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Dr Andrew Taylor Still

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Dr Andrew Taylor Still

Birth
Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Dec 1917 (aged 89)
Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA
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Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Medical Pioneer. He is considered the "Father of Osteopathy". During the Civil War, he served as a Hospital Steward in the 9th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. By the early 1870's, he advocated the use of osteopathic manipulative treatment. He identified the musculoskeletal system as a key element of health and philosophy focuses on the unity of all body parts. In 1874, he became the world's first osteopathic physician and founded the American School of Osteopathy in 1892 in Kirksville, Missouri (known today as the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences).
Medical Pioneer. He is considered the "Father of Osteopathy". During the Civil War, he served as a Hospital Steward in the 9th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. By the early 1870's, he advocated the use of osteopathic manipulative treatment. He identified the musculoskeletal system as a key element of health and philosophy focuses on the unity of all body parts. In 1874, he became the world's first osteopathic physician and founded the American School of Osteopathy in 1892 in Kirksville, Missouri (known today as the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences).

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Originally Created by: Tom DeNardo
  • Added: Jul 22, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6627132/andrew_taylor-still: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Andrew Taylor Still (6 Aug 1828–12 Dec 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6627132, citing Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.