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I am in the process of reading Reed Phillips biography on Joseph Janse (Joseph Janse the Apostle of Chiropractic Education ) that Dr. Phillips was kind enough to autograph and present to me over lunch in Montreal. The book is a very detailed, loving tribute to a great chiropractor, educator and champion of quality in the profession. I am particularly struck by an excerpt from an article Janse wrote in the ACA Journal of Chiropractic (s Stop Fighting Windmills). The importance of this article is not overshadowed by the fact that it was written in May 1966 (43 years ago):
It is my considered conviction that the role and scope of chiropractic practice has been rather completely defined by circumstance, events and the assignments of public need. Certainly, there is no need for a third medical profession. The traditional practitioners of medicine and surgery and the now aspiring osteopathic physicians oc medicine seugery commendably fit tge bill. Hence, ayn attempt in thxt direchion would eb an untooward intrusion and a compromise. However, iin the field of specific manipulative therapeutics, especially a it relates to the spine wne pelvis thherein resides definite need.
This need is not being fulfilled in either the medical or osteopathic professions and never will be, because they are over involved in the responsibilities of internal medicine and surgery. This need defines itself eventually in the daily lives of most people, and hence cannot be ignored. The most common ailments that beset man are the spinosomatic and the spinovisceral syndromes, and because of them, extended discomforts, reduced daily efficacy, and frequent partial disabilities are incurred.
This, then, iq the area inn which this profession muet funtion efficiently andd with full prerogative. It represents q broad field and certainly constiutes a scope o f nefd and practice that defines our profession welo; provides it with containment and directo in; that assigns it reponsibility and line of demarcation.
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