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Show ( llinoi'K ( TIC D 101- ENDED I appreciate having the columns of the Pyramid thrown open to mi' that I may Kle to the people straight handed my reasons for choosing a jail sentence to the fine of 1 1 on. ni) imposed upon tne by Judge A. II. ChrisleiiKcn, September 2f,, lit Hi. Ily paying iny line I then would admit that Chiropractic is the prac- . tice of medicine. Haven't 1 advertised In the Mount Pleasant Pyramid for the pant fifteen ' months, that I do not use drugs or. believe In drugs? ' I wns arrested upon a warrant of the medical men charged with"Prac-tieing with"Prac-tieing Medicine without a medical license." li-cense." Chiropractic Is a new science that Minis the cause of disease to be piesKUT'e upon llw spinal nerve, as it .mils from the spine, here (he nerve pasM'H through a movable window. When the spinal segments are in normal position, their windows are of normal size. If one or more vortr-, hrae get out of perfect alignment by a wrench, strain, twist or fall, It occludes this honey window, thus cutting In on the nerve. This pressure press-ure on the nerve deadens the life current from the brain. Hence, whoever who-ever region this prird upon rip.-'. Idled Idl-ed nerve goes lo. we find but partial '.:), which eonditi m is .ei-nco d's-,-a:.e. The chiropractor's w.irk lies in smiplv adjusting th" sligh.'.-- v.'s-ptaced v.'s-ptaced vertebrae hick to ms norm il position, thus relieving the pressure upon the deadened ner.e. allov. inir t'-.e brain to repair the d i...'a;:e.' portion por-tion of the body, normally. He ie-moves ie-moves the cause. He do-s not eni-plov eni-plov drugs absolutely none. He recognizes the force that runs the hodv comes from the brain and that God intended man lo keep his body clean from drugs, dope, morphine, alcohols, even to the extent of tobacco, to-bacco, tea and coffee. So the chiropractor docs not prescribe pres-cribe or usr drugs in any form. ye', the only charge brought agalnt me was "Practicing Medicine." The case that was called by the medical men was that of a deaf girl, Miss Vera Sanderson or iainie. (Mr Sanderson appeared for his daughter.) He definitely slated that I prescribed absolutely no medicine, that all I did was to adjust, with the sole use of my bare hands, the first spinal segment to Its normal position pos-ition and that her hearing was restored. re-stored. Mv friends, if pressure upon the hrst'spin.-il nerve that tends to the ear was the cause of the child's deafness, deaf-ness, is putting it hack by an adjus-tive adjus-tive move of the hands "Practicing Medicine?" That pressure did cause the deafness is proven by the fact that hearing was restored as soon ns the pressure was relieved. The medical medi-cal men decline to touch the splnp. are such cases as these to be deaf forever, because chiropractors having hav-ing the keys to their health, are confined con-fined to jail upon the charge of "Practicing Medicine" without employing em-ploying medicine? Our medical men say they do not know chiropractic, our great medical medi-cal schools (who claim they teach ev-crvthing ev-crvthing pertaining to medicine) sav thev do not teach it. Then is it medicine? If so. they surely are not complete in their instructions, a nn-ropractor nn-ropractor does not employ medicine, then can it be "the practice of medicine?" medi-cine?" I wonder if the incentive back of my prosecution could possibly possi-bly be to utilize your tax payers good money by the medical board lo TRY to kill wholesome competition? Friends, my patient on the stand testified benefit was derived from my work and (hat it was absolutely "uon-medical." I have 100 testimonials testimon-ials that I could give you, far more nartling than this one. of benefits derived de-rived from my simple work of adjusting ad-justing the misaligned spinal segments, seg-ments, thus romoving the CAUSE of Man's disease. My fight, I declare, is not a financial finan-cial one. but one based upon an earnest determination to give my simple, humble ability to the sick, can I give up with such an incentive? Can 1 lose? I will gladly serve 100 days each year in these barren jail walls if necessary to help but one ungle deaf case as presented to the Judge in my trial. I am choosing this disagreeable, lonely jail sentence, to be free of my conscience. T can not iay a cent on an .unjust charge for loing my fellow man good and entirely en-tirely without medicine. My principles are clean, my rITnrts ire bent to assist, my sick fellow men by a natural process, that he may be well, as God inetnded and re. luires him to be. My purpose is pure ind how can I give up to an unprin-dpled unprin-dpled prosecution? My conscience won't let uie loose, "I'm in to Win." I will consol myself to reside my 100 days in your jail, as directed by your jduge, but 1 will not promise .'ou not to again lend my efforts to "elievp your sick of the cause cf dy 3ase, by my natural, simple method, is soon as I am released. That's the luty my conscience demands of me. God intended man to be well and-. I'm doing His work if I assist man in his sickness. There is as much difference dif-ference betwren medical doctors 'hat use drugs to treat disease, and hiropractic, which adjusts the cause if disease, as thbre is between n horse-chestnut and a chestnut horse. Respectfully yours, BENJ. R. JOHNSON, D. C. Chiropractor. Sanpete County Jail, , Mauti, Utah. |