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A psychic child bride and ghostly inspiration: the invention of chiropractic

Summary by The Skeptic
While many will be aware that Daniel David Palmer – the inventor of chiropractic – claims to have discovered the discredited back-cracking technique while curing a deaf janitor, the pseudoscience at the heart of the chiropractic story doesn’t stop there. Daniel David Palmer was born in what is now Ajax, Ontario on March 7, 1845. His father, Thomas Palmer, raised Daniel in the biblical literalism of the Seventh Day Adventists, moving his family t…
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The Skeptic broke the news in on Friday, February 28, 2025.
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