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Small Constants vs Big Variables by Dr. B.J. Palmer of Davenport, IA

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

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 [...]

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B.J. Palmer: Stimulating the Inhibition and Inhibiting the Stimulation

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

Once again, this is from Volume XIX- The Known Man by B.J. Palmer, published in 1936. Enjoy!
“The ordinary and average physician knows no better than to stimulate and inhibit the inhibition and stimulation. He was taught that, accepted it as a true premise, practicing it as such. He sees such in symptoms and pathologies. He [...]

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B.J. Palmer: Constant On Feeling, Variable On Pain

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

I read this the other night in Volume XIX – The Known Man by B.J. Palmer. I added spaces for easier readability. Enjoy!
“There is a constant on sensation. People who have no sensation are those with normal feeling and those with no feeling. Healthy organs have normal feeling and normal feeling has no sensation. We [...]

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The General and his Army Part 3: Black Ties, Clay Thompson, and Clear View Sanitarium

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

(Editor’s note: This is the third part in a three-part series written by Dr. Steve Agocs. Dr. Agocs practices in the Kansas City, MO area.)
Black Ties and the PSCC
In the 1930’s and ‘40’s BJ had a semi-secret, invitation-only group of doctors who worked with him on refining  and developing (which is probably where the pattern [...]

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The General and his Army Part 2: HIO and A.A. Wernsing

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

(Editor’s note: This is the second part in a three-part series written by Dr. Steve Agocs. Dr. Agocs practices in the Kansas City, MO area.)
Hole-in-One
From this research, BJ developed the idea of a “whole in one” adjustment, which he quickly changed the name of to “hole in one” after the golf rarity. Like in golf, [...]

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The General and his Army Part 1: Meric Technique, Dossa Evins, and the Neurocalometer

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

(Editor’s note: This is the first part in a three-part series written by Dr. Steve Agocs. Dr. Agocs practices in the Kansas City, MO area.)
On January 22, Dr. Harshe posted a booklet written by Drs. Clarence Jensen and Richard Doble, Jr. It’s a nice overview of Palmer Upper Cervical technique, but after reading it I [...]

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6 Blog Posts to Help You Remember Chiropractic’s 114th Birthday

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

114 years ago today Harvey Lillard told such a funny joke that D.D. Palmer slapped him in the back with a heavy book and it restored his hearing.
Just kidding. No one really believes that medipractic version of chiropractic’s beginning do they? I didn’t think so.
Anyhow, as I did last week on B.J. Palmer’s birthday, today [...]

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Quotes From Old School Chiropractic Big Shots

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

B.J. Palmer: “We get sick because of something inside going wrong! We get well because of something inside going right!
Innate Intelligence (nature, spirit, subconscious or unconscious mind or other name given this internal power within us) is what cures and heals. Innate intelligence is never sick, never depleted and is always full to capacity and [...]

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11 Links to Help You Remember B.J. Palmer

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

Many of us in the chiropractic profession remember the great B.J. Palmer on his birthday each year on September 10th.
B. J. Palmer revolutionized the chiropractic profession with HIO and with his volumnous writings entitled the green books. He even saved the radio industry from collapsing long ago.
Here are some B.J. Palmer-related links from The Atlas [...]

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BJ Palmer And His Thoughts On Health Care Reform

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

This excerpt is from Fight To Climb. BJ Palmer gave his thoughts on socialized medicine in 1950, and 59 years later, his points are still relevant. Read for yourself and make your own conclusions.
“Question 161. How will passage of the proposed socialized medicine bill before Congress affect Chiropractors?
Answer 161. Doctors and patients will [...]

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