A Little Journey to The Home of Andrew Taylor Still
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Booklet and pictures courtesy of
Boice Lydell. Comments by Paul Jackson.
A Little Journey to The Home of Andrew Taylor Still
By Elbert Hubbard, 1912
This booklet measures 8" x 6" and has 28
numbered pages plus colophon.
The cover design and the tree designs on the back cover and interior appear to
be the work of Dard Hunter but are unsigned.
Andrew Taylor Still, MD (1828-1917) originally expressed the principles of
osteopathy in 1874, when medical science was in its infancy. A medical doctor,
Still believed that diseases were caused by mechanical interference with nerve
and blood supply and were curable by manipulation of "deranged, displaced bones,
nerves, muscles -- removing all obstructions -- thereby setting the machinery of
life moving." His autobiography states that he could "shake a child and stop
scarlet fever, croup, diphtheria, and cure whooping cough in three days by a
wring of its neck."
Osteopathic medicine advertises itself as a complete system of medical care. The
philosophy is to treat the whole person, not just the symptoms. It emphasizes
the interrelationships of structure and function, and the appreciation of the
body's ability to heal itself. The percentages of DOs involved in chelation
therapy, clinical ecology, orthomolecular therapy, homeopathy, ayurvedic
medicine, and several other dubious practices appear to be higher among
osteopaths than among medical doctors.
The Roycroft published a booklet on Osteopathy in
1912 and reprinted it in
1938.
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