What is the history of chiropractic?

One day in 1878, while working in an inclined position, Harvey Lillard felt and heard the sound of a bone moving in his neck. Some days later he lost his hearing. 17 years had passed in total silence. Then on September 18, 1895 Harvey had shared his story with Daniel David Palmer, a practicing magnetic healer in Davenport, Iowa, USA where he worked in the same building as Harvey Lillard.

DD Palmer examined his spinal column and looked at the area in which Harvey had felt a bone move and heard a snapping noise. DD started to reason that maybe the bone in Harvey’s neck had moved out of place causing a misalignment of the spinal column and subsequently caused the hearing loss. Palmer convinced Harvey to let him put the bone back in place.

Palmer applied a force and had heard a noise as the bone moved back into place. Within a few days the hearing of Harvey Lillard was restored and Chiropractic was born.