History of OS Flashcards
Joseph Lister
father of antiseptic surgery, phenol
Ingaz Semmelweiss
decreased mortality through handwashing, died of infection
John Snow
used epidemiology to trace source of cholera outbreak
William Budd
epidemiology to prove cholera came from contaminated water in bristol
Thucydides
“seeds”
Louis Pasteur
discredited spontaneous generation
Robert Koch
isolated anthrax
Nils Finsen
UV light
Wilhelm Rontgen
first to sytematically study X-rays
Sanford discovered in 1891
William Halstead
sterile rubber gloves 1890
Heroic medicine
“preserve life force” used drugs to conquer disease and cast out demons
When was AT Still born?
August 6, 1828 in Lee County, VA
AT Still parents
Abraham and Martha
AT Still’s father’s jobs
Methodist minister and physician
Move to KS
1850
1855
studied anatomy with cholera cadavers
1857
elected to KS legislature
1861-1864
fights in civil war (union)
1864
three children die of spinal meningitis, one from pneumonia
AT Still flung banner of osteopathy
10AM June 22, 1874
moves to kirksville
1875
coins term “osteopathy”
1885
american school of osteopathy opens
1892
mary elvira still dies
1910
at still dies at age 89
1917
osteopathic principles
- body is a unit (body, mind, spirit)
- body is capable of self healing
- structure & function related
- rational treatment is based on understanding of basic principles of body unity, self regulation, and interrelationship between structure and fxn
Health is based on
natural capacity to resist/combat noxious influences of environment & compensate
Disease begins when…
natural capacity is reduced or body is overcome by influences
which state first to legally license DOs
Vermont, 1896
Missouri grants DO licensure
1897
AAAO becomes AOA
1901
Abraham Flexner
1910, criticism
1916
Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery established A.A. Kaiser, DO and George Conley, DO
Influenza pandemic
1917-1918
1947
first approval for osteopathic residencies
Cline Committee
1955, AMA inspects osteopathic colleges, recommends removal of cult label
California Incident
1961, prohibited granting of new licenses to DOs in the state, became MDs?
final state to grand DO licensure
Mississippi
KCCOS changes name to University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
1980
canada residencies
1986
how many osteopathic medical schools today?
33
DOs can serve in civil service and armed forces
1957
DOs accepted as MD equals
1963
Robert McNamara
1966, directs army/navy/airforce to accept DOs that volunteer
Harry J. Walter
first commissioned DO in armed forces
DOs drafted
1967
AMOPS formed
1977
First woman to receive DO degree
Jeanette Bolles
Louisa Burns
had spinal meningitis, treated with osteopathy
First graduate from KCCOS in 1917
Mamie Johnston
Barbara Ross-Lee
first female dean of medical college