Technic and Practice of Chiropractic

by Joy Maxwell Loban

The appended list includes the diseases with which the profession has had experience but is not in any sense a complete list of diseases. It is merely intended for quick and handy reference. In obscure cases or diseases not mentioned it is suggested that the practitioner carefully diagnose the case with reference to the location of the morbid process and then refer to Special Nerve Connections to find the nerve pathway between the spine and the organ indicated as the seat of the disease. Standard works on anatomy and physiology will explain more fully the paths and functions of the nerves but information gleaned from them must be sought out and pieced together from scattered statements and discussions.

A
Disease	Adjustment.
Abscess	According to location.
Accommodative iridoplegia	C 3 or 4.
Acid stomach	D 6 or 7.
Acne	D 11 or 12.
Acoria	D 6 or 7.
Acromegaly	C 1 or 2, D 10, 11, or 12.
Addison’s disease	D 10.
Adenitis	According to location.
Adenoids of pharynx	C 2 or 3.
Adiposis dolorosa	D 8 and D 11 or 12.
Adrenals, tuberculosis of	D 10.
Ageusia	C 1 or 2.
Ague	D 4, D 9, D 11 or 12.
Albuminuria	D 10, 11, or 12.
Albumosuria	D 8, D 10, 11 or 12.
Alcoholism	C 1, D 10, 11 or 12.
Amenorrhoea	L 4 or 5.
Amnesia	C 1 or 2.
Amyosthenia	General.
Amyloid liver	D 4.
Amyloid kidney	D 10, 11 or 12.
Anachlorhydria	D 6 or 7.
Anaemia	D 4, D 9 and D 11 or 12. Sometimes L 4.
Anaesthesia, general	C 1 or 2.
Anasarca	D 10, 11 or 12.
Aneurism	D 1 or according to location.
Angina pectoris	D 2.
Aniscoria	C 4.
Anorexia nervosa	C 1, D 6 or 7.
Anosmia	C 1 or 2, C 4.
Anthracosis	D 3.
Anterior poliomyelitis	C 3 or 4. local zones for permanent paralyses following.
Anuria	D 10, 11 or 12. Or L 2 or 4.
Aortic stenosis	D 2.
Aphasia	C 1 or 2.
Aphonia	C 6.
Aphthous stomatitis	C 2.
Apoplexy	C 2, 3.
Appendicitis	L 2.
Apraxia	C 1 or 2.
Argyll-Robertson pupil	C 1 or 2.
Arrhythmia	C 2 or D 2.
Arteriosclerosis	D 10, 11 or 12 and local.
Arteritis	According to location.
Arthritis	According to location.
Arthritis deformans	D 10, 11 or 12 and according to location.
Ascarides	L 2 or 3.
Ascites	D 4.
Asphyxia, gas	D 2 or 3, Atlas (First aid only).
Asthenia	To correct disease producing same.
Asthenopia	C 4.
Asthma	D 1.
Ataxia, cerebellar	C 1 or 2.
Ataxia, locomotor	General adjustment.
Athetosis	C 1 or 2.
Atrophic cirrhosis of liver	D 4.
Atrophy	According to location.
Aural discharges	C 1, 2, 3 or 4.
B
Back, pain in	According to location.
Barber’s itch	C 5, D 10, 11 or 12.
Bell’s palsy	C 2, 3 or 4.
Biliousness	D 4.
Blepharitis	C 3 or 4.
Blepharospasm	C 3 or 4.
Blindness	C 1, 2, 3 or 4.
“Blood poisoning”	D 10, 11 or 12 and local.
Boils	D 10, 11 or 12 and according to location.
Bradycardia	D 1 or 2, possibly C 2.
Bright’s disease	D 10, 11 or 12.
Bronchitis	D 1.
Bronchiectasis	D 1.
Broncho-pneumonia	D 1, D 3.
C
Caked breast	D 3.
Calculi, cystic	L 2 or 4.
Calculi, hepatic	D 4.
Calculi, renal	D 10, 11 or 12.
Cancer	No cure.
Cancrum oris	C 2 or 3, D 11 or 12.
Canker (mouth)	C 2.
Carbuncle	According to location.
Carcinoma	No cure.
Caries of spine	According to location. See “[Prognosis].”
Cataract	C 2, 3, or 4.
Catarrh, nasal	C 4.
Catarrhal gastritis	D 6 or 7.
Catarrhal stomatitis	C 2 or 3.
Cerebral abscess	C 1 or 2.
Cerebrospinal meningitis	C 2.
Cervical glands, enlargement of	Any cervical.
Cervico-brachial neuralgia	C 6.
Cervico-occipital neuralgia	C 1 or 2.
Chickenpox	C 5, D 10, 11 or 12.
Chills	D 5.
Chlorosis	D 4, D 9, D 11 or 12.
Cholangitis	D 4.
Cholecystitis	D 4.
Cholelithiasis	D 4.
Cholera infantum	D 5 or 6, D 10, 11 or 12, L 2.
Chorea	C 1 or 2.
Chyluria	D 8, D 11 or 12.
Cirrhosis of liver	D 4.
Claw hand	C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Clubfoot	L 4 or 5.
Colic, hepatic	D 4.
Colic, renal	D 10, 11 or 12.
Colitis	L 2 or 3.
Collapse	C 1, D 2, and according to associated condition.
Coma	According to cause.
Conjunctivitis	C 3 or 4.
Constipation	D 4, D 10, or L 3, 4 or 5.
Contractures	According to location.
Coryza	C 4.
Coxalgia	L 4.
Cramp	According to location.
Croup	C 2 or C 6.
Cutaneous eruptions	D 10, 11 or 12.
Cyanosis	D 2, D 3 or C 2.
Cystitis	L 2 or L 4.
D
Deafness, catarrhal	C 4.
Deafness, central	C 1 or 2 (P).
Delirium	C 1 or 2.
Dementia	C 1.
Dengue	D 5, D 10, 11 or 12 (P).
Dentition, disorders of	D 6 or 7.
Diabetes insipidus	D 10, 11 or 12.
Diabetes mellitus	D 4, D 8, D 11 or 12.
Diarrhoea	D 10, 11 or L 2, 3.
Dilatation of heart	D 2.
Diphtheria	C 2, C 6 and D 11 or 12.
Dipsomania	C 1 or 2, D 11 or 12.
Dropsy, abdominal	D 4.
Dropsy, cardiac	D 2.
Dropsy, renal	D 10, 11 or 12.
Duodenal ulcer	D 8 or 9.
Duodenitis	D 8 or 9.
Dysentery	L 2, 3, or 4 and D 11 or 12.
Dysmenorrhoea	L 4.
Dyspepsia	D 7.
Dysphagia	C 2 or D 6 or 7 (P).
Dyspnea	D 1 or D 2 or D 3.
Dysuria	L 2 or L 4 or sacrum.
E
Earache	C 2 or C 4.
Ecchymoses	D 11 or 12.
Eczema	D 11 or 12 and according to location.
Embolism, cerebral	C 2 or 3.
Emphysema	D 3.
Encephalitis	C 1, 2 or 3.
Endocarditis	D 2.
Enlarged glands	According to location.
Enlarged heart	D 2.
Enlarged liver	D 4.
Enlarged tonsils	C 2 or 3.
Enteralgia	D 9 or 10, or L 1 or 2.
Enteritis	D 9 or 10, or L 1 or 2.
Enterocolitis	D 9 or 10, or L 1, 2 or 3.
Enteroptosis	D 9, 10, 11 or L 1, 2, 3.
Enterospasm	D 9 or 10, or L 1 or 2.
Enuresis	L 2 or 4.
Epilepsy	C 1 or 2, sometimes L 3.
Epistaxis	C 4.
Epithelioma	No cure.
Eructations	D 6 or 7.
Eruptions, cutaneous	D 11 or 12.
Erysipelas	C 5 and D 11 or 12.
Exophthalmic goitre	C 6 or 7.
F
Facial hemiatrophy	C 1 or 2.
Facial paralysis	C 1 or 2.
Faecal obstruction	L 2, 3 or 4.
Fainting	D 2.
False angina	C 1 or 2.
Fatty degeneration of heart	D 2.
Fatty degeneration of liver	D 4.
Fatty infiltration of heart	D 2.
Fatty infiltration of liver	D 4.
Felon	C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Fever	D 5. Locate organ of origin.
Fibroid tumor	According to location.
Follicular tonsilitis	C 2 or 3.
G
Gallstones	D 4.
Gangrene	According to location.
Gastralgia	D 6 or 7.
Gastrectasia	D 6 or 7.
Gastric neuroses	D 6 or 7.
Gastric ulcer	D 6 or 7.
Gastritis	D 6 or 7.
Gastro-duodenitis	D 7 or 8.
Gastroptosis	D 6 or 7.
Gland, mammary	D 3.
Glaucoma	C 2 or 3.
Gleet	L 3 and D 11 or 12.
Glossitis	C 2 or 3.
Glycosuria	D 4 and D 11 or 12.
Goitre	C 6.
Gonorrhoea	L 3.
Gonnorrhoeal rheumatism	D 11 or 12 and L 3.
Gout	D 11 or 12 and L 4.
Granulated lids	C 4 and D 11 or 12.
H
Hay fever	C 3 or 4.
Headache, anaemia	To correct anaemia.
Headache, bilious	D 4.
Headache, neuralgic	C 1.
Headache, neurasthenic	C 1 or 2.
Headache, ocular	C 2 or C 4.
Headache, of constipation	D 4 or D 9 or 10, or L 4 or 5.
Headache, toxic	Locate toxin-forming organ.
Headache, uterine	L 4 or 5 or sacrum.
Hematemesis	D 6 or 7.
Hematuria	D 10, 11 or 12.
Hemicrania	C 1, 2 or 3.
Hemiplegia	C 2 or 3.
Hemoptysis	D 3.
Hemorrhoids	L 4 or 5 or sacrum.
Hepatic hyperemia	D 4.
Hepatoptosis	D 4.
Hernia, diaphragmatic	C 4 (P).
Hernia, femoral	L 4.
Hernia, inguinal	L 2 or 3.
Hernia, umbilical	D 8.
Herpes facialis	C 4.
Herpes zoster (shingles)	Vertebra above nerve involved.
Hiccough	C 4.
Hodgkins’ disease	General adjustment.
Hydrocele	D 10, 11 or 12 and L 4.
Hydrocephalus	C 2 and D 2.
Hydronephrosis	D 10, 11 or 12.
Hydropericardium	D 2.
Hydrothorax	D 3.
Hyperaemia	According to location.
Hyperaesthesia, general	C 1 or 2.
Hyperchlorhydria	D 6 or 7.
Hypertrophy	According to location.
Hysteria	C 2.
Hystero-epilepsy	C 2.
I
Icterus	D 4.
Icterus neonatorum	D 4.
Ileocolitis	L 2, 3 or 4.
Impacted gallstones in ducts	D 4.
Impotence	L 3 or sacrum.
Incontinence of urine	L 2 or L 4.
Incompetency, aortic	D 1 or 2.
Incompetency, mitral	D 1 or 2.
Incompetency, pulmonary	D 1 or 2.
Incompetency, pyloric	D 6 or 7.
Incompetency, tricuspid	D 1 or 2.
Infantile paralysis	C 3 or 4 and according to location.
Inflammation, general	D 5.
Inflammation of appendix	L 2.
Inflammation of bladder	L 2 or 4.
Inflammation of bowels	D 9 or 10, L 2, 3 or 4.
Inflammation of bronchi	D 1.
Inflammation of kidneys	D 11 or 12.
Inflammation of larynx	C 6.
Inflammation of lungs	D 3.
Inflammation of meninges	C 1 or 2.
Inflammation of ovaries	L 2 or 3.
Inflammation of pharynx	C 2.
Inflammation of pleurae	D 3.
Inflammation of stomach	D 6 or 7.
Inflammation of vertebrae	Next above inflamed one.
Inflammation of uterus	L 4 or 5.
Influenza	C 4, D 1, D 11 or 12.
Intestinal neuralgia	D 9 or 10, L 1 or 2.
Intestinal neuroses	D 9 or 10, L 1 or 2.
Intestinal obstruction	See “[Practice].”
Intussusception	See “[Practice].”
Insanity	C 1 or 2, sometimes L 4.
Insomnia	C 2.
Iritis	C 3 or 4.
J
Jaundice	D 4.
K
Keratitis	C 3 or 4.
Kyphosis	See “[Curvatures.]”
L
Lactation, disorders of	D 3.
Lacunar tonsilitis	C 2 or 3.
La grippe	C 4, D 1, D 11 or 12.
Laryngeal paralysis	C 6.
Laryngismus stridulus	C 6.
Laryngitis	C 6.
Lateral spinal sclerosis	According to location.
Lead poisoning	D 4, D 11 or 12.
Leucaemia	D 9 and D 11 or 12.
Leucorrhoea	L 4.
Lipoma	According to location.
Lobar pneumonia	D 3.
Lockjaw	C 1, 2, or 3.
Locomotor ataxia	General adjustment.
Lordosis	See “[Curvatures].”
Lumbago	L 3, 4 or 5.
Lumbo-abdominal neuralgia	Any Lumbar.
M
Malaria	D 4, D 9, and D 11 or 12.
Malignant endocarditis	D 2 and D 5 or 6.
Mastoiditis	C 1 or 2.
Measles	C 5, D 11 or 12.
Memory, disorders of	C 1 or 2.
Meniere’s disease	C 1 or 2.
Meningitis	C 1 or 2.
Menorrhagia	L 4.
Metrorrhagia	L 4.
Migraine	C 1, 2, or 3.
Mitral incompetency	D 2.
Mitral stenosis	D 2.
Monoplegia	According to location.
Mouth breathing	C 4 or 5.
Movable kidney	D 11 or 12.
Mucous colic	D 10 or L 3.
Mumps	C 4.
Mutism	C 1 or 2 or C 6.
Myelitis	According to location.
Myocarditis	D 2.
Myopia	C 4.
Myositis ossificans	According to location, also D 11 or 12.
Myxoedema	C 6.
N
Nephritis	D 10, 11 or 12.
Nephrolithiasis	D 10, 11 or 12.
Nephroptosis	D 10, 11 or 12.
Neuralgia, trigeminal	C 3 or 4.
Neuralgia, brachial	C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Neuralgia, intercostal	According to location.
Neuralgia, of feet	L 4, L 5 or sacrum.
Neurasthenia	C 2.
Neuritis	According to location.
Nodding spasm	C 1 or 2.
Nystagmus	C 1, 2, 3 or 4 (P).
O
Obesity, pathological	D 8 and D 11 or 12.
Obstruction, intestinal	See “[Practice].”
Oculomotor paralysis	C 2 or 3.
Oedema	According to location.
Optic atrophy	C 3 or 4.
Optic neuritis	C 3 or 4.
Orchitis	L 3.
Otitis media	C 4.
Ovarian disease	L 2.
P
Pachymeningitis	C 2.
Pallor	D 2 or to correct anaemia.
Palpitation	D 2 or C 2.
Pancreatic calculi	D 8.
Pancreatic hemorrhage	D 8.
Pancreatitis	D 8.
Paralysis agitans	C 1 or 2.
Paralysis, brachial	C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Paralysis, crural	L 4 or L 5.
Paralysis, facial	C 1 or 2.
Paralysis, diplegic	C 1 or 2.
Paralysis, hemiplegic	C 1 or 2.
Paralysis, monoplegic	According to location.
Paralysis, sensory	According to location.
Parageusia	C 1 or 2.
Paratyphoid fever	L 2.
Parosmia	C 2 or 3.
Parotitis	C 4.
Pericarditis	D 2.
Perihepatitis	D 4.
Perinephric abscess	D 10, 11 or 12.
Peritonitis	D 9, 10 and L 2, 3 or 4.
Pertussis	C 6, D 1.
Pharyngitis	C 2 or 3.
Photophobia	C 1 or 2 or C 4.
Plantar neuralgia	L 4 or 5.
Pleurisy	D 3.
Pleurodynia	D 3.
Pneumonia	D 3.
Priapism	L 3 or sacrum.
Proctitis	L 4 or 5.
Prolapsed kidney	D 11 or 12.
Prolapsed uterus	L 4 or 5.
Prostatic disease	L 4 or 5 or sacrum.
Ptosis	C 4.
Puerperal fever	L 4, D 5, and D 11 or 12.
Pulmonary incompetence	D 2.
Pulmonary phthisis	D 3.
Pulmonary stenosis	D 2.
Pyelitis	D 11 or 12.
Pyelonephrosis	D 11 or 12.
Pyaemia	D 5 or 6 and D 10, 11 or 12.
Q
Quinsy	C 2 or 3.
R
Rabies	C 1 or 2, D 10, 11 or 12.
Rachitis	See “[Adjustment of Curvatures].”
Raynaud’s disease	C 6 or 7 or D 1, or L 4 or 5.
Rectal fistula	L 4 or 5.
Rectal neuralgia	L 4 or 5.
Relapsing fever	D 5, D 9 and D 11 or 12.
Renal colic	D 10, 11 or 12.
Retinal hemorrhage	C 4.
Retinitis	C 4.
Retropharyngeal abscess	C 2 or 3.
Rheumatic fever	D 5 or 6, D 11 or 12.
Rheumatism	D 11 or 12 and according to location.
Rhinitis	C 4.
Roseola	D 10, 11 or 12.
Rubella	C 5, D 6, D 11 or 12.
Rubeola	See “[Measles].”
S
Salivation	C 2, 3 or 4.
Salpingitis (Eustachian)	C 4.
Salpingitis (Fallopian)	L 2.
Sarcoma	No cure.
Scarlatina	C 5, D 6, D 11 or 12.
Scarlet fever	C 5, D 6, D 11 or 12.
Sciatica	L 4 or 5, or sacrum.
Sclerosis	According to location.
Scoliosis	See “[Curvatures].”
Scrofula	D 11 or 12 and locally.
Seminal emissions	L 3.
Septicaemia	D 5, D 11 or 12, and for site of entrance of toxins.
Smallpox	C 5, D 5, D 10, 11 or 12.
Sneezing	C 4.
Softening of brain	C 2.
Spasm	According to location.
Spermatorrhoea	L 3.
Splanchnoptosis	Caudad of D 5 according to palpation.
Splenic enlargement	D 9.
Splenitis	D 9.
Splenoptosis	D 9.
Spondylitis Deformans	General adjustment.
Stenosis	According to location.
Stomatitis	C 2, 3 or 4.
Strabismus	C 3 or 4.
Sudamina	D 10, 11 or 12.
Sunstroke	C 2, D 2, D 11 or 12.
Suppression of urine	D 11 or 12.
Syncope	D 2.
Syphilis, primary	According to location of ulcer.
Syphilis, secondary	D 5 or 6, D 11 or 12.
Syphilis, tertiary	No cure.
T
Tabes dorsalis	General adjustment.
Tapeworm	D 8, 9 or 10, L 2 or 3.
Tenesmus	L 4 or 5.
Tension, high arterial	D 5.
Testicles, pendulous	L 3.
Tetanus	C 4, D 5, D 10, 11 or 12.
Thrush	C 2 or 3.
Tic dolouroux	C 3 or 4.
Tinnitus aurium	C 1 or 2.
Tonsilitis	C 2 or 3.
Toothache	C 4.
Torticollis	C 2, 3 or 4.
Toxaemia	D 11 or 12 and local according to indications.
Toxic gastritis	D 6 or 7.
Tricuspid incompetency	D 2.
Tricuspid stenosis	D 2.
Trigeminal neuralgia	C 3 or 4.
Tuberculosis of any organ	See “[Special Nerve Connections]” to organ diseased.
Tuberculosis, general	D 5 or 6, D 11 or 12.
Tuberculosis, pulmonary	D 3.
Tumor	According to location.
Typhoid fever	L 2.
Typhus fever	D 5 and L 2 (P).
U
Ulceration	According to location.
Ulnar neuritis	D 1.
Ununited fracture	According to location.
Uraemia	D 10, 11 or 12.
Urethritis	L 3.
Urticaria	D 10, 11 or 12.
Uterine catarrh	L 4.
Uteroversion	L 4.
V
Vaccinia	D 5, D 10, 11 or 12 and for site of inoculation.
Vaginitis	L 3.
Valvular lesions	D 2.
Varicella	D 5 or 6, D 10, 11 or 12.
Varicocele	L 3.
Varicose veins of lower extremities	L 2, 3 or 4.
Variola	Same as Smallpox.
Varioloid	Same as Smallpox.
Vertigo	C 1 or 2. Locally for toxic vertigo.
Vomiting, pernicious	D 6 or 7 or C 1.
W
Whooping-cough	C 6, D 1.
Writer’s Cramp	C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Worms, stomach	D 6 or 7.
Worms, intestinal	Any Lumbar.
Wryneck	C 2, 3 or 4.
X
Xerostomia	C 2.
Y
Yellow fever	D 4, D 6, D 10, 11 or 12 (P).

CONCLUSION

The correct use of the foregoing table depends entirely upon correct diagnosis. Knowledge of the vertebra to be adjusted for the correction of any disease is useless unless the disease be recognized when met. Diagnosis may be, and usually is, aided by Palpation and Nerve-Tracing, which may be considered as divisions of diagnosis since the subluxation and the tender nerve are evidences (symptoms) of disease. But these two divisions can never wholly take the place of a complete diagnosis which calls to the aid of the examiner every harmless method of ascertaining the patient’s condition. The part may not suffice for the whole.

The Chiropractor has an opportunity to become the best of diagnosticians because he has at his command all the usually taught methods and in addition Palpation and Nerve-Tracing, which are especially useful in differential diagnosis. (See “[Schedule of Examination].”) The profession is at present lamentably weak in diagnosis and as long as they remain so they will fail to achieve the possible maximum of results from the application of a theory which, per se, is applicable to all disease but which is often imperfectly applied in practice.

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PRACTICE

Introduction