DO History- Study Questions Flashcards
What was AT Still’s job and his father’s job?
Medicine (father was also minister)
What happened that allowed Still to have access to so many cadavers for anatomy?
Indians got cholera and died
Got tribal permission
What duties did Still do during Civil War?
Union Army (Civil War): 1861-1864 Abolitionist, combat officer, surgeon (listed as steward)
Battle of Westport
1864 Gettysburg of West last Confederate attack west of mississippi 3000 casualties 30000 soldiers?
What happened to 4 of Still’s kids and how did it shape his thoughts on medicine?
1864: 3 died of spinal meningitis, infant died of pneumonia
Still wanted better way to treat patients (with the body instead of against it)
When did Still “fling to the breeze the banner of Osteopathy”?
6/22/1874
JUNE 22, 1874
Medical Discoveries during 19th century development of osteopathy?
Homeostasis concept developed (Bernard, 1855) Sphygmograph- measure BP (Marey, 1863) Phenol disinfectant- mortality 45% → 15% (Lister, 1865) Washing hands (1847) GERM THEORY Robert Koch: anthrax bacterium (1876) Pasteur: anthrax vaccine (1879) UV light- antibacterial (Finsen) X-rays (1896) Sterile rubber gloves (Halstead, 1890) Local anesthetia (1905)
4 basic principles of osteopathic medicine
- Body is a unit & Person is a unit of body/mind/spirit
- Body can self-regulate/heal/maintain
- Structure & Function reciprocally interrelated
- Rational trtmt based on principles 1-3
principle 1
- Body is a unit & Person is a unit of body/mind/spirit
principle 2
- Body can self-regulate/heal/maintain
principle 3
Structure & Function reciprocally interrelated
principle 4
- Rational trtmt based on principles 1-3
philosophy
Health: body naturally resists environmental disease/stresses
Disease: natural health reduced or overcome by env factors
MSK dysfunctions are most important cause of disease
Osteopathy maximizes health state for prevention of disesase
philosophy/science/art
Phil- principles 1 & 3
Science- principle 2 & 4
Art- apply phil/science
Where did Still introduce ideas first? How were they received?
Introduced at Baker Univ (co-founded this school)
kicked out of church by preacher for OMM
OMM response in Kirksville, MO
everyone loved it
demand grew in 1880s
built school (ASO)
school grew–> sister schools
When/what was the 1st osteopathic school? Faculty and students?
American School of Osteopathy: 10/3/1892
Faculty: Still & Smith (Scottish anatomist)
Class: 17 men, 5 women
What preceded the American Osteopathic Foundation?
AAAO
American Association for Advancement of Osteopathy
Who is Dr. Flexner/what did he do?
Authored report on state of US medical education (1910)
Harshly criticized MD & DO schools
Closed 8 DO schools
Resulted in stricter requirements for state licensing & put osteopathy behind b/c schools couldn’t merge w/large institutions
How did osteopathy help w/1917-18 influenza pandemic?
OMM was much more succesful than medical trtmt
helped dec pharmacology and inc OMM
Compare osteopathic v allopathic trtmt
O: host+disease=illness (treat host w/OMM and disease w/medicine to create homeostasis)
A: disease=illness (treat disease w/medicine)
Who was the first female DO to graduate?
Jeanette Bolles
Who was the first minority president of the AOA?
Cuban
Marcelino Olivo
When did DOs start serving in military on equal footing as MDs?
1957
Actually started being accepted in 1966 Harry J Walter
Officers equal: 1963
Foremost female researcher in osteopathic medicine? Assistant?
Louisa Burns
Ann Perry
How many DO schools became university affiliated in the 1970s?
6
1st: Mich State
free: Oklah State
What was the first state to recognize osteopathy? When?
Vermont
1896
