THIS BOOK IS
Dedicated
TO THE GIRL WHO HAS BEEN MY STAFF
AND LANTERN, AIDING AND LIGHTING
ME ON MY WAY IN THIS NEW FIELD
My Wife

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
Preface to First Edition[9]
Preface to Second Edition[11]
Introduction[13]
Vertebral Palpation[15]
Definition[15]
General Propositions[15]
Habits of Palpation[15]
Facts Concerning the Spine[16]
Preparation of Patient[22]
Position of Patient[22]
The Record[23]
The Count[29]
Atlas Palpation[35]
The Group Method[37]
The Individual Subluxation[40]
Palpation in Position B[46]
Palpation in Position C[48]
Transverse Palpation[49]
Curves and Curvatures[53]
Difficulties in Palpation[59]
Landmarks[61]
Mental Attitude[63]
Nerve Tracing[64]
Organ Tracing[64]
What Nerves are Traceable[64]
Suggestion[67]
Place in Diagnosis[67]
Technic of Nerve Tracing[68]
Subluxations[76]
Definition—How Produced[76]
Law Governing Location of[78]
Varieties of Subluxations[80]
Technic of Adjusting[89]
General Principles of Adjusting[89]
Special Technic (Thirty-two Moves)[99]
Preferable Adjustments[155]
The Cause of Disease[165]
Simple Subluxation Disease[184]
Secondary Causes[185]
Germ Diseases[185]
Diet[192]
Poisons[194]
Exposure[198]
Bodily Excesses[201]
Inflammation[202]
The Process of Cure[208]
Adjuncts[215]
Spino-Organic Connection[217]
General Discussion[217]
Special Nerve Connections[235]
Table of Diseases and Adjustments[257]
Practice[276]
Office Equipment[277]
Schedule of Examination[292]
Necessity for Correct Diagnosis[298]
Frequency of Adjustments[302]
Specific vs. General Adjusting[303]
Talking Points[306]
Promises to Patients[308]
Retracing of Disease[309]
Limitations of Chiropractic[312]
The Use of Adjuncts[315]
Personality[319]
Chiropractic Prognosis[322]
General Discussion[322]
Practical Prognosis[323]

Preface to First Edition

This little work is offered to the profession without apology for its brevity or its form. It has been prepared because of an immediate and pressing need for such a guide in our colleges, and is offered abroad under the impression that many practicing Chiropractors feel the same need.

It is intended for handy reference and clinical use and is arranged as systematically as possible, style being everywhere sacrificed to utility.