It would be of great interest to trace the history of the first inception of the thought that drugs were not only unnecessary but harmful, then view the struggle to grasp something tangible to take their place, then see the development of the idea that the human body has within it all that is needed for its upbuilding and repair until he came to this fundamental: “The power of the artery must be absolute, universal and unobstructed or disease will result. The moment of its disturbance means the period when disease begins to sow the seeds of destruction in the human body; and in no case can it be done without a broken or suspended current of arterial blood,” capped by the epoch-making discovery of the cause for this interrupted flow of the blood stream—the theory of obstruction by anatomical displacement. It is the only theory of the etiology of disease that will stand the test of science and its acceptance and practice means a revolution in the field of therapeutics. As it is, he sets the exact date, June 22, 1874, when the light dawned and he saw the outline of his great philosophy—Osteopathy. Then came the years of adversity and struggle. With the eye of a prophet he saw the future of that philosophy, and with the firmness of a Spartan has defended it since birth. It must be a separate, distinct system. Outside the fact that it was to heal the sick and was founded on a knowledge of anatomy and physiology it had nothing in common with existing schools, and if it were ever to grow it must be alone, for his brother practitioners would have none of it and if left to their tender mercies it would have “died a-borning.” Even had it been taken up the result would have been the same for they would never have fully developed it. And so through the lean, terrible years he struggled, buoyed by the faith of a discoverer, urged on by love of this child of his brain, fanatical in his determination to win. And win he did for it was vouchsafed to him in his vigorous old age to sit on his hearthstone and see the results of his work, his struggle and his faith. It is something to know that his fame has circled the earth, to be honored and sung by millions; a boon not accorded many a sage or philosopher. Not only has the public accepted it but the medical profession is making tardy but forced recognition of certain cardinal principles of osteopathy by using them, but, of course, without credit.