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B. J. Palmer

Bartlett Joshua (B.J.) Palmer (September 10, 1881 - May 21, 1961) was a pioneer of Chiropractic. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software. ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chiropractic (from Greek chiros and praktikos meaning done by hand) is a health care profession whose purpose is to diagnose and treat mechanical disorders of the spine and musculoskeletal system with the intention of affecting the nervous system and improving health. ...

Early life

B.J. was son of Daniel David Palmer (or "D.D."), the "Founder" of chiropractic. The Palmer family of six resided in the back of a grocery store that D.D. operated. In 1885 D.D.'s wife became sick and died, after which D.D. remarried numerous times. When D.D. had settled with a new wife, he moved the family to Letts, Iowa, and he worked as a schoolteacher and a magnetic healer, developing chiropractic. D.D.'s first so-called patient was a black janitor in his office building. His name was Harvey Lillard, and was deaf in one ear. After a series of adjustments, the janitor was able to hear again; thus the birth of Chiropractic. B.J. developed an interest in chiropractic, and eventually assumed control of the school that his father had founded in Davenport, Iowa. As a result of his development and promotion of the profession, he became known as the "Developer" of chiropractic. Daniel David Palmer or DD Palmer (March 7, 1845 – October 20, 1913) was the founder of chiropractic. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Letts is a city in Louisa County, Iowa, United States. ... Magnet therapy, or magnetic therapy, is a pseudoscientific form of alternative medicine based on the concept that certain medical disorders can be effectively treated by exposure to magnetic fields. ... Motto: Working together to serve you Location in the State of Iowa Coordinates: , Country State County Scott County Incorporated 1839 Government  - Mayor Ed Winborn Area  - City  64. ...

Later life

On May 30, 1904, Palmer married Mabel Heath, and they both worked as chiropractors and professors at Palmer College. B.J. Palmer ran his research clinics in Davenport, IA. for 16 years having great success developing his "Upper Cervical" Adjusting Technique. This technique was done with the patient in a knee-chest position. This is the original Upper Cervical Technique and not the Drop Headpiece and side posture position that Chiropractors are taught today. He was able to prove the Subluxation Complex of C1 and C2 via the "Pattern Analysis". This would allow the Doctor of Chiropractic to know the correct time to adjust a patient. With X-ray interpation, the Chiropractor now knows the correct time and the correct place to ajdust a subluxated patient. Palmer was on the cutting edge of x-ray development with, at the time, some of the best x-ray equipment being developed at the Palmer School in Davenport, Iowa. On December 12, 1906 David Daniel Palmer was born, and would be the couple's only child. In keeping with his educational efforts for the profession, he became known as "The Educator."[1] is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Palmer also became involved in a number of technological advances in his region of Iowa. He owned the first automobile in the area, and he would use it when he made house calls. In 1922, Palmer purchased a local radio station, WOC (whose call letters stood for "Wonders Of Chiropractic"), and began using it to market chiropractic, as well as to broadcast farm, sports and weather reports. Ronald Regan, former President of the United States and Actor, was given his first boradcast job by Dr. Palmer to broadcast sports for WOC. A second station in Des Moines, WHO, ("With Hands Only") was purchased in 1930. Television stations were later added under the same call letters. Car redirects here. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... WOC is a radio station licensed to Davenport, Iowa, and has a news and talk radio format. ... “Des Moines” redirects here. ... WHO is a clear channel radio station broadcasting 50,000 watts on 1040 AM with a news/talk format. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...