Philosophy of Osteopathy

Name: Philosophy of Osteopathy
Author: A. T. Still

by A. T. Still

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Philosophy of Osteopathy;
ANDREW T. STILL,
Preface.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Philosophy of Osteopathy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CHAPTER XII.
Scarlet Fever and Smallpox.
AS DEFINED BY ALLOPATHY.
SCARLET FEVER AS DEFINED BY OSTEOPATHY.
SMALLPOX.
POWER TO DRIVE GREATER THAN IN MEASLES.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CHAPTER XIX.
Concluding Remarks.
THOUGHTS FOR CONSIDERATION.
OFFERING A NEW PHILOSOPHY.
LYMPHATICS AND FASCIA.
A SATISFACTORY EXPERIMENT.
NATURAL WASHING OUT.
CHAPTER XX.
The Superior Cervical Ganglion.
WITH WHAT IT HAS COMMUNICATION.
ITS POSITION.
ONE OF ITS FUNCTIONS.
STIMULATION OR INHIBITION.
THE END.
FOOTNOTES
A. T. Still's Table or Device,
That He Has Constructed For The Use of The Operator, The Ease And Comfort of The Patient.
The American School of Osteopathy,
KIRKSVILLE, MO.
COURSE OF STUDY.
FIRST TERM.
SECOND TERM.
THIRD TERM.
FOURTH TERM.
The A. T. Still Infirmary
Cures by the Science of Osteopathy all Diseases Which are Known as Curable.
OPERATIVE SURGERY.
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