Chiropractic medicine. Although new at the time, the principles upon which chiropractic medicine was based can be traced back to the earliest physicians – including Hippocrates (460-370 B.C.). Palmer created the name “chiropractic” by combining the Greek words for hand, chair, and practical (or efficient).
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