TY - BOOK AU - Folk,Holly TI - The religion of chiropractic: populist healing from the American heartland SN - 9781469632803 AV - RZ225 .R455 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - The University of North Carolina Press KW - Palmer, D. D. KW - Palmer, B. J. KW - Palmer, D. D KW - Palmer, B. J KW - Palmer College of Chiropractic KW - Chiropractic KW - United States KW - History KW - Medicine KW - Religious aspects KW - Study and teaching KW - 18th century KW - history KW - Manipulation, Chiropractic KW - Schools, Health Occupations KW - History, 18th Century KW - History, 19th Century KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; The first adjustment: a chiropractic story --; A magnetic healer in Iowa --; From vital magnetism to vertebral vitalism --; On the frontier of the new profession --; Chiropractors on parade --; History repeats --; The world of chiropractic; 2; b N2 - Chiropractic is by far the most common form of alternative medicine in the US today, but its origins stretch back to the battles between science and religion in the nineteenth century. At the center of the story are chiropractic's colourful founders, D.D. Palmer and his son, B.J. Palmer. Holly Folk shows how the Palmers' system depicted chiropractic as a conduit for both material and spiritualized versions of a 'vital principle' UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1485237&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -