Meet Dr. B.J. Palmer
B.J. PALMER, D.C., FPAC – THE DEVELOPER
(Sept. 14, 1882-May 27, 1961)
Born in What Cheer, Iowa, Bartlett Joshua (B.J.) Palmer, D.C., launched his colorful career by assuming the responsibility of the Palmer School of Chiropractic in 1902, soon after his graduation as a chiropractor, until his death in 1961. Known as The Developer of Chiropractic, his contributions include extensive research, improved methods of spinal adjusting and analysis, higher standards for chiropractic education and increased appreciation for chiropractic worldwide. He was posthumously named a distinguished Fellow in the Palmer Academy of Chiropractic in 2006.
He was a prolific writer of philosophical and travel works, as well as humorous and pointed epigrams about chiropractic and life. B.J. did battle on many fronts, taking on legal and legislative obstacles to the licensing of chiropractors and financial challenges to the school. He was often the center of controversy but during his lifetime, chiropractic secured a place among the health sciences.
B.J. Palmer was a broadcasting pioneer who established WOC-AM, WOC-FM and WOC-TV in Davenport and WHO-AM-FM/TV in Des Moines. WOC-AM was the first commercial radio station west of the Mississippi River. Interestingly, B.J. hired Ronald Reagan for his first broadcasting job at WOC-AM and later WHO-AM
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Healing is an inside job. – B. J. Palmer
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Chiropractic is health insurance. Premiums small. Dividends large! – B. J. Palmer
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We get sick because of something inside going wrong! We get well because of something inside going right! – B. J. Palmer
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Medicine is about disease and what makes people die. Chiropractic is about life and what makes people live. – B. J. Palmer
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All the drugs in the world cannot adjust a subluxated vertebrae – B. J. Palmer
