And note the relevancy of these questions, "Would not the medical man be angry? Would he not feel like wiping off the earth all the Osteopaths?" Gentlemen, can you explain your ex-brother's meaning here? Surely you are not all so hard-hearted that you would be angry because a poor wry-necked fellow had been cured in five minutes. To be serious, I ask you to think of "the finest anatomists in the world" doing their "original research" work in the dissecting-room under the direction of a man of the scholarly attainments indicated by the composition and thought of the above article. Do you see now how Osteopaths get a "vast and perfect knowledge of anatomy"? Do you suppose that the law of "the survival of the fittest" determines who continues in the practice of Osteopathy and succeeds? Is it true worth and scholarly ability that get a big reputation of success among medical men? I know, and many medical men know from competition with him (if they would admit that such a fellow may be a competitor), that the ignoramus who as a physician is the product of a diploma mill often has a bigger reputation and performs more wonderful cures (?) than the educated Osteopath who really mastered the prescribed course but is too conscientious to assume responsibility for human life when he is not sure that he can do all that might be done to save life. I once met an Osteopath whose literary attainments had never reached the rudiments of an education. He had never really comprehended a single lesson of his entire course. He told me that he was then on a vacation to get much-needed rest. He had such a large practice that the physical labor of it was wearing him out. I knew of this fellow's qualifications, but I thought he might be one of those happy mortals who have the faculty of "doing things," even if they cannot learn the theory. To learn the secret of this fellow's success, if I could, I let him treat me. I had some contracted muscles that were irritating nerves and holding joints in tense condition, a typical case, if there are any, for an Osteopathic treatment. The fellow began his "treatment." I expected him to do some of that "expert Osteopathic diagnosing" that you have heard of, but he began in an aimless desultory way, worked almost an hour, found nothing specific, did nothing but give me a poor unsystematic massage. He was giving me a "popular treatment." In many towns people have come to estimate the value of an Osteopathic treatment by its duration. People used to say to me, "You don't treat as long as Dr. ----, who was here before you," and say it in a way indicating that they were hardly satisfied they had gotten their money's worth. Some of them would say: "He treated me an hour for seventy-five cents." Does it seem funny to talk of adjusting lesions on one person for an hour at a time, three times a week?