The case report by Drs Pintal and Kurtz, "An integrated osteopathic treatment approach in acute otitis media," (JAOA 1989;89:1139-1141) gives me new hope for the future of the osteopathic medical profession. Dr Pintal's expert description of the osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) used to facilitate healing the patient with acute otitis media should be required reading for all general practitioners and otorhinolaryngology residents. If more of our resident specialty trainers understood,

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... cticed, and taught some ofthese simple OMT approaches, we would eventually need no specialty departments of osteopathic manipulative medicine in our colleges. Our patients, who benefit from OMT, would soon tell the world what distinguishes osteopathic medical physicians from other healthcare professionals.