i want to know more about Osteopathic medicine
The system of Osteopathic medicine was founded by Andrew Taylor Still.
when was it founded and was it in the US ?
Osteopathic medicine in the United States
Osteopathic medicine is a branch of the medical profession in the United States. Osteopathic physicians (DOs) can be licensed to practice medicine and surgery in all 50 states and are recognized to varying degrees in 65 other countries.
Frontier physician Andrew Taylor Still founded the profession as a rejection of the prevailing system of medical thought of the 19th century. Still's techniques relied on manipulation of joints and bones, to diagnose and treat illness, and he called his practices "osteopathy". By
access to care challenges. The event serves as an opportunity for legislators to learn more about health care and osteopathic medicine and for medical students to become more familiar with the political process.
History.
The association was founded as the American Association for the Advancement of Osteopathy on April 19, 1897, in Kirksville, Missouri, by students of the American School of Osteopathy specifically Andrew Taylor Still. It was renamed the American Osteopathic Association in 1901.
In September 1901, the AOA began to publish a scientific journal entitled