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Buckeye chiropractic: turbulence in a limited branch of medicine, 1915-1975.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11613404     Owner:  HMD     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In Ohio in 1915, the Platt-Ellis Law was enacted, a compromise between medical and chiropractic forces that defined chiropractic as a "limited branch of medicine or surgery." Practitioners of chiropractic, naprapathy, spondylotherapy, mechanotherapy, magnetic healing, and other "minor" healing arts excluding osteopathy and midwifery were all examined by the State Medical Board. The two disparate definitions created six decades of turmoil for chiropractic in Ohio. The 1920's were marked by the civil disobedience employed successfully in other states, with hundreds of unlicensed chiropractors choosing jail over fines. Multiple state organizations were formed, representing "straights, mixers, straight-mixers, mixing straights, minglers" and every other possible combination. The public accepted licensed and unlicensed practitioners, and doctors included their licensing status in their advertisements.
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A Callender
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chiropractic history : the archives and journal of the Association for the History of Chiropractic     Volume:  15     ISSN:  0736-4377     ISO Abbreviation:  Chiropr Hist     Publication Date:  1995 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-08-26     Completed Date:  1996-08-26     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8213054     Medline TA:  Chiropr Hist     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  78-89     Citation Subset:  Q    
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
Chiropractic / history*
History, 20th Century
Licensure, Medical / history*
United States

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