七叶树脊骨神经医学：1915年至1975年医学一个有限分支领域的动荡

Buckeye chiropractic: turbulence in a limited branch of medicine, 1915-1975.

作者信息

Callender A

出版信息

Chiropr Hist. 1995 Dec;15(2):78-89.

Abstract

In Ohio in 1915, the Platt-Ellis Law was enacted, a compromise between medical and chiropractic forces that defined chiropractic as a "limited branch of medicine or surgery." Practitioners of chiropractic, naprapathy, spondylotherapy, mechanotherapy, magnetic healing, and other "minor" healing arts excluding osteopathy and midwifery were all examined by the State Medical Board. The two disparate definitions created six decades of turmoil for chiropractic in Ohio. The 1920's were marked by the civil disobedience employed successfully in other states, with hundreds of unlicensed chiropractors choosing jail over fines. Multiple state organizations were formed, representing "straights, mixers, straight-mixers, mixing straights, minglers" and every other possible combination. The public accepted licensed and unlicensed practitioners, and doctors included their licensing status in their advertisements.

摘要

1915年，俄亥俄州颁布了《普拉特 - 埃利斯法案》，这是医学力量与整脊疗法力量之间的一项妥协，将整脊疗法定义为“医学或外科的一个有限分支”。整脊疗法、推拿疗法、脊椎疗法、机械疗法、磁疗以及排除整骨疗法和助产术之外的其他“小众”治疗方法的从业者都由州医学委员会进行考核。这两种截然不同的定义在俄亥俄州给整脊疗法带来了长达六十年的混乱局面。20世纪20年代的特点是，其他州成功采用的公民抗命行为，数百名无执照的整脊疗法从业者宁愿选择入狱也不缴纳罚款。多个州组织成立，代表着“纯正派、融合派、纯正融合派、融合纯正派、混合派”以及其他各种可能的组合。公众接受有执照和无执照的从业者，医生们在广告中也会注明他们的执照状态。