DO Osteopathic Philosophy and History 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Who founded osteopathic medicine?
- William Garner Sutherland
- Andrew Taylor Still (Correct answer)
- John Martin Littlejohn
- Carl Philip McConnell
Correct answer: Andrew Taylor Still
Andrew Taylor Still (A.T. Still) founded osteopathic medicine in 1874, with his first school established in Kirksville, Missouri in 1892.
Question 2: In what year did A.T. Still establish the first school of osteopathic medicine?
- 1874
- 1882
- 1892 (Correct answer)
- 1900
Correct answer: 1892
A.T. Still founded the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Missouri in 1892, about 18 years after developing his osteopathic theory.
Question 3: Which of the four osteopathic tenets holds that 'the person is a unit of body, mind, and spirit'?
- Structure-function relationship
- Body unity (Correct answer)
- Self-healing mechanisms
- Rational treatment
Correct answer: Body unity
The tenet of body unity holds that all body systems are interdependent and the person must be treated as an integrated whole.
Question 4: A.T. Still's approach to medicine was partly a rejection of which dominant medical practice of the 19th century?
- Surgical techniques
- Anatomical study
- Excessive and harmful use of drugs (Correct answer)
- Physical examination
Correct answer: Excessive and harmful use of drugs
Still was critical of the heavy, often toxic drug treatments prevalent in 19th-century medicine and sought natural healing methods instead.
Question 5: When the body mobilizes immune cells to fight infection, this demonstrates which osteopathic tenet?
- Body unity
- Structure-function relationship
- Self-healing and self-regulatory mechanisms (Correct answer)
- Rational treatment
Correct answer: Self-healing and self-regulatory mechanisms
The body's innate immune response exemplifies the osteopathic tenet that the body has inherent self-healing and self-regulatory mechanisms.
Question 6: What personal experience significantly motivated A.T. Still to develop osteopathic medicine?
- Military surgical failures
- Losing three children to meningitis and frustration with contemporary medicine's ineffectiveness (Correct answer)
- Financial ruin from medical practice
- A serious personal injury
Correct answer: Losing three children to meningitis and frustration with contemporary medicine's ineffectiveness
Still lost three children to spinal meningitis, and his frustration with the limitations of 19th-century medicine drove him to develop osteopathy.
DO Osteopathic Philosophy and History 1
Who founded osteopathic medicine?