Chiropractic History & Philosophy
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Identity Statement: the primary care professional for spinal health and well-being.
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Chiropractic: a philosophy, science, and art of all things natural; a system of adjusting the segments of the spinal column by hand only, for the correction of the cause of disease.
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The Nervous System: recognized as an avenue for these self-regulating processes.
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Subluxation: is the central area of interest in chiropractic; most favored term.
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Adjustment: most commonly used term.
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3-Legged Stool: philosophy, science, & art.
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Philosophy: works through deductive reasoning, integrates knowledge through wisdom, & determines objectives.
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Science: uses inductive reasoning & provides methods, processes, and mechanisms to accomplish objectives.
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Art: is a skillful action; the technique of adjusting, producing recoil of forces.
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Imhotep: known as the "Great Physician" that took care of the body & mind. 3000 B.C.
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Samuel Hahneman: father of homeopathy.
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Panacea: goddess of healing cures.
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Franz Mesmer: father of magnetic healing.
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Hygieia: goddess of disease prevention.
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Sylvester Graham: predicted that the human body would naturally keeps itself healthy; medicine was seen as "making things worse."
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Greece: the heart of medical models of practice.
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A.T. Still: father of osteopathy and called "The Lightning Bonesetter."
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Aesclepius: Greek physician with a staff of 2 snakes that became the symbol of healing for medical professions.
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Kirksville, MO: first school of osteopathy.
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Vedas: historical writings that outlined medical concepts.
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Osteopathic Medicine: treat the whole person, not just the symptoms.
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Hippocrates: the "father of modern medicine."
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Naturopathy: therapy that relies on natural remedies to treat illness.
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Galen: physician and philosopher that did experiments on the nervous system and dissected & experimented on lower animals; regarded anatomy as the foundation of medical knowledge.
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Samuel Thomson: believed that cold brought on illness and restoring the body's natural heat offered the quickest remedy.
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Solon Langworthy: father of therapeutic approach to chiropractic; founded American School of Chiropractic and Nature Cure (Palmer's Rival).
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Oakley Smith: one of the first licensed chiropractors & founder of Chicago College of Naprapathy.
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Minora Paxson: known as the first woman chiropractor.
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Thomas Story: experimented with the first adjusting instrument known as a wooden chisel and mallet.
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William Seeley: the 1st Palmer Graduate.
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D.D. Palmer: the discoverer.
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B.J. Palmer: the developer.
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David Palmer: the educator.
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Healing Professions: Western(Traditional), Eastern(non-traditional), CAMS(complimentary and alternative medical studies).
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Limited Profession: restrict practices to part of the human body.
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Unlimited Professions: practitioner without restrictions in responsibility/authority with scope of practice in caring for their patients.
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Quasi Professions: use methods that cannot be validated. "Faith Healers"
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Marginal Professions: claim to use all therapies except drugs and surgery.
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1895: the year the first adjustment was performed on Harvey Lillard.
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1897: D.D. Palmer opened Palmer School of Chiropractic (PSC).
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1905: B.J. Palmer assumed leadership and development of the profession.
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1910: D.D. Palmer published "The Chiropractor's Adjuster." B.J Palmer introduced x-ray into the curriculum of PSC.
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1913: Kansas became the first state to license chiropractors.
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