Forerunners Of Chiropractic

Question 1

Explain magnetic healing

Answer 1

Hands on technique of magnetic healing often involved vigorous rubbing and most probably manipulation of various kinds

Question 2

Heroic refers to a treatment or course of therapy which possesses a ________ _______ of causing further _________ to a ________ _______

Answer 2

High risk

Damage

Patients health

Question 3

Heroic medicine sought to _______ ______ int he body by bloodletting, harsh purgatives and emetics

Answer 3

Release toxins

Question 4

The osteopathic paradigm:

The integrity of the spine and skeleton and the relation to the proper function of the ____________ ________

Answer 4

Circulatory system

Question 5

What were bone setters?

Answer 5

Lay practitioners of joint manipulation. They would also reduce and reset bone fractures

Were the main providers of joint manipulation treatment in the world before DCs, DO and PTs

Question 6

By the 18th century physicians and surgeons tended to abandon the general acceptance of spinal manipulation. Why is this the case?

Answer 6

Danger involved in manipulating a spine weakness 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 manipulator