Vol. 8 · 1922 edition
Chiropractic Physiology
A starting point
Harry E. Vedder’s physiology text moves from cells and tissues to organ systems. Its contents explicitly connect bodily processes, including respiration and digestion, with the period’s concept of Innate control.
The progression begins with the body’s building blocks, including cartilage, bone, muscle, nerves, and blood, before turning to larger processes such as respiration, digestion, secretion, and circulation. Vedder places these subjects within a framework that attributes coordination to Innate Intelligence.
The book therefore offers more than a list of functions: it shows how physiology was integrated into chiropractic education. As you read, separate the description of a bodily process from the philosophical explanation attached to it. That distinction provides a useful basis for comparing Vedder’s teaching with the collection’s more explicitly philosophical volumes.
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