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