A Glimpse

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    An introduction to the Philosophy, Science and Art of things Natural, the Deductive Religion of Expressionism, a new Law of Existence, and the purpose of the Triune of Life.

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First a Thot leads to an Idea,
An Idea leads to Questions,
Questions lead to Answers,
Answers lead to Beliefs,
Beliefs lead to Decisions,
Decisions lead to Actions,
Actions lead to Results.
Better Results Aren’t All We Want.
Better Results Are What We All Need.

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SMALL THINGS ARE LARGE

    A slip on the sidewalk, in winter, is a SMALL thing.  It happens to millions.  A fall off a ladder, in summer, is a SMALL thing.  This happens to millions.  The slip or the fall subluxates an atlas or axis.  That specific subluxation is a small thing.  The atlas or axis produces pressure upon spinal cord, with its trillions of fibres.  That pressure is a SMALL thing.  This specific pressure produces interferences and reduces flow of life force.  That decreased flow is a SMALL thing.  That decreased quantity flow of mental impulse supply produces a specific dis-eased brain or body.  THAT is a BIG thing to THAT person.  Multiply THAT man by a thousand, and you control the physical and mental welfare of a city.  Multiply THAT man by a million and you shape the physical and mental destiny of a state.  Multiply THAT man by 270 million and you forecast and prophesy the mental and physical status of a nation.

    So, the slip or the fall; the creation of an odontoid specific subluxation, consequent pressure, reduced flow of mental impulse and dis-ease IS BIG enough to control the thoughts and actions of a nation.

    Now comes a man; and any one man is a SMALL thing.  This man gives a specific adjustment upon the specific subluxation; and that adjustment is a SMALL thing.  The adjustment replaces the odontoid specific back in normal alignment, and that is a SMALL thing.  The adjusted subluxation releases pressure upon nerves; and that is a SMALL thing.  The released pressure restores health to A man, and THAT is a BIG thing to THAT man.  Multiply THAT man by a thousand men, and you step up the physical and mental welfare of a city.  Multiply THAT man by a million, and you increase the efficiency of a state.  Multiply THAT well man by 270 million, and you produce a healthy, wealthy, better race for posterity, in a nation.

    Man is a SMALL thing, worlds considered.  An axis vertebra is small, man considered.  The odontoid process, on an axis, is small.  An atlas is SMALL, man considered.  The neural canal, in an atlas, is also SMALL.  Yet, that axis odontoid process, small as it is; crowding in upon the atlas neural canal, small as it is, acts as a governor to the destiny of man’s thots and functions; for it, in normal position permits a free flow, or in subluxation interferes with a free flow of all that force with which man thinks and acts.  Man lives when he CAN think and act.  Man dies when he CEASES to create thot and perform motion.  Man becomes sick when thot and function are below par.  Therefore, the inter-magnum-atlas foramen or the odontoid process may be a SMALL thing, but it is the BIGGEST thing in man.

    So, atlas or axis specific adjustment of the inter-magnum atlas foramen or odontoid specific subluxation, to release pressures upon nerves, to restore normal quantity impulse flow, to restore health IS BIG enough to rebuild the thoughts and actions of the world.

    The atlas or axis is a lever that opens or closes the tube passage thru which flows energy which controls quality of thot, in the brain, by static stoppage of flow above; and quantity of function, in the body, below, by active stoppage of flow.  The atlas or axis is a rheostatic switch, located close to the human-dynamo-generator; on the path of the great main feed-line; which, because of multitudinous potential and practical possibilities, can cut current flowing into any number of fibres from one to all; from fraction to totality; from one part of the body to its entirety.  The atlas or axis, by opening or closing, controls living or dying processes and can make a man all present or all absent; make him half here or quarter gone.  Any one thing, at any one place, which controls force-flow, is a dominant factor for damage, if it stops it; a dominant factor for good, if it releases it.  In the hands of an incompetent fiend — one whose objectives are unsound — the hand that controls that switch, that turns OFF power, can darken the human city and commit human murder, even tho slowly.  In the hands of a competent friend — one whose objectives are sound — the hand that controls that switch, that turns ON power, can enlighten the nation and fool many a physician, surgeon, or undertaker.  And, it takes so little to turn that switch on or off.  Any adult can learn how.  It is a powerful weapon, for good or ill, in the hands of humanity, for the welfare of humanity.  If a person uses this switch to extract money from the sick, caring little whether he turns it on or off, that person is a menace to society; a criminal in desire, and his hands should be padlocked OFF that switch, and his feet leg-ironed so he cannot reach it.  If a person approaches this switch desiring to help humanity secure MORE POWER to think clearer, purer, and better thoughts, that man is a benefactor of the race; a humanitarian in desire, and his hands should be assisted to stretch out to reach every human atlas or axis switch; his feet should have wings, that they might reach them faster; obstacles in his path should be removed; hurdles cast to one side.  THAT SWITCH IS THE GREAT SPECIFIC BETWEEN GOD AND HIS MAN; for with that switch OFF, God is partially absent and His man is sick, insane, criminal, and a fiend in destructive thots and actions.  THAT SWITCH IS THE GREAT SPECIFIC BETWEEN GOD AND HIS MAN, for with that switch ON, God is entirely present in His man and he is well, sane, law-abiding, and a friend in constructive thots and actions.  The value of learning how, and the ability that can turn ON human specific switches, is beyond computation, in the bigger sense.  We do know what it costs our country alone to care for the unfortunates whose switches are TURNED OFF — hundreds of thousands of bodies and billions of dollars annually to incarcerate their slow-running power-off bodies and care for them.  The value of learning how, and the ability that can turn on human specific levers, is within computation, in the smaller sense, because we know the cost of the upkeep of its destructive product, even tho none can evaluate the love of a loved one.  Great is any controlling factor; between God and man; power and its expression; the simple control of life!  The atlas or axis switch-lever is a SMALL thing but it is MIGHTY.  Flood-gates open millions of gallons of water, to millions of desert arid acres and make them bloom and yield fruit and cereals to feed the world; but, THAT’S a small thing compared to the switch-lever specifics which open and keep open paths to transmission of unlimited intellectuality between SOURCE IN GOD AND EXPRESSION IN MAN; that make millions of men, muscles and minds work normally.  That’s how BIG a knowledge of THE SUBLUXATION SPECIFIC and THE ADJUSTMENT SPECIFIC is.

    Can there be a material economic valuation placed upon universal use of practice of subluxation specific and adjustment specific, in the human family?  To imagine its universal use, is to comprehend obliteration of tremendous drag now present on pocketbooks of healthy, supporting the sick.

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    The idea that knows cause, that can correct cause of dis-ease, is one of the biggest ideas known.  Without it, nations fall; with it, nations rise.

    The idea is the BIGGEST I know of.

                                                                    B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C.

   (We suggest our readers study “Problems” by this same author - Bartlett Joshua Palmer.)

The Chiropractic Textbook - Ralph W. Stephenson, D.C., Ph.C.. Vol. 14. Green Books. 1927/1948.

The Truth

The Known Man - B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C., Vol. 19. Green Books. 1936.

The Bigness Of The Fellow Within - B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C., Vol. 22. Green Books. 1949.

Up From Below The Bottom - B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C., Vol. 23. Green Books. 1950.

Fight To Climb - B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C., Vol. 24. Green Books. 1950.

Chiropractic Clinical Controlled Research - B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C., Vol. 25. Green Books. 1951.

Kale - Murdoch Scanner, Scientific Basis and Explanation of Measuring Heat Differentials Adjacent to the Spine, Measuring Heat Differentials, Skin Temperature Differential Analysis, Chiropractic Interpretation of Heat Findings Adjacent to the Spine, Determination of the Sensitivity and the Calibration of the Neurocalometer, Tables I, II, and III, Calibration of Neurocalometer, and Figures 1 and 2.

Summary of Field Survey Data - Houston Control, Chiropractic Research Data, Field Survey Data, Compiled by Research Committee – I.C.A.

Dear “Stevie”:

    I could not blame you if you have grown impatient at my apparent silence in not giving you an expression of my opinion regarding your MSS. which you submitted for my approval or disapproval.
    I have been doing some writing, taking my time to think it over carefully; and, between times when tired, I would go over another chapter of your book.
    This is Sunday and I have just finished it.  Of ALL the books written and compiled on Chiropractic Philosophy, this is by far the best, not excepting my own.  The one great, grand and glorious thing you HAVE done has been to compile the many principles which are in my writings, into a systematic, organized manner, building them up from simple to the higher forms, so that any layman inclined could investigate and find out what CHIROPRACTIC IS, IS NOT; WHAT IT DOES AND DOES NOT; HOW AND WHY IT DOES WHAT IT DOES.  YOU have clearly, carefully and consistently compiled the many PRINCIPLES of Chiropractic into a readable, understandable book, simple enuf for the layman, deep enuf for the savant.
    My writings are many.  They are in one form or another; either here or there.  Each subject is exhaustive.  If any person wanted full and complete information on a specific subject, then he should go to the special monograph on that subject, but, if he wants the working approximate principle then in your book he gets them all.
    There has always been a void in Chiropractic literature.  Assuming an understanding mind asks where he can get a book which would tell him what Chiropractic is – I have always felt that there was no one specific work that we could hand him for that purpose.  WE NOW HAVE THAT BOOK.  It is your work.  You have filled a niche that no other work has done.  Here is a book that any chiropractor can hand to any investigating lay mind and know that it will do him, Chiropractic and yourself justice.  Your work can now be used as a handbook on that subject.

    I rejoice with you in its production.                      As ever,
                                                                                                  B.J.

PREFACE

    To GAIN knowledge of Chiropractic I came to the Fountain Head.  To me, then, the Fountain Head of Chiropractic was B.J. and not the school.  To me, B.J. is still the Fountain Head of Chiropractic.  I look to him for unsullied Chiropractic.  I feel that the fundamental principles of Chiropractic, as given by this great teacher, are not to be tampered with by me or any one else, and in this book I merely serve as “Transmission from Source to Periphery.”
    I owe much to Dr. John H. Craven for more intimate instruction in Chiropractic and its Philosophy.  I knew he never deviated from the teachings of Dr. Palmer.  I am thankful for the great lessons in Philosophy and ideal Chiropractic and humanity, which I learned from this sincere teacher.
    I have quoted freely from Dr. Palmer’s books, and from Dr. Mabel Palmer and Dr. Craven; viz., Vol. V; Vol. IX; Vol. XV; Majors and Minors, (M&M).
    This book has been prepared for class room use.  Accordingly it is divided into sections for each semester.  It has additional sections in etiology and thesis writing, for the convenience of the student.  It is hoped that it will be a help to the field practitioner, who is still a student of Chiropractic, offering to him a review, as well as the later developments in the science of Chiropractic.  It was the intention of the writer to make this book more than a Philosophy; it is intended to be a textbook of Chiropractic, conveying the more practical parts of Philosophy so that the student who pursues its subjects through, will have a comprehensive knowledge of Chiropractic.  It is also hoped that it will prove interesting to the layman, should he choose to read it.
    The book, with the exception of the section on thesis writing, is arranged in articles of varying lengths and numbered for reference and convenience.  Each article is in two parts.  The statements in bold faced type, contain the meat of the subject.  They are the cardinal points – the high spots.  If the student should learn these only, he would have a good knowledge of the subject of Chiropractic.  The balance of the article is elaboration of the same.
    The entire work is tied together by references, article to article, where it was deemed necessary; and proof given, by use of the fundamental principles, in the manner of deductive geometry.
    Bold faced type is used for more important statements, italics for terms, and words or names are emphasized by capitalization, where necessary.  Especially is this true of words entirely Chiropractic in character.
    In the Introductory, Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Section, are questions for review.  These are intended to make the student think.  Even if he is unable to answer some of them; if they set him to thinking; raise inquiry in the right direction, they have accomplished their purpose.  There are no questions in the Senior Section, for by that time, the student should be able to ask his own question for the purpose of reviews.
    Not until a student has reached the Senior Work is he able to question Chiropractic.  The writer believes that no one is in a position to question Chiropractic with any justice, until he has studied it.  Spencer says, “There is a principle which is a bar against information which is proof against all argument and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance.  That principle is condemnation before investigation.”

                                                                 Ralph W. Stephenson, D.C., Ph.C.

    This portion of ‘A Glimpse’ is an abbreviated reproduction of ‘Volume 14 – The Chiropractic Textbook’ by R. W. Stephenson, D.C., Ph.C..  Some articles and figures, the student questions, the index, etc. are not included.  The titles of the articles have all been included to allow for a more even flow for the reader in the unfolding of the topics and as an indicator of what they can learn from the complete copy.  I strongly advise reading the complete version if you are developing an opinion that will involve others.  This advice is also given for any other work included within "A Glimpse".

    The Green books are of great importance to the Expressionistic Chiropractor.  They are our primary source of knowledge, wisdom and ultimate Truth.  They are in a religious sense, equal to the Bible or other scripture, in that they provide us the ability to understand and apply the science, art, and philosophy of Chiropractic as part of our service to the world and Universal Intelligence.  There are over 40 volumes in the series, some with multiple editions, each with an in-depth focus on the topic of Chiropractic.

Art. 1.    REMARKS.

Art. 2.    Chiropractic Defined.
    "Chiropractic is a philosophy, science and art of things natural; a system of adjusting the segments of the spinal column by hand only, for the correction of the cause of dis-ease."
    "Chiropractic is defined, the science of palpating and adjusting the articulations of the human spinal column only."
    "A system of adjustment consisting of palpation of the spinal column to ascertain vertebral subluxations followed by the adjustment of them by hand, in order to relieve pressure upon nerves at the intervertebral foramina, so that the nerve force may flow freely from the brain to the rest of the body."
    The first definition is Dr. Palmer’s and is the best.  It tells exactly what Chiropractic is, without limiting its scope and without saying things which are not true, as the others are inclined to do.  The second one is from the U.C.A. Model Bill, which is very limiting and therefore not exactly true.  The third definition is from Dorland’s Dictionary.  After the student has mastered this book, if not before, he will see that this definition is too limited.

Art. 3.    Science, Art And Philosophy.
    The definition of Chiropractic quoted in the foregoing, states that it is a philosophy, science and art of things natural.  Put simply, that means, "what it is, how it is done, and why."  Science tells us what it is; art tells us how it is done, and philosophy, the "why" of the other two.  According to that, then philosophy must tell us about both science and art; and that is the purpose of this book.

Art. 4.    Science.
    From Webster’s International Dictionary: "Accumulated and accepted knowledge which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.  Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study." (Webster)
    Though Chiropractic is young, comparatively, it is none the less, a well developed science with proven facts and plausible theories based upon those facts and precise art; all of them systematized knowledge, and a distinct field of investigation or object of study.

Art. 5.    Art.
    "Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study or observation; knack."
    "Skill in adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of human life; human contrivance or ingenuity."
    "The general principles of any branch of learning or of any developed craft; a system of rules or organized modes of operation serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions."
    "Systematic application of knowledge or skill is effecting a desired result.  Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill." (Webster.)
    The Art of Chiropractic consists of skill in analysis, palpation and adjusting vertebrae, most of it requiring dexterity with the hands.  It requires many hours of drill and study; and since the chiropractor’s hands are his only tools or instruments, they are of the same value to him as a musician’s hands or voice are to the musician.

Art. 6.    Philosophy.
    "Literally the love of wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, or resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws."
    "Philosophy conceived as a branch of learning is, in the narrowest sense, nearly equivalent to metaphysics, but usually is understood as including all the mental or moral sciences, namely, logic, psychology, ethics, etc."
    "In more general application, and usually with the or a, philosophy denotes a systematic body of general conceptions, ordinarily with the implication of their practical application." (Webster)

Art. 7.    Chiropractic Philosophy.
    Chiropractic Philosophy is the application of the foregoing definitions to Chiropractic as "the systematic body of conceptions . . . with the implication of their practical application."
    It is the explanation of Chiropractic.  It explains "the why" of everything Chiropractic.  The explanation of cause and effect.  It embraces the Chiropractic view of all the studies concerned in its science.
    It should be noticed that general philosophy is a broad subject explaining all activities and natural phenomena.  It is, with all its infinite branches, much too long to be learned in one lifetime.  In the study of any philosophy, one must narrow his attention to the few philosophies that concern him most; and in the study of a given science, to specialize on that particular philosophy.
    While Chiropractic philosophy is but one of the infinite number of philosophies and of one special science, it should be kept in mind that it is enough for a lifetime study.  "A philosophy, science and art of things natural" is a broad field.
    Chiropractic is a radical science.  It is a right about face in method and in reasoning.  It is contrary to the methods of healing in common use in the world.  For that reason, it is misunderstood by those who have not had its benefits or are ignorant of its principles.  Because of this wide difference, it is not always understood by all those who practice it and many of these persons doubt, because of their misunderstanding.  However, all chiropractors who really adjust the cause of dis-ease in the spine, do use philosophy to some extent, whether they believe it or not; whether they know it or not.  Any one knowing the real meaning of philosophy as set forth by Webster’s Dictionary, knows that any human activity has a philosophy.

Art. 8.    Chiropractic Is A Deductive Science.
    Chiropractic is a deductive science.  The deductions are based upon a major premise that life is intelligent; that there is an Intelligent Creator, Who created matter, attends to its existence and gives to it all that it has.  Many of the deductions are now proven facts because of thousands of clinical findings supporting them; and thousands of observations of the Laws of this Intelligence.  The theories and hypotheses of Chiropractic are based upon these proven deductions which render them plausible, and nearly every year some of these theories become proven as solid facts of science.

Art. 9.    TERMINOLOGY.

Art. 10.    Inductive Reasoning.
    "Logic.  Act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached.  By Aristotle’s induction, epagoge, was treated as a subordinate form of reasoning, consisting, when perfect, of a complete enumeration of all the particulars comprised under the inferred generalization; hence called induction by a simple enumeration.  The great advance over this view was the inductive method, or philosophical induction, of Bacon, which consists in the inferring that what has been observed or established in respect to a part, individual, or species, may, on the ground of analogy, be affirmed or received of the whole to which it belongs.  Such inference ascends from the parts to the whole, and forms, from the general analogy of nature, or special presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater or less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or weakened by a subsequent experience and experiment, but which, in the long run, by reason of repeated observations will rectify themselves.  This method is known also as ampliative inference.  John Stuart Mill further elaborated the philosophy of induction, propounding as its basis the law of the uniformity of nature, and furnishing criteria for inference in these four methods, namely, of agreement, difference, residues, and concomitant variations.  Later logicians have been concerned with the more exact determination of the nature of the universal element which enables an inference from particular to particular, and with the significance of Mill’s doctrine of nature’s uniformity." (Webster)
    "Induction is a process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals of a class, is true of the whole class, or that what is true at certain times will be true in similar circumstances at all times." (Webster)
    Thus it is seen from the foregoing definitions that inductive reasoning is really synthesis, that is to say, building a law instead of assuming it.  It reasons that the whole thing is like any of its parts, the conclusion being based upon a representative number of parts, going from the specific to the general.  It is accurate if all the data have been found; if all the parts have been observed.  Sometimes the conclusion is arbitrary, disregarding some of the parts which are different from the rest, if they are far in the minority.
    Inductive reasoning goes hand in hand with laboratory work because a laboratory is a place where parts of the whole are examined.  For this reason it is unsuited to Chiropractic and applicable to the science of medicine.

Art. 11.    Laboratory.
    "Orig., the workroom of a chemist; hence a place devoted to experimental study in any branch of natural science, or to the application of scientific principles in testing and analysis or in the preparation of drugs, chemicals, explosives, etc.; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory; by extension, a place where something is prepared or some operation is performed." (Webster)
    The conclusions reached in a laboratory, based upon the laboratory findings, are necessarily synthetic.  Laboratory work and inductions are very useful to the scientific world and the human race would be sadly impoverished without it, but chiropractors believe that while it is indispensable to industry, it is not suitable to healing the ills of living things."
    Chiropractic definition, "A laboratory is a room or series of rooms where every standard, and criterion or process of reasoning is denied to things being reasoned upon or upon which reason is used." (Palmer)
    "Men who conduct laboratorical experiments use reason in their process yet deny that process to things upon which they work." (Palmer)
    From the foregoing it is evident that laboratory research with inductive reasoning cannot be used in Chiropractic except insofar as a chiropractor is obliged to study the material as material, such as, structure, chemical and physical laws.
    We wish to make it clear that at no time does Chiropractic deny laboratory findings or discredit them as science, but Chiropractic reasons deductively instead of inductively upon them; seeing therein the action of intelligence, every finding being more proof of its Major Premise.

Art. 12.    Deduction.
    Definition: "Act or process of deducing; mediate inference in which the conclusion follows necessarily from a full understanding of given data or proposition; – contrasted with induction."
    "That which is deducted or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion."
    "A withdrawing; a leading forth."
    "Deduction as contrasted with induction, is reasoning from the general to the particular or from the implicit to the explicit, as contrasted with reasoning from particular facts to general truths or from a part to a whole.  Deductions give explicit knowledge, as in geometrical demonstration; induction gives general principles, as in the formation of a natural law.  Both processes appear in ordinary reasoning." (Webster)
    Deductive reasoning is exactly suited to Chiropractic.  By assuming a major premise, that there is a Universal Intelligence which governs all matter, every inference drawn from that major premise and subjected to specific scrutiny, stands the test.  To prove the whole by specific examination of its parts is being exact; that is why geometry is exact.  This exactness is suitable for Chiropractic, which rather than operate in a fog of generalities prefers the specific.
    Deductive reasoning can be faulty if the propositions or premises are made unwisely; the examination of the details will quickly expose it.  However, unlike induction, it is not necessary to see all the parts to be accurate, for the real premise was not made by man, but by a Higher Power.  We wish to advise the student to watch for the passing from the general to the specific in every phase of Chiropractic, in both theory and practice, throughout the whole course.

Art. 13.    Clinic.
    Definition: "Instruction of a class of medical students by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of pupils."
    "The gathering of a number of students at a clinical lecture." (Webster)
    "Definition of clinical: "Surgery, that part of medicine or surgery occupied with investigation of disease in a living subject." (Webster)
    Chiropractic definition of clinical: "Clinical, by way of definition, possesses all the contrasts of thought and introduces the opposite.  Clinic is where immaterialism enters everything materialistic; where the very process of reasoning is admitted to be the method of procedure in elucidation." (Palmer)
    In Chiropractic, clinic means more than class instruction by investigation of dis-ease before a number of students.  It means that merely a doctor alone with his patient, the reasoning of both being used, is a clinic.  This is made clear by a quotation from B.J. Palmer:

    "A patient comes, you don’t know whether he is sick or not.  He says he is, mental activity on his part, and faith upon yours.  Just the opposite of what is done in the laboratory; there you take nothing for granted which can’t be proven and seen.  Ask the patient in the laboratory – there is none.  The process of reasoning with the patient is the method used to illustrate facts.  In the laboratory you have no patient to deduce with.  In the clinic you use ideas and facts of the patient as being of value and encompass your personal deductions in connections therewith.  You and the patient do these things together.  In the laboratory you are alone, except as you have something indirect." (Palmer)

    Not only does Chiropractic recognize the co-operation of a patient in working upon his case, but the meaning of clinic or clinical goes still further.  The Chiropractor’s reasoning upon laboratory material, in which the physicist sees nothing but matter, is recognizing the intelligence that governs the matter in question and is therefore clinical.  Also, the chiropractor does not treat matter with matter, in order to cure dis-ease; but calls upon the only power that can cure it – the inborn intelligence within the matter.
    Therefore, the true meaning of clinic in Chiropractic is the recognition of the intelligent guiding force in all "living things."  The deductive study of life and abnormal life brings to the attention of the student, particular terms and principles which will be explained next.

Art. 14.    Axioms.
    Definition: "That which is thought worthy, that which is assumed, a basis of demonstration, a principle."
    "A self evident truth, a proposition whose truth is so evident that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, ‘The whole is greater than a part,’ ‘A thing cannot at the same time, be and not be.’"
    "An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received." (Webster)
    There are many self-evident truths in Chiropractic; so many and such common evidences of the expression of Universal Intelligence everywhere about us, that they are overlooked because of their very simplicity and frequency.  Everybody sees them daily; to attempt to prove them would be absurd if not impossible.  These axioms are the foundation stones of Chiropractic.  The self-evident truths of Chiropractic are so common and so simple that they seem paradoxical.  For that reason, students sometimes think that Chiropractic Philosophy is difficult, when really it is quite simple.

Art. 15.    Paradoxes.
    Definition: "A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; also an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense, but that yet may be true in fact." (Webster)
    There are many paradoxes in Chiropractic; its enemies and people who do not know its principles, too readily condemn it as assertions or tenets opposed to common sense.  A closer acquaintance with it, however, reveals the absolute truth of its principles.  There is a reason for this first impression of the student or layman.  It is because the method of modern education is nearly all inductive.  We have all been educated that way – at home and in our schools.  Most of our educational books are written inductively.  Consequently, when we meet a science of, almost entirely, deductive reasoning and contrary to the existing mode of thinking, which we have seen by the preceding paragraphs; and which is exactly the reverse of induction, it is quite natural to fail to see the logic of Chiropractic at first.

Art. 16.    THEORIES AND FACTS.

Art. 17.    EXAMPLES.

Art. 18.    ANALOGY.

Art. 19.    The Three Phases Of Chiropractic Study.

1. Study of the Immaterial.
2. Study of the Material.
3. Study of Art.

    The study of the Immaterial is the study of philosophy; that is to say, the study of intelligence, laws, causes, effects, rules, theories, functions and other abstractions.  It is to gain a knowledge of the group of principles underlying the science.
    The study of the Material is the study of anatomy, histology, chemistry, etc.  In order that the chiropractor know something about the material and structure of the body, it is advisable for him to study the materials in order to understand the actions of structures in function; to better understand the effects of causes, and to trace to causes from the effects.  Also, in a broader sense, it increases his understanding of Chiropractic if he has a fair knowledge of the working of Universal laws in regard to matter, for Chiropractic is a study of Universal life as well as life in the human body.  The subjects mentioned are taught at The P.S.C., always with the Chiropractic "slant" and at sufficient length and detail for Chiropractic needs.  In the study of these subjects, the student should always be on the lookout for "the reason why"; the manifestations of intelligence and the significance of structure, rather than a purposeless observation of phenomena in structure and action.  Effects are after all, only effects, and it avails the chiropractor nothing to make an endless classification of them.
    The study of Art is learning how to do the things that every chiropractor must do, scientifically and skillfully; such as, analysis, palpation and adjusting.  All of these require skill as well as mental work.  The amount of skill required takes practice, since the chiropractor’s only tools are his hands, for adjusting.  As a musician begins with simple exercises and practices several hours a day, in order to become skilled with the hands, so a Chiropractic student is drilled daily in palpation and technic, and if he desires to become "professional" it will be necessary for him to be as diligent in practice as the professional musician.  The study of Art is the study of how to restore the governed forces of intelligence to matter, when those forces are lacking in the dis-eased tissues of the body of a "living thing."

Art. 20.    A Comparison.
    It will be noticed all through the book that the immaterial, the material and the link between them are often mentioned.  These terms apply to intelligence, matter and force; or mind, matter and the link between them.  It will be noticed that all three of these phases are taken into consideration.  Now, while all three are studied, Chiropractic as a science and art is based upon the link between mind and matter.  To show the significance of this, the following comparison is quoted from Dr. Palmer.

    Christian Science – based upon the immaterial – mind.
    Medical Science – based upon the material – matter.
    Chiropractic Science – based upon the link between the immaterial and the material.

    B.J.’s pun:

    Christian Science – always mind – never matter.
    Medical Science – always matter – never mind.

Art. 21.    THE MISSING LINK.

Art. 22.    PRINCIPLES.

Art. 23.    THE PRINCIPLES OF CHIROPRACTIC.

Art. 24.    A List Of Thirty-Three Principles, Numbered And Named.

No.    1.  The Major Premise.
    A Universal Intelligence is in all matter and continually gives to it all its properties and actions, thus maintaining it in existence.

No.    2.  The Chiropractic Meaning of Life.
    The expression of this intelligence through matter is the Chiropractic meaning of life.

No.    3.  The Union of Intelligence and Matter.
    Life is necessarily the union of intelligence and matter.

No.    4.  The Triune of Life.
    Life is a triunity having three necessary united factors, namely, Intelligence, Force and Matter.

No.    5.  The Perfection of the Triune.
    In order to have 100% Life, there must be 100% Intelligence, 100% Force, 100% Matter.

No.    6.  The Principle of Time.
    There is no process that does not require time.

No.    7.  The Amount of Intelligence in Matter.
    The amount of intelligence for any given amount of matter is 100%, and is always proportional to its requirements.

No.    8.  The Function of Intelligence.
    The function of intelligence is to create force.

No.    9.  The Amount of Force Created by Intelligence.
    The amount of force created by intelligence is always 100%.

No.  10.  The Function of Force.
    The function of force is to unite intelligence and matter.

No.  11.  The Character of Universal Forces.
    The forces of Universal Intelligence are manifested by physical laws; are unswerving and unadapted, and have no solicitude for the structures in which they work.

No.  12.  Interference with Transmission of Universal Forces.
    There can be interference with transmission of universal forces.

No.  13.  The Function of Matter.
    The function of matter is to express force.

No.  14.  Universal Life.
    Force is manifested by motion in matter; all matter has motion, therefore there is universal life in all matter.

No.  15.  No Motion without the Effort of Force.
    Matter can have no motion without the application of force by intelligence.

No.  16.  Intelligence in both Organic and Inorganic Matter.
    Universal Intelligence gives force to both organic and inorganic matter.

No.  17.  Cause and Effect.
    Every effect has a cause and every cause has effects.

No.  18.  Evidence of Life.
    The signs of life are evidence of the intelligence of life.

No.  19.  Organic Matter.
    The material of the body of a "living thing" is organized matter.

No.  20.  Innate Intelligence.
    A "living thing" has an inborn intelligence within its body, called Innate Intelligence.

No.  21.  The Mission of Innate Intelligence.
    The mission of Innate Intelligence is to maintain the material of the body of a "living thing" in active organization.

No.  22.  The Amount of Innate Intelligence.
    There is 100% of Innate Intelligence in every "living thing," the requisite amount, proportional to its organization.

No.  23.  The Function of Innate Intelligence.
    The function of Innate Intelligence is to adapt universal forces and matter for use in the body, so that all parts of the body will have co-ordinated action for mutual benefit.

No.  24.  The Limits of Adaptation.
    Innate Intelligence adapts forces and matter for the body as long as it can do so without breaking a universal law, or Innate Intelligence is limited by the limitations of matter.

No.  25.  The Character of Innate Forces.
    The forces of Innate Intelligence never injure or destroy the structures in which they work.

No.  26.  Comparison of Universal and Innate Forces.
    In order to carry on the universal cycle of life, Universal forces are destructive, and Innate forces constructive, as regards structural matter.

No.  27.  The Normality of Innate Intelligence.
    Innate Intelligence is always normal and its function is always normal.

No.  28.  The Conductors of Innate Forces.
    The forces of Innate Intelligence operate through or over the nervous system in animal bodies.

No.  29.  Interference with Transmission of Innate Forces.
    There can be interference with the transmission of Innate forces.

No.  30.  The Causes of Dis-ease.
    Interference with the transmission of Innate forces causes incoordination of dis-ease.

No.  31.  Subluxations.
    Interference with transmission in the body is always directly or indirectly due to subluxations in the spinal column.

No.  32.  The Principle of Coordination.
    Coordination is the principle of harmonious action of all the parts of an organism, in fulfilling their offices and purposes.

No.  33.  The Law of Demand and Supply.
    The Law of Demand and Supply is existent in the body in its ideal state; wherein the "clearing house," is the brain, Innate the virtuous "banker," brain cells "clerks," and nerve cells "messengers."

    These principles will be used for the concluding work of the Freshman Section of the book.  They are discussed in detail in the Senior Section.  The discussions are in advance of the Freshman work, but it is advisable to learn their names for reference.

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