History of Osteopathy

Question 1

When did AT still Flung the banner of ostepathy to the breeze?

Answer 1

10 AM June 22, 1874

Question 2

Drugs before Osteopathy?

Answer 2

Purgative, cathartics, blood letting, alcohol

Question 3

When was the first recorded osteopathic treatment?

Answer 3

Macron Missouri 1874

Question 4

Still officially moves his family to Kirksville, Missouri

Answer 4

1875

Question 5

– American School of Osteopathy opens

Answer 5

1892

Question 6

What are the 4 osteopathic principles?

Answer 6

1. The body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind, and spirit.
2. The body is capable of self regulation, self healing, and health maintenance.
3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.
4. Rational treatment is based on an understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self regulation, and the interrelationship of structure and function.

Question 7

What doctor and when reviewed DO and MD schools as poor?

Answer 7

1910 – Dr. Abraham Flexner had travelled to all medical schools in US (MD & DO)

Question 8

When was KCU established and by whom?

Answer 8

1916 - Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery established A.A. Kaiser, DO & George Conley, DO

Question 9

When and why was the spanish flu a big deal?

Answer 9

1917-1918 Influenza Pandemic

50-100 million died 1918-1920

Osteopathic care - 0.25 % death rate
Medical/Osteopathic care - 10% death rate

Question 10

When and who labeled DO as cult?

Answer 10

1922 – AMA declares it unethical for MDs to associate with DOs, labeled them “cult”

Question 11

What caused DO to be able to go to hospitals?

Answer 11

1941 – DOs still not serving in military
MD’s drafted for WWII
Shortage of MDs in US
Hospitals not granting DOs privileges
Rapid increase of DO hospitals in US

Question 12

When where DO allowed in military?

Answer 12

1957 – Congress legalizes DOs to serve in civil service and armed forces

Question 13

What did California do to DO’s in the 1960’s?

Answer 13

1961: A California public referendum prohibited the granting of new licenses to DOs in the state.
85% of practicing DO’s traded in their DO degrees for MD degrees

Question 14

When did KCU change it’s name?

Answer 14

1980 – KCCOS changes its name to the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine

Question 15

Who was the first woman to get a DO?

Answer 15

Jeanette Bolles

Question 16

Who is Barbara Ross-Lee

Answer 16

First Female Dean of a medical college (MD OR DO)

First osteopathic physician to win Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship

Question 17

How old and when did AT STill make swing for headache?

Answer 17

1839 Makes a rope swing to treat a headache (age 11)

Question 18

What are some reasons AT STill wasn’t satisfied with medicine?

Answer 18

1864 Three of Still’s children die from spinal meningitis, and another one dies from pneumonia one month later

Question 19

What and when was the first state to license DO’s

Answer 19

1896 – Vermont

Question 20

When did Missouri license DO’s?

Answer 20

1897