Classic Osteopathic Medical Works

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Applied Anatomy: Designed for the Use of Osteopathic Students and Practitioners as an Aid in the Anatomical Exploration of Disease from an Osteopathic Viewpoint

Marion Edward Clark

The object of this book was to place osteopathy on a scientific basis by offering anatomical and physiological proof that our etiology of disease is correct; to demonstrate that disturbance of function is, as a rule, due to structural changes, and to point out the significance of anatomical changes; and to furnish the practitioner a ready reference for the explaining of lesions and their effects.
Atlas of Osteopathic Techniques

Nicholas S. Nicholas

This textbook of osteopathic techniques was compiled with photographs and descriptive narratives to better illustrate myofascial and osteopathic manipulative procedures that have been used successfully in the profession for many years. It does not attempt to teach osteopathic principles or their application for various conditions, but merely to demonstrate the most widely employed techniques, primarily for use in student teaching and for reference.
Clinical Osteopathy

Carl Philip McConnell

The material for this book was gathered from many sources, including osteopathic publications, reports of lectures and clinics from national, state and local associations, several thousands of case reports from the Pacific College clinics and laboratories and correspondence and consultation with several hundred osteopathic physicians. The writings of Dr. A. T. Still were constantly consulted. Other books frequently quoted include “Practice of Osteopathy,” by Chas. Hazzard; “Principles of Osteopathy,” by Guy D. Hulett; “Principles of Osteopathy,” by D. L. Tasker; and “Public Sanitation and Other Papers,” by Clement A. Whiting.
Esoteric Osteopathy

Herbert Hoffman

The author has developed a gentle, sensitive philosophy of care for the Osteopathic practitioner. The practitioner is to use manipulation while at the same time, keeping uppermost in the mind, the gentle dignity and self-healing energies of the organ in question. Set in 1908, this book wants the Osteopathic community to remember that each person whether practitioner or patient, is the master of mind, energy and matter. If one follows this philosophy, Mr. Hoffman says, “microbes will have no power to cause disease”.
History of Osteopathy and Twentieth-Century Medical Practice

E. R. Booth

The compilation of the History of Osteopathy and Twentieth-Century Medical Practice was not undertaken because of a pressing demand. It seemed to have dawned upon the mind of several osteopaths about the same time that such a work ought to be issued during the life of Dr. Andrew Taylor Still and others most intimately connected with the origin and early development of the science. Many of the facts given are drawn from the author’s personal knowledge; and others are from traditions or unwritten history which has become the common property of scores who are acquainted with the development of Osteopathy and of those who have known Dr. Still for years.
Manual of Osteopathic Gynecology

Percy Hogan Woodall

Efforts have been made in this book to present osteopathic gynecology to the student and practitioner in the most practical and helpful manner. All that is not in accord with the best osteopathic authority and with the known facts of anatomy, physiology, and pathology has been eliminated. From the authorities on these subjects many points of particular osteopathic interest hitherto not incorporated into osteopathic literature have been introduced.
Manual of Osteopathic Therapeutics

Clifford E. Henry

The author presented this small volume to the public, while being careful to make it as concise as possible, and yet, at the same time, cover the principal points. He confined himself to explaining the physiological actions of the movements by illustrating the case in point by a typical case. He said “It makes no difference what you call the disease, you must recognize the physical condition of your patient, and then understanding the physiological action of your movements, use them accordingly”. He intended this book as a text-book while in college and a reference book when in practice.
Notes on the Practice of Osteopathy: From the Lectures of Dr. George M. Laughlin, Dr. George A. Still, and Dr. Frank L. Bigsby

George M. Laughlin, George A. Still, and Frank L. Bigsby

It is always a difficult matter for the student to get the full benefit of the Lectures and at the same time take a complete set of notes for future reference. To overcome this difficulty and also to furnish a trustworthy set of notes are the purposes of this little book. Such examples as Asthma (bronchial) provide a definition of causes, symptoms and treatments. That it may accomplish these purposes is the sincere hope of the compilers.
Osteopathic Technic

Ernest Eckford Tucker

A brief summary of the principles of Osteopathy, this book is a fitting introduction..Its philosophy rests on axioms; its practice on facts; its profession and its history on success. The axioms on which its philosophy is founded are: I. Everything composed of mechanical parts is subject to disorder among those parts. From this axiom there is no appeal. There is no exception to it. The solar system is not an exception, the eye of the beetle is not an exception, and the human body is not an exception. A corollary of this axiom is that the greater the number of parts, the more frequent should be disorder or lesion among them ; and there are a great many different parts to the human body. II. If anything depends on the order, then that thing will be deranged by the disorder. From the very first inadvertent experiment made by Dr. Still, the policy of correcting disorders was followed by good results, and was pursued only and solely for that reason. Other men seeing the good results that followed this policy insisted on being trained in it.
Osteopathy Complete

Elmer De Vergne Barber

The human system is, to all intents and purposes, a wonderful machine, capable of running for an indefinite period of time, unless interfered with by accidents, dislocations, contraction of muscles, obstruction of the nerve-force, or the circulation of the nutritive fluids of the body. The author consulted such works as Gx'ay, Landois, Saunders, and Musser, with an earnest desire to advance the cause of Osteopathy, and endeavored to be accurate, concise, and modern.
Osteopathy: The New Science of Healing

Elmer De Vergne Barber

This author knew that Osteopathy was destined to revolutionize the medical world and aims to reach the masses. While Barber gives Dr. Still credit for the new science which he discovered, he differs with him as to the true cause of the results reached by the Osteopath. Barber states that the true cause of all disease may be traced to some muscle which has contracted and for some unaccountable reason has failed to relax, thus interfering with all the forces of life.
Quiz on the Practice of Osteopathy: A Compendium of Ready Reference for the Busy Practitioner and Advanced Student

Earl Herbert Laughlin

This book features Osteopathy training by Socratic method. The reader can review stimulating questions and answers to common diseases such as Asthma, Bronchitis, Cholera, Diabetes Insipidus and Mellitus, Emphysema, and many more. Arranged in alphabetical order, for ease and speed.
Surgery From an Osteopathic Standpoint

Frank Philip Young and Charles E. Still

This 1904 treasure, Surgery from the Osteopathic Standpoint, follows Andrew T. Still’s essential facts of practical surgery as modified by Osteopathy. While operative methods are not detailed, it is beautifully illustrated by students at the American School of Osteopathy. Topics covered include inflammation, tuberculosis, cysts, wounds, shock, dislocations, fractures, and diseases and injuries of the spine, head, mouth, chest, and digestive tract. Most interesting are the passages on antiseptics and Tetanus which are of historical relevancy.
Text-book of Osteopathy : from the Standpoint of Mechano-Therapy

American College of Mechano-Therapy

This treatise on Osteopathy presents a few of the essentials of one branch of Mechano-Therapy, the eclectic system of Drugless Healing. For we beg to remind the reader that the application of the principles of Osteopathy alone is just as insufficient without Mental Therapy and Hygeio-Therapy, as a modern sky-scraper would be without elevators. Osteopathy derives its name and meaning from the words "Osteo," signifying bone, and "pathos," suffering, feeling or disease.