Fundamentals of Chiropractic Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

When was the Kung Fou Document written? - 2700 BCE What was the Nei Jing and the Yellow Emperor? - An internal medicine/manipulation study ordered by the first emperor of China Yellow Emperor: the first Chinese Emperor Mentioned manipulation as a part of good health care. Who was Hippocrates and what did he do and say relating to the spine? - Father of Medicine Recognized that subluxations (displacements) of the vertebrae have an effect on the nervous system Used several methods to reduce misalignments EX: Succussion a form of traction where the patient is suspended upside down and the treat shakes him Recognized different degrees of displacement of the vertebrae and attempted correction accordingly Who was Avicenna (Ibn Sina)? - Greatest Muslim Philosopher and Physician Greatest Medieval Physician Doctors of Doctors used a board to correct the spine Who were the Bonesetters and describe the profession of bonesetting? - Art of manipulation passed down through family members; manipulation of the spine Stretched, massaged, and manipulated spines and the rest of the joints of the body Who was Sir Percival Pott? - President of the British Medical Society (BMS) Believed that all spinal malformations and problems stemmed from tuberculosis of the spine (Pott's Disease) When was the first chiropractic adjustment given, by whom, to whom, and where? - Mr. Harvey Lillard by D.D. Palmer Sept. 1895 4th floor of the Ryan building in Davenport, Iowa What was the difference between chiropractic and osteopathy? - Chiropractic - concerned with nerve impulses - specific manipulations based on a structural diagnosis Osteopathy - rule of artery - concerned with blood flow - non-specific manipulations When was the PSC founded? - Palmer School of Chiropractic 1897 by DD Palmer When was the first ACA founded and by whom? - 1922 by DD Palmer What was the name of the first chiropractic textbook, when was it published, and who were the authors? - Modernized Chiropractic by Langworthy, Smith, and Paxton When was Dr. D.D. Palmer born and where? - rural Pickering, Ontario, Canada March 7, 1845 What was the name of the textbook written by Dr. D.D. Palmer, and when was it published? - The Chiropractor's Adjuster in 1910 How many theories of chiropractic did D.D. Palmer have before his death? - 3 Who was B.J. Palmer, D.C.? - son of D.D. Palmer 15th Palmer graduate Naturopathy - Dr. Lust Homeopathy - Dr. Samuel Hahnemann Nature Cure - Henry Lindlahr Naprapathy - Dr. Oakley Smith Chiropractic - D.D. Palmer Osteopathy - Andrew Taylor Still Christian Science - Mary Baker Eddy Physical Culture - Benar MacFadden 7th Day Adventists - Ellen G. White What was the magnetic healing in the time of D.D. Palmer? - all about "inflammation" Who was Solon Langworthy, D.C.? - First to use word "subluxation"; in first grad. Class of DD Palmers PSC. Authored Modernized Chiropractic Who was Minora Paxson, D.C.? - First licensed chiropractor; co-wrote 1st textbook; 1st woman DC Who was the Rev. Samuel Weed, and what was his contribution to chiropractic? - Helped DD come up w/name "chiro" "old dad chiro" Who was Joy Loban, D.C., and what did he do? - Found UCC; left PSC when BJ bought X-ray When was the UCA founded, and what was its initial purpose? - 1906; to provide legal counsel for straight DCs Who was Willard Carver, D.C.? - Pioneer in chiro ed. Who founded 7 schools; DC & lawyer Who was Silva Ashworth, D.C.? - Grandma of chiro, "Grand Old Lady of Chiro" When was the first chiropractic practice law passed by a state legislature, and when was the first chiropractic practice law enacted? - 1905 in Minnesota (vetoed); 1913 in Kansas What was the Neurocalometer, and what was the significance of its development to the profession of chiropractic? - 2-pronged spinal-heat sensing device supposedly detected subluxations better than any palpating DC saved DCs from themselves decline of B.J. Palmer's influence Who was John Nugent, D.C.? - 1905 graduate of PSC started rival school National School of Chiropractic moved school to Chicago in 1908 John Nugent was also know as the "Flexner of Chiropractic" for "cleaning house" in chiropractic education/Chiropractic schools