Vol. 13 · 1920 edition
The Palmer Technique of Chiropractic
A starting point
This technique volume connects chiropractic analysis with anatomy, function, palpation, and nerve tracing. Its introductory material explains how these subjects were brought together for student instruction.
The preface acknowledges several contributors: Vedder in palpation and adjustment, Burich in nerve tracing, and Firth in abnormalities. The material joins illustrated practical teaching with a discussion of analysis and diagnosis, placing technique within an account of structure, function, and clinical reasoning.
Palmer also states that a book cannot replace an instructor in learning the practical work. That qualification helps define its role today: a record of how the technique was explained and taught. Read it alongside the nerve-tracing and orthopedy volumes to compare the different elements of that historical training.
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