Principles of Osteopathy

This book is a collection of transcribed lectures by Hazzard on the theory and application of Osteopathy. Included also are lectures regarding the human body with indications for Osteopathic treatment, discussions on specific diseases with examination technique and treatment. He touches on the history of medicine and other healing systems such as massage, in order to show the independence and efficacy of Osteopathy by comparison. His intended audience included students and fellow DOs and as such he writes in medical language about the pathology and etiology of each disease process discussed followed by detailed treatment protocol. An example of this is the first three lectures. In the first two chapters, he presents different types of spinal curvatures and how they form. In the third he gives specific treatment options for different types of spinal curvature abnormalities.