History of DO Flashcards
What jobs did AT Still’s father hold?
Abram was a Methodist minister, a physician, and a farmer.
What is Heroic Medicine?
Dominant system of medicine in the 18th century consisted of bloodletting, purging of stomach and bowels, and use of calomel.
When was AT Still’s first experience with Osteopathy?
When he got a headache at 10.
When did Still’s medical career begin?
In 1854 as an apprentice to his father.
What did Samuel Thompson believe?
He believed disease was because of heat, used botanical remedies.
What did Samuel Hahnemann believe?
He believed like cures like. Started homeopathy, believed the best treatment for disease is a substance which causes the same symptoms as the disease.
What did Sylvester Graham believe?
He believed that if patients followed natural laws they would be healthy. Made graham cracker to curb sexual appetite. Don’t eat meat, eggs, pastries, tea, coffee, don’t dress inappropriate, don’t be promiscuous.
What did Franz Mesmer believe?
He believed that fluid in the body caused a person to get sick if it was not balanced. Believed in animal magnetism, treated people with magnets. Mesmerizing.
What were the pivotal years for physicians?
1859-1874
When did AT Still enlist in the army and what were his duties?
He enlisted in 1861 and served as a steward and surgeon for the Union. Questioned heroic medicine at this time.
When did Still’s children die and of what?
Three children died in February 1864 of spinal meningitis.
When did Still’s father die?
In 1867 of pneumonia.
What did Still’s work as farmer have to do with medicine?
He believed man was a machine.
When did Still break away from medicine and start his own methods?
June 22, 1874
What is flux?
A correlation between structure and function.
