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An increase in perceived resistance would indicate which area of the body required chiropractic manipulation. [2] Specifically, Toftness made the claim in his 1971 patent that "what is sensed by the operator is a friction or dragging sensation which retards the passage of a finger or fingers over the surface of the deflection plate."
Chiropractic (/ ˌ k aɪ r oʊ ˈ p r æ k t ɪ k /) is a form of alternative medicine [1] concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. [2] It is based on several pseudoscientific ideas. [3]
Palmer College of Chiropractic is a private chiropractic college with its main campus in Davenport, Iowa. It was established in 1897 by Daniel David Palmer and was the first school of chiropractic in the world. The college's name was originally the Palmer School and Cure and later became the Palmer School of Chiropractic. [4]
The community is located near the intersection of U.S. 301 and State Road 62 and is part of the North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Parrish contains the Florida Railroad Museum, which operates weekend passenger rides round trip from Parrish about 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast to Willow. [4]
It was founded in 1958 as North Brevard Hospital. [1] It expanded facilities in 1964, 1981, and 1991. Construction on an $80 million, 371,000-square-foot (34,500 m 2) replacement hospital began in 2000.