John Godfrey Saxe's ( 1816-1887) version of the famous Indian legend, The Blind Men and the Elephant.
It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out his eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," quoth he,
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
MORAL.
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
So now you're sitting there scratching your head, wondering what the @&$%# I'm thinking.
Before coming to Life, I worked in a Chiropractic office for 6 years and after countless times of trying to explain why Chiropractic care can enhance the body's potential, people would jump to the idea that Chiropractic 'cures' diabetes, asthma, ADHD, arthritis, ear infections, etc.
In one of my previous posts, I gave a link to a news video of a man who 'had his sight restored by a Chiropractic adjustment'. In today's post, I was going to give another link to a news report on a young girl whose ADHD was helped by Chiropractic care.
http://wbztv.com/video/?id=30936@wbz.dayport.com
In reality, we really need to keep looking for a way to talk about Chiropractic's ability to impact the nervous system, and I think the second video does a good job (although brief) of connecting a misalignment in the spine to interruption of brain function and the manifestation of a symptom.
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