Osteopathy
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Osteopathy is a system of treatment of physical ailments based on the theory that diseases are generally due to deranged mechanism of the joints, nerves, blood vessels and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of those parts. 155 Wis. 55. OSTER (Law Fr.) To take away; to take out or off. Oste del file, taken off the file.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A system of rubbing and kneading the body, applying hot or cold baths, and prescribing diet and exercise for the treatment, relief and cure of bodily infirmity or disease, without medicine, drugs or surgery. See 98 Am. St. 742, note.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Physician.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A method or system of treating various diseases of the human body without the use of drugs, by manipulation applied to various nerve centers, rubbing, pulling, and kneading parts of the body, flexing and manipulating the limbs, and the mechanical readjustment of any bones, muscles or ligaments not in the normal position, with a view to removing the cause of the disorder and aiding the restorative force of nature in cases where the trouble originated iu misplacement of parts, irregular nerve action or defective circulation. Whether the practice of osteopathy is "practice of medicine," and whether a school of osteopathy is a "medical college," within the meaning of statutes, the courts have not determined. See Little v. State, 60 Neb. 749, 84 N W. 248, 51 In In A. 717; Nelson v. State Board of Health, 108 Ky. 769, 57 S. W. 501, 50 In R. A. 383; State v. Liffring, 61 Ohio St 39, 55 N. E. 168, 76 Am. St. Rep. 358; Parks v. State, 159 Ind. 211, 64 N. E. 862, 59 In R. A. 190.