New Course, Ten Papers, and a Book Review
April was an outstanding month at The Institute Chiropractic. The new course, The CVS Lectures, was launched, ten new papers on The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation from 1897 to 1997 were published, and a fantastic book review on Palmer Chiropractic Green Books: The Definitive Guide was posted. We have so much more to come.
The CVS Lectures
The first week of The CVS Lectures is now live. All TIC Members have instant access to this 16-week course on The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation (CVS). The central lectures of the course involve the arguments from the ten papers discussed below.
The first week includes an introduction to the concept of mistakes in the historical literature and how they may affect practice.
Part two is a nine-minute lecture on the “Bohemian Stuff.” That talk is a precursor to several lectures on the Morikubo trial and its impact on chiropractic practice. The complete schedule of The CVS Lectures will posted soon.
- Each week is 20-30 minutes of lectures.
- Discussion forum is ongoing.
- Join the course at any time.
- 4 recorded Q & A sessions.
- The 16-week course is $500.
- Course registration includes yearly TIC Membership:
The other 8 sets of lectures include: Critiquing the Subluxation Literature, An Historical Perspective on Evidence in Chiropractic Research, The Impact of Historical Errors on Chiropractic Practice, Philosophy, Innate, & Dissonance, Perspectives on the Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation, Chiropractic Research in the 1940s-1960s, The Importance of Consensus in Chiropractic, and A History of Subluxation Denialism.
Ten Papers on The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation
The yearly issue of Journal of Chiropractic Humanities was published four months late. Volume 25 was published. The volume includes 168 pages of text. Simon Senzon’s new series begins on page 10 and completes on page 168. The journal is open source. More blog posts will explore the themes in coming months. The new course will involve discussions of all ten papers. Here are the links to read them online or download the pdfs:
The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Part 1: Introduction
The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Part 2: The Earliest Subluxation Theories From 1902 to 1907
The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Part 3: Complexity and Identity From 1908 to 1915
The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Part 4: New Perspectives and Theorists From 1916 to 1927
The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Part 5: The First Research Era From 1928 to 1949
The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Part 7: Technics and Models From 1962 to 1980
The Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Part 9: Complexes, Models, and Consensus From 1979 to 1995
The Book Review
Steve Agocs, chiropractic history professor at Cleveland University, just posted an excellent review of the new book Palmer Chiropractic Green Books: The Definitive Guide. Dr. Agocs posted the review to facebook and wrote,
“To summarize: every chiropractor needs to own and read a copy, the amount of work that went into this is STAGGERING, and after 20 years of studying chiro history and 12 of teaching it, I found a lot of stuff I didn’t know and pictures (there are over 600! In color!) I’d never seen. It’s a work of heartbreakingly staggering genius.”
Steve does a great job of capturing the significance of this book. He also acknowledged the excellence involved in categorizing 123 distinct Green Books. And, as an historian he truly appreciated the work that it took to explore the context of each book.
Agocs Review
of Palmer Chiropractic Green Books: The Definitive Guide
The review itself is on Steve’s page and it may be found here: The Book Review.
