The osteopath's boast / by Douglas Graham. The osteopath's lament / by Douglas Graham.

  • Douglas Graham
Date:
[1912?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The osteopath's boast / by Douglas Graham. The osteopath's lament / by Douglas Graham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Who has won distinction with his clan By advocating some new name For something old to spread his fame; But this small grace is not for us. And that is why we make a fuss. In good old Scotland’s isle There lived the Duke of Argyle, A man of very great merit, Who, without claiming at all any credit, Put up posts on his vast estate So that his tenants need not wait For an Osteopathic O. D. To scratch their backs just a wee. They suffered so much from the itch, It made them as crazy’s a witch, And as they rubbed their own backs with a smile Exclaimed, ‘“‘God bless the Duke of Argyle!”’ There’s Henrik Ling, who had the knack Of twisting the bones an’ putting them back; The ‘‘Movement Cure’”’ he called his art, And this is not so far apart From what we practise nowadays And thus get such uncalled-for praise. Mortimer Granville of London, too, Who makes us feel so very blue, He did find out the art so fine Of vibrating nerves along the spine, Which we did think was all our own; And thus the seed for strife is sown. Old Doc. Munroe of Boston town, The nerve adjuster of renown— We have but learned of his skill, Which makes us feel just almost ill; {f he were but alive to-day We would not have a word to say, We’d hang our heads for very shame, For surely we are much to blame. If we had only had horse-sense We'd been more on our own defence. And looked this matter up before, And that is what we now deplore. In French and German much we'd find, In English too unless we’re blind; It is Massage when rightly done, . And that just ruins all our fun; But this—but this we cannot do And that is why it is not true.
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