Of course, Daniel David, or D.D., Palmer, is known as the founder of chiropractic. He also had some really insightful things to say about the new healing art he established. Although most of these quotes come from the late 1800s, their wisdom stands just as true – or even more so – in our field of modern chiropractic care.
Here are ten quotes by the Founder of chiropractic, D.D. Palmer:
1. “The basic principle, and the principles of chiropractic which have been developed from it are not new. They are as old as the vertebrae… I am not the first person to replace subluxated vertebra, for this art has been practiced for thousands of years.”
2. “Do not forget that chiropractors did not treat diseases. They adjust causes, whether acquired, spontaneous, or the result of accident.”
3. “Drugs are delusive; they do not adjust anything.”
4. “The philosophy of chiropractic is founded upon the knowledge of the manner in which a vital functions are performed by innate in health and disease. When the controlling intelligence is able to transmit mental impulses to all parts of the body, free and unobstructed, we have normal action which is health.”
5. “Chiropractors correct abnormalities of the intellect as well as those of the body.”
6. “Many patients imagine that they have tried everything. True, they have used many remedies, but they have never had the cause of their infirmity adjusted.”
7. “I desired to know why one person was ailing and his associate, eating at the same table, working in the same shop, at the same bench was not. Why? What difference was there in these two persons that caused one to have various diseases, while his partner escaped?”
8. “That which I named ‘innate’ is a segment of that intelligence which fills the universe.”
9. “Life is but the expression of spirit through matter. To make life manifest requires the union of spirit and body.”
10. “Chiropractic is founded upon different principles than those of medicine. I laid the foundation and built thereon, the science of CHIROPRACTIC.”
Here are ten quotes by the Founder of chiropractic, D.D. Palmer:
1. “The basic principle, and the principles of chiropractic which have been developed from it are not new. They are as old as the vertebrae… I am not the first person to replace subluxated vertebra, for this art has been practiced for thousands of years.”
2. “Do not forget that chiropractors did not treat diseases. They adjust causes, whether acquired, spontaneous, or the result of accident.”
3. “Drugs are delusive; they do not adjust anything.”
4. “The philosophy of chiropractic is founded upon the knowledge of the manner in which a vital functions are performed by innate in health and disease. When the controlling intelligence is able to transmit mental impulses to all parts of the body, free and unobstructed, we have normal action which is health.”
5. “Chiropractors correct abnormalities of the intellect as well as those of the body.”
6. “Many patients imagine that they have tried everything. True, they have used many remedies, but they have never had the cause of their infirmity adjusted.”
7. “I desired to know why one person was ailing and his associate, eating at the same table, working in the same shop, at the same bench was not. Why? What difference was there in these two persons that caused one to have various diseases, while his partner escaped?”
8. “That which I named ‘innate’ is a segment of that intelligence which fills the universe.”
9. “Life is but the expression of spirit through matter. To make life manifest requires the union of spirit and body.”
10. “Chiropractic is founded upon different principles than those of medicine. I laid the foundation and built thereon, the science of CHIROPRACTIC.”
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