DO Osteopathic Philosophy and History

Question 1

Who founded osteopathic medicine?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Taylor Still

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

1892

Answer

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'?

Accepted Answer

Body unity

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Excessive and harmful use of drugs

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Self-healing and self-regulatory mechanisms

Answer

The body's innate immune response exemplifies the osteopathic tenet that the body has inherent self-healing and self-regulatory mechanisms.

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