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| Born | March 7, 1845 |
| Died | October 20, 1913 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian-American |
| Occupation | Chiropractor |
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| Children | B. J. Palmer |
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Daniel David Palmer (March 7, 1845 – October 20, 1913) was the founder of chiropractic.[4] Palmer was born in Pickering Township, Canada West,[2][3] but emigrated to the United States in 1865.[5] He was also an avid proponent of pseudoscientific alternative medicine such as magnetic healing. Palmer opposed anything he thought to be associated with mainstream medicine such as vaccination.[6]
Palmer believed that the human body had an ample supply of natural healing power transmitted through the nervous system. He suggested that if any one organ was affected by an illness, it merely must not be receiving its normal "nerve supply" which he dubbed a "spinal misalignment", or subluxation. He saw chiropractic as a form of realigning to reestablish the supply.
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I was born on March 7, 1845, a few miles east of Toronto, Canada.
- ^ a b Palmer College of Chiropractic Health Sciences Library (March 1, 2022). "Daniel David Palmer". Palmer College of Chiropractic. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
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