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A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
1828–1917
A frontier doctor, reformer, and restless thinker, he went on to found osteopathy and challenge many of the medical assumptions of his era. His life story connects medicine, invention, war service, and the building of a new school in Kirksville, Missouri.
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Philosophy of Osteopathy
by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still
About the author
Born in Virginia in 1828 and raised in a family shaped by ministry and medicine, Andrew Taylor Still grew up on the American frontier and learned medicine from his physician father. He later worked as a doctor and surgeon, served in the Civil War, and spent part of his life in Kansas, where he was also involved in public life.
Still is best remembered as the founder of osteopathy. After becoming dissatisfied with many conventional treatments of the 19th century, he developed a new approach centered on the body's structure, function, and ability to heal, and in 1892 he founded the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Missouri.
He also wrote about his ideas and helped shape a movement that continued after his death in 1917. For listeners interested in medical history, his work offers a direct window into a period of experimentation, debate, and big hopes for a different kind of care.