"Osteopathic medicine is a science, an art and a philosophy of health care , supported by scientific knowledge of evolution. Her philosophy embraces the concept of the unity of the structure of the living organism and its functions. Its specificity is to use a therapeutic method that aims to realign the relationship of mobility and fluctuation of anatomical structures. His art is the application of these concepts to medical practice in all its branches and specialties. His knowledge has particular behavioral, chemical, physical and biological knowledge concerning the restoration and preservation of health, and the prevention of disease and the relief of the sick. "