Exam 1 Flashcards
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AT still’s birthday
August 6, 1828
What year did three of Still’s children die?What did they die of?
1864
spinal meningitis
infant Marcia pneumonia
What date did AT Still MD fling to the breeze the banner of osteopathy?
June 22, 1874
Four 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 unit, self regulation, and the interrelationship of structure and function
What day did the first school of osteopathy open
october 3, 1892
What was the name of the first school of osteopathy?
American School of Osteopathy (ASO)
Host + disease =
illness
Treating both the host and disease is what?
osteopathic
Treating just the disease is what?
allopathic
What are environmental factors
structural, medical, surgical, psychosocial, ETOH/smoking/drugs, allergens
Illness leads to?
decompensation
How do osteopaths treat the host? How do we treat disease?
OMT
medical treatment
Treating of the host and disease by osteopaths leads to what?
homeostasis
What was A. T. Still’s and his father’s jobs?
m&m
medicine and ministry
What happened that allowed Dr. Still to have access to so many cadavers in his study of anatomy?
in 1855 there was a cholera epidemic that wiped out a bunch of indians and tribe gave him permission
What duties die Dr. STill do during the Civil War?
ardent abolitionist
combat officer
wrote he did duties of a surgeon but was officially recorded as hospital steward
Be able to briefly discuss the Battle of Westport
“gettysburg of the West” Oct 23, 1864 at the Big Blue River
ended the last significant confederate operation west of the mississippi
one of the largest mcivil war battles fought west of the mississippi
30,000 soldiers 3000 casuals total
and NO he did not use soldiers as cadavers
What happened to 4 of Dr. Still’s children and how did these events shape his thoughts on medicine of the day?
three died due to spinal meningitis and infant of pneumonia
he returned to farming and was dissatisfied with orthodox medicine and its failures and felt there must be a better way to treat patients
What significance did the events of his children play in the founding of osteopathy?
led him to come up with osteopathy
What were some of the discoveries of medicine and science in the world during the times of the development of Osteopathic Medicine? How did they relate to Dr. Still’s though processes?
heroic medicine- every effort made to preserve the life force
stimulants if patient drowsy- alcohol
hypnotics if patient agitated- opium
effort was aimed at conquering disease- enough force, enough drugs would cast out the demons
AT was well trained in these and did not believe they worked
Explain the basic philosophy of osteopathic medicine as noted in the Kirksville consensus of 1953.
“osteopathy, or osteopathic medicine, is a philosypy, a science, and an art. its philosophy embraces the concept of the unity of the body structure and function in health and disease”
Where did Dr. Still first introduce his ideas and how were they received?
Baker University (he helped found it)
preacher declared him satanic declaring only Christ heals with the laying of the hands
Still was evicted from the church and moved to Kirksville
What was the response to Dr. Still’s way of practice after going to Kirksville, MO?
accepted him and overwhelmed him quickly
called him magnetic healer and lightning bone setter
How did Dr. Still deal with Kirksville response to his practice?
tried to train apprentices but this failed because they lacked knowledge of anatomy and body function