TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Preface to First Edition 9
Preface to Second Edition 11
Introduction 13
Vertebral Palpation 15
Definition 15
General Propositions 15
Habits of Palpation 15
Facts Concerning the Spine 16
Preparation of Patient 22
Position of Patient 22
The Record 23
The Count 29
Atlas Palpation 35
The Group Method 37
The Individual Subluxation 40
Palpation in Position B 46
Palpation in Position C 48
Transverse Palpation 49
Curves and Curvatures 53
Difficulties in Palpation 59
Landmarks 61
Mental Attitude 63
Nerve Tracing 64
Organ Tracing 64
What Nerves are Traceable 64
Suggestion 67
Place in Diagnosis 67
Technic of Nerve Tracing 68
Subluxations 76
Definition—How Produced 76
Law Governing Location of 78
Varieties of Subluxations 80
Technic of Adjusting 89
General Principles of Adjusting 89
Special Technic (Thirty-two Moves) 99
Preferable Adjustments 155
The Cause of Disease 165
Simple Subluxation Disease 184
Secondary Causes 185
Germ Diseases 185
Diet 192
Poisons 194
Exposure 198
Bodily Excesses 201
Inflammation 202
The Process of Cure 208
Adjuncts 215
Spino-Organic Connection 217
General Discussion 217
Special Nerve Connections 235
Table of Diseases and Adjustments 257
Practice 276
Office Equipment 277
Schedule of Examination 292
Necessity for Correct Diagnosis 298
Frequency of Adjustments 302
Specific vs. General Adjusting 303
Talking Points 306
Promises to Patients 308
Retracing of Disease 309
Limitations of Chiropractic 312
The Use of Adjuncts 315
Personality 319
Chiropractic Prognosis 322
General Discussion 322
Practical Prognosis 323