Since the publication of the second edition of this work, the growth and progress of Osteopathy have been marked, and it has been the aim of the author to have these pages reflect those virile characteristics of the Science. He has made an earnest endeavor to add to his previous work as much as possible that would be of value to the profession. The work has been rewritten in many parts, and much new matter has been added throughout, considerably enlarging the volume. The same considerations that before led to the omission from these pages of the facts of pathology, symptomatology, etc., which the student finds useful in his studies, but which are so available from other sources, were still deemed sufficient. But the continued demand for a compact work upon this subject, of moderate price, and devoted exclusively to osteopathic considera tions seems to warrant the bringing out of this further edition.
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