P.E. Gardner, D.C., M.S.C.

Chiropractic Theory and Practice (1939)
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From: Review Course of FUNDAMENTAL SUBJECTS combined with CHIROPRACTIC LAWS AND STATE BOARD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fourth Edition, 1939 P.E. Gardner, D.C., M.S.C.   DEFINE CHIROPRACTIC. Chiropractice is the art and science of treating disease by the adjustment of misplaced vertebrae, thereby relieving impingement of the nerves passing through the intervertebral foramina. WHAT DOES THE WORD CHIROPRACTIC MEAN? Chiropractic means “done by hand.” Derived from the words “chiro” meaning “hand” and “praxis” to do. WHO DISCOVERED CHIROPRACTIC? D. D. Palmer in 1895. HOW WAS CHIROPRACTIC DISCOVERED? D. D. Palmer learned of its merit when he successfully cured a case of deafness by adjusting a misplaced vertebra. WHAT IS THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF CHIROPRACTIC? As a consequence of a subluxation there is produced an impingement upon …