History of Osteopathy Flashcards

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Osteopathy

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science which consists of such exact, exhaustive, and verifiable knowledge of the structure and functions of the human mechanism, anatomical, physiological, psychological, including the physics of its known elements, within the body itself, by which nature under the scientific treatment peculiar to osteopathic practice.

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Andrew Still

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got degree in missouri but moved to Kansas because anti slavery, opened first Osteopathic school in Missouri

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Personal formative events

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  1. was surgeon assistant in Civil War
  2. Lost first wife and kids to meningitis
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Osteopathic Tenets

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  1. The body is a dynamic unit of function.
  2. The body has the capacity for self healing and maintaining homeostasis.
  3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.
  4. A Treatment Plan is based on the rational applications of the above principles
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Does form create function or does a physiologic function create the form?

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Structure allows physiology to occur.
Ex. Solid rib cage would result in cardio-pulmonary system working against extremely high pressures at the expense of ATP.

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William Garner Sutherland

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Dr. Still’s student who did osteopathy in cranium

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Robert Fulford

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developed percussion

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Rollin Becker

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utilized inherent motion as vector of healing

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Viola Frymann

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founded osteopathic center for children in La Jolla

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Larry Jones

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family osteopath and invented counterstrain

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