DISEASES OF THE SPINAL CORD Acute Myelitis 748 Poliomyelitis 750 Acute Ascending Paralysis 753 Locomotor Ataxia 754 Friedreich’s Ataxia 759 Spastic Paraplegia 760 Ataxic Paraplegia 761 Syringomyelia 761 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 763 Progressive Muscular Atrophy 764 Bulbar Paralysis 765 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Scoliosis 767 Functional Curvature 773 Organic Curvature 774 Congenital Dislocation of the Hip 778 Talipes 784 Pott’s Disease 788 Hip-Joint Disease 791 Tuberculosis of the Knee Joint 793 The Plaster Cast Bandage 795 Index 799 PART FIRST INTRODUCTION What Hippocrates was to the Allopath, what Hahnemann was to the Homeopath, Andrew Taylor Still is to the Osteopath, and it is safe to say that when another century shall have rolled away, his fame will be equal to that of either. That he is a maker of history, even the most skeptical will admit. His teachings are revolutionary but are borne out in fact, and on that as a foundation, is built the superstructure of the young therapeutic giant—Osteopathy.