Can Chiropractic Cure A Deaf Man?
Chiropractic was discovered on September 18, 1895 by a man named Daniel David (D.D.) Palmer in Davenport, Iowa. D.D. Palmer was a magnetic healer in the city of Davenport and had an office in the downtown area. A good friend of D.D. Palmers and the owner of a janitorial business in the area was a man by the name of Harvey Lillard. Harvey had been legally deaf for about 17 years. He was discussing his condition with Dr. Palmer one day and he revealed that his deafness started one day when he was lifting something heavy and felt a pop in his back. His hearing gradually got worse and worse from that point on until he could not even hear the horses and buggies go by on the cobble stone streets anymore. Dr. Palmer concluded that if an injury to the back caused his problem, maybe he could relieve that problem by repairing that injury. Dr. Palmer had been an anatomist and physiologist for many years and had studied all there is to know about the human body. He knew that the spine houses the s
