Principles Of Osteopathy Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Principles of Osteopathy Owing to the largely increasing interest in the science of Osteopathy, its great success as a healing art, the opening of many schools for the teaching of the science, and the flocking to these schools of scores and hundreds of young men and women, the two previous editions of this book - Principles of Osteopathy - have been quickly exhausted. Repeated orders for the book reaching the author have made this third edition imperative at this time. The revision of these lectures has been thorough; the lectures on the History of Medicine have been omitted, as not being considered germain to the subject, and an appendix containing observations and facts of interest and value to the profession has been added. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Text Book of the Principles of Osteopathy Chapter IV. - the etiology OF disease. Abnormal Structural Conditions, 69. Disease Maintained by Structure, 73. The Lesion, 76 The Causes of Lesions, 78. Maintenance Of the Lesion, 81. Media Through which Lesions Produce Disease, Miscellaneous Notes, 88. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy In taking up a pen at my age, and assuming the responsibility of writing a book on the causes and treatment of diseases, philosophically and in a comprehensible manner, with words

Considered a groundbreaking medical discovery at the time Osteopathy is still a respected profession and is on the border between conventional and complementary medicine. In this book the founder of Osteopathy, Andrew Taylor Still, lays out the philosophies behind the art. Ahead of his time in such areas as belief in preventative care and disgust at the occasionally horrific side effects of the then-practices of conventional medicine AT Still decided (as in other areas of his life) to improve things rather than complain. Still was an interesting individual, prone to inventing his way around problems. He was also a doctor, author, surgeon, lawmaker and founder of a university. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Osteopathic Technic A brief summary of the principles of Osteopathy so far as they relate to the matter to be discussed in this book is a fitting introduction to it. Osteopathy rests on a very sure foundation. Its philosophy rests on axioms; its practice on facts; its profession and its history on success. The axioms on which its philosophy is founded are: I. Everything composed of mechanical parts is subject to disorder among those parts. From this axiom there is no appeal. There is no exception to it. The solar system is not an exception, the eye of the beetle is not an exception, and the human body is not an exception. A corollary of this axiom is that the greater the number of parts, the more frequent should be disorder or lesion among them; and there are a great many different parts to the human body. II. If anything depends on the order, then that thing will be deranged by the disorder. In the human body, function and health depend on the order; and disease arises from the disorder. There is no appeal from this axiom, for the laws of mechanics are fundamental wherever they apply. These are the two fundamental axioms on which the science is based. But let us go further with the matter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.