From Volume XIX- The Known Man by B.J. Palmer in 1936. Enjoy!
“A physician has a dozen ways to “diagnose” a disease, a hundred ways to “treat” it, a thousand kinds of apparatus to “cure” it. Which contrary variable will he use first?
A Chiropractor theoretically has twenty-four vertebrae to adjust, throws in the skull and buttocks for full measure; a dozen kinds of adjustments which can be given in a dozen ways. Shall he start at top, between, or at bottom? Has one table for top, another for middle, and still another for bottom.
These thousands of variables complex action, befuddle mind, perplex confidence, and leave Chiropractor and patient at opposite ends of a confused rope tied in knots.
By contrast, dis-ease is single; it has one all-inclusive cause, one adjustment at one place. We have one thing to do, one way, at one place, and have one table on which to do it; know how, and do it. That is seeking a constant. A competent Chiropractor knows what he seeks, how to find it, how to fix it, and when to stop.
“Chiropractors” say: “Patient is not satisfied with so little.” If Chiropractor has proved that “little” and reflects confidence, ability, and delivers, then patient is a mirror in which Chiropractor reflects himself; patient reflects exactly what is delivered to him.
When Chiropractor is confused, perplexed, befuddled, and demands variables because he has no constant, patient follows that lead and demands more. A Chiropractor who reasons, reaches fundamentals, involves logic, develops constants, is consistent. He does not wobble, straddle, or contradict himself. “
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Perfect explaination of why we do what we do. Reduce variables to increase the chance of an ADJUSTMENT.
Way to go Brandon, you are reading the right stuff and it is paying off for you I’m sure.