The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Aurelius, Marcus T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440055521 ISBN 13: 9781440055522

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2012

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Today we live in world of every kind of recipe and cure imaginable with a raft of complementary therapies and medicinal traditions accepted as normal practice even within traditional medical settings but when Andrew Taylor Still began to develop Osteopathy, the information available was scarce and the acceptance of his methods needed to be won. Striking out of his own with only his education and experience to propel his treatments forward, his most important motivation was a distaste for the suffering he believed to be the result of typical medical treatments and strategies of the time.

Doctor Still was a pioneer of the practice of teaching women and minorities to administer treatment and an early advocate of prescribing pharmaceutical cures in a proportionate way, He has inspired a global healthcare practice with his body of work.

Still was a surgeon by specialism which in some ways makes his invention of a technique with an emphasis on non-invasive treatment even more surprising. He became convinced by and argued for physical manipulation over other treatments as a result of the absence of terrible side effects that he had observed for some common practices and prescriptions at the time. He spent his life promoting his system across the world and he founded the first American School of Osteopathy.

This work gives an excellent perspective on the practice and development of Osteopathic treatment, straight from the mouth of the founder of the entire tradition. Osteopaths, those with an interest in medical history will gain a great deal from The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy.

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Preface. 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 and forms to meet the demands of this enlightened age, I feel it is a very great undertaking, and ask that the world give me its friendly criticism. Read and adopt, or reject, as you may feel disposed when you have perused what I may write. I start out on this journey alone, with no compass except my reason, and if I fail, no one will suffer for the trip excepting myself. A. T. S. JANUARY i, 1902. 431.
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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1440055521
• ISBN 13: 9781440055522
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 332