Lecture 3: History of Osteopathy Flashcards
when was AT still born?
August 6, 1828
Lee County, Virginia
when did AT still’s wife die?
1859
When did AT still’s children die?
1864-Three of Still’s children die from spinal meningitis, and another one dies from pneumonia one month later
“AT Still flung the banner of osteopathy to the breeze”
10 AM June 22, 1874
when was the first recorded osteopathic treatment?
1874-Macon, Missouri
when did Still coin term osteopathy?
1885
When did AT still die?
1917
Father of Antiseptic Surgery
Joseph Lister 1827-1912
Ingaz Semmelweiss
-1818-1865
• Obstetrical clinic decreased mortality by 90% through handwashing
John Snow
-1813-1858
• Used epidemiology to trace source of cholera outbreak in London in 1854
William Budd
-1811-1880
• Used epidemiology to prove cholera came from a contaminated water source in Bristol
Thucydides
460-400BC – disease spread from person to person by “seeds”
what was germ theory replaced by?
Miasma Theory
Louis Pasteur
discredited spontaneous generation
Robert Koch
isolated anthrax
Nils Finsen
1860-1904
• Used ultraviolet light in medicine
Wilhelm Rontgen
First to systematically study X-rays
when were xrays used diagnostically?
1896
William Halstead
Meticulous in surgery
• First used sterile rubber gloves in surgery 1890
Heroic Medicine
- “Preserve life force”
- Stimulants if the patient drowsy
- Hypnotics if the patient agitated
- Purgatives and cathartics were rampant, as well as blood letting
- “Conquer disease”
- If enough force or drugs were used, it would cast out the demons
what was the first state to legally license DO’s?
1896 – Vermont
when was AAAO founded>
1897
when did Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery open?
1916
who established Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery?
A.A. Kaiser, DO & George Conley, DO
what are the osteopathic principles?
- The body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind, and spirit.
- The body is capable of self regulation, self healing, and health maintenance.
- Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.
- Rational treatment is based on an understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self regulation, and the interrelationship of structure and function.
When the first school of Osteopathy was founded and the faculty associated with it.
- 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
Dr. Abraham Flexner (1910)
- Authored a report on the state of medical education
- Harsh criticism of both MD and DO schools
- Encouraged clinical rotations
- Many medical schools were closed or merged
- State licensing boards began enforcing stricter requirements
The Osteopathic profession’s contribution addressing the Influenza pandemic in the early 1900’s.
- Osteopathic care - 0.25 % death rate
* Medical/Osteopathic care - 10% death rate
Congress legalizes DOs to serve in civil service and armed forces
1957
DOs accepted as equal to MDs
1963
who was the first commissioned DO into the armed forces
Harry J. Walter
who was first women to receive DO degree?
Jeanette Bolles
who was the first female graduate from KCU?
Mamie Johnston 1917
who was the first female dean of a medical college?
Barbara Ross-Lee
First minority AOA president
Marcelino Oliva
which state prohibited the granting of new licenses to DOs in the state.
california-1961
how were DO’s able to become MD’s?
12 Saturday classes and paying $65
what % of Do’s traded in their degree for MD?
85%
What were the first and last states to legally license DO’s, respectively?
Vermont (1896); Mississippi
in what year did AT still marry his first wife?
1849
What is the name of AT stills first wife?
Margaret Vaughn
What happened in AT Still’s life the same year that the battle of Westport was fought?
He lost 3 children from spinal meningitis and another from pneumonia (1864)
What year did AT still coin the term “Osteopathy?”
1885
What year did the American School of Osteopathy Open
1892
What year was the first approval for osteopathic residencies?
1947
What happened in 1963?
DO’s accepted as equal to MDs
Harry Walter is the first commissioned DO in the armed forces
Congress legalizes DO’s to serve in armed forces
Louis ESKE was the first flag officer in medical corpse of military service
Jeanette Bolles was the first women to get her DO degree
