Andrew Taylor Still 701187 224019292 2008-07-06T23:26:11Z Elonka 438626 /* References */ - linking publications {{otherpersons|Andrew Taylor}} {{Infobox Scientist |name = {{PAGENAME}} |box_width = |image =Andrew Taylor Still 1914.jpg |image_width =150px |caption = Andrew Taylor Still in 1914 |birth_date = [[August 6]] [[1828]] |birth_place = [[Lee County, Virginia]] |death_date = [[December 12]] [[1917]] |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = |ethnicity = |field = [[osteopathy]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }}'''Andrew Taylor Still''' ([[August 6]] [[1828]] - [[December 12]] [[1917]]) is considered the father of [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic medicine]] and [[osteopathy]].<ref>Gevitz, Norman. ''The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America'', 2nd Ed. The [[Johns Hopkins University]] Press. 2004.</ref> Still was born in [[Lee County, Virginia]] in [[1828]], the son of a [[Methodist]] minister and [[physician]]. At an early age, Still decided to follow in his father's footsteps as a physician. After studying medicine and serving an apprenticeship under his father, Still became a licensed M.D. in the state of [[Missouri]]. Later, in the early 1860's, he completed additional coursework at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. He went on to serve as a [[surgeon]] in the Union Army during the [[American Civil War]]. After the Civil War and following the death of three of his children from spinal [[meningitis]] in [[1864]], Still concluded that the orthodox medical practices of his day were frequently ineffective and sometimes harmful. He devoted the next ten years of his life to studying the human body and finding better ways to treat [[disease]]. His research and clinical observations led him to believe that the [[musculoskeletal system]] played a vital role in health and disease and that the body contained all of the elements needed to maintain health if properly stimulated. Still believed that by correcting problems in the body's structure, through the use of manual techniques now known as osteopathic manipulative medicine ([[Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine|OMM]]), the body's ability to function and to heal itself could be greatly improved. He also promoted the idea of preventive medicine and endorsed the [[philosophy]] that physicians should focus on treating the whole patient, rather than just the disease. He became so skilled at reducing fractures, he became known as the "lightening bone setter". At the time, these beliefs formed the basis of a new medical approach, [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic medicine]]. Based on this philosophy, Still founded the first school of osteopathy - the American School of Osteopathy (now [[Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine]], part of A.T. Still University) in [[Kirksville, Missouri]] in 1892. {{Osteopathic medicine}} ==References== {{Reflist}} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:17975684 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17975684 |last=Tan |first=S Y |last2=Zia |first2=J K |publication-date=2007 Nov |year=[[2007]] |title=Andrew Taylor Still (1828-1917): founder of osteopathic medicine. |volume=48 |issue=11 |periodical=[[Singapore medical journal]] |pages=975-6 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:16027479 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16027479 |id = [[PMID]]:16027477 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16027477 |last=Orenstein |first=Robert |publication-date=2005 May |year=[[2005]] |title=Andrew Taylor Still and the Mayo brothers: convergence and collaboration in 21st-century osteopathic practice. |volume=105 |issue=5 |periodical=[[The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association]] |pages=251-4 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:12639626 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12639626 |last=Hamonet |first=Claude |publication-date=2003 Feb |year=[[2003]] |title=Andrew Taylor Still and the birth of osteopathy (Baldwin, Kansas, USA, 1855). |volume=70 |issue=1 |periodical=[[Joint Bone Spine]] |pages=80-4 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:10798908 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10798908 |last=Riley |first=G W |publication-date=2000 Feb |year=[[2000]] |title=Death of Dr. Still. |volume=100 |issue=2 |periodical=The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association |pages=129-30 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:9430324 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9430324 |last=Burns |first=S B |last2=Burns |first2=J L |publication-date=1997 |year=[[1997]] |title=Andrew Taylor Still, M.D.: founder of osteopathy. |volume=3 |issue=3 |periodical=[[Journal of alternative and complementary medicine]] (New York, N.Y.) |pages=213-4 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:11620051 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11620051 |last=Hart |first=J F |publication-date=1997 |year=[[1997]] |title=Did D.D. 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