After examining him, Palmer decided that "there a vertebra racked from its normal position," and "reasoned that if that vertebra was replaced, the man's hearing should be restored. I racked it into position by using the spinous process as a lever and soon the man could hear as before."
帕爾曼檢查後，覺得問題出在他的脊椎偏離正確位置，壓迫到聽覺神經，經他徒手將脊椎調整回原來位置，這位失聰十七年的工人居然又能聽見聲音。