Philosophy of Osteopathy

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Author

Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor), 1828-1917

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Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

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RZ: Medicine: Other systems of medicine

Subject

Osteopathic medicine

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eBook-No.

25864

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25864

Release Date

June 22, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Philosophy of Osteopathy; — BY
2. 2.ANDREW T. STILL,
3. 3.Preface.
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
5. 5.Philosophy of Osteopathy.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — Some Introductory Remarks. — NOT A WORK OF COMPILATION. — AUTHORS QUOTED. — METHOD OF REASONING. — THE OSTEOPATH AN ARTIST. — WHEN I BECAME AN OSTEOPATH. — DR. NEAL'S OPINION. — THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS. — WHAT STUDIES NECESSARY. — WHAT I MEAN BY ANATOMY. — PRINCIPLES. — THE PRACTICING OSTEOPATH'S GUIDE. — THE FASCIA. — NOT A PLEASANT TASK. — WITHOUT ACCEPTED THEORIES. — TRUTHS OF NATURE. — BODY, MOTION AND MIND. — OSTEOPATHY TO CURE DISEASE. — THE OSTEOPATH SHOULD FIND HEALTH.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — Osteopathic Explorations. — DIVISIONS OF THE BODY. — SEARCHING FOR THE CAUSE. — DUTY OF THE OSTEOPATHIC EXPLORER. — CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION. — THE ABNORMAL. — NERVE POWERS. — WITNESSES TO EXAMINE. — ABNORMAL GROWTHS. — CEREBRO SPINAL FLUID. — BODY IN PERFECT HEALTH. — CHEMISTRY. — NATURE'S CHEMISTRY. — CORRECT METHOD OF REASONING.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — The Head. — A FREE CIRCULATION. — DEATH BLOWS. — SOMETHING OF THE NECK. — ORDER OF TREATMENT. — THE PELVIS. — THE BRAIN OF ANIMALS. — ARTERIAL MOTION. — MENTAL VIBRATIONS. — THE WHEELS OF THOUGHT. — OVERBURDENING THE MIND. — HEMIPLEGIA.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — Ear Wax and Its Uses. — NATURE MAKES NOTHING IN VAIN. — A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT. — A QUESTION FOR AGES. — THE POSITION. — MEANING OF LIFE. — SOME QUESTIONS ASKED. — CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN DISEASES, CAUSED BY COLDS. — CERUMEN IN FLUID STATE. — WINTER KILLS BABIES. — SOME ADVICE TO MOTHERS. — A CASE IN POINT. — CONNECTION OF BRAIN AND OTHER NERVES IN DIGESTION. — UNAIDED INVESTIGATION.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — Diseases of the Chest. — WHERE CONFINED. — CONSUMPTION. — HOW CONSUMPTION USUALLY BEGINS. — CAN CONSUMPTION BE CURED? — CONSUMPTION DESCRIBED. — NO TIME FOR SURRENDER. — CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID. — HOW TO DESTROY DEADLY BOMBS OF DECAY. — BATTLE OF BLOOD FOR LIFE. — MILITIS TUBERCULOSIS. — CONVERSION OF BODIES INTO GAS. — FORMING A TUBERCLE. — BREEDING CONTAGION. — THE SEEDS OF DISEASE. — GENERATING FEVER. — WHOOPING COUGH. — CLOUDS AND LUNGS ARE MUCH ALIKE. — THE WISDOM OF NATURE. — WATER FORMED IN LUNGS. — THE LAW OF FIVES. — FEEBLE ACTION OF HEART. — THE HEART. — FROM NECK TO HEART. — DYSPEPSIA OR IMPERFECT DIGESTION. — QUESTIONS OF GAS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — The Lymphatics. — IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT. — DEMANDS OF NATURE ON THE LYMPHATICS. — DUNGLINSON'S DEFINITION. — DANGERS OF DEAD SUBSTANCES. — LYMPH CONTINUED. — NATURE'S SOLVENTS. — WHERE ARE THE LYMPHATICS SITUATED? — THE FAT AND LEAN.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — The Diaphragm. — INVESTIGATION. — A STRUGGLE WITH NATURE. — LESSON OF CAUSE AND EFFECT. — SOMETHING OF MEDICAL ETIQUETTE. — THE MEDICAL DOCTOR. — AN EXPLORER FOR TRUTH MUST BE INDEPENDENT. — THE DIAPHRAGM INTRODUCED. — A USEFUL STUDY. — COMBATTING EFFECTS. — IS LEAST UNDERSTOOD. — A CASE OF BILIOUS FEVER. — A DEMAND ON THE NERVES. — DANGER OF COMPRESSION. — A CAUSE FOR DISEASE. — WAS A MISTAKE MADE IN THE CREATION? — AN EXPLORATION. — RESULT OF REMOVAL OF DIAPHRAGM. — SUSTAINING LIFE PRINCIPLES. — STALE LIFE. — LAW APPLICABLE TO OTHER ORGANS. — POWER OF DIAPHRAGM. — OMENTUM.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — Liver, Bowels and Kidneys. — GENDER OF THE LIVER. — PRODUCTIONS OF THE LIVER. — A HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED. — EVIDENCES OF TRUTH. — LOADED WITH IGNORANCE. — LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE KIDNEY. — HOW A PURGATIVE ACTS. — FLUX (BLOODY DYSENTERY.) — HOW DOES THE OSTEOPATH CURE? — FLUX MORE FULLY DESCRIBED. — OSTEOPATHIC REMEDIES. — MEDICAL REMEDIES. — MORE OF THE OSTEOPATHIC REMEDY.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — The Blood. — USES FOR FLUIDS. — BLOOD AN UNKNOWN FLUID. — HARVEY ONLY REACHED THE BANKS OF THE RIVER OF LIFE. — BLOOD IS SYSTEMATICALLY FURNISHED. — FATALITY OF IGNORANCE. — TO FIND THE CAUSE. — MUST BE HONEST. — FOLLOWING ARTERIES AND NERVES. — FEEDING THE NERVES. — THE BLOOD ON ITS JOURNEY. — POWERS NECESSARY TO MOVE BLOOD. — VENOUS BLOOD SUSPENDED.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — The Fascia. — WHERE DISEASE IS SOWN. — AN ILLUSTRATION OF CONCEPTION. — THE GREATEST PROBLEM. — A FOUNTAIN OF SUPPLY. — FASCIA OMNIPRESENT. — CONNECTION WITH THE SPINAL CORD. — GOES WITH AND COVERS ALL MUSCLES. — PROOFS IN CONTAGION. — STUDY OF NERVES AND FASCIA. — TUMEFY, TUMEFACTION. — MEDICAL DOCTOR'S TREATMENT.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — Fevers. — BE ARMED WITH FACTS. — UNION OF HUMAN GASES WITH OXYGEN. — FEVER AND NETTLE-RASH. — NATURE CONSTRUCTS TO SUIT A WISE PURPOSE. — PROCESSES OF LIFE MUST BE KEPT IN MOTION. — NO SATISFACTION FROM AUTHORS. — ANIMAL HEAT. — SEMEIOLOGY. — SYMPTOMATOLOGY. — POTTER'S DEFINITION OF FEVER. — FEVERS ONLY EFFECTS. — RESULT OF STOPPAGE OF VEIN OR ARTERY. — ANEURISMS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — Scarlet Fever and Smallpox. — AS DEFINED BY ALLOPATHY. — SCARLET FEVER AS DEFINED BY OSTEOPATHY. — SMALLPOX. — POWER TO DRIVE GREATER THAN IN MEASLES.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — A Chapter of Wonders and Some Valuable Questions. — WONDERS ON THE INCREASE. — WHAT IS LIFE? — HOW IS ACTION PRODUCED. — ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH THE MACHINERY. — DUTY OF THE OSTEOPATH. — FORMATION OF SACRUM. — THE PELVIS. — APPEARANCE OF ŒDEMA. — DO ALL DISEASES HAVE BEGINNING IN ŒDEMA? — QUESTIONS FOR THE OSTEOPATH.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — Has Man Degenerated? — THE ADVENT OF MAN. — CARE OF THE STOCK RAISER. — MENTAL DEGENERATION MAKES IT UNPLEASANT FOR THE ORIGINAL THINKER. — ORIGINAL THINKERS OF THE ANCIENTS. — METHODS OF HEALING. — FAILURE OF ALLOPATHY. — PRIMITIVE MAN. — EVIDENCES OF PREHISTORIC MAN. — MENTAL DWARFAGE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — Osteopathic Treatment. — FIVE POINTS. — VISCERAL LIST. — CARE IN TREATING THE SPINAL CORD. — HOW TO TREAT THE SPINAL COLUMN. — MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF ALL. — PERFECT DRAINAGE. — WHAT TREATING MEANS. — A NATURAL CURE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — Reasoning Tests. — THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX. — OPERATING FOR APPENDICITIS. — EXPELLING POWER OF THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX. — CARE EXERCISED IN MAKING ASSERTIONS. — REASONING TESTS. — THE ABDOMEN. — A LIST OF UNEXPLAINED DISEASES. — CONCLUDING REMARKS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — Obstetrics. — OVERLOADING. — BIRTHS. — PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY. — CAUTION. — SECOND EXAMINATION. — LASCERATION NEED NOT OCCUR. — CARE OF CORD. — SEVERING CORD. — PUTTING ON BELLY BAND. — DELIVERY OF AFTERBIRTH. — PREPARING FOR MOTHER'S COMFORT. — POST-DELIVERY HEMORRHAGE. — TREATMENT FOR. — FOOD FOR MOTHER. — TREATMENT FOR SORE BREAST.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — Convulsions. — OLD PHRASES. — RESULT OF STOPPAGE OF FLUIDS. — OLD THEORY OF FITS. — WHAT THE REAL CAUSE MAY BE. — LISTEN FOR THE CAUSE. — WHAT IS A FIT? — SENSORY SYSTEM DEMANDING NOURISHMENT. — THE CAUSES. — THE REMEDY. — DISLOCATION OF THE FOUR UPPER RIBS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — Concluding Remarks. — THOUGHTS FOR CONSIDERATION. — OFFERING A NEW PHILOSOPHY. — LYMPHATICS AND FASCIA. — A SATISFACTORY EXPERIMENT. — NATURAL WASHING OUT.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — The Superior Cervical Ganglion. — WITH WHAT IT HAS COMMUNICATION. — ITS POSITION. — ONE OF ITS FUNCTIONS. — STIMULATION OR INHIBITION. — THE END. — FOOTNOTES
26. 26.A. T. Still's Table or Device, — That He Has Constructed For — The Use of The Operator, The Ease And Comfort of The Patient.
27. 27.The American School of Osteopathy, — KIRKSVILLE, MO. — COURSE OF STUDY. — FIRST TERM. — SECOND TERM. — THIRD TERM. — FOURTH TERM.
28. 28.The A. T. Still Infirmary — Cures by the Science of Osteopathy all Diseases Which are Known as Curable. — OPERATIVE SURGERY.

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