History

Question 1

When was A.T. Still born?

Answer 1

August 6, 1828

Question 2

When did A.T. Still die?

Answer 2

December 12, 1917

Question 3

What year did 3 children of A.T. Still die? and of what?

Answer 3

1864 - spinal meningitis

Question 4

What year did A.T. Still fling the banner of Osteopathy to the breeze?

Answer 4

1874

Question 5

What date did A.T. Still open his first office in Kirksville, Missouri?

Answer 5

March 11, 1875

Question 6

What year did A.T. Still coin the term ‘Osteopathy’?

Answer 6

1889

Question 7

Where was A.T. Still born?

Answer 7

Lee County, Virginia

Question 8

Name 3 important people in Osteopathy who were born in 1874:

Answer 8

1) Fred Still
2) Marion Clark
3) Carl McConall

Question 9

What was the name of the first Osteopathic School?

Answer 9

A.S.O. - American School of Osteopathy

Question 10

What was the date and time of the first class of Osteopathy?

Answer 10

October 3, 1892 - 10AM

Question 11

What year did A.T. Still publish his first book: ‘Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteoapthy’?

Answer 11

1892

Question 12

What was the date William Smith graduated from the ASO?

Answer 12

February 15, 1893

Question 13

What were the years that the ASO was chartered the first and second times?

Answer 13

1892 & 1894

Question 14

What was the official term for education at the ASO?

Answer 14

2 years, 2 terms/year, 5 months/term

Question 15

What year did Fred Still graduate from the ASO?

Answer 15

1893

Question 16

What year did Fred Still die?

Answer 16

1894

Question 17

What year and what was the first state to license Osteopathy? what was the second State later that same year?

Answer 17

• 1st: 1896 - Vermont

* 2nd: North Dakota

Question 18

How many students were in the first class at the ASO?

Answer 18

21 students

Question 19

What year did Missouri finally license Osteopathy?

Answer 19

1897

Question 20

Who became the first Dean of the ASO and what year? how long was this person Dean?

Answer 20

1899 - Dr. John Martin Littlejohn - was only Dean of the ASO for 5 -6 months

Question 21

When was Arthur Hildreth appointed a Dean at the ASO?

Answer 21

1899

Question 22

What year did A.T. Still suffer a stroke?

Answer 22

1914

Question 23

What date did Arthur Hildreth open the doors to the public for the Still-Hildreth Osteopathic Sanitorium?

Answer 23

March 14, 1914

Question 24

1917-1918: What was the percentage of people who died from influenza - treated allopathically vs. treated osteopathically?

Answer 24

• 5% - allopathically

* 0.25% - osteopathically

Question 25

1917-1918: What was the percentage of people who died from pneumonia - treated allopathically vs. treated osteopathically?

Answer 25

• 35% - allopathically

* 10% - osteopathically

Question 26

What year did William Smith introduce x-rays into the ASO (signifying the end of Osteopathy as Still envisioned it)?

Answer 26

1900

Question 27

What year did Charlotte Weaver graduate from the ASO? why is she significant to the history of Osteopathy?

Answer 27

1912 - she is considered to be the true discoverer of cranial osteopathy (not Sutherland!)

Question 28

What was the date that A.T. Still began construction of the new building/infirmiry for teaching/practicing Osteopathy? how old was A.T. Still at this time?

Answer 28

August 6, 1894 - A.T. Still is 66 years old - on his birthday!!!