title: The cure of disease by osteopathy, hydropathy and hygiene.
text: •7 v0.m ::;:^ si'? * ■'■ ■ ■ i-5 # } 1T1 \ k y >aZ™ ss <^^ R Z 3^4 v, . ' Dt.. Natth LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. KZ-. — Chap._„____ Copyfigllt No.. Shelfc/fe UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Copyrighted 1900 By Ferdinand L. Matthay. THE CURE OF DISEASE BY Osteopathy, Hydropathy and Hygiene. A BOOK FOR THE PEOPLE. Giving directions for the Treatment and Cure of Diseases Without the Use of Drug Medicines. Fully Illustrated with Half-tone Photographs. ALSO, VALUABLE RULES OF HEALTH DR. F\ L. MflTTHAY. TW» COPIES RECE1VBD, Library of CesgrM* Offl9o of tM MAYS 11800 Kegltttr of C«tytfgM«h sbcono copy. TO MY NOBLE AND HONORABLE GRANDFATHER FERDINAND GOTTSCHALK ~K~l OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED, AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE AND ESTEEM, BY THE AUTHOR. 59103 f?^?^f?V 1 a INTRODUCTION. This book is intended as a guide for the home, the % missionary, the traveler and the thousands of chronic sick who for years have been dosed with poisons, with no good result and who are on the verge of dispair. When most needed its remedies do not fail. If the treatments are properly admin- istered they can be relied on every time. The general knowledge this book imparts and the useful instruction it gives for the preservation and restoration of health, comfort, happiness and beauty is worth more to any family or individual than all the strong drastic medicines in the world. Leaving: out of view the consideration that this will enable the readers of this book to dispense, in a great measure with costly services and the nauseous drugs of the apothecary. The Osteopathic Treatment which has recently come into use and won its way to the favorable regard of all classes, and which has never before been given to the public, I have combined with the hygienic remedies which have latterly been so ex- tensively employed in the different parts of Europe. The Osteopathic and Hygienic Treatments never injure, while medicines do permanent harm even when they give temporary relief. Medicines are poisonous in their nature, that is, they will make the well sick, and I believe, that anything that will make a w^ell person sick, will only make sick per- sons sicker. This treatment if given to the well produces no symptom of disease. For this reason a mistaken diagnosis is not so serious a matter where the Osteo- pathic Treatment is given as where strong drugs are administered. It is not my intention for a person without the knowledge of diseases or the human machinery to become an Osteopathic physician by the mere read- ing of this little work, on the contrary, to be a skill- ed Osteopath takes years of stud}- and many years of experience. But so many of the treatments are so simple that one without the slightest knowledge of anatomy or physiology and the most unlearned can with a very little common sense apply them suc- cessfully. Having been situated for several years as to have the care of a large number of chronic cases, many of whom had tried in vain all remedies which had been presented to them by numerous medical advisors, but without relief, I have found it necessary to give this class of sufferers much careful study and a somewhat larger degree of attention than would have been required in a different field of practice. The result of my observations has been the conclu sion that not only the common people but medical practitioners also are in general very deficient in knowledge on these diseases. This is evidenced in the one case by the persistent continuance of habits which have in many instances been the sole cause of production and perpetuation of their malady; and in the other by the fact that patients are rarely in- formed of the real cause of the disease, but arc treated with remedies which can at most but palli- ate the symptoms, doing nothing toward removing the cause of the disease and too frequently aggra- vating the patient's sufferings in the end. I have had, also, abundant reason for being con- vinced that there is on the part of all classes, not ex- cepting a large share of the average medical prac- titioners, a sad deficiency of information on the sub- ject of hygienic medicine. The relation of hygiene to health, and especially the relation of different dietaries to different morbid conditions of the diges- tive organs are subjects concerning which there is the most lamentable ignorance. I have met numer- ous cases in which the disorders required nothing more than a change of regimen and habits of life, to effect a cure. It is the sincere hope of the author that his little volume may be of material service to the large class of chronic sufferers to enable them to successfully pilot their way back to the port of health. F. L. M. St. Paul, Minn., April 9th, 1900. 10. PRINCIPLES OF HYGIENIC MEDICATION. That the system of Hygienic Medication may be known to have a basis both scientific and practical, I will give a synopsis of its principles: 1. All healing power is inherent in the living or- ganism. 2. Remedial agents do not act upon the living system, but are acted upon by the vital powers. 3. Disease is a remedial effort — a process of pu- rification and reparation; an effort to restore the balance between the two great forces of the system — the nervous and the muscular forces. 4. Truly remedial agents are materials and in- fluences which have normal relation to the vital or- gans, and not drugs and poisons, which are abnor- mal and anti-vital. 5. The True Healing Art consists in supplying the system with whatever of Nature's Materia Medica it can use under the circumstances, and not in the administration of poisons , which it must re- sist and expel. 6. Drug remedies are themselves causes of dis- ease — if they cure one disease, it is by producing, a drug disease. 7. Diseases are caused by obstructions, the ob- structing material being poisons or impurities of some kind. 8. The Hygienic system removes these obstruc- tions, restores proper balance, and leaves the body sound. 11. 9. Drug medicines add to the causes of obstruc- tion, and change acute into chronic disease. 10. The Hygienic System of Medication adopts all the remedial appliances in existence, and rejects poisons. 11. Nature's Materia Medica consists of Earth, Air, Water, Sunlight, Manipulations, Kest, Food, Drink, Water, Sleep, Clothing, Mental Influences and Mechanical or Surgical Appliances. OSTEOPATHY. Osteopathy is veritably a common sense method of healing diseased conditions of the body, either structural or functional — without knife or drugs — by means of strictly scientific manipulations. It makes no demands upon the vitality of the patient, but enlists the curative powers contained within the body, which readily respond when properly ap- pealed to. Its method is purely mechanical and its cardinal principles might be classified as: Skeleton Adjustment, Glandular Activity, Free Circulation of Blood and Co-ordination of Nerve force. Osteopathy comes from the Greek word "osteon" meaning bone and "pathos" pain. While Osteopathy is a new name given to this science by Dr. Still of Kirksville, Mo., and is called a new science, it is known that manipulation and movements were largely practised in ancient China and during the period from three to four thousand years before Christ it constituted the most valuable part of the whole system of the healing art. 12. HYDROPATHY OK WATER CURE. Next to air water is the most important thing touching human life and health. The water cure has cured tens of thousands of sick people in Eu- rope and America. Europe has hundreds of water cure doctors who cure all curable diseases and often after drugs have been tried for years in vain. Four fifths of the human body is composed of water. Water dissolves our food and carries it through the body. It also carries out the waste matter through the skin, lungs, kidneys and bowels. Eminent authorities claim that it is necessary to drink one tumbler full of water to each ten pounds of weight, once every twenty-four hours. Every curable disease can be cured by hygienic medicine, which means by diet, bathing, fresh air, Osteopathy, exercise and application of heat and cold. 13. ANAEMIA (or Anemia). Symptoms — Pale face, weakness, vertigo, insom- nia, impaired appetite, impaired digestion and cold extremities. TREATMENT. (1.) Have the patient lying on the side; use the arm as a lever (cut 3) and with your fingers pressing rather hard close to the spine; begin high up close to the vertebra, move the muscles deep upward and outward very gently but thoroughly, the entire length of the spine. Treat the other side similarly. Be very careful not to use the tips of the fingers in this treatment as that would cause the patient unnecessary pain. Hold the hands as flat as pos- sible using the fingers about the first joint. Very often tender spots are found along the spine; at such places a little additional treatment is indi- cated. These tender spots are often a congested condition over some nerve centre which controls some distant part. (2.) Have the patient lying on his back; flex the limbs against the chest and rotate the limb from side to side quite strongly two or three times (cut 4). Extend the limb with a light jerk. If this treatment is given properly it will free the femoral artery and vein and should be given thor- oughly when the patient is suffering with cold feet. 14. (3.) With one hand on each side of the thigh, the fingers meeting, begin close to the body and move the flesh to the bone from side to side. (4,) With the patient on his back, place one hand under the chin, the other hand under the back of the head ; pull gently and rotate the head from side to side. (5.) Have the patient on a stool; place your knee between the patient's shoulders, hold the patient's wrists and raise the arms slowly but strongly high above the head, pressing hard with the knee and lowering the arms with a backward motion, (cut 5 ) . The patient should inhale, rilling the lungs to their utmost capacity while the arms are raised, ex- haling as the arms are lowered. (6.) In all cases where the action of the heart is toe rapid, place one hand on each side of the neck, the fingers almost meeting over the spines of the four or five upper cervical vertebrae; press gently two or three minutes upon the vaso motor centre. ( cut 6 ) . A pressure at this point causes the arter- ies to relax, thus increasing their caliber and slow- ing the action of the heart. (7.) Always begin with a very light treatment and increase in strength witl^gach treatment until a point is reached where it wjoltld be unwise to treat with more strength. Th«e,j|perator must use good judgment as to how strong! or light a treatment should be given to produce the best results. The patient should always feel refreshed and re~ lieved after each treatment. 16. This treatment should be given every other day. Take plenty of sleep and inhale plenty of fresh air. Exerciser little each day. Sun baths and quick sponge baths should be taken daily. Bat plenty of fruit, whole wheat bread, grains and vegetables. Avoid all drugs, pork, sweets, pas- try, alcohol, tea, coffee and tobacco. APPENDICITIS. Symptoms — Begins with a feeling of weight, soreness and rapidly developing and severe pain in the lower right abdomen. The pain is increased by lying on the left side, the right leg is drawn, the ab- domen becomes tense, prominent and tender. Fever and loss of appetite. TREATMENT. (1.) Have the patient on his back; begin in the lower right abdomen and manipulate gently, but as deep as possible the ascending, transverse and de- scending colon, endeavoring to move any hardened lump of feces towards the rectum. (2.) Have the patient on his left side; hold the right hand of the patient and assistant holding the hip, draw the arm strongly above the head giving thorough extention. (cut 7) (8.) Have the patient on his left side; manipu- late deep and strong but gently over the cecum and vermiform appendix, manipulating as thoroughly as possible. 18. If this treatment is given correctly, in a careful and gentle manner, immediate relief will be experi- enced by the patient. (4.) Give No. 1 of Anaemia Treatment, (cut 3). (5.) Give No. 6 Anaemia Treatment. This treatment should be given every day. The first treatment will usually give relief. Use ice cold wet cloths and sitz baths several times a day to allay inflammation. Wash out the bowels by several injections of from two to four quarts of hot water. Take plenty of fresh air. The diet should be very light, gruels from oat-flake, rice or barley. To prevent another attack live according to "The Rules of Health/' ASTHMA. Symptoms — The attack comes on suddenly with struggles for breath, loud noises and wheezing with each breath. The face is flushed and the eyes have a terrorized expression. Marked dyspepsia and the scanty passage of pale, limped urine. The attack may last a few minutes, hours or days. Asthma which is called incurable by the medical profession can always be benefited and most cases can be cured by the following treatments. TREATMENT. (1.) Have the patient on his back; stand behind the patient, with the left hand hold the patient's left 20. wrist, place your right hand under the shoulder half way between the shoulder blade and the spine, slowly draw the arm upward high above the head, pulling steadily and strongly, at the same time having the patient take large inhalations, lower the arms with the fingers pressing steadily on an angle of the ribs. Treat opposite side in a similar man- ner. (2). Give No. 5 of Anaemia treatment. Give this thoroughly. (3). Have the patient on his back, with one hand on each side of the thorax, press the ribs up- ward and forward, holding them in this position while the patient fills the lungs. (4). Place the hand lightly over the lungs and vibrate gently for a couple of minutes over that portion which seems to be affected. Particular at- tention should be paid to vibration in all lung trou- bles. When properly administered it quickens, stimulates, strengthens and assists very materially in reducing congestion and inflammation and is beneficial in many cases. Vibration should be ap- plied with a loose wrist joint, using no greater pres- sure than the weight of the hand. All coughs, colds on the lungs, pleurisy and short, difficult breathing respond quickly to the Asthma cure. All those suffering from Asthma should avoid meat, greasy food, tobacco and stimulants. Eat plenty of fruit; have plenty of fresh air day and night; take a sponge bath daily. The hot sitz bath with hot cloth to the chest and cold along the spine is very beneficial. 21. BAD HEARING. Symptoms — A lack or deficiency in the sense of hearing. TREATMENT. (1). Have the patient on his back; place one hand under the chin and the other under the back of the head, pull gently and rotate the head in all di- rections. Try to stretch all the muscles of the neck. (2). Pull slowly on the head until the body moves. (3). Stand behind the patient and with the fin- gers nearly meeting on the back of the patient's neck press hard with the fingers upward and out- ward, manipulate the entire length of the neck in this manner. (1). Manipulate the muscles thoroughly and deep in the front of the neck, place the hand under the chin, drawing the neck backward; work as deeply as possible under the jaw. (5). Manipulate as deep and thorough as pos- sible all the muscles around the ear. (6). With the index finger work as deeply into the ear as possible without giving pain. Move the muscles in all directions. (7). Pull gently on the lobule with the thumb and finger. All diseases of the ear are greatly benefited and many cured. The usual time required to cure dif- ficult cases is from one to three months. 22. The cure is entirely affected through the circu- lation, consequently the above treatment is indi- cated in all cases. Prof. Kirk, of Edinburg, has cured a great number of cases by applying a bag of hot water to the back of the head for an hour each day. Doing this for a week, then omitting it a Aveek, then again for a week, etc. Some have been cured of total deafness by applying hot wet cloths to the back of the head for half an hour each day. Injections of warm Avater into the ear, Avashing out hardened AA T ax, has been found beneficial to some. BED-WETTING— ENURESIS. Symptoms — Im T oluntary discharge of the urine. TREATMENT. (1). Children who have no control over their urine can be cured with a very few treatments by pressing on the sacrum close to the last lumbar A^er- tebrae and raising the limbs as high as the patient can stand Avithout pain. Adults can also be cured with about four Aveeks of the above treatment. Avoid drinking for three or four hours before re- tiring, empty the bladder regularly and especially before retiring. 24. IMPURE BLOOD. Give the same treatment as for Anaemia. If you have impure blood you need pure food, pure water and pure air ; these are the necessaries. Avoid drugs or patent medicines. As the greater part of human blood is water, it is necessary to drink a great deal of it. Drink plenty of pure water and it will do you more good than all the drugs in the world. BLOODY FLUX OR ACUTE DYSENTERY. Symptoms — Diarrhea, nausea, slight feYer with colicky pains about the navel, also burning pains in the rectum. Evacuation contains blood and pus. Headache and weakness. TREATMENT. (1). Have the patient on his back, stand beside the bed and put both hands under him on each side of the spine about the lumbar vertebrae, raise the patient several inches off the bed, his weight rest- ing on the ends of the fingers. Do this several times. (2) . Have the patient on a stool, and place your knee on his back about the lumbar vertebrae, draw the patient backward as far as he can stand, hold a moment. Repeat this several times. (Cut 8.) (3). Give No. 6 Anaemia treatment to allay fever. 25. (4) Give No. 1 Anaemia treatment. This treatment should be given every three or four hours, and if given correctly the results will be remarkable. The writer has cured some bad cases by a few treatments and often after the med- ical doctors had failed to give any relief. The pa- tient should rest quietly in bed. Give large injec- tions of either hot or cold water. Apoly hot wet cloths or cold cloths to the abdomen. It is best to fast for a day or two, use a limited diet of fruits, gruels and toasted brown bread. BRONCHITIS. Symptoms Pain in the chest, cough, dry, then loose, chilliness, light fever, acting all over, loss cf appetite. TREATMENT. Give entire Osteopathic treatment for Asthma. Eat only two meals a day, avoid all rich foods, stimulants and drugs. Inhale plenty of fresh air. ACUTE NASAL CATARRH OR COLD IN THE HEAD. Symptoms — Sneezing, a watery discharge from the nose, chilliness, and a little fever. Scabs of dried mucus may form inside the nostrils. 26. TBEATMENT. (1). Give a thorough neck treatment. See the first four manipulations for bad hearing. (2). Move the muscles around the eyes, and beginning in the corner of the eyes, move the muscles upward and downward with hard pressure the entire length of the nose. (3). Manipulate all the muscles of the head thoroughly. (4). Give No. 6 of Anaemia treatment. In acute cases this treatment should be given every twelve to twenty-four hours ; in chronic cases every other day is sufficient. A hot sitz bath and hot lemonade with a hot foot bath, just before retiring is excellent in acute cases. Those suffering from catarrh should live, as close as possible, to nature. All the treatments and drugs in the world will not cure chronic catarrh unless the patient has plenty of air, sunlight and water. Eat only fruits, grains and fresh vegetables, drink frequently of water, and bathe frequently. Take an occasional mud bath and also a sun bath. COLD FEET. (1). Give No. 2 and No. 3 of Anaemia treat- ment. (2). Manipulate thoroughly the feet and limbs, rub the soles of the feet vigorously. Treat every day. Exercise a couple of hours each day. Bathe the feet in cold water for two minutes, then rub them dry. 28. CONSTIPATION OR COSTIVENESS. Symptoms — Sluggish action of the bowels, the stool is small and hard, liver and kidneys inactive, headache and dizziness. TREATMENT. ( 1 ) . Give No. 1 of Anaemia treatment and man- ipulate thoroughly about the small of the back. (2). Give No. 1 Asthma treatment. (3). Give No. 1 Appendicitis treatment. ( 4 ) . Manipulate over and around the liver, with one hand on the ribs, the other over the liver ; press quite strongly. Work as deeply as possible with the fingers over the liver, under the ribs and raise them gently. (5). Vibrate over the liver. See No. 4 Asthma treatment. (6). Give No. 4 Anaemia treatment. Be care- ful to pull the head strongly and turn from right to left; also manipulate the muscles in front and side of the neck thoroughly. ( 7 ) . Have the patient on his back ; pound with the fists for a couple of minutes on the sacrum. The treatment is also good in cases of piles or hemorr- hoids. See illustration No. 11. This treatment should be given every other day and a cure of the worst form of constipation can be affected in from one to six weeks. Eat plenty of fruits and coarse grains. Take plenty of exercise every day. 29. CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS, OR TUBERCULOSIS. Symptoms — Generally begins with dyspepsia and cold hands and feet; failure of nutrition and enfeebled circulation are often noticed early. Loss of appetite, shortness of breath, pain in the chest and shoulders, night sweats, hacking cough, bleed- ing from the lungs of small quantities at intervals, expectoration of mucus, becoming frothv and then purulent, red spots on the cheeks, feverishness in evening and easily fatigued. In women derange- ment or suppression of mentrual functions. TREATMENT. (1). Give No. 1 Anaemia treatment. (2). Give No. 1 Asthma treatment. (3). Give No. 4 Asthma treatment. (4). Give No. 5 Anaemia treatment. (5). I have found it to good advantage to vib- rate over the spleen. Light cases of lung trouble can be cured in two weeks by one treatment every day or every other day. In some very stubborn cases from four weeks to two months, providing tuberculosis has not set in. Take daily a sponge bath. The diet should bo mainly of fruits and grains. Take deep inhalations in the open air every hour during the day. Be careful to breath through the nose, live in the open air as much as possible. Give up all bad habits and, tobacco, alcohol, tea, coffee, rich foods, pastry, con- diments, fried foods and drugs. Pains in the chest 30 are almost instantly relieved by hot wet cloths be- tween the shoulders, and cold wet cloths over the lungs; change both cloths every five minutes. DIFFICULT BREATHING. This occurs in a large number of diseases. Give the treatment same as for Asthma. Let the patient rest in an easy position and aptij^ hot wet cloths to the chest. Sponge the body once a day with hot water. Be careful as to diet, giving no solid food. DIPHTHERIA. Symptoms — These in many respects are variable and vary in intensity in different cases. The prom- inent symptoms being often disproportionate to the gravity of the attack. The invasion may be mild, with rigors, succeeded by moderate fever, headache, languor, loss of appetite, stiffness of the neck, ten- derness about the angles of the jaw, or slight sore- ness of the throat. In other cases the invasion is more abrupt and severe, with chilliness, followed by great febrile reaction; 103 to 105° F; pain in the ear, aching of the limbs, loss of strength, pain- ful deglutition and swelling of the neck, compelling the patient to take to the bed from the onset. The urine is scanty, high colored and contains albumen. Grayish white false membrane in the throat; there may be white patches in the throat without Croup or Diphtheria. 32. TREATMENT. (1). Give No. 4 Anaemia treatment. (2). Move all the muscles of the neck thor- oughly from side to side. (3). Manipulate the muscles in the patient's mouth with one finger, this loosens the membrane and it is likely to be expelled. (4). Give No. 1 Asthma treatment. (5). Have the patient on his back, put your arms around the patient, your fingers almost meet- ing on the spine below the last rib, press Avith the fingers on each side of the spine and raise the pa- tient's body till only the hips and shoulders rest on the bed, do this two or three times, moving the hands up a couple of inches ; this will stop all vomit- ing. (6). Give No. 6 Anaemia treatment. This will slow the action of the heart. Diphtheria in its worst form yields readily to the above treatment, sometimes a complete cure is affected in a few days. Treatment should be given every six hours and No. 6 may be given oftener as it always relieves. Apply ice cold cloths or ice in a rag to the throat. Every half hour apply hot wet cloths to the throat for ten minutes. Hold ice far back in the mouth. Give daily a hot sitz bath or a hot sponge bath. Do not give any food until after the crisis. Some of the most renowned physicians in the United States say that anti-toxine treatment is a complete fail- ure. 33 DYSMENORRHEA, OR PAINFUL MENSTRUA- TION. Symptoms — Usually from twenty-four to forty- eight hours before the discharge makes its appear- ance there will be pains in the back and loins and lower part of the abdomen, sometimes extending; down the thighs; this pain varies in character and duration in different persons and forms of this dis- ease. Some suffer but a few hours before relieved by the discharge and others suffer for several days: while the discharge takes place. Some cases are accompanied by constipation, nausea and sensi- tiveness of the stomach with great irritability of mind, fainting, headache and neuralgia may like- wise occur. TREATMENT. (1). Have the patient lying on her face, work on each side of the spine with the thumbs from the waist down, moving the muscles upward and out- ward. (2). Give No. 2 Anaemia treatment. Give this thoroughly. (3). Have the patient on her back, holding firmly to the head of the table or couch ; give gentle extension of the spine by pulling on her feet. (4). Vibrate lightly over the uterus for a min- ute or so. See No. 4 Asthma treatment. 34 (5). It is very often advisable in cases of sup- pressed menstruation or dysmenorrhea to give a portion or all of the treatment for Anaemia in ad- dition to the above. There is no treatment known that attains the success in the diseases of women as the Osteopathic treatment. It frees and equalizes the circulation and nerve wave to the sexual organs. There is liard- Iv any female disease which does not respond readily to the Osteopathic treatment, except dis eases which are the direct result of tuberculosis. Take a hot sitz bath and drink hot water. Rest in bed and eat little. Avoid eating rich foods, pastry, tea coffee and all drugs. Read the Rules of Health carefully, especially rule No. 3. In my experience I have met with great success in the treatment of diseases of women and give advice by mail. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION. Symptoms — Perverted appetite, difficult diges- tion, heart burn, flatulency, regurgitation or vomit- ing of portions of partly digested food or acrid fluid, pain or soreness at the pit of the stomach during digestion, tongue either clean or broad, flabby and pale, bowels constipated, drowsiness after meals, with wakefulness at night. Defective memory, headache, flashes of heat and palpitation of the heart. 35 TREATMENT. (1). Give No. 1 Anaemia treatment. Tender spots will usually be found on the spine between the shoulder blades, they will disappear after a few treatments, Avhen the patient will begin to recover. (2). In all cases where constipation exists give the Constipation treatment or as much of it as is thought necessary. (3). Give No. 5 Anaemia treatment. In giving this treatment press hard with the knee between the shoulder blades as the arms are lowered. (4). Give No. 4 Anaemia treatment. Also manipulate in the front of the neck thoroughly. (5). Vibrate lightly over the stomach for a minute. See No. 4 Asthma treatment. Avoid SAveets, fats, starchy foods, tobacco, al- cohol, tea and coffee. Eat largely of fruits and grains, sip one-half glass of water every hour and especially one-half hour before meals. This stim- ulates the circulation and increases the juices of the stomach. Read carefully the Rules of Health, and especially rules 2 and 7. SIMPLE FEVER. Symptoms — Onset sudden, with abrupt feeling of lassitude, followed by a decided chill or dullness, a sudden or rapid rise of temperature, quick tense pulse, headache, dry skin, great thirst, coated tongue, costive bowels and scanty high colored 36 urine. Cases clue to errors in diet are accompanied by nausea and vomiting. TREATMENT. ( 1 ) . Give No. 1 Bad Hearing treatment. (2). Give No. 4 Bad Hearing treatment. (3). In cases of diarrhea give the diarrhea treatment. (4). Vibrate for a minute over the abdomen. See Asthma treatment No. 4. (5). Give No. 6 Anaemia treatment. This treatment should be given every three to six hours. As there are a large variety of fevers and no two cases are exactly alike, it is therefore unnecessary to spend the time of illustrating each variety. The Osteopathic treatment and also all natural treat- ments are practically the same in all cases of fever. It therefore depends largely upon the good judg- ment of the operator in applying the correct treat- ment. (6). I have found it very beneficial in a large number of cases to give No. 2 and No. 3 Anaemia treatments ; also rub the soles of the feet vigorously. This has a wonderful effect in drawing the blood to the extremities and also cooling the patient. You may assist in cooling the fever by sponging with cool water the whole body, except the arms and legs, or by wrapping a cool, wet sheet around the body, keeping the feet warm with hot irons ; put 37 cold rags on the head or pour cold water on the head held over the side of the bed or by keeping cold Avet cloths on the bowels and chest. During fever there is little or no digestive fluid in the stomach. Allow but one light meal a day or none for a day or two. Gruels of grains, milk, vegetable soup, grapes, oranges, lemons and cooked apples constitute the best diet. Be sure to have plenty of fresh air in the room either in winter or summer; also have plenty of sunshine in the room. If the bowels do not move every day, wash out by injecting a couple of quarts of tepid water. GASTRITIS. See Dyspepsia treatment. HEADACHE. All headaches not caused by fevers, the stomach, or the uterus, can be cured almost instantly by giv- ing the proper Osteopathic treatment. ( 1 ) . Place one hand on the forehead, the other on the back of the head and press for several min- utes quite hard. ( 2 ) . Give No. 6 Anaemia treatment. (3). Give No. 1 Bad Hearing treatment. ( 4 ) . Give No. 4 Bad Hearing treatment. ( 5 ) . Have the patient on a stool ; stand behind the patient with one hand on each side of the fore- head, stroke backward and downward. 38 (6). With the thumb and fingers of the right hand on either side of the patient's neck and the left hand on his forehead tilt backward gently, at the same time lift the right hand. Rotate the head. As headaches are usually caused by constipation, overloaded stomach, lack of bathing, debility, brain troubles, rheumatism, poor ventilation, alcohol, etc., it is always well to remove the cause if pos- sible, and also to give the other treatments as in- dicated from the cause. Give the patient a hot foot bath, and put cold wet cloths on the head. When one is subject to headache they should avoid all grease, fried foods and drugs; also alcohol, tea, coffee and tobacco. Read the Rules of Health. INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS, OR ENTERITIS. Symptoms — Fever, colicy pains about the um- bilicus, abdomen is tender, bowels are loose, stools contain but little fecal matter, are yellow or green- ish yellow in color. If the stools are numerous they become whitish and watery, no blood in stools. (1). Give No. 1 of the Appendicitis treatment only in the reversed order; that is, to begin in the lower left-hand corner of the abdomen. Knead the bowels carefully up the descending colon, across the transverse colon and down the ascending col- on. This checks the peristaltic action of the bowels and the diarrhea. 39 (2). Give No. 1 Bloody Flux treatment. (3). Give No. 1 The Asthma treatment. Exercising great care to press with the fingers hard between the shoulder blades as the arms are lowered. (4). If the muscles in the lower part of the spine are in a tender or sensitive condition, treat that part of the spine. See Anaemia treatment, No. 1. (5). If fever exists hold the vaso motor for a short time. See No. 6 Anaemia treatment. This treatment should be given very carefully and gently once each day. If given correctly relief will imme- diately ensue. Give a very light diet of fruits and grains. A hot sitz bath and also large injections of hot water daily; hot wet cloths on the abdomen will relieve. INFLUENZA, OB LA GBIPPE. Symptoms — Fever, debility, aching of the whole body, soreness in the back and limbs, stiffness of neck, headache over the eyes, nose, and eyes wa- tery, and loss of appetite. TBEATMENT. Give the same treatment as for fever. When nose and eyes are very watery give part of the treatment for Sore Eyes. Follow the same hygienic treat- ment as for fever. 40 GONORRHEA, SYPHILIS, MASTURBATION, IMPOTENCE, GLEET. and all diseases of men are successfully treated by the author of this book. See ad. in the back of this book. KIDNEY DISEASES. I have had great success in the treatment of all kidney and bladder troubles, but as the diagnosis of kidney diseases depends almost wholly upon the analysis of the urine, it is therefore impracticable to give the treatment for each disease. But I would recommend the treatment as laid down for Anae- mia. Also vibrate over the kidneys. In all cases of kidney trouble it is well to live on. a diet of fruits, grains and vegetables. Avoid meat, tea, coffee, alcohol, tobacco and drugs. Hot sitz baths and hot wet cloths are good for pain in the kidneys or bladder. TORPID LIVER. Symptoms — Loss of appetite, slight fever, head- ache, furred tongue, nausea, bitter taste and usu- ally constipated. TREATMENT. ( 1 ) . Give No. 1 Anaemia treatment thoroughly. (2). Give thorough extension of the spine. See No. 3 Dysmenorrhea treatment. ( 3 ) . Give No. 4 Anaemia treatment. 41 ( 4 ) . In all cases where constipation exists give all or part of the constipation treatment. (5). Give No. 2 Anaemia treatment. (6). Press and manipulate around the liver. ( 7 ) . Vibrate over the liver. See No. 4 Asthma treatment. Give all of this treatment in a careful and thor- ough manner once each day. Wear a wet towel around the waist at night. Avoid fats, sweets, fried foods, pastry, tea and cof- fee, tobacco, alcohol and eat meat sparingly. Fol- low closely the Rules of Health. LUMBAGO. Symtoms — Rheumatic pains in the loins usually shooting upward, increased by muscular exercise, may be chronic or acute. TREATMENT. (1). Give No. 2 Anaemia treatment, (2). Give No. 3 Anaemia treatment. (3). Give No. 1 Dysmenorrhea treatment. (4). Have the patient lying on his side; with one hand manipulate the muscles of the lumbar vertebrae, pressing rather hard at the same time with the other hand, raise the limb and press it from you. ( See cut 9. ) No known diseases yield as readily to Osteopathic treatment as Lumbago and Sciatica. 42 I have cured numerous acute cases with one or two treatments, and many chronic cases of many years' standing* in from two to six weeks' time. And if this treatment is given correctly it will he unnecessary to give anv other treatment. Hot sitz baths and hot wet cloths generally give relief. Wearing a hot wet cloth about the small of the back is very beneficial. Drugs do no good in either of these diseases. Live according to the Eules of Health. NEURASTHENIA, OK NERVOUS PROSTRA- TION. Symptoms — Nervousness, cold hands and feet, fullness in the head with flushes of heat, headache, dizziness, melancholy; in the male there are genito urinary disorders, with pains in the back; in the female, painful menstruation, ovarian irritation and irritable uterus. TREATMENT. (1). Give No. 1 Anaemia treatment. (2). Give No. 1 Bad Hearing treatment. (3). Give No. 4 Bad Hearing treatment. This treatment is beneficial and is usually suffi- cient, but if any other complication exists apply whatever other treatment is necessary. Applying the treatment as laid down for Anae- mia is very good. Avoid alcohol, tobacco, tea, cof- fee, condiments, sexual excesses, overwork, irregu- u lar habits and drugs. A sponge bath daily and a couple of hours of exercise in the fresh air. Take a good hot bath once a week. Follow the Rules of Health. See rule 9. NEURALGIA. ( Pain in the Course of a Nerve. ) Symptoms — Darting, burning pain in the course of an affected nerve which ceases at times. The skin usually becomes insensible; pain may last for a few minutes or for days. TREATMENT. As Neuralgia' may -manifest itself in many parts of the body, no definite treatment can be laid down. If the disease is in the face thorough manipulation of the face and neck should be given. See Bad Hearing treatment. If in the limb as sciatica man- ipulate thoroughly that limb. See Lumbago treat- ment. I have permanently cured bad cases of neuralgia of years standing with five or six treatments. Treat every day. Hot wet cloths or cold wet cloths or ice will relieve the pain. Apply along the spine cloths wrung out of cold water; change every few minutes. For a Dermanent cure the patient's health must be improved. Sun baths and exercise with plenty of fresh air is necessary. 45 PLEURISY. Symptoms — Pain or stitch in the side, difficult breathing, fever and cough, pain is usually on a level with the nipple. TREATMENT. Give the entire treatment as laid down for Asth- ma. In acute cases of pleurisy I have found it un- necessary to give all of the Asthma treatment. In- stant relief is afforded after giving No. 2 of the Asthma treatment if given in a thorough and gentle manner. The treatment should be given once a day. Hot wet cloths applied to the pain generally re- lieve, but if this does not suffice, apply cold wet cloths all over the chest. PARALYSIS OR PALSY. Under the general term of paralysis are classed various conditions which involve inability, partial or complete, to control various muscles of the body. May be caused by nerve diseases, muscular strains, excesses, poisoning, scarlet fever, diphtheria, men- ingitis, etc. ; may also be the result of apoplexy. When one entire side of the body from the head downward, is affected, it is called hemiplegia. If the lower half of the body be attacked it is called paraplegia, and when confined to a limb or set of muscles it is called paralysis. Palsy usually comes on with a sudden and inline- 46 diate loss of motion and sensibility of the parts, sometimes preceded by a numbness, coldness and paleness and sometimes b}^ slight convulsive twitch- ings. Occasionally the disease advances more slowly, a finger, hand, arm or the muscles of the tongue, of the mouth or of the eyelid being first affected. TKEATMENT. In all cases of paralysis I give practically the same Osteopathic treatment as in acute muscular rheumatism, being very careful to manipulate the spinal column on both sides thoroughly. (Anaemia treatment No. 1, illustration No. 3) . Give an exten- sion of the spine, by a strong, steady pull on the patient's feet with an assistant holding the shoul- ders, also manipulate thoroughly the affected parts. If the paralysis is in the lower extremities Anae- mia treatment No. 2 (illustration No. 4) must be given thoroughly. This stretches the great sciatic, one of the largest nerves in the body, which supplies the larger part of the limb. Anions the many cases of paralysis I have successfully treated, I might mention a little boy of St. Paul, Minn. Nine months ago he and his mother made a visit to New York; he was then a bright, active child of three years. In NeAV York he Avas taken sick with fever and spinal meningitis, which left his limbs paral- ysed. They gradually wasted away until there was little left but the skin and bones. He Avas carried 47 from one specialist to another while in New York, but they all said nothing could be done for the poor little fellow. The mother brought her child home, still hoping that she would find some one who could help him. They consulted their family physician, who recommended several nerve specialists in St. Paul, but after each examination they all agreed that nothing could be done to make the child walk. He was brought to me two months ago. His limbs are developed to normal size and he can walk. Persons suffering from paralysis should live strictly according to the Kules of Health. Take plenty of fresh air ; bathe regularly ; avoid tobacco, alcohol and drugs. CROUPOUS PNEUMONIA OR LUNG FEVER. Symptoms — Chills, fever, deep-seated, dull pain beneath the breast bone or shoulder blade, great feeling of illness, short breath, frequent short cough, skin is hot, expectoration of viscid matter of a green, yellow or pale color, sometimes tinged with blood which forms such tenacious masses that they cling to the bottom of the vessel containing them. TREATMENT. (1). Give No. 1 Anaemia treatment. (2). Give No. 1 Bad Hearing treatment. (3). Give No. 1 Asthma treatment. ( 4 ) . Vibrate over the lungs. See No. 4 Asthma treatment. 48 (5). Give No. 6 Anaemia treatment to reduce the fever. This treatment will give immediate re- lief and a speedy cure if the case has not gone too far. Give a sponge bath daily, cold, wet half oack around the chest, while the fever is high, but sitz bath if the feet and legs are cold. See that the pa- tient has plenty of fresh air. Give a tea cup of milk or gruel every two or three hours ; give plenty of water to drink. CATARRHAL PNEUMONIA. (Or Inflammation of the Lungs, Beginning With the Bronchi.) Symptoms — Just the same as in Croupous Pneu- monia, only that the disease is in spots, hence it is called Lobular Pneumonia. TREATMENT. Give the same treatment as for Croupous Pneu- monia. ACUTE ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM. Symptoms — Begins suddenly, usually at night, with a chill or chilliness, pain and stiffness in the joints, loss of appetite, followed by fever, the tem- perature soon reaching 102 F to 104° F; in rare cases 108 F to 110° F, the pulse seldom exceeding 95, great thirst, profuse acid sweats and scanty high colored acid urine, sometimes showing traces of albumen, bowels constipated. 49 Sleep is prevented by the pain and profuse pers- piration ; the pain is aggravated by motion or pres- sure, the swelling is most armarent in those joints; not covered with muscle : knee, wrist, elbow, ankle., hand and feet. TKEATMENT. (1). If the disease is located in the lower extremity give No. 2 Anaemia treatment. (2). Give No. 3 Anaemia treatment. (3). Stretch the limb gently by pulling on the foot. (4). Give No. 1 Anaemia treatment, working principally on the lower part of the spine. As all the joints will be very painful, great care must be taken to give this treatment in a very gentle man- ner. Treatment should be given every other day. (1). If the disease is located in the upper extremity, give No. 1 of the Anaemia treatment, manipulating principally on the upper part of the spine. (2). Give No. 5 Anaemia treatment. (3). Have one hand on the patient's shoulder,. with the other hold the patient's elbow, Dressing hard Avith both hands, move the arm upward, for- ward and around. ( See cut 10 ). (4). With one hand hold the patient's wrist and with the other move the muscles from right to* left and from left to rieht the whole length of the- arm. 50 (5). With one hand on the patient's shoulder, the other on the wrist, stretch the arm. When Rheumatism is in any other part of the body except the upper or lower extremities, it is Avell to give a thorough treatment, manipulating principally on the spinal column, also stretch the neck and extremities. Take a hot sitz bath one day and a hot air or sun bath the next day. If the bowels do not move wash the bowels out every other dav with an injection of hot water. Eat plentv of fruits and grain. Avoid meat, alcohol, tea, coffee, rich foods and drugs. Among many of the remarkable cures I have made is that of a prominent Minneapolis newspa- per man, whom I cured in a few treatments of rheumatism in the feet. He was unable to walk or put on his shoes. CHRONIC ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM. Symptoms — Pain and stiffness in one or more of the joints, most frequently in a shoulder and knee. This disease very often follows the acute form. In time the affected limb looses its power of motion, and lameness results. The pain is more or less constant, but is worse in damp weather, rarely any swelling or elevation of temperature. TREATMENT. Give same treatment as for acute articular rheu- matism, only in this form one treatment every other 52 day is sufficient. Great care must be taken to man- ipulate thoroughly all around the affected joints. MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM. Symptoms — This disease involves the muscles instead of the joints. Its onset is sudden, usually first noticed on attempting to rise in the morning. The first attack is generally acute; in the chronic form it returns frequently and finally becomes con- stant and aggravated when the weather is damn. The suffering may be severe and constant or only on motion. Fever is absent. TREATMENT. In all forms of rheumatism the treatment is prac- tically the same as for acute muscular rheumatism. When the disease is acute it is best to treat about once everv twenty-four hours; when chronic one treatment every other day is sufficient. See rule 15 of the Rules of Health. SCIATICA. (Pain Following the Course of the Sciatic Nerve.) Symptoms — Sciatica usually follows an attack of Lumbago, the pain becomes fixed in the sciatic nerve. The pain is sharp, tearing, shooting or lan- cinating in character, increased upon motion, shoot- ing along the course of the nerve into the hip, inner side of the thigh, calf of the leg, ankle and heel, at 53 one or all of these points, paroxynis lasting from a few hours to twenty-four hours or longer. TREATMENT. Give the Lumbago treatment, being careful to give Nos. 2 and 3 Anaemia treatment in a thorough and careful manner. SORE EYES OR CONJUNCTIVITIS. Symptoms — Eyelids stuck together on awaken- ing, heavy feeling, itching and burning sensation. TREATMENT. ( 1 ) . Give Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Bad Hearing treatment, (2). Manipulate thoroughly all the muscles around the eye. (3). With one finger manipulate thoroughly, but gently, under the edge of the bone surrounding the eye. Be careful not to press on the eyeball. (4). Vibrate over the eye with two fingers lightly. See No. 4 Asthma treatment. This treat- ment should be given every day. 