2015 TCA Centennial Powerpoint

This presentation was prepared and presented for the TCA Centennial program.  Brief captioning has been added between the slides.

1920

Charles C. Lemly is named the sixth President of the Texas Chiropractic Association.

1919

  S. T. McMurrain is named the fifth President of the Texas Chiropractic Association.

  

1918

• An influenza pandemic swept the world resulting in 400,000 deaths.

• Chiropractic doctors demonstrated remarkable results with their influenza patients. One Texas chiropractor serving in Southwestern France was permitted by the medical officer in charge to treat, and indeed sent all influenza patients in for chiropractic adjustments for the several months the epidemic raged in that area.  One chiropractic doctor in Wichita Fall was pressed into service by the County Health Officer and authorized to write prescriptions for the duration of the epidemic there, but he never wrote any, getting better results without medication.  

• Nevertheless, in 1918 there were at least 54 indictments for unlicensed medical practice across Texas.

1917

• The Texas State Chiropractic Association introduced the first chiropractic licensing bill in Texas.  It promptly passed the house, but failed to overcome resistance in the Senate and did not pass.

1916

• The Texas State Chiropractic Association (now the Texas Chiropractic Association) was formed in 1916. 

1915

• The Chiropractic Act of Kansas was the first Chiropractic licensing statute passed.

• North Dakota was the second Chiropractic licensing statute passed.

• Arkansas Chiropractic licensing statute passed and was the first chiropractic licensing law implemented, but North Dakota actually issued the first chiropractic license in April 1915.

• The process of forming a  Texas State Chiropractic Association begin with eight charter members who were quickly joined by 19 more. 

1913

• D. D. Palmer dies October 21.  His occupation is listed as “Chiropractic Physician.”

1911

• The San Antonio Light newspaper reports that the first chiropractic college in Texas was chartered by the state in April 1910.

• The 1911 Texas State Journal of Medicine reports Dr. J. N. Stone, a San Antonio chiropractor and one of the oldest workers in this field, is president of the new institution", and  “the course of study embraces 36 subjects, and two and one half years of study without a vacation period will be required of the students before the degree of doctor of chiropractic will be conferred. This is equivalent to four years with the usual vacation.”