Talk:Andrew Taylor Still

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Back in the 1800's there was no formal education in the practice of medicine. Dr. Still learned his trade from apprenticeship like every other physician in that time. The fact that his was a physician is common knowledge and doesn’t need a citation to make it true. Dumaka (talk) 21:37, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Uh, no, it's not "common knowledge" and also Wikipedia is not a repository for uncited "common knowledge". --70.131.88.175 (talk) 18:08, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * You're like 6 months too late. This argument was resolved long ago.  BTW, it was cited (6 months ago) Dumaka (talk) 20:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually there were several traditional medical schools existing in the early 19th century, some as early as the late 18th century, although most aspiring physicians studied as an apprentice. This method gave way in the mid to late 19th century to the "didactic" method of attending medical school for a few months or even a year or two. By the late 19th century, some physicians were seeking advance training after medical school by undergoing a few months training in a specific area or a broader training in hospitals which later served as the basis for modern residencies. The U.S. Army helped institutionalize this practice by testing new physicians applying for service and then requiring a training period of 6 months.

A considerable revision is needed to this article.
The latest revision does much for giving a more complete history of Still's earlier life but has edited out some aspects of Still's "philosophy" - such as his vehement rejection of vaccination (which had been utilized in England since the late 18th centrury and made mandatory by 1840), the germ theory and general medica which had gained wide acceptance by late 19th century when the concept of Osteopathy was being formed.

Much of the present article is written without regard to his theories having been disproven by the contemporary science of the era or the fact that modern osteopathic medicine's only relation to the original as formulated and taught by Still is the insistance on continuing to teach manipulations and retaining the degree "D.O." It would also be a service to include the fact that the manipulations are almost exclusively palliative and of little or no benefit to healing. There is no mention that the "holistic" method espoused by Still has become generally accepted by all branches of modern medicine.

The article needs a revision to give a balanced view of Still and Osteopathy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CashelrockVa (talk • contribs) 01:22, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

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He is not a MD
He was not an MD but an experimental therapist. As outlined in the paper, he just completed a short medical course in 1870

A considerable revision is STILL needed to this article
The points of the above section still stand. This article in its current form is a puff piece. A dangerous one at that. --Kraligor (talk) 17:38, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Union Army Surgeon
The article says he was a hospital steward in the Union Army but served as a "de facto surgeon." Although it is unclear if he became a Union Army officer, the "Category:American Civil War surgeons" was changed to "Category:Union Army surgeons" even though the upper level cat for that is "Category:Union Army officers". Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 13:19, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

19th Century doctors
While he was not a medical school graduate, most physicians in the 19th century were not. The point is he practiced standard 19th century allopathic medicine until his development osteopathy as an alternative. He became a physician through the apprentice system, which was completely acceptable at that time. It was the most common way a person became a doctor when Still was studying medicine. That’s not puffery, that’s an actual fact. 24.210.21.255 (talk) 14:17, 8 March 2022 (UTC)