B. J. Palmer

Bartlett Joshua (B.J.) Palmer (September 10, 1881 - May 21, 1961) was a pioneer of Chiropractic.

Early life
B.J. was son of Daniel David Palmer (or "D.D."), the "Founder" of chiropractic. The Palmer family of six resided in the back of a grocery store that D.D. operated. In 1885 D.D.'s wife became sick and died, after which D.D. remarried numerous times. When D.D. had settled with a new wife, he moved the family to Letts, Iowa, and he worked as a schoolteacher and a magnetic healer, developing chiropractic. B.J. developed an interest in chiropractic, and eventually assumed control of the school that his father had founded in Davenport, Iowa. As a result of his development and promotion of the profession, he became known as the "Developer" of chiropractic.

Later life
On May 30, 1904, Palmer married Mabel Heath, and they both worked as chiropractors and professors at Palmer College. On December 12, 1906 David Daniel Palmer was born, and would be the couple's only child. In keeping with his educational efforts for the profession, he became known as "The Educator."

Palmer also became involved in a number of technological advances in his region of Iowa. He owned the first automobile in the area, and he would use it when he made house calls. In 1922, Palmer purchased a local radio station, WOC (whose call letters stood for "Wonders Of Chiropractic"), and began using it to market chiropractic, as well as to broadcast farm and weather reports. A second station in Des Moines, WHO, ("With Hands Only") was purchased in 1930. Television stations were later added under the same call letters.

Quotes

 * "EDUCATED MEN have been studying male and female, functionally and physiologically, for 5,000 years. What kind of a male and female would this educated male and female build if possible? Fortunately, he still has nothing to do with reproduction, but he does try to dictate his terms upon production after reproduced. He would attempt to introduce and inject his needless experimental external artificial theories he promulgates and constantly changes from year to year. He would scheme him without God, without Innate Intelligence; psychiatrists would permit a sub-conscious mind to a limited degree; he would be without tonsils, appendix, and other “useless organs” which his education taught him man does better without than with. In spite of this, God and Innate have kept on building babies the same way, the same pattern, regardless of creed, color or country, for millions of years. The blueprint and pattern of Intelligence has not changed in spite of man’s educated ignorance." Palmer Vol. 22 CH. 50 THE FAILURE OF EDUCATION,pg 122

"A slip on the snowy sidewalk in winter is a small thing. It happens to millions.A fall from a ladder in the summer is a small thing.  It also happens to millions.The slip or fall produces a subluxation.  The subluxation is a small thing.The subluxation produces pressure on a nerve.  That pressure is a small thing.That decreased flowing produces a dis-eased body and brain.  That is a big thing to that man(woman/child).Multiply that sick man(woman/child)  by a thousand, and you control the physical and mental welfare of a city.Multiply that man (woman/child)  by one hundred thirty million, and you forecast and can prophesy the physcial and mental status of a nation.

So the slip or fall, the subluxation, pressure, flow of mental images and dis-ease are big enough to control the thoughts and actions of a nation.

Now comes a man (woman). And one man (woman) is a small thing.This man (woman) gives an adjustment. The adjustment is a small thing.The adjustment replaces the subluxation. That is a small thing.The adjusted subluxation releases pressure upon nerves. That is a small thing.The released pressure restores health to a man (woman/child). This is a big thing to that man (woman or child).

Multiply that well man (woman/child) by a thousand, and you step up the physical and mental welfare of a city.Multiply that well man (woman or child) by a million, and you increase the efficiency of a state.Multiply that well man (woman/child) by a hundred thirty million, and you have produced a healthy, wealthy, and better race for posterity.

So, the adjustment of the subluxation to release pressure upon nerves, to restore mental impulse flow, to restore health, is big enough to rebuild the thoughts and actions of the world.

The idea that knows the cause, that can correct the cause of dis-ease, is one of the biggest ideas known. Without it, nations fall; with it, nations rise.

This idea is the biggest I know of."

B.J.Palmer March 1944