"The man who made Peekskill famous": Dr. C.R. Johnston--first blind chiropractor.

Can a blind person be taught the art and science of chiropractic? If so, can a blind chiropractor be successful in practice? In 1918, Charles Robinson "C.R." Johnston, at the age of thirty-nine, was graduated from the Palmer School of Chiropractic--becoming not only the first blind D.

Kansas coconuts: legalizing chiropractic in the first state, 1910-1915.

When the Kansas Supreme Court averred that, under existing law, chiropractic was the practice of medicine, the matter was settled. The beleaguered chiropractic profession of that state had two choices: it could risk continued harassment by the medical establishment or seek legislation. In a small frontier town in western Kansas, a benchmark trial would clearly demonstrate the public's feeling about chiropractic's right to exist on its own merits, separate and distinct from medicine.

Effect of current direction and K+ on polarization of the frog gastric mucosa proton pump.

When current was sent from serosa (S) to mucosa (M) across the frog stomach, there was a polarization (POL) of the open circuit potential (OCPD). POL was not affected by NaCl-free solutions, but was decreased by inhibitors of the H+ pump. In present experiments, current was sent to clamp the PD (VC) across the mucosa in steps of 20 mV up to 100 mV below the control OCPD, that is, current was sent from M to S.

Price of dissension: the private wars of Dr. Leo L Spears, 1921-1956.

Anathema to the Denver medical community, favorite of the 1950s-era sensationalist press, Leo Spears and his hospital represented the complexities of chiropratic. A dynamic achiever in the face of adversity, this 1921 Palmer School graduate built the profession's first large hospital complex and had plans for an institution that would have been among the largest healthcare facilities in existence.

Chiropractic goes to Washington: with Dr. Emmett J. Murphy, 1938-1964.

Articulate, urbane, naturally companionable, and always prepared, Dr. Emmett J. Murphy was perfectly suited to the office he created as chiropractic's first full-time national lobbyist.