The following is an excerpt from The Science of Chiropractic by B.J. Palmer, the developer of Chiropractic. Enjoy!
“TO CURE OR HEAL”
The public mind, in connection with Chiropractic, wrongfully use the Allopathic sign boards, “cure” and “heal.” It is difficult to break away from the use of words which we have used all our lives, altho we may know that we use them incorrectly.
We no more cure or heal our patients than the sun rises and sets. These are terms used to convey certain ideas.
Every well informed person knows that our earth revolves upon its axis once in twenty-four hours, which causes the apparent rising and setting of the sun.
A few Chiropractors wrongfully use the words cure and heal knowing full well that we do neither. We adjust the human frame, the skeleton bones, to their normal position, thereby releasing pressure on nerves; then Innate Intelligence is able to again perform its varied functions in normal force and quantity, which is health.
