Chiropractic in America: The History of a Medical Alternative

by J. Stuart Moore and Professor J. Stuart Moore

In the century since founder D.D. Palmer made his First Adjustment in 1895, chiropractic has grown to become the second largest healing group in America (after medical doctors) and the most widespread drugless therapy in the world. This book places this unorthodox medical movement in its proper historical setting, examining its relation to other sects, to religious beliefs and to orthodox medicine. Moore offers new interpretations of chiropractic's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801845394
• ISBN13: 9780801845390
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"