Dr. Arthur Hildreth was one of the originators of Osteopathic Medicine and a founder of the first Osteopathic College in Kirksville, Mo.
"Dr. Arthur O. Hildreth, president of the Osteopathic Sanitarium Company of Macon and one of the leading exponents of his school of practice in this state, was born upon a farm near Kirksville, Missouri, June 13, 1863, his parents being Harvey G. and Jane E. (Crosby) Hildreth. The father was a native of the state of New York and both he and his wife were representatives of old American families. On leaving the Empire state they removed to southern Wisconsin with their respective parents, settling near Jefferson, that state, in 1837. There Harvey G. Hildreth and Jane E. Crosby were married and began their domestic life, continuing in Wisconsin until 1867, when they took up their abode near Kirksville, in Adair county, Missouri, where they remained until called to their final rest, the father passing away in 1886 and the mother in 1903. Their family numbered three sons and a daughter, of whom two are living: Dr. Hildreth, of this review; and Mrs. Delia Notestine, who makes her home with her brother. The father was a farmer by occupation and devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits, winning a substantial competence through his industry and capability.
Dr. Hildreth began his education In the common schools of his native county and afterward spent two winters in the Kirksville State Normal School. His attention being attracted by the profession of osteopathy, he matriculated In the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, the first institution of Us kind, the school building being at that time a little room fourteen by twenty-eight feet. He was graduated in 1894 with the first class that completed the course—a class numbering seventeen members. For ten years he was connected in one capacity or another with the American School of Osteopathy, ranging all the way from student, member of the staff, instructor and even at one time was dean of the college. While still a resident of Adair county he was elected in 1900 its representative to the state legislature and made so excellent a record during his first term in the general assembly that he was reelected in 1902. He took active and helpful part in promoting many valuable legislative measures and was instrumental in securing the enactment of the present osteopathic law of Missouri.
On the 23d of November, 1883, Dr. Hildreth was married to Miss Luclnda M. Corbin, daughter of Early and Elizabeth (Ownbey) Corbin, who were among the earliest pioneers of Adair county. They became the parents of two children: Harvey Earl, who was born April 19, 1889, and died in infancy; and Ina M., whose birth occurred May 23, 1891. The wife and mother passed away on the 1st of August, 1913.
Dr. Hildreth came, to Macon, February 26, 1914, and has resided in the city to the present time. He belongs to Censor Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Macon; Kirksvine Chapter, R. A. M.; Ely Commandery, K. T., of Kirksville; and Ararat Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Kansas City.
Dr. Hildreth is one of the most prominent exponents of the science of osteopathy in the Mississippi valley. Perhaps no man in the profession was more closely or more intimately associated with Dr. A. T. Still than Dr. Hildreth. In fact the relationship was more that of a father and son than of mere acquaintanceship. The history of Dr. Hildreth's efforts for legislative recognition of osteopathy is worthy of more than passing notice. The first bill passed in the United States by any legislative body was passed by the house and senate of Missouri in 1895. This bill was vetoed by the then acting Governor Stone, late United States senator. In 1897 the same bill was passed by both branches of the Missouri legislature and signed by Governor Stephens, March 4, 1897. Missouri was not the first state in the union, however, to place on its statute books recognition of osteopaths, the first bill which became a law being passed by the state of Vermont during the month of November, 1896; the second state was South Dakota, w,hich enacted a law in February, 1897. Then followed Missouri as the third, and from that time on one state after another has enacted some form of law recognizing the osteopathic profession until today forty- seven out of the forty-eight states recognize this system of practice. Dr. Hildreth presented this measure before twenty-seven different legislative bodies during the active time of securing recognition.
After leaving the legislature Dr. Hildreth located in St. Louis and was there for eleven years in general office practice. While there, on the 1st of August, 1913, his wife died. The National American Osteopathic Association met in Kirksville In August of the same year and during the convention Dr. H. M. Still and Dr. C. E. Still told Dr. Hildreth of the Macon proposition, as it was then called, and the three osteopathic physicians met Clyde L. Martin, Otho F. Matthews, R. M. Miller and Frank Keisacker, these gentlemen, who had acquired the Blees Military Academy property at Macon, being active in trying to interest the Doctors Still in converting the old academy into a sanitarium. They replied that they were willing to undertake it provided they could interest Dr. Hildreth, also if they would be allowed to treat mental diseases and if the right kind of financial arrangements could be made. From that day on the work of solving these three problems and carrying out plans progressed until March 1, 1914, when the institution was opened for patients. The Still-Hildreth Sanatorium is the first of its kind—that is, the first institution where mental diseases can be treated osteopathically. Dr. A. T. Sill, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work, had claimed for years that when the time came when we could have the right kind of buildings with proper surroundings and environment, there was a large per cent of insanity that could be cured osteopathically. Now, after six years' experience in the institution, the records show they have been able to cure fifty-five per cent of the general run of curable patients, many of them having been pronounced incurable. Dr. H. M. Still, who is a son of the discoverer of the science of osteopathy, and Dr. C. E. Still were the men to whom the business men of Macon first appealed with the proposition to start the institution. Both were well known, especially in the osteopathic profession, Dr. Harry Still having had extended experience In general practice in Chicago and New York city as well as with the home school for a number of years. Dr. C. E. Still devoted almost his entire time from the beginning of osteopathy until the death of Dr. A. T. Still to the original school. During the last eight or ten years of the life of Dr. A. T. Still, Dr. C. E. Still was really the acting head of the school and in fact guided the affairs of the American School of Osteopathy for years before his father's death. Dr. A. T. Still himself was very much interested in the new institution at Macon. While his health was such that he was never able to visit the institution after its doors were opened, he manifested the keenest concern and his advice, notwithstanding his remarkable age, was most helpful to the sanatorium. When the Osteopathic Sanatorium Company was organized at Macon, Dr. Hildreth was elected president of the corporation and president and superintendent of the institution and has so continued to the present time. The sanatorium opened its doors for the reception of patients on the 1st of March, 1914. On the 4th of the same month the first patient arrived and the institution has since grown rapidly until at the present time there are over one hundred and thirty patients within its walls. In 1919 it was necessary to remodel the gymnasium building, giving to the institution capacity for sixty or seventy more people. Already the work accomplished entitles Dr. Hildreth and his associates to the gratitude of many patients and of the public at large. There is no school of healing that gives such close attention to the study of anatomy and the component parts of the human body as does the osteopathic school and with every phase of the science Dr. Hildreth is thoroughly familiar. His experiments and his labors have been based upon sound reason and logical deductions from known principles, and the city of Macon has reason to be proud of the splendid record made by this institution which has been established within its midst." From the Centennial history of Missouri, Page 701
"Dr. Arthur O. Hildreth, president of the Osteopathic Sanitarium Company of Macon and one of the leading exponents of his school of practice in this state, was born upon a farm near Kirksville, Missouri, June 13, 1863, his parents being Harvey G. and Jane E. (Crosby) Hildreth. The father was a native of the state of New York and both he and his wife were representatives of old American families. On leaving the Empire state they removed to southern Wisconsin with their respective parents, settling near Jefferson, that state, in 1837. There Harvey G. Hildreth and Jane E. Crosby were married and began their domestic life, continuing in Wisconsin until 1867, when they took up their abode near Kirksville, in Adair county, Missouri, where they remained until called to their final rest, the father passing away in 1886 and the mother in 1903. Their family numbered three sons and a daughter, of whom two are living: Dr. Hildreth, of this review; and Mrs. Delia Notestine, who makes her home with her brother. The father was a farmer by occupation and devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits, winning a substantial competence through his industry and capability.
Dr. Hildreth began his education In the common schools of his native county and afterward spent two winters in the Kirksville State Normal School. His attention being attracted by the profession of osteopathy, he matriculated In the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, the first institution of Us kind, the school building being at that time a little room fourteen by twenty-eight feet. He was graduated in 1894 with the first class that completed the course—a class numbering seventeen members. For ten years he was connected in one capacity or another with the American School of Osteopathy, ranging all the way from student, member of the staff, instructor and even at one time was dean of the college. While still a resident of Adair county he was elected in 1900 its representative to the state legislature and made so excellent a record during his first term in the general assembly that he was reelected in 1902. He took active and helpful part in promoting many valuable legislative measures and was instrumental in securing the enactment of the present osteopathic law of Missouri.
On the 23d of November, 1883, Dr. Hildreth was married to Miss Luclnda M. Corbin, daughter of Early and Elizabeth (Ownbey) Corbin, who were among the earliest pioneers of Adair county. They became the parents of two children: Harvey Earl, who was born April 19, 1889, and died in infancy; and Ina M., whose birth occurred May 23, 1891. The wife and mother passed away on the 1st of August, 1913.
Dr. Hildreth came, to Macon, February 26, 1914, and has resided in the city to the present time. He belongs to Censor Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Macon; Kirksvine Chapter, R. A. M.; Ely Commandery, K. T., of Kirksville; and Ararat Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Kansas City.
Dr. Hildreth is one of the most prominent exponents of the science of osteopathy in the Mississippi valley. Perhaps no man in the profession was more closely or more intimately associated with Dr. A. T. Still than Dr. Hildreth. In fact the relationship was more that of a father and son than of mere acquaintanceship. The history of Dr. Hildreth's efforts for legislative recognition of osteopathy is worthy of more than passing notice. The first bill passed in the United States by any legislative body was passed by the house and senate of Missouri in 1895. This bill was vetoed by the then acting Governor Stone, late United States senator. In 1897 the same bill was passed by both branches of the Missouri legislature and signed by Governor Stephens, March 4, 1897. Missouri was not the first state in the union, however, to place on its statute books recognition of osteopaths, the first bill which became a law being passed by the state of Vermont during the month of November, 1896; the second state was South Dakota, w,hich enacted a law in February, 1897. Then followed Missouri as the third, and from that time on one state after another has enacted some form of law recognizing the osteopathic profession until today forty- seven out of the forty-eight states recognize this system of practice. Dr. Hildreth presented this measure before twenty-seven different legislative bodies during the active time of securing recognition.
After leaving the legislature Dr. Hildreth located in St. Louis and was there for eleven years in general office practice. While there, on the 1st of August, 1913, his wife died. The National American Osteopathic Association met in Kirksville In August of the same year and during the convention Dr. H. M. Still and Dr. C. E. Still told Dr. Hildreth of the Macon proposition, as it was then called, and the three osteopathic physicians met Clyde L. Martin, Otho F. Matthews, R. M. Miller and Frank Keisacker, these gentlemen, who had acquired the Blees Military Academy property at Macon, being active in trying to interest the Doctors Still in converting the old academy into a sanitarium. They replied that they were willing to undertake it provided they could interest Dr. Hildreth, also if they would be allowed to treat mental diseases and if the right kind of financial arrangements could be made. From that day on the work of solving these three problems and carrying out plans progressed until March 1, 1914, when the institution was opened for patients. The Still-Hildreth Sanatorium is the first of its kind—that is, the first institution where mental diseases can be treated osteopathically. Dr. A. T. Sill, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work, had claimed for years that when the time came when we could have the right kind of buildings with proper surroundings and environment, there was a large per cent of insanity that could be cured osteopathically. Now, after six years' experience in the institution, the records show they have been able to cure fifty-five per cent of the general run of curable patients, many of them having been pronounced incurable. Dr. H. M. Still, who is a son of the discoverer of the science of osteopathy, and Dr. C. E. Still were the men to whom the business men of Macon first appealed with the proposition to start the institution. Both were well known, especially in the osteopathic profession, Dr. Harry Still having had extended experience In general practice in Chicago and New York city as well as with the home school for a number of years. Dr. C. E. Still devoted almost his entire time from the beginning of osteopathy until the death of Dr. A. T. Still to the original school. During the last eight or ten years of the life of Dr. A. T. Still, Dr. C. E. Still was really the acting head of the school and in fact guided the affairs of the American School of Osteopathy for years before his father's death. Dr. A. T. Still himself was very much interested in the new institution at Macon. While his health was such that he was never able to visit the institution after its doors were opened, he manifested the keenest concern and his advice, notwithstanding his remarkable age, was most helpful to the sanatorium. When the Osteopathic Sanatorium Company was organized at Macon, Dr. Hildreth was elected president of the corporation and president and superintendent of the institution and has so continued to the present time. The sanatorium opened its doors for the reception of patients on the 1st of March, 1914. On the 4th of the same month the first patient arrived and the institution has since grown rapidly until at the present time there are over one hundred and thirty patients within its walls. In 1919 it was necessary to remodel the gymnasium building, giving to the institution capacity for sixty or seventy more people. Already the work accomplished entitles Dr. Hildreth and his associates to the gratitude of many patients and of the public at large. There is no school of healing that gives such close attention to the study of anatomy and the component parts of the human body as does the osteopathic school and with every phase of the science Dr. Hildreth is thoroughly familiar. His experiments and his labors have been based upon sound reason and logical deductions from known principles, and the city of Macon has reason to be proud of the splendid record made by this institution which has been established within its midst." From the Centennial history of Missouri, Page 701
Dr. Arthur Hildreth was one of the originators of Osteopathic Medicine and a founder of the first Osteopathic College in Kirksville, Mo.
"Dr. Arthur O. Hildreth, president of the Osteopathic Sanitarium Company of Macon and one of the leading exponents of his school of practice in this state, was born upon a farm near Kirksville, Missouri, June 13, 1863, his parents being Harvey G. and Jane E. (Crosby) Hildreth. The father was a native of the state of New York and both he and his wife were representatives of old American families. On leaving the Empire state they removed to southern Wisconsin with their respective parents, settling near Jefferson, that state, in 1837. There Harvey G. Hildreth and Jane E. Crosby were married and began their domestic life, continuing in Wisconsin until 1867, when they took up their abode near Kirksville, in Adair county, Missouri, where they remained until called to their final rest, the father passing away in 1886 and the mother in 1903. Their family numbered three sons and a daughter, of whom two are living: Dr. Hildreth, of this review; and Mrs. Delia Notestine, who makes her home with her brother. The father was a farmer by occupation and devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits, winning a substantial competence through his industry and capability.
Dr. Hildreth began his education In the common schools of his native county and afterward spent two winters in the Kirksville State Normal School. His attention being attracted by the profession of osteopathy, he matriculated In the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, the first institution of Us kind, the school building being at that time a little room fourteen by twenty-eight feet. He was graduated in 1894 with the first class that completed the course—a class numbering seventeen members. For ten years he was connected in one capacity or another with the American School of Osteopathy, ranging all the way from student, member of the staff, instructor and even at one time was dean of the college. While still a resident of Adair county he was elected in 1900 its representative to the state legislature and made so excellent a record during his first term in the general assembly that he was reelected in 1902. He took active and helpful part in promoting many valuable legislative measures and was instrumental in securing the enactment of the present osteopathic law of Missouri.
On the 23d of November, 1883, Dr. Hildreth was married to Miss Luclnda M. Corbin, daughter of Early and Elizabeth (Ownbey) Corbin, who were among the earliest pioneers of Adair county. They became the parents of two children: Harvey Earl, who was born April 19, 1889, and died in infancy; and Ina M., whose birth occurred May 23, 1891. The wife and mother passed away on the 1st of August, 1913.
Dr. Hildreth came, to Macon, February 26, 1914, and has resided in the city to the present time. He belongs to Censor Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Macon; Kirksvine Chapter, R. A. M.; Ely Commandery, K. T., of Kirksville; and Ararat Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Kansas City.
Dr. Hildreth is one of the most prominent exponents of the science of osteopathy in the Mississippi valley. Perhaps no man in the profession was more closely or more intimately associated with Dr. A. T. Still than Dr. Hildreth. In fact the relationship was more that of a father and son than of mere acquaintanceship. The history of Dr. Hildreth's efforts for legislative recognition of osteopathy is worthy of more than passing notice. The first bill passed in the United States by any legislative body was passed by the house and senate of Missouri in 1895. This bill was vetoed by the then acting Governor Stone, late United States senator. In 1897 the same bill was passed by both branches of the Missouri legislature and signed by Governor Stephens, March 4, 1897. Missouri was not the first state in the union, however, to place on its statute books recognition of osteopaths, the first bill which became a law being passed by the state of Vermont during the month of November, 1896; the second state was South Dakota, w,hich enacted a law in February, 1897. Then followed Missouri as the third, and from that time on one state after another has enacted some form of law recognizing the osteopathic profession until today forty- seven out of the forty-eight states recognize this system of practice. Dr. Hildreth presented this measure before twenty-seven different legislative bodies during the active time of securing recognition.
After leaving the legislature Dr. Hildreth located in St. Louis and was there for eleven years in general office practice. While there, on the 1st of August, 1913, his wife died. The National American Osteopathic Association met in Kirksville In August of the same year and during the convention Dr. H. M. Still and Dr. C. E. Still told Dr. Hildreth of the Macon proposition, as it was then called, and the three osteopathic physicians met Clyde L. Martin, Otho F. Matthews, R. M. Miller and Frank Keisacker, these gentlemen, who had acquired the Blees Military Academy property at Macon, being active in trying to interest the Doctors Still in converting the old academy into a sanitarium. They replied that they were willing to undertake it provided they could interest Dr. Hildreth, also if they would be allowed to treat mental diseases and if the right kind of financial arrangements could be made. From that day on the work of solving these three problems and carrying out plans progressed until March 1, 1914, when the institution was opened for patients. The Still-Hildreth Sanatorium is the first of its kind—that is, the first institution where mental diseases can be treated osteopathically. Dr. A. T. Sill, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work, had claimed for years that when the time came when we could have the right kind of buildings with proper surroundings and environment, there was a large per cent of insanity that could be cured osteopathically. Now, after six years' experience in the institution, the records show they have been able to cure fifty-five per cent of the general run of curable patients, many of them having been pronounced incurable. Dr. H. M. Still, who is a son of the discoverer of the science of osteopathy, and Dr. C. E. Still were the men to whom the business men of Macon first appealed with the proposition to start the institution. Both were well known, especially in the osteopathic profession, Dr. Harry Still having had extended experience In general practice in Chicago and New York city as well as with the home school for a number of years. Dr. C. E. Still devoted almost his entire time from the beginning of osteopathy until the death of Dr. A. T. Still to the original school. During the last eight or ten years of the life of Dr. A. T. Still, Dr. C. E. Still was really the acting head of the school and in fact guided the affairs of the American School of Osteopathy for years before his father's death. Dr. A. T. Still himself was very much interested in the new institution at Macon. While his health was such that he was never able to visit the institution after its doors were opened, he manifested the keenest concern and his advice, notwithstanding his remarkable age, was most helpful to the sanatorium. When the Osteopathic Sanatorium Company was organized at Macon, Dr. Hildreth was elected president of the corporation and president and superintendent of the institution and has so continued to the present time. The sanatorium opened its doors for the reception of patients on the 1st of March, 1914. On the 4th of the same month the first patient arrived and the institution has since grown rapidly until at the present time there are over one hundred and thirty patients within its walls. In 1919 it was necessary to remodel the gymnasium building, giving to the institution capacity for sixty or seventy more people. Already the work accomplished entitles Dr. Hildreth and his associates to the gratitude of many patients and of the public at large. There is no school of healing that gives such close attention to the study of anatomy and the component parts of the human body as does the osteopathic school and with every phase of the science Dr. Hildreth is thoroughly familiar. His experiments and his labors have been based upon sound reason and logical deductions from known principles, and the city of Macon has reason to be proud of the splendid record made by this institution which has been established within its midst." From the Centennial history of Missouri, Page 701
"Dr. Arthur O. Hildreth, president of the Osteopathic Sanitarium Company of Macon and one of the leading exponents of his school of practice in this state, was born upon a farm near Kirksville, Missouri, June 13, 1863, his parents being Harvey G. and Jane E. (Crosby) Hildreth. The father was a native of the state of New York and both he and his wife were representatives of old American families. On leaving the Empire state they removed to southern Wisconsin with their respective parents, settling near Jefferson, that state, in 1837. There Harvey G. Hildreth and Jane E. Crosby were married and began their domestic life, continuing in Wisconsin until 1867, when they took up their abode near Kirksville, in Adair county, Missouri, where they remained until called to their final rest, the father passing away in 1886 and the mother in 1903. Their family numbered three sons and a daughter, of whom two are living: Dr. Hildreth, of this review; and Mrs. Delia Notestine, who makes her home with her brother. The father was a farmer by occupation and devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits, winning a substantial competence through his industry and capability.
Dr. Hildreth began his education In the common schools of his native county and afterward spent two winters in the Kirksville State Normal School. His attention being attracted by the profession of osteopathy, he matriculated In the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, the first institution of Us kind, the school building being at that time a little room fourteen by twenty-eight feet. He was graduated in 1894 with the first class that completed the course—a class numbering seventeen members. For ten years he was connected in one capacity or another with the American School of Osteopathy, ranging all the way from student, member of the staff, instructor and even at one time was dean of the college. While still a resident of Adair county he was elected in 1900 its representative to the state legislature and made so excellent a record during his first term in the general assembly that he was reelected in 1902. He took active and helpful part in promoting many valuable legislative measures and was instrumental in securing the enactment of the present osteopathic law of Missouri.
On the 23d of November, 1883, Dr. Hildreth was married to Miss Luclnda M. Corbin, daughter of Early and Elizabeth (Ownbey) Corbin, who were among the earliest pioneers of Adair county. They became the parents of two children: Harvey Earl, who was born April 19, 1889, and died in infancy; and Ina M., whose birth occurred May 23, 1891. The wife and mother passed away on the 1st of August, 1913.
Dr. Hildreth came, to Macon, February 26, 1914, and has resided in the city to the present time. He belongs to Censor Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Macon; Kirksvine Chapter, R. A. M.; Ely Commandery, K. T., of Kirksville; and Ararat Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Kansas City.
Dr. Hildreth is one of the most prominent exponents of the science of osteopathy in the Mississippi valley. Perhaps no man in the profession was more closely or more intimately associated with Dr. A. T. Still than Dr. Hildreth. In fact the relationship was more that of a father and son than of mere acquaintanceship. The history of Dr. Hildreth's efforts for legislative recognition of osteopathy is worthy of more than passing notice. The first bill passed in the United States by any legislative body was passed by the house and senate of Missouri in 1895. This bill was vetoed by the then acting Governor Stone, late United States senator. In 1897 the same bill was passed by both branches of the Missouri legislature and signed by Governor Stephens, March 4, 1897. Missouri was not the first state in the union, however, to place on its statute books recognition of osteopaths, the first bill which became a law being passed by the state of Vermont during the month of November, 1896; the second state was South Dakota, w,hich enacted a law in February, 1897. Then followed Missouri as the third, and from that time on one state after another has enacted some form of law recognizing the osteopathic profession until today forty- seven out of the forty-eight states recognize this system of practice. Dr. Hildreth presented this measure before twenty-seven different legislative bodies during the active time of securing recognition.
After leaving the legislature Dr. Hildreth located in St. Louis and was there for eleven years in general office practice. While there, on the 1st of August, 1913, his wife died. The National American Osteopathic Association met in Kirksville In August of the same year and during the convention Dr. H. M. Still and Dr. C. E. Still told Dr. Hildreth of the Macon proposition, as it was then called, and the three osteopathic physicians met Clyde L. Martin, Otho F. Matthews, R. M. Miller and Frank Keisacker, these gentlemen, who had acquired the Blees Military Academy property at Macon, being active in trying to interest the Doctors Still in converting the old academy into a sanitarium. They replied that they were willing to undertake it provided they could interest Dr. Hildreth, also if they would be allowed to treat mental diseases and if the right kind of financial arrangements could be made. From that day on the work of solving these three problems and carrying out plans progressed until March 1, 1914, when the institution was opened for patients. The Still-Hildreth Sanatorium is the first of its kind—that is, the first institution where mental diseases can be treated osteopathically. Dr. A. T. Sill, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work, had claimed for years that when the time came when we could have the right kind of buildings with proper surroundings and environment, there was a large per cent of insanity that could be cured osteopathically. Now, after six years' experience in the institution, the records show they have been able to cure fifty-five per cent of the general run of curable patients, many of them having been pronounced incurable. Dr. H. M. Still, who is a son of the discoverer of the science of osteopathy, and Dr. C. E. Still were the men to whom the business men of Macon first appealed with the proposition to start the institution. Both were well known, especially in the osteopathic profession, Dr. Harry Still having had extended experience In general practice in Chicago and New York city as well as with the home school for a number of years. Dr. C. E. Still devoted almost his entire time from the beginning of osteopathy until the death of Dr. A. T. Still to the original school. During the last eight or ten years of the life of Dr. A. T. Still, Dr. C. E. Still was really the acting head of the school and in fact guided the affairs of the American School of Osteopathy for years before his father's death. Dr. A. T. Still himself was very much interested in the new institution at Macon. While his health was such that he was never able to visit the institution after its doors were opened, he manifested the keenest concern and his advice, notwithstanding his remarkable age, was most helpful to the sanatorium. When the Osteopathic Sanatorium Company was organized at Macon, Dr. Hildreth was elected president of the corporation and president and superintendent of the institution and has so continued to the present time. The sanatorium opened its doors for the reception of patients on the 1st of March, 1914. On the 4th of the same month the first patient arrived and the institution has since grown rapidly until at the present time there are over one hundred and thirty patients within its walls. In 1919 it was necessary to remodel the gymnasium building, giving to the institution capacity for sixty or seventy more people. Already the work accomplished entitles Dr. Hildreth and his associates to the gratitude of many patients and of the public at large. There is no school of healing that gives such close attention to the study of anatomy and the component parts of the human body as does the osteopathic school and with every phase of the science Dr. Hildreth is thoroughly familiar. His experiments and his labors have been based upon sound reason and logical deductions from known principles, and the city of Macon has reason to be proud of the splendid record made by this institution which has been established within its midst." From the Centennial history of Missouri, Page 701
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