Technic and Practice of ChiropracticLoban, Joy Maxwell
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Technic and Practice of Chiropractic
Loban, Joy Maxwell
Chiropractic
It may be well to furnish some occupation for the mind and to this
end, since reading in such a position is injurious to the eyes, a good
phonograph is a valuable addition. Equip it with a soft parlor needle
and select only soothing, restful music. Just as you would avoid doing
the walls of the rest room in striking or garish colors, exciting to
a diseased mind, so avoid exciting or harsh music. The object of this
room is _rest_ for mind and body. Let every thought be directed to that
end. With some patients the use of the phonograph or other amusement
must be avoided. Study your cases with care.
The trip to the Chiropractor’s office is too often regarded in the
light of an unpleasant necessity. If proper care be used in equipping
an office and if such means as have been suggested for the rest room
be employed, these in addition to the pleasing personality of the
Chiropractor may make of the visit a pleasant thing, a part of the day
to be anticipated with eagerness.
A Complete Suite
The number of rooms in a perfectly convenient suite depends upon the
approximate number of cases to be handled daily. If it is needful to
economize the practitioner’s time a greater number of rooms will be
required than would be desirable with a small practice.
A waiting room, a consulting room, two or more adjusting rooms, and
two rest rooms make probably the best number and employment of rooms.
It is desirable if possible that the adjusting room be used for that
purpose only and that there be separate rooms for men and women. Each
adjusting room can then have its own dressing room or recess. Or in
addition to the other rooms named above there may be many small rooms
each containing an adjusting table and a rest cot and each serving as
the rest room after the adjustment. If a sufficient number be provided
as many patients can be handled in this way as time permits, the
practitioner need lose no time at all, and each patient may have a room
entirely to himself throughout his visit.
Reference Library
This should consist of those standard works to which you will
necessarily refer most often. Gray, Morris, or other standard
anatomical authority, Brubaker’s or Haliburton’s physiology, Butler or
Osier on diagnosis, Delafield and Prudden on pathology, Morat on the
physiology of the nervous system, Bing on regional diagnosis of nerve
lesions, one or two good works on psychology, gynecology, histology,
etc., a good medical dictionary, and any books on Chiropractic in which
you have confidence make up an excellent list. Any standard works
will suffice and this list is merely suggested for those who may be
uncertain as to their own tastes. Always examine a book before buying
it, even those named above. Next to works on Chiropractic no single
book is as necessary or useful as a good medical dictionary, preferably
a large and complete one.
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