Identity & PhilosophyIdentity 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. |
| | Before ChiropracticImhotep: 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. |
| | After ChirpracticSolon 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. |
| | Health Care ProfessionsHealing 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 History1895: 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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