100 Years Ago in Chiropractic

From: Dynamic Chiropractic | Date: December 17, 2007| Author: Keating, Joseph C Jr | Copyright information

All in all, 1907 was a good year for chiropractors. In Davenport, Iowa, enrollment at the Palmer School of Chiropractic (PSC) was growing, from four students in 1902 when BJ. Palmer, DC, took charge as manager to 96 students in 1907.5 The PSC's alumni were spreading out around the nation and the globe. Some were practicing and some also were teaching, so as to doubly spread the new health concept. (See Table 1.) Charles Ray Parker, DC, graduated from PSC in 1905, and promptly opened a school ...

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