Palmer argued that essentially all human disease - including infections such as tuberculosis - could be cured by realigning the spine (even in the late 1800s this was known to be factually incorrect) 3/n
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Osteopathy is another great one. As I said, it was invented a bit prior to chiropractic by Andrew Taylor Still Similar to Palmer, Still posited the existence of a vital force that drove most of human healthpic.twitter.com/SsGekQ7vlq
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The basic beliefs of osteopathy are basically identical to chiropractic, which is why many people believe that Palmer stole Still's ideas
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Still believed that the body was controlled by a vital force that transcended physicality, and could be manipulated by correcting problems with the musculoskeletal system He thought that any illness could be cured through the body's natural defenses, aided by osteopathy
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Another common theme through all of these systems of thought is that you can cure all disease using them Similarly, they are all pretty much entirely wrong
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