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Question 1

When was AT. Still Born & when did he die

Answer 1

August 6, 1828,
December 12, 1917

Question 2

Some of the 20th century osteopathy advocates included?

Answer 2

Marc Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Nelson Rockefeller, and John D Rockefeller.

Question 3

What were Flexner’s Recommendations?

Answer 3

Reduce the number of medical schools from 155–> 31 .

Increase the prerequisites to enter medical training.

Train physicians to practice in a scientific manner and engage medical faculty in research.

Give medical school control of clinical instructions in hospitals. (Students need to actually be able to be in a hospital to oractice)

Strengthen state regulations of medical licensure

Question 4

Who were Hugh/ Sarah Russell ?

Answer 4

Were graduates of the ASO who were john Rockefeller’s personal Osteopaths that followed him around.

Question 5

The Telegram on 12/12/1917 was sent to ______Mrs. From _____

Answer 5

Mrs. George Laughlin
From Nettie Bowles

Question 6

Who told the Later life stories of AT Stills? and How could he?

Answer 6

Florence GYER (GUY-ER??) She was a student: and lived closed to him.

Question 7

Who said “The educated physician will himself be an osteopath”

Answer 7

Marc Twain (was a fan because he took his daughter gene for epilepsy treatment in Vermont George Helmer)

Question 8

Who said “I earnestly hope that congress will pass legislation enabling Osteopathic Physicians to serve their country in the capacity for which they are best fitted”

Answer 8

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 9

Why do we care about John D Rockefeller?

Answer 9

1st bilionair, Had Hugh, and Sarah Russle from the ASO follow him around, Hired Abraham Flexner

Question 10

In 1907 What did John D Rockefeller do?

Answer 10

Gave money for the Counsel for American Medical education.

They created a report for the community to know the medical education that was being delivered. It was vast; Medicine was taught with no real standards up until this point.

(No Standardized Medical Curriculum 1909)

Question 11

Why was Abe Flexner hired?

Answer 11

He had no opinion on the field because he was a historian, so he was paid to unbiased write this report.

Traveled to schools to do a report card.

Question 12

What was the idea of Flexner visiting Medical facilities?

Answer 12

Create report cards made osteopathy become more like medical schools/ have a more allopathic outlook and oppressive for osteo

Question 13

According to William Hearst Why does the hair on a Dr’s back raise when they hear osteo?

Answer 13

William Randolph Hearst –> Because osteo’s don’t place compliance on pills and potions as the orthodox Dr.’s does.

Question 14

How did the report effect osteopathy education in America?

Answer 14

Not a single osteo school was closed because of the report. Reporting as he saw them.

Question 15

The importance of being Ernest (Eckford Tucker) possible Futures of osteopath?

Answer 15

1) Continues as now, parallel with general medicine.
2) General Medicine absorbs it.
3) Osteopathy becomes a further
specialization within general medicine.
4) Due to public interest, it becomes part of general education.
5) Something else developments.

Question 16

Who Said Still was the “Discoverer of the osteopathic lesion”

Answer 16

Eckford Tucker

Question 17

Episteme and Techne mean what?

Answer 17

(Knowledge and Craft)

Techne, Think general method or approach.

Question 18

When we hear Technique what should we do?

Answer 18

Think specific application (How we use the tools we have, methods)

There is technique in what we do and how do we do… (Leverage, active/ passive.. ECT…); techniques are not classical osteopathy.

Question 19

When we hear Techne what should we think?

Answer 19

Think general method or general approach.

Question 20

What was Flexners Opinion of Pacrific College Of Osteopathy ?

Answer 20

They study, but don’t have rotations in the hospitals, and rarely see medical cases (1909

Question 21

What was Flexners Opinion of ASO?

Answer 21

The enterance was less than common schools.
(Learning the dogma, its a BUISNESS/ to MAKE money!!)

The school was absurdly inadequate for the number of students, The students werent being taught, and the teachers werent able to properly treat, it was unfurnished and cheap

Question 22

What did Dr. Still do with Chalk?

Answer 22

The school allowed Husbands and wives to study/ graduate together –> He said Hugh was Sarah’s assistant as a joke

Question 23

AACOM: Glossary says a Model is?

Answer 23

Used in osteopathic patient care (Behavioral, biopsychosocial, respiratory-circulation, biomechanical-structural, metabolic-nutritional)

The models in relation to the perceived dysfunction and what system it is acting on

Question 24

AACOM “Model” was problematic for Osteo why?

Answer 24

It said that Osteo looks at models to understand the effects of a lesion. This is where it becomes problematic, because they say that models articulate how a practitioner seeks to influence a patient physiological process.

Question 25

The osteopathic techniques that are described in the AACOM Glossary in Models states that Osteos Use____ to influence this area of patient health… Not Osteopathy…

Answer 25

Counterstain and Chapman reflex

Question 26

Edythe Ashmore’s Osteopathic Mechanics (1915) How did she describe the methods/ Principle of how things work?

Answer 26

Articulating surfaces must retrace the path they took in their displacment

It requires less force, and the right angle, to be as gentle as needed

Question 27

Osteopathic Lesion Vs Somatic Dysfunction

Answer 27

Somatic Dysfunction” Impaired or Altered Function of related components of the Somatic System (Skeletal, Myofascial, Lymphatic, and natural elements)

A lesion is the CAUSE! why we understand the mechanics and force to help the body restore vilality

Question 28

An incorrect idea about Flexners report was that ?

Answer 28

“The oppressive environment that was created by this report forced the osteopathic concept and forced osteo schools to comply with allopathic medical economic agenda”

Question 29

Flexners Major adjustments to the medical industry were?

Answer 29

Requirement for highschool Diploma and 2 years of Science, LARGE NUMBER INCREASED!! this made medical schools part of larger universities and not independent places

Professors, need to be UNIVERSITY professors, not active doctors/ having a practice outside of teaching

Question 30

What did Marc Say about the Book by Carol trolbridge?

Answer 30

(Joked about women being taken seriously and being able to have education) The school allowed Husbands and wives to study/ graduate together –> He said Hugh was Sarah’s assistant as a joke

Question 31

Even though the report that was created by flexner and funded by John D Rockafeller, that bastardized Osteo…?

Answer 31

John D Rock had 2 Osteo’s that helped him (Sarah and Hugh Russel)

Question 32

How did the report impact Osteo education?

Answer 32

NOT 1 school was closed!!! Based on this report

Question 33

The New Legacy Video Talked about Anthony Chila’s Structural Examination of the new patient said what about his adjustment?

Answer 33

“More of an energetic re-balance of the knee rather than an anatomical adjustment”

Question 34

Why do we need a definition of Lesion?

Answer 34

to “FIND” it… and be able to say what is abnormal; methods through collective mechanics can show us this… It’s about motion, and forces.

Question 35

What did Charlie Still say/ classify that You are a Lesion osteopath if you ???

Answer 35

Go direct to the lesion, and remove it, even moving outside the area of most restriction, he sees as inaccurate classical osteopathy, Find it fix it and leave it alone

Question 36

Osteo has technique, what is ours though?

Answer 36

Specifics of how we use the principles of technique applied to treatment.

Question 37

What were Edythe Ashmore’s Osteopathic Mechanics (1915) 2 methods employed by Osteo’s?

Answer 37

1) Traction (Exageration) (Indirect ;) )
2) Thrust “Direct”

but RETRACE through barrier, Take it where it wont go so you can restore its health

Question 38

What did Edythe Ashmore prefer to teach and why?

Answer 38

Direct, because it was easier to teach students to do. Feeling direct barrier is easier to teach