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Show -t OSHOPATHY AS DEFINED IN APPLETION'S UNIVERSAL UNIVER-SAL CYCLOPAEDIA " Osteopathy is a method pi trefttinj diseabes of tho human boay without .tho uso of drugs, by menus of manipulations applied to various nervo centers, chiefly tlioso along tho spine, with a view to inducing free circulation of the .blood and. lymph, and an equal distribution of tho nerve forces. "Special attention is given to LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEB the readjustment of any .Jjones, by DrA. T. Still.. He reasoned muscles', or' lignmcnfsnot the normal position. ' ' "The system was formulated that a body so perfectly Constructed Construc-ted mechanically should be able to protect itself against the inroads in-roads or disease without the arti-fical arti-fical aid of external substances, except those employed as food. "His next conclusion was that as a natural flow of blood is health, and disease is the effect of local or general disturbance of blood. With this as , a working hypothesis, he made a series of experiments, the results of which convinced him that the various organs of the body were controlled controll-ed by nerve centers located chiefly chief-ly along the spine, and that these could be operated upon and con- trollprl llV nrnatl1tn rtt- atitvitil..:... iroueu ny pressure or stimulation of the lingers. lie holds also that if the bones, muscles, arteries, veins, lymphatics, glands, organs, and tissues of the body are in their the-ir correct anatomical positions.dis case cannot exist. Displacement niny arise'from a variety of causes, caus-es, such as a fall, a blow, a strain, or atmospheric change. Pressflro upon the blood vessels or nerves in the immediate vicinity of the part so affected will follow, and a consequent shutting off of the nerve or blood supply to some organ, or-gan, which will then become diseased. dis-eased. With n rnnHinafmanf nf the displaced part will come 'perfect 'per-fect freedom of motion of all tho fluids, forces, and substances pertaining per-taining to life, thus re-establish, ing a condition known as health.' DR. E. J. MERRILL OSTEOPATHIC OSTEO-PATHIC PHYSICIAN, OPPIOE OVER HOWELL & OARDON DRY OOODS STORE. BOTH PHONES HOURS: 9 TO 12: 1 TO 5. |
