Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Synapsis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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STANLEY SCHIOWITZ Business Manager SALVATORE AQUILA Photographic Editor EDWARD J. ROPULEWICZ Editor-in-Chief RALPH FARRINGTON Art Editor CHARLES LODOWSKI Literary Editor

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GREETINGS TO THE STUDENTS OF P.C.O. With the closing of the current year, P.C.O. will have rounded out forty-five years of teaching of the Osteopathic philosophy and my own private practice of that art and science parallels this period. I, accord- ingly, feel that I may be justified by virtue of my long experience in practice, in assuring you of a sense of security in the choice of your prospective profession. Forty-five years is a long time in the pursuit of one following or service. But it is not too long if one seeks to acquaint himself with the possibilities of an unfolding and evolving science or engagement. Every day new problems and involvements present themselves especially in the therapeutic field and if you are conscientious and sincere in solving them you will become more and more proficient in your service and correspond- ingly more and more a blessing to humanity. And to all of you who are conscientiously convinced that the great- est therapeutic truth lies in the Osteopathic philosophy, to you I say persevere to the end. Our Osteopathic Colleges have achieved a high degree of educational efficiency and I am pleased to advise you that a survey of the remuneration of the physicians of the several schools of therapy shows that the Osteopathic physicians ' average from practice overtops the emolument of all others by 2 5 to 50 percent. Always keep in mind that the Osteopathic philosophy is founded upon the biological axiom that normal physiological life represents bio- logical cell response to normal environment conditions; that disease repre- sents biological cell response to abnormal environmental conditions; there- fore the cure of disease is to restore and the prevention of disease is to maintain normal cell environment. Also please remember that the Osteo- pathic therapeutic procedure embraces all such practices as help to restore normality without impairing vitality. Students of the P.C.O., — I salute you. I congratulate you on your choice of profession. I wish you Godspeed. After forty-five years of experience, and if I were to live my life over again, I would again choose to be an Osteopathic Physician. Sincerely Yours, Co-founder Dr. O. J. Snyder. DR. O. J. SNYDER

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DR. ANDREW TAYLOR STILL Founder of Osteopathy 1828 1917 I do not claim to be the author of this science of osteopathy. No human hand framed its laws; I ask no greater honor than to have discovered it.— A. T. Still.