History of Chiropractic

By finnfranklin02

  • First chiropractic adjustment to Harvey Lillard.

    Performed by Daniel David Palmer on a partially deaf man, who later regained hearing after receiving an adjustment.

  • Palmer College of Chiropractic opens.

    After the adjustment to Harvey Lillard, Palmer decided to open a school for the training and education of Chiropractic.

  • Chiropractic theories began to be tested.

  • National Institutes of Health.

    The NIH gathered chiropractors, osteopaths, medical doctors and PhD scientists together to discuss strategies to study spinal manipulation.

  • JMPT.

    The Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics was released, a medical journal of chiropractic. In 1981 it was included in the National Library of Medicine's Index Medicus.

  • Kenneth F. DeBoer's opinion piece.

    Kenneth F. DeBoer discussed the faculty's authority to change the status quo, he wanted to publicly address Chiropractic as relevant.

  • Scholarly interest in Chiropractic.

    In the mid-1990's students were more interested in chiropractic, which helped improve service quality and establish clinical guidelines.

  • British Chiropractic Association.

    Simon Singh was sued by the BCA for criticizing their chiropractic activities. When a preliminary hearing took place the judge accused the BCA of being dishonest when promoting chiropractic treatments. They eventually withdrew their lawsuit.