Quacks and grafters / by Ex-osteopath; being an exposé of the state of therapeutics at the present time, with some reasons why such grafters flourish, and suggestions to remedy the deplorable muddle.

Date:
1908
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Credit: Quacks and grafters / by Ex-osteopath; being an exposé of the state of therapeutics at the present time, with some reasons why such grafters flourish, and suggestions to remedy the deplorable muddle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    PART II—OSTEOPATHY. CHAPTER VII—Some Definitions and Histories 79 Romantic Story of Osteopathy's Origin—-An Asthma Cure—Headache Cured by Plowlines—Log Rolling to Relieve Dysentery—Osteopathy is Drugless Heal- ing—Osteopathy is Manual Treatment—Liberty of Blood, Nerves and Arteries—Perfect Skeletal Align- ment and Tonic, Ligamentous, Muscular and Facial Relaxation—Andrew T. Still in 1874—Kirksville, Mo., as a Mecca—American School of Osteopathy— The Promised Golden Stream of Prosperity—The Mossbacks—Who's Who in Osteopathy. CHAPTER VIII—The Osteopathic Propaganda 88 Wonderful Growth Claimed to Prove Merit—Oste- opathy is Rational Physio-Therapy—Growth is in Exact Proportion to Advertising Received—Booklets and Journals for Gratuitous Distribution—Osteop- athy Languishes or Flourishes by Patent Medicine Devices—Circular Letter from Secretary of Ameri- can Osteopathic Association—Boosts by Governors and Senators—The Especial Protege of Authors— Mark Twain—Opie Reed—Emerson Hough—Sam Jones—The Orificial Surgeon—The M.D. Seeking Job as Professor—The Lure of Honored Doctor with Big Income—No Competition. CHAPTER IX—The Principles and Practice of Os- teopathy 97 Infallible, Touch-the-Button System that Always Cured—Indefinite Movements and Manipulations— Wealth of Undeveloped Scientific Facts—Osteopaths Taking M.D. Course—The Standpatter and the Drifter—The Lesionist—Bone Setting—Inhibit- ing a Center—Chiropractics—Finest Anatomists in the World—How to Cure Torticollis, Goitre and Enteric Troubles—^A Successful Osteopath—Timid Old Maids—Osteopathic Philanthropy. [11]