DO Osteopathic Philosophy and History

Question 1

Who founded osteopathic medicine?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Taylor Still

Answer

William Garner Sutherland

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John Martin Littlejohn

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Carl Philip McConnell

Question 2

In what year did A.T. Still establish the first school of osteopathic medicine?

Accepted Answer

1892

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1874

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1882

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1900

Question 3

Which of the four osteopathic tenets holds that 'the person is a unit of body, mind, and spirit'?

Accepted Answer

Body unity

Answer

Structure-function relationship

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Self-healing mechanisms

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Rational treatment

Question 4

A.T. Still's approach to medicine was partly a rejection of which dominant medical practice of the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Excessive and harmful use of drugs

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Surgical techniques

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Anatomical study

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Physical examination

Question 5

When the body mobilizes immune cells to fight infection, this demonstrates which osteopathic tenet?

Accepted Answer

Self-healing and self-regulatory mechanisms

Answer

Body unity

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Structure-function relationship

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Rational treatment

Question 6

What personal experience significantly motivated A.T. Still to develop osteopathic medicine?

Accepted Answer

Losing three children to meningitis and frustration with contemporary medicine's ineffectiveness

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Military surgical failures

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Financial ruin from medical practice

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A serious personal injury