Daniel David Palmer's First Chiropractic Analysis

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Daniel David Palmer simply added the philosophy of chiropractic from already known spine manipulation practices from thousands of years before. By extensively studying anatomy and physiology, Palmer was able to create a practice that changed the medical health field and structured the chiropractic idea. Palmer named the profession “chiropractic” by using the latin words cheir (which means ‘hand’) and praktos (which means ‘done’) hence the full sentence; Done by Hand ("Chiropractic Care." 2011). In September of 1895, Palmer had begun the first Chiropractic spine alignment procedure. Palmer had recruited a willing patient whom had priorly gone deaf and was complaining about spine irritation. Palmer then continued performing various techniques