Exam 1 Flashcards
Wellness is defined as a dynamic state of health in which an individual progresses toward a higher level of functioning _____________________
Achieving an optimum balance between internal and external environments
Propose an explanation on the basis of how an intervention with chiropractic such as adjustments may facilitate the patients progress toward achieving a higher level of funciton
The chiropractic adjustment will manage or correct or minimize subluxation resulting in the NS improved function resulting in improved homeostasis, health and wellness
Define innate intelligence and its significance to the chiropractic theory or history
Intrinsic biological ability of an organism to react physiologically to the changing conditions of internal and external environments
It applies to the first principle of chiropractic that states that the body is self-regulatory and self-healing organism
Define vis medicatrix naturae and its significance to the chiropractic
The healing power of nature
It also applies to the first principle of chiropractic that states the body is a self-regulatory and self-healing organism
The Council on Chiropractic Education (what is this agency’s current as well as historic significance?)
Made the 4 year curriculum standard in 1953
In 1974 the US office of education recognized the CCE as the official accrediting agency for all chiropractic colleges
What is the neurocalometer and its significance to chiropractic history?
A Hand held heat sensing instruments used to detect vertebral subluxations.
BJ insisted it was necessary for the chiropractor to detect subluxations and it also marked the beginning of the decline of BJ’s influence in the field
Wilk vs AMA anti trust suit charged what? And in what year?
Charged that the AMA and others had engaged in a conspiracy to monopolize healthcare and restrain competition by making voluntary professional associations between of medicine and doctors of chiropractic unethical
1976
when did US district judge Susan Getzendanner find the AMA guilty? And what did she find them guilty of?
Guilty of an illegal effort to destroy the chiropractic profession through boycott
Paradigm statement if the association of chiropractic was in July of _______. What was its role in chiropractic history?
1996
Sought to clarify professional common ground and to define chiropractic role with in the healthcare system
Who is Samuel reverend weed and what was his contribution to chiropractic?
A Presbyterian minister and patient of DD palmer who suggested the Greek terms Chiro and practika that DD would name the profession of chiropractic.
Who is shegataro morikubo and what was his contribution to chiropractic?
PSC graduate that was tried for practicing medicine without a license in 1907.
Was the first UCA case in providing legal services to DCs who were arrested for practicing medicine
Who is Chester Wilk and what is his significant contribution to the chiropractic?
Lead the fight against the AMA along with 4 other chiropractors
It was this lawsuit that represents the turning point in chiropractic since chiropractors would not be shut out of other medical professions.
Who is Sylvia alsworth? And what was her contribution to the chiropractic profession?
Graduate of PSC and mother of Ruth Alsworth
She’s the first woman to practice in the state of Nebraska and forerunnner to todays FCLB
What was Tom Morris’ defense argument in the Morikubo case?
Claimed that chiropractic has a separate and distinct philosophy and practice from that of medicine
Chiropractors do not diagnose but analyze the spine for the cause of dis-ease.
Who’s George Mc Andrews and what was his significant contribution in chiropractic?
Represented the 5 chiropractors in the Wilk vs AMA antitrust suit
Who is Harvey pillars and what is the significance to chiropractic
Janitor who received the first chiropractic adjustment by DD palmer in September 18 1895
Identify examples of ancient civilizations that embraces spinal manipulation as part of their culture
Chinese medicine (Chinese manipulative arts book by Pien chao)
India medicine (performed manipulation via baton attendants bc of hygiene)
Hippocrates
Aesculapius (manipulated thoracic area of spine and DD refers to his teachings as a foundation for chiropractic)
What is the definition of bone setter
Lay practitioner of joint manipulation who’s tradition is passed down from generation to generation
How was bonesetting a fore runner to chiropractic?
Before DCs, DOs and PTs bonesetting was the main prover of joint manipulation
What were the 3 reasons why manipulation fell from medical practice?
Danger involved in manipulating a spine weakened through tuberculosis
Fear of contracting contagious disease from the patient
A perception that manual therapy was beneath the dignity of the medic of the day and should be left to the lay practitioner
What is the original theory that formed the basis of classical osteopathy in 1879?
Practic of osteopathic medicine in which manual manipulation is accorded a central therapeutic role
