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3 unusual facts about Andrew Taylor Still


Jonesville, Virginia

Andrew Taylor Still, M. D., D.O., father of osteopathic medicine and founder of its first school and infirmary, was born in Jonesville in 1828.

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

WVSOM was founded on the principles of osteopathic medicine, a branch of medicine founded by frontiersman Andrew Taylor Still in the mid-to-late 19th century.

William Garner Sutherland

However, Sutherland acknowledged Andrew Taylor Still as the developer of all osteopathy, including the cranial approach.


Comparison of MD and DO in the United States

While "osteopathy" was a term used by its founder AT Still to describe his new philosophy of medicine, "allopathic medicine" was originally a derogatory term coined by Samuel Hahnemann to contrast the conventional medicine of his day with his alternative system of homeopathic medicine.


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