Part 1

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TECHNIC AND PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC

BY JOY M. LOBAN, D. C., PH. C.

Professor of Anatomy and of Theory and Practice of Chiropractic at the Universal Chiropractic College. Formerly Professor of Chiropractic Analysis at the Palmer School of Chiropractic

SECOND EDITION Revised and Enlarged

PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE DAVENPORT, IOWA 1915

COPYRIGHT 1915 BY JOY M. LOBAN

HAMMOND PRESS W. B. CONKEY COMPANY CHICAGO

THIS BOOK IS

=Dedicated=

TO THE GIRL WHO HAS BEEN MY STAFF AND LANTERN, AIDING AND LIGHTING ME ON MY WAY IN THIS NEW FIELD

=My Wife=

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

=Preface to First Edition= 9

=Preface to Second Edition= 11

=Introduction= 13

=Vertebral Palpation= 15 Definition 15 General Propositions 15 Habits of Palpation 15 Facts Concerning the Spine 16 Preparation of Patient 22 Position of Patient 22 The Record 23 The Count 29 Atlas Palpation 35 The Group Method 37 The Individual Subluxation 40 Palpation in Position B 46 Palpation in Position C 48 Transverse Palpation 49 Curves and Curvatures 53 Difficulties in Palpation 59 Landmarks 61 Mental Attitude 63

=Nerve Tracing= 64 Organ Tracing 64 What Nerves are Traceable 64 Suggestion 67 Place in Diagnosis 67 Technic of Nerve Tracing 68

=Subluxations= 76 Definition--How Produced 76 Law Governing Location of 78 Varieties of Subluxations 80

=Technic of Adjusting= 89 General Principles of Adjusting 89 Special Technic (Thirty-two Moves) 99 Preferable Adjustments 155

=The Cause of Disease= 165 Simple Subluxation Disease 184 Secondary Causes 185 Germ Diseases 185 Diet 192 Poisons 194 Exposure 198 Bodily Excesses 201 Inflammation 202 The Process of Cure 208 Adjuncts 215

=Spino-Organic Connection= 217 General Discussion 217 Special Nerve Connections 235 Table of Diseases and Adjustments 257

=Practice= 276 Office Equipment 277 Schedule of Examination 292 Necessity for Correct Diagnosis 298 Frequency of Adjustments 302 Specific vs. General Adjusting 303 Talking Points 306 Promises to Patients 308 Retracing of Disease 309 Limitations of Chiropractic 312 The Use of Adjuncts 315 Personality 319

=Chiropractic Prognosis= 322 General Discussion 322 Practical Prognosis 323

Preface to First Edition

This little work is offered to the profession without apology for its brevity or its form. It has been prepared because of an immediate and pressing need for such a guide in our colleges, and is offered abroad under the impression that many practicing Chiropractors feel the same need.

It is intended for handy reference and clinical use and is arranged as systematically as possible, style being everywhere sacrificed to utility.