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The University Of Health Sciences College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, University Of Health Sciences College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Historical Postcards (1908-2007)

Postcard shows photographs of four buildings on the campus of the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2002.

Top left: Butterworth Alumni Center. Top right: Darwin J. and Suzanne Strickland Educational Pavilion. Bottom left: Leonard Smith Hall, which was originally the nurses' dormitory for Children's Mercy Hospital. Bottom right: Administration Building, originally Children's Mercy Hospital.

The University Of Health Sciences, University Of Health Sciences

Historical Postcards (1908-2007)

Postcard shows the front of the University of Health Sciences Administration Building. From 1917 to 1970 the building at 1750 Independence Avenue was occupied by Children’s Mercy Hospital. In 1971 it was purchased by the Alumni Association of the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine and gifted to the college. In 1979, after extensive renovations it became the school’s administration building. The school’s name was changed in 1980 to the University of Health Sciences and today is known as Kansas City University.

The back of the postcard advertises the American Osteopathic Association's 1999 national convention and lists alumni events.

Sun Coast Hospital, Sun Coast Hospital, H.W. Ewing Jr.

Historical Postcards (1908-2007)

Postcard depicts Sun Coast Osteopathic Hospital in Largo, Florida, and is postmarked September 3, 1967.

The back of the postcard credits H.W. Ewing, Jr. as the photographer, and reads: "A Non-Profit Osteopathic Institution, 2025 Indian Rocks Road, Largo, Florida. Accredited Hospital registered with the American Osteopathic Association."

Philadelphia College Of Osteopathy And Osteopathic Hospital: 48th And Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., Philadelphia College Of Osteopathy

Historical Postcards (1908-2007)

Linen postcard of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and Osteopathic Hospital, postmarked August 20, 1941.

The back of the postcard reads: "The million dollar buildings of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and Osteopathic Hospital, 48th and Spruce Streets -- Philadelphia, Pa., are located in a great medical metropolis, where unsurpassed clinical facilities and opportunities insure contact with a wide range of different diseases for diagnosis and treatment. Catalog on request."

The school is now known as Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM).

Herald Of Osteopathy, Vol. Xxiii, No. 2: Health Protection, Geo. W. Reid, Chas. F. Link, J.F. Reid, H.E. Litton, Edgar S. Comstock, George W. Goode

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Herald of Osteopathy, February, 1929: Health Protection

Two Great American Liberators - Give the People the Light - New Department of Nutritional Problems - Facts Concerning Influenza - Shoes - Factors Influencing Health.

Title page:

Herald of Osteopathy

Published Monthly by Herald of Osteopathy Publishing Co, Kirksville, Missouri
Geo W. Reid, M. D., D. O., Editor; Chas F. Link, Business Manager, Kirksville, Mo.
Annual Subscription, $1.00 in Advance. Single Copy, 10c; Vol. XXIIII February, 1929 No. 2

Contents:

Why Flu -- Two Great American Liberators -- Give the People the Light -- New Department of Nutritional Problems -- Interesting …

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Liii, No. 12: Osteopathy Helps Rejected Risks Get Life Insurance, American Osteopathic Association, Allan Anderson, Eugene F. Pellette, Beth Haberer, Harvey Fuller

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathy Helps Rejected Risks Get Life Insurance

Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., December, 1928, Number 12. Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright, 1928, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 12

Contents:

A Friend Worth Having -- Greetings and Good Wishes -- When Christmas Time Comes Round -- That Little Hour With Your Physician -- Treatment Makes One Feel New--Why? -- Have the Children Examined -- Osteopathy Helps Rejected Risks Get Life Insurance -- Shaw Feels Fit at Seventy-Two -- Removing the Cause -- Osteopathy-When and Why.

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Liii, No. 10: Osteopathy And Conservatism Inseparable, American Osteopathic Association, J. Deason, R. Kendrick Smith, E.E. Tucker, Harvey Fuller

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathy and Conservatism Inseparable - Tuning in for Health by Osteopathy

Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., October, 1928, Number 10 Published Monthly: $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright, 1928, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 10

Contents:

Dr. Still's Findings -- Medical Recognition of Osteopathy -- Osteopathic Physicians and Postgraduate Courses -- Activity Essential -- Concerning Infant Mortality -- Insurance Favors Osteopathy -- Why the D.O. Should Examine Every Child and Adult -- Osteopathy a Complete Therapy --Osteopathy and Conservatism Inseparable: Some Suggestions on Health Conservation -- Tuning …

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Liii, No. 9: Osteopathy Explained, Part Ii: A Soldier-Poet's Tribute, American Osteopathic Association, G.M. Peckham, Lily G. Harris, Harvey Fuller

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathy Explained, Part II: A Solider-Poet's Tribute

Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., September, 1928, Number 9. Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright, 1928, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 9

Contents:

Accidents Very Costly -- A Soldier-Poet's Tribute to Osteopathy -- Join the Live Longer Club -- Sterility May Be Caused by Bony Lesions -- Costs Less to Keep Fit -- Children Need Not Have Mumps and Measles -- An M.D. on Tonics -- Osteopathy Explained: Practical Questions Between Patient and Physician, Part II: Why Osteopathy …

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Liii, No. 7: Osteopathy Explained: Practical Questions And Answers Between Patient And Physician, American Osteopathic Association, Warren B. Davis, Harvey Fuller

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathy Explained: Practical Questions and Answers Between Patient and Physician

Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., July, 1928, Number 97 Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright, 1928, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 7

Contents:

Pasteur and Still -- Little Ills and Little Slips -- Discovering Osteopathy -- What We All Want --Osteopathy Explained: Practical Questions Between Patient and Physician -- Training Peter Taster -- Take It In Time.

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Liii, No. 6: How Is Your Liver?, American Osteopathic Association, A.G. Walmsley, Walter E. Elfrink, J.A. Van Brakle, Howard T. Crawford, Harvey Fuller

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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How is Your Liver? - Why Some Curable Chronics Do Not Get Well - Choosing a Doctor - Arthritis

Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., June, 1928, Number 6. Published Monthly: $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright, 1928, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 6

Contents:

Nature's Optimism -- How is Your Liver? -- Why Some Curable Chronics Do Not Get Well -- Choosing a Doctor -- Avoiding Chronic Diseases -- Osteopathic Habits -- Another Important Right.

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Liii, No. 5: The Advantages Of Osteopathic Surgery, American Osteopathic Association, E.A. Cole, George V. Webster, A.T. Still, Asa Willard, Carl P. Mcconnell, John H. Styles Jr., R. Kendrick Smith, Harvey Fuller

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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The Advantages of Osteopathic Surgery - The Difference Between Osteopathy and Massage - Constipation

Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., May, 1928, Number 5. Published Monthly: $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright 1927, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 5

Contents:

The Advantages of Osteopathic Surgery -- Nerve Centers and Health -- A Differentiation: Differences Between Osteopathy and Massage -- An Illustration -- Chats on Osteopathy -- Constipation -- A Word About Catarrh -- After an Anesthetic.

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Liii, No. 2: Osteopathy As Defined In The Encyclopedia Britannica, American Osteopathic Association, Cyrus J. Gaddis

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathy as defined in the Encyclopedia Britannica - Influenza Prevention

Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., February, 1928, Number 2. Published Monthly: $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright 1927, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 2

Contents:

Magic--Drugs--Osteopathy -- Osteopathy as Defined in the Encyclopedia Britannica -- Influenza Prevention -- Serious Ills That Follow the Flu -- When Goitre is Curable -- Osteopathic and Medical Courses of Study Compared -- Preparedness.

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Liii, No. 1: Good Health To All This Year, American Osteopathic Association, Blanche Mayes Elfrink, P.H. Woodall

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Good Health to All This Year

What Osteopathy Does for Women - The Price of New Lives - Dr. Still's Words of Hope

Volume LIII, Chicago, Ill., January, 1928, Number 1. Published Monthly: $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright 1927, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LIII Chicago, Ill. Number 1

Contents:

Dr. Still's Words of Hope -- The Price of New Lives -- Osteopathy and Obstetrics -- Osteopathy in Diseases of Women -- Mechanical Causes of Woman's Ills -- What Osteopathy Does for Women -- Osteopathic and Medical Courses of …

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Lii, No. 10: Save Your Feet, American Osteopathic Association, G.A. Pockett, Floyd L. Barr, R. Kendrick Smith, Sarah Murray, F.E. Jorris, B.P. Mansfield

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Save Your Feet -- The Mechanism of the Foot -- Eminent Authority -- Osteopathy and Bright's Disease

Volume LII, Chicago, Ill., October, 1927, Number 10. Published Monthly: $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright 1927, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LII Chicago, Ill. Number 10

Contents:

An Osteopathic City -- Just Feet -- The Mechanism of the Foot -- Arches or Springs? -- Save Your Feet -- Strengthen Your Feet With These Exercises -- Eminent Authority -- Spinal Lesions -- Ousting the Poisons -- Osteopathy and Bright's Disease -- Only Five …

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Lii, No. 8: What Osteopathy Does For Human Health, American Osteopathic Association, Edgar S. Comstock, D.B. Mansfield, Harry W. Gamble, R. Kendrick Smith, Willis E. Lewis, Jean Basford

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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What Osteopathy Does for Human Health - Summer Complaint - Osteopathy Not A Faith Cure

Volume LII, Chicago, Ill., August, 1927, Number 8. Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright 1927, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LII Chicago, Ill. Number 8

Contents:

Facts Are The Best Arguments -- What Osteopathy Does for Human Health -- A Letter to a Layman: Sent by Dr. Edgar S. Comstock to an Enquirer About Osteopathy -- Summer Complaint -- Prominent Executive Boosts Osteopathy -- Enlarged Glands in the Neck -- Pain at Base …

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Lii, No. 6: That Machine You Call Your Body, American Osteopathic Association, Alexander Black, R. Kendrick Smith

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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That Machine You Call Your Body - How About Choosing Your Life Work? - Intestinal Indigestion

Volume LII, Chicago, Ill., June, 1927, Number 6. Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright 1927, by The American Osteopathic Assn., Chicago, Ill. Vol. LII Chicago, Ill. Number 6

Contents:

Take Time to Be Healthy -- That Machine You Call Your Body -- How About Choosing Your Life Work? -- Intestinal Indigestion -- Osteopathic and Medical Courses of Study Compared -- The Osteopathic Physician's Training.

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Xlx, No. 3: Osteopathy The Haven For Suffering Women, Henry Stanhope Bunting

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathy: The Haven for Suffering Women

Volume XLX, Waukegan, Ill., March, 1926, Number 3. Published Monthly; $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright, 1926, by The Bunting Publications, Inc., Waukegan, Ill. VOL. XLX Waukegan, Ill. Number 3

Contents:

Osteopathy the Haven for Suffering Women -- Constipation in Women -- Backache in Women -- Headache and Neuralgia -- Ovarian Ills -- Menstrual Suppression -- Profuse Flow and Flooding -- Painful Menstruation -- The Cause and Cure of Leucorrhea -- Curetting the Uterus -- Uterine Displacements and Flexions -- Prolapsus of Uterus -- Bladder Trouble in …

Osteopathic Health, Vol. Xlvii, No. 2: Health At Par, Henry Stanhope Bunting, Howard T. Treleaven, W.E. Farbstein

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Health at Par: Osteopathy for the Business Man
By Howard T. Treleaven, D.O.
A Chart of Health and Efficiency

Volume XLVII, Waukegan, Ill., August, 1924, Number 2. Published Monthly. $1.00 Per Annum; 10 Cents Per Copy

Title page:

Osteopathic Health

Copyright, 1924, by The Bunting Publications, Inc., Waukegan, Ill. VOL. XLVII Waukegan, Ill. Number 2

Contents:

Famous Men of Science: Carl Ludwig, 1816-1895 -- Health at Par -- Osteopathy for the Business Man -- The Lamp of Aladdin -- Courses by Hours in Representative Osteopathic Schools as Compared with Medical Schools.

Osteopathic Magazine, Vol. X, No. 12, December 1923, American Osteopathic Association, National League For The Prevention Of Spinal Curvature, Cyrus J. Gaddis, F.P. Millard, A.G. Walmsley, C.N. Clark

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathic Magazine and the National Spinal League Journal

Title Page:

Osteopathic Magazine and the Journal of the National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature

Contents:

Editorials -- The Reverent Hour (Poem) -- Immortality -- The Best Poised Chin Contest -- Osteopathy in Athletic Training II -- A Logical Arrangement -- A Review of Medical Therapy II -- The Span of Life II -- The First Christmas Tree -- Montana and Osteopathy -- What the People Think of Doctors -- What Is a Real Cure -- Are We an Athletic Nation? -- The Business Side of a Doctor's Practice …

Osteopathic Magazine, Vol. Ix, No. 12, December 1922, American Osteopathic Association, National League For The Prevention Of Spinal Curvature, Cyrus J. Gaddis, F.P. Millard, A.G. Walmsley, Eva W. Magoon

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathic Magazine and the National Spinal League Journal

Title Page:

Osteopathic Magazine and the Journal of the National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature

Contents:

"The Old Doctor" -- Extract from "Tribute to Lincoln" -- Dr. Still's Picture -- "Outwitted" -- Thank You -- Worth the Repair Bill -- A Mile of Oxygen -- Mrs. Felton, First Woman Senator -- Exercise -- Dr. A. T. Still -- Worry -- Re-creative Exercise (Illustrated) -- Cosmopolitan Cogitations (Poem) -- Applied Psychology and Therapeutics -- Infantile Paralysis -- Lorado Taft, American Sculptor -- Fountain of Time -- Solitude of the Soul …

Osteopathic Magazine, Vol. Ix, No. 7, July 1922, American Osteopathic Association, National League For The Prevention Of Spinal Curvature

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathic Magazine and the National Spinal League Journal

Title Page:

Osteopathic Magazine and the Journal of the National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature

Contents:

Hay Fever and Asthma -- The Effects of Spinal Irritation -- The Essential Nutrients -- Health -- Structure Governs Function -- The Rectum -- Wireless Osteopathy -- A Few Hints About Infantile Paralysis -- The Effects of Tobacco -- Constipation -- Toxemia -- Dr. A. T. Still -- Insomnia -- A Health Program -- The Inorganic Salts -- Arthritis -- Results From Auto-Intoxication -- Misers -- Five Hundred Million For Drugs.

Osteopathic Magazine, Vol. Ix, No. 6, June 1922, American Osteopathic Association, National League For The Prevention Of Spinal Curvature, George W. Goode, F.P. Millard, A.G. Walmsley

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

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Osteopathic Magazine and the National Spinal League Journal

Title Page:

Osteopathic Magazine and the Journal of the National League for the Prevention of Spinal Curvature

Contents:

How Is Your Liver? -- The Flu, Monkeys, and Serums -- Tuberculosis -- Is Your Osteopath Your Physician? -- Conservation of Health -- Mortality from Typhoid Fever, 1920 -- Is the World Growing Healthier? -- Human Body Construction -- Healing Power Within Body -- The Heart -- Croup -- The Teeth -- Over-Eating -- Earache -- Obesity Diet -- Diarrhoea -- The Colliery Surgeron -- Blood-Making Foods -- Nose Bleed -- Asthma -- …

Statue Of Dr. A.T. Still, Kirksville, Mo., Kirksville, Missouri

Historical Postcards (1908-2007)

A 1920 sepia artistic rendering of the Andrew Taylor Still monument in Kirksville, Missouri.

Southwestern Osteopathic Sanitarium, Blackwell, Okla., Southwestern Osteopathic Sanitarium

Historical Postcards (1908-2007)

Sepia postcard from 1918 with image of the Southwestern Osteopathic Sanitarium in Blackwell, Oklahoma. The Sanitarium was established in 1912 and moved to the building pictured in 1915.

George J. Conley was President of the Board of Control and Surgeon-in-Chief from 1914-1924. Dr. Conley would later be one of the founders and the first President of the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery (now Kansas City University). In 1924 the institution moved to Wichita, Kansas.

Wesley Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., Wesley Hospital

Historical Postcards (1908-2007)

Postcard shows a 1917 color rendering of Wesley Hospital at 11th and Harrison Streets in Kansas City, Missouri. Built in 1915 by Dr. Archie Robertson, it was taken over by the United States War Department in 1943.

In 1944 the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery (now Kansas City University) purchased the hospital and renamed it Osteopathic Hospital. It was used as a teaching hospital until its closing in 1972 when the University opened the Center for Health Sciences, later known as University Hospital.

Osteopathy For Children, R.H. Williams

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

16 page pamphlet.

Osteopathy In Chronic Cases, R.H. Williams

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

15 page pamphlet.

The Spinal Origin Of Disease, R.H. Williams

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

16 page pamphlet.

Title page:

The Spinal Origin of Disease, Part I: Reasons for Treating the Spine

A Little Journey To The Home Of Andrew Taylor Still, Elbert Hubbard

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

32 page book with photographs.

Cover:

A Little Journey to the Home of Andrew Taylor Still
By Elbert Hubbard

Title page:

Andrew Taylor Still: Being a Little Journey to the Home of the Founder of Osteopathy
By Elbert Hubbard
Done into a Book by the Roycrofters, at their Shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, mcmxii

Photographs:

"The Old Doctor" and Elbert Hubbard on the veranda at Kirksville -- Dr. C.E. Still.

Osteopathy In Acute Diseases, R.H. Williams

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

16 page pamphlet.