History of Osteopathy Flashcards
Father of antiseptic surgery, reducin mortality
Joseph Lister 1827-1912
obstetrical clinic decreased mortality by 90% through handwashing
Ingaz Semmelweiss 1818-1865
used epidemiology to trace source of cholera
John snow 1813-1858
used epidemiology to prove cholera came from a contaminated water source
William Budd 1811-1880
Germ theory: who said disease spread by seed, who discredited spontaneous generation, who isolated anthrax?
Thucydides
Louis Pasteur
Robert Koch
used UV light in medicine
NIls Finsen 1860-1904
first to study xrays
Wilhelm Rontgen
meticulous in surgery, used sterile rubber gloves
William Halstead
When and where was AT Still born?
August 6th, 1828
Lee County Virginia
Who was AT born to?
Abram: methodist rider and physician
MArtha: uneducated
makes rope swing to treat head ache
1839
married mary margaraet vaughn
1849
took over mission in eudora, KS
1850
Studied anatomy in indian cadavers after cholera epidemic
1855
Elected to kansas legislature (anti slavery)
1857
Mary margaret dies living him with 3 children
1859
Marries mary elvira turner
1860
fights in civil war highest rank a major
1861-1864
battle of westport
1864
3 of stills children die from spinal meningitis, and nother from pneumonia
1864
10AM June 22, 1874
AT Still flung the banner of osteopathy to the breeze
presents his new ideas to Baker university,
still is ‘read out’/ removed from methodist church,
first recorded osteopathic treatment in Macon,Missouri
1874
moves his family to Kirksville, MO
1875
Still coins the term osteopathy (bone setter until 1890)
1885
Still becomes busy enough to stay in kirksville and people come to him
1886
American school of osteopathy opens 17 men, 5 women, 5 of the first students were Still’s children, including youngest Blanche, taught by AT Still and Dr. William Smith
1892