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History

The history of chiropractic dates back as far as 17,500 BC. Hippocrates believed that proper allignment of the spine contributed to the health and well being of an individual. Modern day chiropractic goes back over 100 years, when the first adjustment was given by Dr. Daniel Palmer on September 18, 1895.

Dr. Palmer, born in Canada in 1845, was very interested in the healing art and finding the true causes of disease. He felt that there must be more to sickness than simply environmental factors since two people could share the same environment and still have vastly different responses to exposure from the same illness. He determined that the nervous system must be the key to health and wellness in the human body.

The first chiropractic adjustment he gave in 1895 was performed on a man named Harvey Lillard who had lost his hearing 17 years previously. He reported to Dr. Palmer that at the time of losing his hearing, he had strained his back and had heard a noise in his back when this happened. Suspecting that there could be a spinal misalignment, Dr. Palmer examined him and did find a vertebra out of line. Dr. Palmer adjusted the vertebra back into position and the man's hearing returned.

In 1897, Dr. Palmer opened his chiropractic school in Davenport, Iowa, calling it the Palmer Infirmary and Chiropractic Institute. The name was later changed in 1907 to Palmer School of Chiropractic. Today there are over 20 schools with enrollment of over 10,000 students.