title: Daniel David Palmer: alchemy in the creation of chiropractic.
abstract: D.D. Palmer has been a much ignored man in the discipline he founded. The same applies to several early concepts he used to develop from a mere healer's background: D.D. Palmer invested them with an entirely different meaning. When considered, they help to understand the inner logic that allowed for chiropractic survival. There was an alchemy in the creation of chiropractic and the senior Palmer was the alchemist. He has not been recognized even within his own profession for the self-taught scholar and clinician that he was, knowledgeable about the various medical and scientific theories of his time.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Gaucher-Peslherbe
mesh_terms: D002684:Chiropractic / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history; D014481:United States