Chiropractic purpose
Health
Read health through the author’s emphasis on adaptation and coordinated function.
The big idea
Stephenson connects health with what he calls perfect adaptation. This helps a new reader see why the discussion goes beyond naming symptoms and toward relationships among the body’s parts. It introduces his philosophical ideal, rather than a way to measure your own health.
An everyday illustration
A team’s performance involves how its members work together, not just whether anyone has voiced a complaint.
An original illustration to help explain the idea, not a quotation or evidence of a biological mechanism.
In the author’s words
“Perfect adaptation results in health, and imperfect control results in dis-ease.”
1927 edition · PDF page 33
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Short excerpts from the indexed edition; line breaks are normalized. PDF page numbers refer to the source file, and may differ from printed page numbers.
Read it in context
The source contrasts health with dis-ease in its own framework. This short passage is not a clinical definition or a promise that symptom changes prove a particular mechanism.
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