Physiological Basis of Osteopathic Medicine

This book came about from a series of lectures presented at a Symposium of the Postgraduate Institute of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in October of 1967. The presenters included George Northup, DO, Irvin Korr, PhD, Elliott Hi, Phd., and Keith Buzzell, D.O. and through their concerted efforts, they bring forth the concept of wholeness in osteopathic treatment to light. In this text, the authors examine the seeming dichotomy between the physiological and philosophical aspects of osteopathic medicine, and then in their presentations, unite the two divergent ideas into a practical and unified clinical approach.

In the Summary Comments at the end of the book, George Northup, D.O. states, " ... when we consider these various ideas, some new and some old, I think that we should remember that the thing that unites us as doctors, whether D.O. or M.D. or Ph.D., is ultimately the patient. It is at the bedside of the patient where the physician will need to carry the ideas that have been brought forth today. Perhaps they cannot be related to clinical problems today or even tomorrow, but they show us that this is not a world of medicine in which we can enjoy the status quo." The ideas presented in this book address the past and the future of osteopathic medicine and are an inspiration to continue in the search for "Health" in the patient.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
George Northup, D.O.

Foreword
Newton Kugelmass, M.D.

The Sympathetic Nervous System as Mediator between the Somatic and Supportive Processes
Irvin Korr, Ph.D.

The Potential Disruptive Influence of the Somatic Input
Keith Buzzell, D.O.

Vulnerability of the Segmental Nervous System to Somatic Insults
Irvin Korr Ph.D.

The Cost of Human Posture and Locomotion
Keith Buzell, D.O.

The Segmental Nervous System as Mediator and Organizer of Disease Processes
Irvin Korr, Ph.D.

Viscerovisceral and Somatovisceral Reflex Communication
Elliott Hix, Ph.D.

The Trophic Function Visceral Nerves
Elliott Hix, Ph.D.

Summary Comment
George Northup, D.O.