Biomaterial Database

Laid to uneasy rest: D.D. Palmer, 1913. 1999

L Siordia, and J C Keating

Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Whittier, CA.

A study of the documentary records related to D.D. Palmer's death in Los Angeles in 1913 provided several surprises and a number of unanswered questions. How tall was D.D. Palmer? Why were the Founder's attending physicians persuaded to change their opinions about the primary cause of death? Was there a private autopsy, and what of the reported abscess in Palmer's side? What role did D.D.'s widow play in the patricide controversy? There is more to the documentary trail to explore.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009027	Mortuary Practice	Activities associated with the disposition of the dead. It excludes cultural practices such as FUNERAL RITES.	Funeral Undertaking,Funeral Undertakings,Mortuary Practices,Practice, Mortuary,Undertaking, Funeral
D002684	Chiropractic	An occupational discipline founded by D.D. Palmer in the 1890's based on the relationship of the spine to health and disease.
D003643	Death	Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.	End Of Life,End-Of-Life,Near-Death Experience,Cardiac Death,Determination of Death,Death, Cardiac
D005554	Forensic Medicine	The application of medical knowledge to questions of law.	Legal Medicine,Medicine, Forensic,Medicine, Legal
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D049673	History, 20th Century	Time period from 1901 through 2000 of the common era.	20th Century History,20th Cent. History (Medicine),20th Cent. History of Medicine,20th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 20th Century,History of Medicine, 20th Cent.,History, Twentieth Century,Medical History, 20th Cent.,Medicine, 20th Cent.,20th Cent. Histories (Medicine),20th Century Histories,Cent. Histories, 20th (Medicine),Cent. History, 20th (Medicine),Century Histories, 20th,Century Histories, Twentieth,Century History, 20th,Century History, Twentieth,Histories, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Histories, 20th Century,Histories, Twentieth Century,History, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Twentieth Century Histories,Twentieth Century History