Week 3

Allopathy: The method of treatment practiced by recipients of the degree of doctor of medicine. System of medical treatment using remedies that produce effects differing of those produced by the disease.

  • Dorland’s Dictionary 24th edition- excluded the use of Homeopathic remedies.

  • Dorland’s dictionary 25th edition- “That system of therapeutics in which diseases are treated by producing a condition incompatible with or antagonistic to the condition to be cured or alleviated.“

  • Chiropractic is the largest Non-allopathic practitioners in the country

Medicine: Any drug or remedy. The art or science of healing diseases; especially the healing of diseases by administration of internal remedies.

  • Chiropractic Medicine: no such thing. Complementary term used by media. Practicing a healthcare discipline of Chiropractics.

Vitalism: The Theory that activities of a living organism are under the guidance of an agency which has none of the attributes of matter or energy and not explainable by chemistry and physics.

Mechanism/Atomism: The theory that the activities of living organisms are all explainable by use of chemistry and physics alone.

Vix Madicatrix Naturale: The Mechanistic/medical term used to define the vitalistic component of the body to heal itself.

Innate Intelligence: An intelligence or agency found in living things which coordinates and maintains active organization. A fundamental core concept of vitalism.

Life:

  • (Dorland’s)- The aggregate of vital phenomena; a certain peculiar stimulated condition of organized matter; that obscure principle where by organized beings are peculiarly endowed with certain powers or functions not associated with inorganic matter.

  • (Webster’s)- Vitality; condition of plants and animals, etc., in which they exercise functional powers.

Health:

  • A condition in which all activities in the body and mind are functioning normally.

  • A state of complete physical, mental, or social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Homeostasis: The state of equilibrium of the body that is maintained by responses to its internal and external environments. All parts of the body functioning normally.

Evidence-Based Practice: A three-component practice based on clinical expertise, research evidence (Published/peer reviewed) and patient preferences.