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Era of Institutional Medicine
birth of natuopathy: emerging profession
1901 - 1934
1911
LICENSURE, EXAMINATIONS, REGULATORY, AND LICENSING BOARDS
Pennsylvania state government regulates practice of “Drugless Therapy,” including naturopaths.
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC) founded by Charles Cale, DC, in Los Angeles, CA; broadened to include naturopathy. C. Schultz,
key activist. Ceased granting ND degrees before 1958, date unknown. Influential school and community; continues to present as influential, interprofessional chiropractic college within university model at Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU), under leadership of President John Scaringe, DC, EdD, 2018.
Oregon Peerless College of Chiropractic and Neuropathy founded by John E. LaValley, DC,
in Portland, OR. Closure 1913 through merger with Pacific Chiropractic College, predecessor of Western States College.
United States School of Naturopathy (a.k.a.
First National University of Chiropractic and Naturopathy) founded by Dr. Frederick W. Collins in Newark, NJ. Renamed First National University of Naturopathy, 1916.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE
American Drugless Healer. Ed., Joe Shelby Riley, DO, DC, ND, et al. Periodical. First published by the American Chiropractic Association (headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK).
Cancer: Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment: Giving the Results of over Forty Years’ Experience in the Medical Treatment of this Disease. Eli G. Jones, MD. XX
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St. Louis College of Naturopathy founded in /
Missouri. Opens during decade of 1910s but specific year unknown; closure date unknown.
LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
Anti-Vaccination League of America founded. XX
Medical Education in the United States and
Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching, Bulletin Number
Four (commonly known as The Flexner Report), in response to request by AMA Council on Medical Education (CME). Under the banner of reform, rationalism, and modernism, this landmark document became pivotal in determining standards for medical education, particularly eligibility
for philanthropic and government funding.
Major institutional bifurcation occurs between conventional MDs and other medical professions as AMA school of thought and conventional therapeutics dominate through monopoly and political suppression.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE
Modern Physio-Therapy: A System of Drugless Therapeutic Methods; Including Chapters on X-Ray Diagnosis and Suggestions. Otto Juettner, MD, PhD. XX
The Chiropractor’s Adjustor: The Science, Art and Philosophy of Chiropractic. Foundational text, chiropractic practice. D.D. Palmer, DC. XX
William Turska, ND (d. 1995) Influential eclectic naturopathic physician recognized, respected for diverse knowledge and skills; pioneer in integrating herbal medicine, surgery, ozone, other innovations into pragmatic eclectic practice, particularly during many years of practice in Astoria and Mist, OR. XX
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