But more than forty million Americans have switched their thinking about doctors and each year an additional two million are switching. They are switching to Chiropractic.
Recently (1925), medicine became "scientific" with the appearance of the bacteriologist. Since then, the orthodox education of the medical man has centered around the theory of infection and has been focused almost exclusively on infectious diseases.
Although some progress has been made in the fight against infections, medical science is beginning to realize that it is actually the degree of natural immunity, natural body defense, and vitality which determine the success or failure of any treatment.
Because the medical profession has been preoccupied with germs, viruses and infections, the vast majority of conditions, ills and diseases that trouble mankind, have been ignored.
15,000,000 Americans suffer from chronic headaches, another 28,000,000 have arthritis. Heart disease is still the no. 1 killer. Chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, stomach ulcers and nervous disorders still must be dealt with. Hay fever, asthma, sinus and emphysema make hundreds of thousands miserable. Neuritis, bursitis and sciatica plague millions more. Chronic ailments are on the increase every day.
Orthodox medicine has failed to meet theses challenges, while a new kind of doctor - the Doctor of Chiropractic - now over 50,000 of them- have become the second largest healing profession in the world by getting people well - after medicine failed.
None of the body functions "just happen." Your heart doesn't just happen to beat. Your lungs don't just happen to inhale and exhale. Your stomach does not just happen to digest your dinner. All doctors know that your brain and nerve system coordinate these functions which make for life instead of death, health instead of sickness. It's your brain and nerve system which causes your heart to beat 72 times per minute, 60 minutes every hour, 103,680 times every 24 hours and pump 4,320 gallons of blood through nearly 100,000 miles of blood vessels, thus supplying oxygen and nourishment to every cell in the body, some 3 million of them.
Because your brain and nerve system direct it, today you will breathe 23,040 times, digest about 31 /4 pounds of food, drink and process about three quarts of liquid, speak about 4,800 words, move over 750 muscles and execise about 7,000,000 brain cells.
None of those things "just happen" The nerve system - often called the Master System - controls every function taking place in your body. This makes you a whole human being rather than a collection of parts.
Amazing Nerve System
The nerve system resembles an upside-down tree. The main trunk is suspended from the brain and the tiniest twigs end in the cells of the body.
Distribution of nerves throughout the body is so intimate and extensive that if we could dissolve away all other tissues, we would still see the form and proportion of he body in gossamer, a phantom body made up entirely of nerves.
When the nerve impulses flow smoothly and unimpeded as nature intends, a man enjoys health and a feeling of well-being. But when there is interference in normal nerve function, there is bound to be health trouble.
The spinal column is intended to protect the delicate spinal cord and the nerves leading from it. When it becomes misaligned or knocked out of a healthy position (subluxation), the column does not protect. Instead, the misaligned spinal bones impinge vital nerves. This subluxation process causes interference with normal nerve function.
To be continued...
