History of Chiropractic Flashcards
When did heroic medicine predominate?
the 1800’s
What time of medicine included treatments such as bloodletting, amputation, intestinal purging, vomitting and pyretics
heroic medicine
Who was a fan of heroic medicine and and enemy of licensure and regulation of medicine?
Benjamin Rush
What was the primary agenda of the AMA what it was established in 1847 in the US?
elevate education standards and establish licensure in order to control who and how health care was provisioned
Which profession subsumed bonesetters in the US?
orthopedics
Who wrote “New Guide to Health; or Botanic Family Physician” and sold it to families as an alternative to heroic medicine?
Samuel Thomson, founder of the Thomsonian Movement
The originator of eclectic medicine?
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
What did eclectic medicine advocate for?
an approach that used components of many different styles of healing including herbal medicine
Who were medicines competition in the 1800-1900’s
- Thomsonianism
- eclectic medicine
- herbal medicine
- homeopathy
- magnetic healing
- osteopathy
- chiropractic
Who were the Shakers?
Community inclined to herbal remedies that publish substantial material on cultivation, preservation and use of natural botanical remedies
The father of modern homeopathy?
Samuel Hahnemann
What is the “Law of similar”?
a law employed by homeopathy that indicated the used of counter irritants to combat disease
i.e. sweating out a fever
What is animal magnetism?
a force that exists in nature and Magnetic Healers had the power to channel that force to treat health problems
What is Vitalism?
The belief that the body can and does heal itself and that treatment should be focused on freeing and potentiating the internal forces to aid the body in exterminating disease
Energy, Soul, Innate force, Innate intelligence are all terms used to describe what?
vitalism
Who was the founder of osteopathy?
Andrew T. Still
Who was the founder of chiropractic?
D.D. Palmer
What were Andrew T. Still and D.D. Palmer before founding their professions?
magnetic healers, rooted in vitalism and holism
The Law of the Artery
defined osteopathy
-a disturbed artery could alter blood flow/life giving forces and cause disease
What are the differences between osteopathic manipulation and chiropractic manipulation?
- osteopathic: low velocity, high amplitude
- chiropractic: high velocity, low amplitude
A term coined to describe laws medicine tried to pass to restrict non-medical practitioners from practicing?
“black laws”
Who wrote “On Setting Joints by Leverage”?
Hippocrates
Who predates the Palmers in their use of manipulation?
Vesalius, Friar Thomas, Hood, Jones and Still
What is being done with manipulation according to Hippocrates?
Balancing flow of humours
What is being done with manipulation according to PT’s?
addressing adhesions
What is being done with manipulation according to Still and osteopathy?
facilitating blood flow
What is being done with manipulation according to bonesetters and orthopedics?
joints and adjacent bones
What is being done with manipulation according to Palmer and traditional chiropractors?
innate intelligence flowing through nerves
Where and when was DD Palmer born?
Port Perry, Ontario on March 6, 1845