Hx of Osteopathy

Question 1

Joseph Lister

Answer 1

father of antiseptic surgery

• reduced surgical mortality from 45% to 15%
• mid to late 1800s

Question 2

Ignaz Semmelweiss

Answer 2

obstetrical clinic decreased mortality by 90% through hand washing
- early 1800s

Question 3

John Snow

Answer 3

used epidemiology to trace source of cholera outbreak in London
-mid 1800s

Question 4

When did local anesthetic become popular?

Answer 4

late 1800’s

Question 5

What influenced AT Still’s development of Osteopathic theories and tenants?

Answer 5

AT Still was influenced via

• his own experience with headaches, after TX with a rope swing (11 y.o.)
• his father being a physician himself.
• experience with cholera in local Indian tribe and dissected bodies

Question 6

What are the Osteopathic Tenants?

Answer 6

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