The chiropractic profession has a long history of being involved with influenza, a.k.a. the flu, outbreaks. What most people do not know is that chiropractic care also has great success with treating influenza cases. This can be seen in the 1917-1918 Spanish Flu epidemic. In the article, 1918 Influenza Epidemic and Chiropractic Care, reproduced by planetchiropractic.com, it compares how the chiropractic profession and the medical profession treated the influenza and the results of those treatments.
Below is a table that shows the amount, in the state of Iowa, of cases each profession saw and the amount of deaths, due to the flu, within those cases, during the Spanish Flu epidemic.
|
Influenza |
Cases |
Deaths |
|
Treated by Medical Doctors
|
93,590 |
6,116 |
|
Treated by Chiropractors |
4,735 |
6 |
The state of Iowa shows that for the medical doctors they lost 1 out of every 15 patients; whereas, chiropractors only lost 1 out of every 790. Nationally, the chiropractic cases come out to have only 1 loss out of every 886.
The common theme among the chiropractors during that time was to pick up the cases that had been given up on by the medical community. In Oklahoma, chiropractors were called to help in 233 cases that the medical doctors said were a loss. The chiropractors saved all those cases except for 25.
Not only did the chiropractors keep people healthy, they also helped the cases that were considered a loss, during the Spanish Flu. The chiropractic profession got a lot of people interested and involved in the profession directly due to their part in caring for people during the Spanish Flu. Since the flu season is coming up and the Swine Flu Pandemic is lurking around every corner, make sure you are seeing your chiropractor regularly.
To learn more about the flu and chiropractic care, visit us at www.thejoint.com
