Transcriber’s Note: Boldface text is enclosed in =equals signs=; italics text is enclosed in _underscores_. TECHNIC AND PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC BY JOY M. LOBAN, D. C., PH. C. Professor of Anatomy and of Theory and Practice of Chiropractic at the Universal Chiropractic College. Formerly Professor of Chiropractic Analysis at the Palmer School of Chiropractic SECOND EDITION _Revised and Enlarged_ PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE DAVENPORT, IOWA 1915 COPYRIGHT 1915 BY JOY M. LOBAN HAMMOND PRESS W. B. CONKEY COMPANY CHICAGO THIS BOOK IS =Dedicated= TO THE GIRL WHO HAS BEEN MY STAFF AND LANTERN, AIDING AND LIGHTING ME ON MY WAY IN THIS NEW FIELD =My Wife= TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE =Preface to First Edition= 9 =Preface to Second Edition= 11 =Introduction= 13 =Vertebral Palpation= 15 Definition 15 General Propositions 15 Habits of Palpation 15 Facts Concerning the Spine 16 Preparation of Patient 22 Position of Patient 22 The Record 23 The Count 29 Atlas Palpation 35 The Group Method 37 The Individual Subluxation 40 Palpation in Position B 46 Palpation in Position C 48 Transverse Palpation 49 Curves and Curvatures 53 Difficulties in Palpation 59 Landmarks 61 Mental Attitude 63 =Nerve Tracing= 64 Organ Tracing 64 What Nerves are Traceable 64 Suggestion 67 Place in Diagnosis 67 Technic of Nerve Tracing 68 =Subluxations= 76 Definition--How Produced 76 Law Governing Location of 78 Varieties of Subluxations 80 =Technic of Adjusting= 89 General Principles of Adjusting 89 Special Technic (Thirty-two Moves) 99 Preferable Adjustments 155