1 Chronology of William Charles Schulze, M.D., D.C. and the National College of Chiropractic (and the schools which were eventually absorbed by National) word count: 60,692 filename: National/Chrono 98/06/19 Joseph C. Keating, Jr., Ph.D. Color Code: 1350 W. Lambert Rd., Apt. 110, La Habra CA 90631 USA Red & Magenta: questionable or uncertain information (562) 690-6499; E-mail: [email protected] Green: for emphasis Messages at LACC: (562) 947-8755, ext. 633 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Mechanotherapy. - Taylor points out the importance of massage, mechanotherapy, bone setting, etc., and the practice of osteopathy. He thinks the profession has become too critical in regard to drugs, and the public has followed its example, and takes up the more readily with charlatans, who claim to cure without them. Moreover, there are comparatively few of the medical profession who have familiarized themselves with massage and mechanotherapy generally. Our schools of massage are entirely superficial in their training. The European masseur finds our physicians unable to appreciate his skill, hence his attempt to get into independent practice, and the prejudice and rivalry aroused against him. Taylor claims that the field of mechanotherapy is boundless, and it is the duty of the educated physician to learn more of it. He thinks if the medical profession would read half a score of small books thoroughly (after revising their knowledge of the nervous mechanisms) and make practical use of the light thus gained, they would feel little hesitation in going forward to acquire skill in so practical and valuable a branch of therapeutics. The physician can not devote the time required by some of the more laborious and continuous, National College of Chiropractic campus at 20 N. Ashland Blvd., Chicago, or routine procedures, but he should supervise the scientific part. He during 1920 through 1963 could and should make use of the more delicate manipulations, which ____________________________________________ are of the greatest value. To illustrate the teachings of the osteopathic POTENTIAL SOURCE: schools, he mentions two graduates of Scandinavian massage institutions who came to this country and hearing of osteopathy took a course at Kirksville. Both assured the author that they learned no facts Lloyd Howard (John FA Howard DC's youngest son); Box 268, La of importance not already known to them. The sphere of manual Verbin UT 84745 therapy lies in the ability of medical practitioners to influence centers of ____________________________________________ organic activity by mechanical stimulation through the vasomotor SPECIAL NOTE: nerves. They should not abandon well-tried and proven remedies, but in manual therapy, when applied by the physician, there is a prompt The National School of Chiropractic Home Study Course (Howard System) and exact method far in advance of all others in the treatment of a wide [n.d.] is the same text as: variety of derangements, not only of the coarser mechanisms, but also of the vital organs. Howard JFA. Encyclopedia of chiropractic (The Howard System). Chicago: National School of Chiropractic, 1916 c1905: WC Schulze MD is operating the unincorporated American ____________________________________________ School of Mechano-Therapy (Beideman, 1995) CHRONOLOGY 1905: Langworthy opens ASC (Gielow, 1981, p. 100) 1870: William Charles Schulze is born in Germany (In Memoriam, 1936a&b) 1905 (early): Charles Ray Parker graduates from Palmer (Gielow, 1981, p. 100) 1873 (Jan 19): AB Cochrane, future president of the ACA , is born in Arcanum OH (Bulletin of the ACA 1929 [Oct]; 6[5]:1) 1905: Oakley Smith founds Chicago College of Naprapathy (Zarbuck, 1987) 1884 (Sept 17): William Alfred Budden is born in Farnham, England (Gatterman, 1982) 1905 (Jan): DD publishes Vol. 1, No. 2 of The Chiropractor, basis for later conviction in Scott County court (Gielow, 1981, p. 106) 1897 (Schulze graduates from Rush Medical College, [which is NOT the Medical Department of the University of Chicago; Rush will not affiliate 1905 (Feb 15): Willard Carver, LLB recommends DD include with the University of Chicago until 1898]; had previously attended suggestive therapeutics in curriculum (Zarbuck, 1988d) William Jewell College in Liberty MO; is soon licensed in IL, MN and WI (Beideman, 1995) 1905 (late): John F. Howard enter's Palmer School's nine month course (Zarbuck, 1989) 1900 William C. Schulze MD marries Mathilde Jermundson (Beideman, 1995) PHOTOGRAPH 1904 (Jan 2): JAMA [XLII: 57] reports: Chronology of the National College of Chiropractic Keating 2 -letter from John F.A. Howard mentions prior experience with various drugless methods, influence of A.P. Davis and S.M. Langworthy (p. 23): From my earliest recollection I have been opposed to the use of drugs as a means of restoring health. I first courted the fresh air, exercise and the diet theory. I next took up electricity and massage. One day I found myself by accident in charge of the treatment rooms of a sanitarium employing those methods in connection with hydrotherapy. I soon came to the conclusion that there must still be some method to handle the cases that could not be cured by the means we were employing. I had corresponded with A.P. Davis and the American School of Chiropractic and had considered their claims, and finally Oakley G. Smith, D.C. received the school announcement of The P.S.C. I meditated between the American School and The P.S.C. and finally gave preference to the 1906 (May 28): DD Palmer writes from Kansas City MO to John latter, concluding that if it could send out Davises and Langworthies Howard of Davenport to indicate that he (DD) considers Howard a [sic] it could satisfy me. So according I associated myself with this "capable and qualified teacher" of chiropractic (National College school, and I now know I acted wisely, as I believe that it is the only advertisement, 1936) [see Table 1] equipped school to teach the science of Chiropractic. What you get here is the real thing as developed by D.D. Palmer. If pure goods are desired you will get what you want at The P.S.C. 1906 (Aug): John F. Alan Howard graduates from the Palmer School, associates with JW Benadom Sanitarium in Davenport IA (Zarbuck, 1989) 1906 (late): or early 1907: Howard founds National School of Chiropractic at South Putnam Bldg, Suite 305, Davenport (site of DD's first adjustment of Harvey Lillard) (Zarbuck, 1989, NSC 1906 (Aug/Sept); The Chiropractor [2(9-10)] includes: Eleventh Annual Catalog, 1918) -"Our Alma Mater: Her Mission, Accomplishments, Our Duties Towards Her" by JFA Howard, notes formation of the UCA, notes graduation date of August 17, 1906 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 1: National College of Chiropractic advertisement. The Chiropractic Journal (NCA), March, 1936; caption read: "The following are brief excerpts from letters written in 1906 by D.D. Palmer to John F. Howard, Founder, National College of Chiropractic. One letter was written from Kansas City, Missouri; several others from Medford, Oklahoma": John F. Howard Kansas City, Mo. Davenport, Iowa May 28, 1906 Dear Sir and Friend: You have been on my mind for several days, therefore I will write you a few lines. Why should I not approve of your teaching the science of chiropractic; when I consider you a capable and qualified teacher....In practice and as a teacher I consider you qualified..... I cannot let your letter go until I tell you of the M.D.'s meeting yesterday. They have a county society which meets once each month. I attended. Did not do so at home (Davenport). A paper was read; each member discussed its merits. I asked to have a say. They reluctantly voted me 5 minutes. When the 5 minutes were up several said, "Go on." So they voted me another 5 minutes. By that time all the rules were forgotten and I occupied most of the afternoon....Dr. Martin said that he had a headache. I offered to cure it by one touch. He accepted. I seated him in front of the audience. He showed his surprise and admitted that the headache was gone. Several questions were asked for me to answer. Chiropractic captured the meeting.... With best wishes, D.D. Palmer ____________________________________________________________________________________________ PHOTOGRAPH Chronology of the National College of Chiropractic Keating 3 1908 (Feb 27): Charles Wood earns DC from National School of Chiropractic (Beideman, 1995) 1908 (Dec 8): SH Virkler DC of Chicago writes to DD about the PSC, notes "when I matriculated in 1906...I failed to find the discoverer, who should have been there as President..." (Palmer, 1909a, p. 12) c1908-10: Howard's memoirs in 1934 indicate that he worked for Schulze for 10 months 1910: BJ introduces x-ray at PSC, Loban forms the UCC (Gielow, 1981, p. 121) 1910 (Mar): The Chiropractor [6(3)] includes: -UCA Directory (pp. 120-6) includes: *Joy M. Loban, D.C., Ph.C., at 501 Commercial Bank Bldg., Waterloo IA (p. 123) D.D. Palmer, Founder of Chiropractic 1910 (Sept 2): postcard (Asworth papers/CCC-KC) from "Hazel" at "Palmer College" Davenport addressed to "Mrs. S.L. Ashworth, 1907 (Apr 7): WC Schulze MD incorporates American College of 1021 L. St., Lincoln, Nebr." reads: Mechano-Therapy (ACM-T); serves as president (Beideman, Got here one hr. late. Things are awful here. Loban has sued B.J. 1995) for 20,000 for calling him a murderer. B.J. expeled a student yesterday. A traitor. Lots are here and there is going to be an awful 1907 (late): John FA Howard DC relocates the National School to fight. Write you later about it. Chicago Lovingly Hazel. 1908: according to JF Howard DC in his Memoirs, WC Schulze MD was operating the Chicago Movement Cure Institute (Beideman, 1995) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Table: Advertisement for the National School of Chiropractic from The American Drugless Healer 1912 (Feb); 1(10):2 Are You A Success? YOU MAY NOT BE A FAILURE, BUT ARE YOU GETTING YOUR SHARE OF THIS WORLD'S GOODS? You may have tried many vocations in life, but have you hit on the right one? The majority of people are round plugs in square holes.