OS1 MT Flashcards
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mesomorphic body type?
athletic, average guy, mid-range ROM, associated with high embryonic mesoderm
ectomorphic body type?
thin, high ROM, associated with high embryonic ectoderm
endomorphic body type?
heavy, lower ROM, associated with high embryonic endoderm
factors that could create asymmetry?
bone/joint deformity kyphoscoliosis dress/occupation/mental attitude/habit sacral base unleveling LE defects somatic disfunction
indications of pale skin?
anemia
indications of erythema?
inflammation
indications of jaundice?
cirrhosis
indications of cyanosis?
rxn to cold, Reynaud’s disease, Tertralogy of Fallot
things to consider in skin lesions?
Assymetry Border Color Diameter Evolution
AT Still birth? parents?
8/6/1828 in Lee County, VA
father was minister/physician
mother was uneducated, wanted better
AT Still move to MO?
1830s
made rope swing to treat headache
1839
took over mission in Eudora, KS
1850
studied anatomy in indian cadavers after cholera epidemic
1855
Civil War? Rank?
1861-64
Major
3 kids die from spinal meningitis and daughter dies from pneumonia a month later, returns home to farm and formulate ideas on medicine
1864
AT Still flung the banner of osteopathy to the breeze
10 AM 6/22/1874
presents ideas at baker, removed from church, recorded first OM treatment
1874
moved to Kirksville
1875
becomes busy enough to stay in Kirksville and patients come to him
1886
American School of Osteopathy opens (17 men, 5 women) taught by Still and Smith
1892
vermont becomes first state to legally license DOs, then ND
1896
Still autobiography published, MO grants DO licensure, AAAO founded
1897
osteopathic principles?
- body = unit, mind/body/spirit
- body capable of self-reg/self-heal/health mantinance
- structure and function reciprocally related
- treatment based on principles of self reg and relationship of structure/function