"The 1917-1918 influenza epidemic swept silently across the world bringing death and fear to homes in every land. Disease and pestilence, especially the epidemics, are little understood even now and many of the factors that spread them are still mysterious shadows, but in 1917-1918 almost nothing was known about prevention, protection, treatment or cure of influenza. The whole world stood at its mercy, or lack of it." (Dr. Dan Murphy, DC)
Why do I bring this up? Because statistics tell us that chiropractors got fantastic results from influenza patients while medical care patients were dying at a rapid rate. In Iowa, medical doctors treated 93,590 patients, with 6,116 deaths- a loss of one patient out of every 15. In the same state, with the exclusion of Davenport, 4,735 patients were treated by chiropractors with a loss of only 6 cases- a loss of one patient out of every 789!
National statistics show us that 1,142 chiropractors treated 46, 394 patients for influenza during 1918, with a loss of only 54 patients. That is only one out of every 886.
In New York City (1918) this striking comparison was made:
Under Medical Methods 10,000 cases were treated with 950 deaths.
Under Drugless Methods 10,000 cases were treated with 25 deaths.
Wow! HUGE difference. Not only where chiropractors treating new cases, but they also began treating patients who the medical doctors had given them up as lost. In Oklahoma, there is a clear record showing that chiropractors were called in 233 cases where medical doctors had cared for them with little or no result. Out of all of these "lost" causes, only 25 were unable to be saved.
Why do I bring this up? Because statistics tell us that chiropractors got fantastic results from influenza patients while medical care patients were dying at a rapid rate. In Iowa, medical doctors treated 93,590 patients, with 6,116 deaths- a loss of one patient out of every 15. In the same state, with the exclusion of Davenport, 4,735 patients were treated by chiropractors with a loss of only 6 cases- a loss of one patient out of every 789!
National statistics show us that 1,142 chiropractors treated 46, 394 patients for influenza during 1918, with a loss of only 54 patients. That is only one out of every 886.
In New York City (1918) this striking comparison was made:
Under Medical Methods 10,000 cases were treated with 950 deaths.
Under Drugless Methods 10,000 cases were treated with 25 deaths.
Wow! HUGE difference. Not only where chiropractors treating new cases, but they also began treating patients who the medical doctors had given them up as lost. In Oklahoma, there is a clear record showing that chiropractors were called in 233 cases where medical doctors had cared for them with little or no result. Out of all of these "lost" causes, only 25 were unable to be saved.
I will close this post with one final statistic...
In the last 6 years
Nearly 3,000 Americans have died from terrorism
30,000 Americans have died from food poisoning
600,000 Americans have died from medical mistakes
I believe we have a new epidemic...
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