The philosophy and mechanical principles of osteopathy / by Andrew Taylor Still.

  • Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor), 1828-1917.
Date:
1902
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Credit: The philosophy and mechanical principles of osteopathy / by Andrew Taylor Still. 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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    is produced. Perfect health is the natural result of pure blood. By it no deformities are constructed. On the other hand, we may have diseased or wounded corpuscles, which, when depos- ited in the mucous membrane by the conductors from the fas- cia, congregate and produce abnormal growths, such as fibroid tumors, cancers, and all abnormal conditions of flesh growths. Having had the perfection of the first stage or healthy corpus- cle, a biogenic life still exists in the wounded corpuscles. When these semi-normal corpuscles appear on the mucous membrane, they produce forms that are known by the name of microbes. They are natural to the body and come from the fascia, and in the condition of diminished health or vitality they are mistaken for foreign bodies, but they have not been added to the system from the outside. Thus we say membraneous croup microbes, diphtheria microbes, and so on. They are carried to the mucous membrane in this semi-vital condition of biogenic life, and, with their affinity for one another, congregate upon the mucous membrane of the trachea, mouth, or throat generally. Now we will consider the third and last corpuscle, or the dead corpuscle. When it leaves the fascia from any part of the system and arrives in the mucous membrane of the lungs, it is simply dropped out into the lung-cells as dead matter, and we have consumption and all other wasting diseases of the lungs. We wish it to be understood that thus far we have been speak- ing of the lymphatics of the fascia. We can account by this philosophy for the cause of cancer and other growths, which will be mentioned as we proceed with the subject of disease and cause. We will be more elaborate as we take up and describe the diseases that come from the blood confounded in the fascia, artery, muscle, vein, or the nervous systems. Through the three conditions of the blood while in the fascia we can reason- ably account for effects, such as good health, or abnormal growths and physical wastes. At this time we wish to call your