History of Osteopathy Flashcards
Joseph Lister, 1827-1912
father of antiseptic surgery
reduced surgical mortality from 45% to 15%
Ingaz Semmelweiss, 1818-1865
obstetrical clinic decreased mortality by 90% through handwashing
John Snow, 1813-1880
used epidemiology to trace source of cholera outbreak in london in 1854
William Budd, 1811-1880
used epidemiology to prove cholera came from contaminated water source in Bristol
germ theory
replaced Miasma theory
thucydides
460-400 BC - disease spread from person to person by “seeds”
Louis Pasteur
discredited spontaneous generation
Robert Koch
isolated anthrax
Nils Finsen, 1860-1904
used UV light in medicine
Wilhelm Rontgen
first to systematically study XR
used diagnostically in 1896
William Halstead
meticulous in surgery
first used sterile rubber gloves in surgery in 1890
When did local anesthetics become popular?
late 1800s
When and where was AT Still born?
August 6, 1828 in Lee County, Virginia
AT Still parents’ names? What did they do? When did they move and where?
Abram - Methodist Circuit Rider and Physician
Martha - uneducated, but wanted better for children
1830s to Missouri
How did AT Still learn medicine?
apprenticeship with little formal class time
What were some examples of medicine when AT Still started?
alcohol, morphine, mercury, bleeding
What did AT Still do in 1839?
made a rope swing to treat headaches
When did AT Still marry Mary Margaret Vaughn?
1849
What did AT Still do in 1850?
took over mission in Eudora, KS
What did AT Still do in 1855?
studied anatomy in Indian cadavers after a cholera epidemic (with tribal permission)
What did AT Still do in 1857?
elected to Kansas Legislature and was active in anti-slavery movement
When did Margaret die leaving AT Still with 3 children?
1859
What did AT Still do in 1860?
marry Mary Elvira Turner
What did AT Still do 1861-1864?
fought in Civil War (union) with the highest rank of Major
What did AT Still do in 1864?
Battle of Westport
What happened in Still’s personal life in 1864 causing him to return home and think about medicine?
3 of his children died from spinal meningitis and another died from pneumonia 1 month later
10 AM June 22, 1874
“AT Still flung the banner of osteopathy to the breeze”
When did AT Still present his new ideas to Baker University?
1874
When was AT Still “read out” of the Methodist church?
1874