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Osteopathic Health, Vol. XIX, No. 5: A Magazine in Health Science Simply Told
The Osteopathic Publishing Company
Cover:
Osteopathic Health: November, 1910: A Magazine of Health Science Simply Told
Special Edition for Arthur Miner Lane, D. O., Boston, 420 Boylston Street, Berkeley Building
Registered Osteopathic Physician -in- Massachusetts - Connecticut - New York
Telephone Connection at Office and ResidenceTitle page:
Osteopathic Health: With Which is Consolidated the Osteopathic Advocate and the Right Way
Copyright, 1910, by The Osteopathic Publishing Co. All rights reserved.
Vol. XIX November, 1910 No. 5Contents:
How "Bad" Mechanism in Our "Joints" Makes Sickness -- Let the Osteopath Define His Own System -- Osteopaths Begin at the Foundations of Health -- There are Many Different Sorts of Lesions -- Cut Off Nourishment to Any Organ--It Soon Gets "Sick" -- Lesions of the Spine Cause Pressures on Nerves -- How the Two Nervous Systems Co-operate to Make Health -- Any Form of Sickness May Come From "Lesions."
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Osteopathy: A Brief Discussion of its Principles and Practice
R.H. Williams
16 page pamphlet.
Title page:
Osteopathy: A Brief, General Discussion of the Principles and Practice of this Advanced Science of Healing, with an Explanation of the Mechanical Cause of Diseases and their Cure
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Osteopathy and Woman: "Who Ever Heard of a Man Wishing He Were a Woman?"
R.H. Williams
15 page pamphlet.
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A Little Journey to the Home of Andrew Taylor Still
Elbert Hubbard
32 page book with photographs.
Cover:
A Little Journey to the Home of Andrew Taylor Still
By Elbert HubbardTitle page:
Andrew Taylor Still: Being a Little Journey to the Home of the Founder of Osteopathy
By Elbert Hubbard
Done into a Book by the Roycrofters, at their Shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, mcmxiiPhotographs:
"The Old Doctor" and Elbert Hubbard on the veranda at Kirksville -- Dr. C.E. Still.
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Osteopathy: "The Question is Not Whether a Doctrine is Beautiful, But Whether it is True"
Walter Anson Merkley
14 page pamphlet.
Title page:
Osteopathy
Paper read by Walter Anson Merkley, A.B., D.O., before the Rainy Day Club of New York, at the Hotel Astor
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Why Osteopathy: Mrs. Myra Progress Explains Osteopathy to Mrs. Dorothea Conservatism
R.H. Williams
16 page pamphlet.
Title page:
Why Osteopathy?
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The Spinal Origin of Disease
R.H. Williams
16 page pamphlet.
Title page:
The Spinal Origin of Disease, Part I: Reasons for Treating the Spine
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Osteopathic Magazine, Vol. IX, No. 12, December 1922
American Osteopathic Association, National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature, Cyrus J. Gaddis, F.P. Millard, A.G. Walmsley, and Eva W. Magoon
Cover:
Osteopathic Magazine and the National Spinal League Journal
Title Page:
Osteopathic Magazine and the Journal of the National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature
Contents:
"The Old Doctor" -- Extract from "Tribute to Lincoln" -- Dr. Still's Picture -- "Outwitted" -- Thank You -- Worth the Repair Bill -- A Mile of Oxygen -- Mrs. Felton, First Woman Senator -- Exercise -- Dr. A. T. Still -- Worry -- Re-creative Exercise (Illustrated) -- Cosmopolitan Cogitations (Poem) -- Applied Psychology and Therapeutics -- Infantile Paralysis -- Lorado Taft, American Sculptor -- Fountain of Time -- Solitude of the Soul -- Goitre -- The Morning of Motherhood (Poem) -- Mrs. Mapp, The Bone-setter -- Story of Jack the Psychopath -- Mr. Green's Grapes -- The Human Foot -- Why the Leaves Are Ever Green -- Waste -- Pneumonia Poultice -- Recipe -- Jingle -- Food Groups -- Lunches.
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Osteopathic Magazine, Vol. IX, No. 6, June 1922
American Osteopathic Association, National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature, George W. Goode, F.P. Millard, and A.G. Walmsley
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Osteopathic Magazine and the National Spinal League Journal
Title Page:
Osteopathic Magazine and the Journal of the National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature
Contents:
How Is Your Liver? -- The Flu, Monkeys, and Serums -- Tuberculosis -- Is Your Osteopath Your Physician? -- Conservation of Health -- Mortality from Typhoid Fever, 1920 -- Is the World Growing Healthier? -- Human Body Construction -- Healing Power Within Body -- The Heart -- Croup -- The Teeth -- Over-Eating -- Earache -- Obesity Diet -- Diarrhoea -- The Colliery Surgeron -- Blood-Making Foods -- Nose Bleed -- Asthma -- Health is an Asset.
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Osteopathic Magazine, Vol. IX, No. 7, July 1922
American Osteopathic Association and National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature
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Osteopathic Magazine and the National Spinal League Journal
Title Page:
Osteopathic Magazine and the Journal of the National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature
Contents:
Hay Fever and Asthma -- The Effects of Spinal Irritation -- The Essential Nutrients -- Health -- Structure Governs Function -- The Rectum -- Wireless Osteopathy -- A Few Hints About Infantile Paralysis -- The Effects of Tobacco -- Constipation -- Toxemia -- Dr. A. T. Still -- Insomnia -- A Health Program -- The Inorganic Salts -- Arthritis -- Results From Auto-Intoxication -- Misers -- Five Hundred Million For Drugs.
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Osteopathic Magazine, Vol. X, No. 12, December 1923
American Osteopathic Association, National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature, Cyrus J. Gaddis, F.P. Millard, A.G. Walmsley, and C.N. Clark
Cover:
Osteopathic Magazine and the National Spinal League Journal
Title Page:
Osteopathic Magazine and the Journal of the National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature
Contents:
Editorials -- The Reverent Hour (Poem) -- Immortality -- The Best Poised Chin Contest -- Osteopathy in Athletic Training II -- A Logical Arrangement -- A Review of Medical Therapy II -- The Span of Life II -- The First Christmas Tree -- Montana and Osteopathy -- What the People Think of Doctors -- What Is a Real Cure -- Are We an Athletic Nation? -- The Business Side of a Doctor's Practice -- Salads-Recipes -- Comparative Courses in Medical Subjects -- Lamplighter (Poem) -- The "Funny Bone" -- Some Current Aspects of Nutrition.
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Osteopathic Health, Vol. XLVII, No. 2: Health at Par
Henry Stanhope Bunting, Howard T. Treleaven, and W.E. Farbstein
Cover:
Health at Par: Osteopathy for the Business Man
By Howard T. Treleaven, D.O.
A Chart of Health and EfficiencyVolume XLVII, Waukegan, Ill., August, 1924, Number 2. Published Monthly. $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy
Title page:
Osteopathic Health
Copyright, 1924, by The Bunting Publications, Inc., Waukegan, Ill. VOL. XLVII Waukegan, Ill. Number 2
Contents:
Famous Men of Science: Carl Ludwig, 1816-1895 -- Health at Par -- Osteopathy for the Business Man -- The Lamp of Aladdin -- Courses by Hours in Representative Osteopathic Schools as Compared with Medical Schools.
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Osteopathic Health, Vol. XLX, No. 3: Osteopathy the Haven for Suffering Women
Henry Stanhope Bunting
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Osteopathy: The Haven for Suffering Women
Volume XLX, Waukegan, Ill., March, 1926, Number 3. Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy
Title page:
Osteopathic Health
Copyright, 1926, by The Bunting Publications, Inc., Waukegan, Ill. VOL. XLX Waukegan, Ill. Number 3
Contents:
Osteopathy the Haven for Suffering Women -- Constipation in Women -- Backache in Women -- Headache and Neuralgia -- Ovarian Ills -- Menstrual Suppression -- Profuse Flow and Flooding -- Painful Menstruation -- The Cause and Cure of Leucorrhea -- Curetting the Uterus -- Uterine Displacements and Flexions -- Prolapsus of Uterus -- Bladder Trouble in Women -- Piles or Hemorrhoids in Women -- Nervousness, Neurasthenia and Brain Fog -- Gowns Worn During Treatments -- A Comparison of Subjects Taught by Standard Medical Colleges and Osteopathic Colleges -- Compare It!
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Osteopathic Health, Vol. LII, No. 10: Save Your Feet
American Osteopathic Association, G.A. Pockett, Floyd L. Barr, R. Kendrick Smith, Sarah Murray, F.E. Jorris, and B.P. Mansfield
Cover:
Save Your Feet -- The Mechanism of the Foot -- Eminent Authority -- Osteopathy and Bright's Disease
Volume LII, Chicago, Ill., October, 1927, Number 10. Published Monthly: $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy
Title page:
Osteopathic Health
Copyright 1927, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LII Chicago, Ill. Number 10
Contents:
An Osteopathic City -- Just Feet -- The Mechanism of the Foot -- Arches or Springs? -- Save Your Feet -- Strengthen Your Feet With These Exercises -- Eminent Authority -- Spinal Lesions -- Ousting the Poisons -- Osteopathy and Bright's Disease -- Only Five Minutes.
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Osteopathic Health, Vol. LII, No. 6: That Machine You Call Your Body
American Osteopathic Association, Alexander Black, and R. Kendrick Smith
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That Machine You Call Your Body - How About Choosing Your Life Work? - Intestinal Indigestion
Volume LII, Chicago, Ill., June, 1927, Number 6. Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy
Title page:
Osteopathic Health
Copyright 1927, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LII Chicago, Ill. Number 6
Contents:
Take Time to Be Healthy -- That Machine You Call Your Body -- How About Choosing Your Life Work? -- Intestinal Indigestion -- Osteopathic and Medical Courses of Study Compared -- The Osteopathic Physician's Training.
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Osteopathic Health, Vol. LII, No. 8: What Osteopathy Does for Human Health
American Osteopathic Association, Edgar S. Comstock, D.B. Mansfield, Harry W. Gamble, R. Kendrick Smith, Willis E. Lewis, and Jean Basford
Cover:
What Osteopathy Does for Human Health - Summer Complaint - Osteopathy Not A Faith Cure
Volume LII, Chicago, Ill., August, 1927, Number 8. Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy
Title page:
Osteopathic Health
Copyright 1927, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LII Chicago, Ill. Number 8
Contents:
Facts Are The Best Arguments -- What Osteopathy Does for Human Health -- A Letter to a Layman: Sent by Dr. Edgar S. Comstock to an Enquirer About Osteopathy -- Summer Complaint -- Prominent Executive Boosts Osteopathy -- Enlarged Glands in the Neck -- Pain at Base of the Brain -- Sciatica: A Patient's Statement -- Osteopathy Not a Faith Cure -- From Complex Sickness to Simple Health: A Woman Journalist's Experience -- Twelve Reasons for Osteopathy.
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Osteopathic Health, Vol. LIII, No. 10: Osteopathy and Conservatism Inseparable
American Osteopathic Association, J. Deason, R. Kendrick Smith, E.E. Tucker, and Harvey Fuller
Cover:
Osteopathy and Conservatism Inseparable - Tuning in for Health by Osteopathy
Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., October, 1928, Number 10 Published Monthly: $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy
Title page:
Osteopathic Health
Copyright, 1928, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 10
Contents:
Dr. Still's Findings -- Medical Recognition of Osteopathy -- Osteopathic Physicians and Postgraduate Courses -- Activity Essential -- Concerning Infant Mortality -- Insurance Favors Osteopathy -- Why the D.O. Should Examine Every Child and Adult -- Osteopathy a Complete Therapy --Osteopathy and Conservatism Inseparable: Some Suggestions on Health Conservation -- Tuning In for Health by Osteopathy -- Infantile Paralysis -- The Lady-Killer Jest -- Saner if We Sang and Played More -- The Health Man.
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Osteopathic Health, Vol. LIII, No. 12: Osteopathy Helps Rejected Risks Get Life Insurance
American Osteopathic Association, Allan Anderson, Eugene F. Pellette, Beth Haberer, and Harvey Fuller
Cover:
Osteopathy Helps Rejected Risks Get Life Insurance
Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., December, 1928, Number 12. Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy
Title page:
Osteopathic Health
Copyright, 1928, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 12
Contents:
A Friend Worth Having -- Greetings and Good Wishes -- When Christmas Time Comes Round -- That Little Hour With Your Physician -- Treatment Makes One Feel New--Why? -- Have the Children Examined -- Osteopathy Helps Rejected Risks Get Life Insurance -- Shaw Feels Fit at Seventy-Two -- Removing the Cause -- Osteopathy-When and Why.
