everything?"
"Most emphatically no. No one sys
tem of therapeutlis is complete in it.
seir Some diseases are essentially
sllrglial. some putel.v medical, othci's
wholly mental hut many tlnonie and
obstiue cases aie logically Osteopa
thic anil only Osteopathic. No stiliHy
honest and const lentloiis physician of
any one school of ptattltp tan take
evei.v case Hint presents Itself to him.
Any doctor who praetltes but oup
method, who will take any ami eveiy
tase. Is either a fool or a last a 1."
"How about the genu Hieoiy nnd
lieiedlty .'"
"We make a study of both batteil
ology anil heietllty, ami letognle both
as a potent tnctor in disease. Hut. In
any physii.il ailment theie is a pie
disposing louilltion in the wa.v of a
physical lesion a mechanical ' muse.
We try to locate and lenitive it, and
Natiiie does tlie test."
"Aie join ticatments evpr painful,
tlo thty make one sole'.'",
"Some tii'iitincnts netessiuily hint
the til st tew times, otlieis not at all."
"How tlo ou deal duly patients'."'
"In the case of a spinal treatment
or one moie or less genet al, wo have
our women patlentswear n loose gown,
so they may rPinnve corsets and tight
bands. We never tieat next to the
flesh and theie Is no pxposiup."
"How long does tlie averagp case ie
quiie tteatinent""
"That depends entliely upon the na
tiiie of the lesions and Hie rcuipci
athe power of Natute lit Hie paitlcu
lar Intllvidual. Our cuies aie not of
tlie miraculous, instantaneous-faith-cure
oitler, though many aie cured
(that Is, the cause Is removed) in a
single tieatment oi two, but they
usually lequlie a ionise of tegular,
faithful treatment."
"How tlo tlte meillral men leg.ud
our school and Its methods""
"That all depends on the medical
man Some send us patients, ntheis
hip noii-cnmmlttal, but many, in fact
most of them, i Idle tile and aie vio
lently opposed to us. One of our city's
most eminent or medical men, how
ever, saltl rocentl.v In the columns of
your own papet, woids to this effect
'Not a single scientific law fiom that
or giavitatlou to that or Hie di emu
lation or the blood, when it was Hist
pioclaiined, has railed tn icieive tlie
jeeis ami taunts of those who prided
themselves that they possessed Hie
whole tiutli, anil yet took no pains tn
leal n tho piocess of leasoiilng by
which the new truth was established. '
Oilnaiily medical practitioners lldlculo
our Ideas of misplacement, and deny
our ability to stimulate and Inhibit
nerve centres, but we can show results
by tlie cardiograph, an Instrument for
measuring unci recording tho stieugth
of the heart beat, proving that manual
treatment ot the spinal neives con
trolling the heuit (between the scapu
lae) niters the heait action very nin
tcilally. 'Wp let tho lesults of our prap.
tlco speak for themselves. We do not
antagonize the drug doctors, but I'll
venture the assertion that not ono dose
of medicine In a thousand in ghen
with lefoience to structural deficiency,
wlteieas wo rccognlo stittcturnl de
fectiveness ns the basic factor In nil
disease."
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Where Platonics
Were Strained.
I r in Iln i .ik I mi
TlIDIlt tcl.niotix wimp pittcly pin
tonic. At least sho prlilctl hci
wlf on that fact. When nn out"
MIKK"tfil to llcl Hip pntHllilllty
of mi uttac liiwnt iiiort" tender
unci aflc'ctlonatf he ponli-pooliptl it
with mi ciiiplinsN Inillrathe of an ab
solutely miip Htato of mini. She w.ii
not IIKp other gltK she s.ihi Sceial
men hail founri that out. They heuali
lV being fiienitl.v, (the oiicotliiiKeil
them, peih.ipw. Into a teitaln liKInc
that Mhe li.ul for masculine compan
ionship, which they not lnfieiUontl
inlsiiinlei stood. Then when the nlKht
and the moon and the soft bieees
stliict! them to tletlaiatlons fi.uiKlit
with mote than iushIiir inteiest, slit
was fore eil to mote heioie nttei am es
"Hear me," she would s.i, "I don't
see why a man and a woman can't n
on lieliifir Just fi lends, heie In New
Yoilc. Hob noser acted this wa.
Why, we i owed and t-.tlleil and ti limp
ed toRether summer In and suinnici
out, and he never thought of m.ikiuu
a proposal. Deal old Hob' He had
mote sense. ISinee up now. be a man
foiKet It, and so will I. anil we'll Jun
go on beiiiK t oiniatles."
Some of them fiot ansty. ntheis m
i opted It as matter of tourse. Theie
Is at least one instat.i e on lecoid of
a i hap who i cully tried a setonil time
and ended by lespoiulliiK to tlie usual
tluow-ilown with hl-4llni,- a popiilai
air that begins "Comrades, louuadcs,
cer since we weie boys." I'pon which
o caslon she told him he wa- a ileal to
take It that way, and they have In en
better fiioniN ever ilr.te
A few weeks .iko she went to spmil
tlie summer witlt filentls in a llttlt
hamlet up tlie Unison. Thither al-o
Journeyed Hob. She Is a sttoiie;. hand
some, atheletie cteatute, and fonrl of
outdoor spoils She beslns liei sea
son's suiiumiiiK lonir licfoi tlio daiiiiK
sinnll hoy thinks the water lias )o.t
enouuli of its t hill. When she Is not
Kolllui; she is in the tennis touit. In
tlio winter basketball and Ioiik rambles
thtotiKli snowy woods sero to keep hei
cheeks iosy and her ce br'ht. And
the man who ace oiup.inles litr on such
walks iieedH to be moie than a passa
bly Rood petlestiulus. Tor she will soon
tlie liini whose llinlw are not ot lion.
l'.nli is not easily tlted. Ills tialnliiK
wltli tlie lollcgc! mat titw i line in
handy, too, .ow that the I'nin of
spin t took an ji'iun'lc tuin. Tie Ions
Humps nvir the country mails weie
vailed with sailiiiK, swimming, and an
occasional hour of paddling In Hob's
bountiful new i.iiioe Tin- last, In
fait, was i.iplilly beniiiiinc; the Iimiiito
spin t. Hut now sheiueis that t allocs,
like men, ate mighty iiuceilaln cicu
tnies. It happened this way. They hud
stui tod out lor an eail inoiuing paddle
So out ly, in fait. Iliat the lest of the
household was Mll asleep Hut the
air was ciisp and tlie ,'u.i lining be
hind tlie .leisey hills liunle i pit lino
long to be iviiienib"ii'd. Hie is iiilte
sine that she wlli lcnicinber it. He
has no tlnulits on the subject. She
was sitting In the bow ot the uiiioe
trailing her hands in the still water
and enjoying It ail so iiiueli that it
staitleil her when Hi.b'fi aimless ton.
eis,itlon took another tuin. llt did
not say much; but It was all so sud
den, theie was a depth of tenderness
In tlie tone, and It wan so lmpicssip
tlie she gue a sudden stmt. Tliat did
the trli k. The ciinoe tinned tut tie,
ami, in mi Instant, thev w -iv both
lloilliileilng In tlie watei.
"Oieut t'arsur." he shouted, " illdn't
nieaii it I'an't you take ,1 Joke'.'"
lie was dinging to one end of tie
i mine and she hud fiuil s.ilcty I v
thiowlng hoi mm nei the. otper end.
"It was loo much of it shotk," site
ausweieil. "I'm suipilsel at ,ou. How
dine you' Oil. Hob, I'm so disappoint
ed In you."
"Hut. I tell you, I oidn't menu It."
The speech was not gallant mnl she
may have tesented It, but sho oulv
milled:
"Well, you oughtn't to talK nonsense
in a canoe. U'h apt t.i upset one."
"So I observe."
"Hut If you weicnt so set up In
sour notions I might he tempted'
"Tlieie, now, you'r beginning ngnln.
I in going to swill hkIiiuo."
"It's a mllu or mor," he shouted.
"For heaven's, bake, not to speak of
mine, don't think of It."
"Will oti utop talking iioiisuuie,
thou'."'
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"It is"
"I'lll xellollK."
"Tliul settles it" Her aims tame
tlow u tiom Hie tnune. "I'm going to
tty fin Hie shine."
He Hied waddling along the side of
tlie inline to gel ut her aim and detain
liei. The shell 1 1 entitled along its en
tile length and sunk far down under
Ills weight. She laughed deilsively
and he giew pale.
"Vei tunny. Isn't It"" lie asked.
"Dei liledlv. Po you think If .vou sink
It we'll be any better off."
As she hail teased to make di iiion
stiatlons slioiewmtl lie jilt that his
purpose was at couipllshed, anil so said
nothing. A moment later he niaile
anotliei mistake.
"It's getting lilting." he said. "Some,
lioily will bo out llshlug soon and pit k
us up "
It was her nirn to loon si ii .
"What would tho think If they
found us like tills, she vonttiied. "I
won't penult It."
"Hut everybody mound heie knows
we'ie Just ti lends." Ii nnd. "Vou
know vnti've talked I'luto till-"
"Uon't he slll. It wasn I that 1
fcaied i don't talc wlict I in think
on that subject. Hut I lon't propose
to have them t''inl; I win: out w ill a
stupid mnii wlii .juldu': p.uli'lo .1 'ii.it
without up. 'tl.i.i it. '
"Not to n.e.iK of a gltl who t.'ldl.'t
know enough to kt'op still."
Km answer iP itinn .1 Mi k that
sent the Hpwy u U . Tl-en she
shilekotl wltli liiughioi'. Ills ruins
weie beginning to - t vet- il'e.l, ami
It suddenly oeciiivd to him, that ibe
also might be tutlMio I.
"If nu Keep quiet u moment." ho
sulci, "I'll swim around to ou mid
hold you up. That will test vou."'
"Pshaw! Host yourself. I'm nil
light."
lie paid no ntleiitlon to the, Injunc
tion, and a few strokes In ought him
to her side, Tito tlilo was. i mining
sttoiig, mnl they wcio ill If ting further
and fin titer 1'ioni thu shntr,
"Just place ono hnnd on me, if you
dale," sho shouted, "and I'll let go the
cunoo. Then seo how quickly It'll ba
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out of sight " Tho tlitent was effective.
It was such a pietty new canoe, and
he had no ileslie to lose It. So com
menting on her stubborness he wad
dled buck mid took hold of his end
again.
Then a sound of oms was heard, and
soon two men In u bout were within
a few yunls of them. They had seen
the c.inoe-w locked pair and were bear
ing down rapidly upon them.
"Say, theie," was Hob's Inquiry,
' what are you trying to do?"
"Hold on a little longer," came back
tlie answer; "we'll have you safo In a
minute."
"We'ie all light; don't tiouhle," said
tho gitl.
'Keep olf," shouted Hob. "If you
to'ino any i loser you'll scratch the
paint on my canoe."
Tlie tow pi s lay back on their oars.
"What tlo you mean?" Inquired one.
"Do you menu to say that you cara
moio for tho canoe than for for " he
hesitated.
"for mo," sho shouted. "Yes, that's
It. For n vi onmn's only a woman nnd
a good canoe's a boat!"
After some pulleying the boatmen
consented to bo cutefttl. With their
usslstutiio tho cunoo was righted, nnd
Hie fi lends made their way shoreward.
Hut tlie gossips in tlie small Hudson
liver town hnve food for much teflcc
tlon, nnd the oldest dame of them all
admits that even she doesn't unriet
stand it.
"Why, Jim tells mo," she said, "that
when they uot aslioie she didn't show
the least concern for them nn. Now,
the least you would have expected
would hnve. been Hint she'd throw her
mills about him and say that she
would never leave him.
"And didn't site?"
"No, Sho just kicked up a pebble,
wiling tho water out of her ekltt, and
laughed lit to kill. Then f-he said,
kind of slioit. 'Thanks,' nnd went Into
the house."
"Anil dlil tho man seem cut up?"
"No, Ho Just looked nt his old canon
sharpllko and cussed. 'I'll have to blow
In a ten to got it In shape again," ha
said."
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