Autobiography, with a history of the discovery and development of the science of osteopathy.

  • Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor), 1828-1917.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Autobiography, with a history of the discovery and development of the science of osteopathy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XXXIII. In Which I Make Some Allusion to My Family—My Wife- Gathering Gems of Thought—My Children-—Drawing to a Close—My Friends—The Book of Life—Our Dead—Fred— Conclusion—Lines on a Skeleton. I feel I would not do justice were I to leave my family without giving them meritorious mention, though it is not their biography I am writing. But as each one has rendered personal assistance of great value, it is due them that I make mention of these facts. Over a quarter of a century my wife, Mary E. Still, has given her counsel, advice, consent, and has encouraged me to go on and unfold the truths, laws, and principles of life; to open and proclaim them to the world by demonstration, which is the only method by which truth can be established. These were the basic principles on which I embarked on the ocean's un- explored surface. And at the conclusion of each voyage, whether it was long or short, I brought home such specimens as I could pick up as an explorer, spread them on the table for her consideration and the amusement of the children. She received all truths, and separated them from the doubtful, labeled, numbered, and filed away each block and piece that fitted in the great building of man’s life. I cared nothing for the compass that pointed