RKS.

Thoughts for Consideration--Offering a New Philosophy--Lymphatics and
Fascia--A Satisfactory Experiment--Natural Washing Out. Page 258

CHAPTER XX.

THE SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION.

With What It Has Communication--Its Course--One of its
Functions--Stimulation or Inhibition--Result Produced. Page 263

Philosophy of Osteopathy.

CHAPTER I.

SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

Not a Work of Compilation--Authors Quoted--Method of Reasoning--The
Osteopath an Artist--When I Became an Osteopath--Dr. Neal's
Opinion--The Opinions of Others--What Studies Necessary--What I
Mean by Anatomy--Principles--The Practicing Osteopath's Guide--The
Fascia--Not a Pleasing Task--Without Accepted Theories--Truths of
Nature--Body, Motion and Mind--Osteopathy to Cure Disease--The
Osteopath Should Find Health.

NOT A WORK OF COMPILATION.

To readers of my book on the Philosophy of Osteopathy, I wish to say
that I will not tire you with a book of compilations just to sell to the
anxious reader. As I have spent thirty years of my life reading and
following rules and remedies used for curing, and learned in sorrow it
was useless to listen to their claims, for instead of getting good, I
obtained much harm therefrom, I asked for, and obtained a mental divorce
from them, and I want it to be understood that drugs and I are as far
apart as the East is from the West; now, and forever. Henceforth I will
follow the dictates of nature in all I say or write.

AUTHORS QUOTED.

I quote no authors but God and experience when I write, or lecture to
the classes or the masses, because no book written by medical writers
can be of much use to us, and it would be very foolish to look to them
for advice and instruction on a science they know nothing of. They are
illy able to advise for themselves, they have never been asked to advise
us, and I am free to say but few persons who have been pupils of my
school have tried to get wisdom from medical writers and apply it as
worthy to be taught as any part of Osteopathy, philosophy or practice.
Several books have been compiled, called "Principles of Osteopathy."
They may sell but will fail to give the knowledge the student desires.

METHOD OF REASONING.

The student of any philosophy succeeds best by the more simple methods
of reasoning. We reason for needed knowledge only, and should try and
start out with as many known facts as possibl