Abstract
THIS is a searching and pitiless exposure of the claims of osteopathy. The first five chapters deal with the life, theories and practice of Andrew Taylor Still (1828–1917), the founder of osteopathy. His inventive power, we are told, far outstripped any scientific discretion he may have possessed, while the evidence that he possessed any at all is scanty. Modern osteopaths, whose theory and practice are examined in the rest of the work, have done nothing to justify their claim for State registration. Their advanced text-books show, it is said, lack of knowledge of the facts of anatomy and physiology as well as a complete absence of scientific evidence in support of their contentions.
What is Osteopathy?
By Drs. Charles Hill H. A. Clegg. Pp. xix + 217 + 8 plates. (London: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1937.) 7s. 6d. net.
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What is Osteopathy?. Nature 140, 788 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140788c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/140788c0
