AT Still (10) Flashcards
(39 cards)
Marcus Ward
early graduate of AT Still school- started his own school “the COlumbian School of Osteopathy”-failed
Daniel David Palmer
founder of Chiropractic medicine- after visiting Still’s school
1828
A.T. Still is born in Jonesville, VA
A.T. Still’s parents
Abram and Martha
“sons of thunder”
American methodist preachers “fire and brimstone”
“bleeding Kansas” – Still family involvement
Still family moved to Kansas with 50 other abolitionist families–
Baker University
Still family founded this
1859
Still’s first wife, Mary Margaret, dies- leave 4 children behind
1860
remarried to Mary Elvira
1861
Still enlisted in Kansas Calvary- served as a steward and said it “disgusted” him – later in Kansas militia twice
Most common cause of death in 19th century?
infectious disease- smallpox, cholera, typhoid, malaria
19th century medical practice
‘heroic medicine’- bleeding and purging–> helped few
mesmerism
magnetic healing that was popular in 19th century-imbalance of invisible magnetic fluid in the body cause disease
1864
Still’s three kids from first wife die of spinal meningitis
Thomsonians
advocated against state licensing for doctors-later became eclectics and only used botanicals
homeopathy
samuel Hahnemann- like cures like- drugs given in small doses (ineffective)
Sylvester Graham
live by nature’s laws (regimen)- NO MEDICINE- cold water baths -called Grahamite colonies- there was one near where Still lived
hydropathy
cold water baths proposed by Grahamites
Franz Mesmer
started mesmerism- found to be fraud- then developed in America
“magnetic healers”
used mesmerism techniques
mesmerism developed into…
hypnosis 19th century
spiritualism
belief that people can contact the dead- many did this because of great loss during this time and this was comfort –Still believed in this!
“The Great Harmonia”
Andrew Jackson Davis- combined healing and the spirit world– body as a machine, healing with hands, free flow of the “spirit” fluid, harmony of the body parts
Phrenology
reading shapes on the head to determine development of parts of the brain, character analysis