ANDREW TAYLOR STILL 1828-1917
Trowbridge, Carol Andrew Taylor Still lost confidence and hope in the medical therapies of his day after three of his children died of meningitis in 1864. He became obsessed with finding the cause and the cure for disease. Still developed a philosophy of osteopathy that was holistic, naturalistic, and emphasised health rather than disease. He shunned drugs, and used a manipulative therapy designed to release the healing powers of nature. After years of thought,...