History of Osteopathy Flashcards
1839
Makes a rope swing to treat a
headache
1849
Married Mary Margaret Vaughn
1850
Took over mission in Eudora, KS
• 1855
Still studied anatomy in Indian
cadavers after a cholera epidemic
(With tribal permission)
1857
Elected to Kansas Legislature
• Active in anti-slavery movement
1859
9 Mary Margaret dies leaving him
with 3 children (two died within days of
birth
1860
Marries Mary Elvira Turner
1861-1864
4 Fights in Civil War (Union)
highest rank a Major
1864
Battle of Westport (Kansas City)
1864
Three of Still’s children die from spinal
meningitis, and another one dies from
pneumonia one month later
10 AM June 22, 1874
AT Still flung the
banner of osteopathy to the breeze”
1874
Presents his new ideas to Baker University
1874
Still is “read out” or formally removed from
the Methodist Church
1874
First “recorded” Osteopathic Treatment in
Macon, Missouri
1875
Still officially moves his family to
Kirksville, Missour
1885
Still coins the term “Osteopathy”
• Continued to advertise as a Bone Setter until
1890
1886
Still becomes busy enough to stay in
Kirksville and let patients come to him
• Tries unsuccessfully to apprentice assistants
1892
American School of Osteopathy
opens
• 17 Men and 5 women
• 5 of the first students were Still’s children
• Including his youngest child, Blanche
• Professors: AT Still and Dr. William Smith
1894
Second class begins • 2 year course was $500
1895
Enrollment was 28
1896
Enrollment was 102
1900
700 Students with 18 faculty
• Largest school of healing arts in the country
• 12 or more sister schools started by
graduates
1897
Autobiography of A.T. Still is published
•
2nd, expanded edition published in 1908
1899
Philosophy of Osteopathy published
1910
Research and Practice published
1910
Mary Elvira Still dies (married 50 years!)
1917 –
A. T. Still, MD, DO dies at age 89
First Osteopathic principle
- The body is a unit; the person is a unit
of body, mind, and spirit.
2nd Osteopathic principle
- The body is capable of self regulation,
self healing, and health maintenance.
3rd Osteopathic principle
Structure and function are
reciprocally interrelated.
4th Osteopathic principle
Rational treatment is based on an understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self regulation, and the interrelationship of structure and function.
1953
Consensusstatement,Kirksville,1953
“Osteopathy,orOsteopathicMedicine,isaphilosophy,ascienceandanart.