An Early History Or Chiropractic by Rolf Peters

From the Foreword by Dr. Ebrall, “Dr. Peters’ research demonstrates that Palmer philosophy emphasized the importance of preserving and promulgating the identity of chiropractic as being separate and distinct from other forms of non-allopathic health care. The contention of our early pioneers that chi­ropractic, as defined by Palmer: should be studied, practiced, regulated and researched as a discipline in its own right and not combined with other approaches, “natural “ or otherwise, was considered draconian by some but suc­ceeded in establishing mainstream chiropractic in Australia as a separate identity. The importance of this was the shaping of today’s pro­fession as being unencumbered by such sub­sidiary modalities as iridology, acupuncture and homoeopathy that many non-Palmer chi­ropractors tended to practice alongside spinal adjustments.”