The commentary from each page is quoted here 4:
The index lists several pages wherein poison is to be discussed. Palmer uses the terms poison and toxin interchangeably in several places in his text however, in the index he cites only 1 page for “toxin,” 4 (p473) wherein he describes strychnine as a poison or toxin. Palmer defined poison as follows: “Poison is any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance which when applied externally or taken into the body by ingestion or injection, causes such a change in the animal economy as to produce abnormal functioning, disease or death.” 4 (p360) Autosuggestion is described in the context of a psychosomatic illness. Traumatism is the condition of one suffering from injury. Palmer operationally defined traumatism, autosuggestion, and poisons. In the study of pathology we should look to the etiological factors which, by their exciting or debilitating effects, retard or liberate stored up energy, resulting in abnormal functioning and morbid structure.
Impingements, poisons and intense thinking, auto-suggestion, unrelieved change of thot, insufficient rest and sleep, increase or decrease the momentum of impulses. Palmer stated that “the determining cause of disease are traumatism, poison, and autosuggestion.” 4 (p359) Palmer also made the following statement 4: Senzon properly quotes Palmer’s original statement, which had nothing to do with subluxation specifically. Senzon explains that “thoughts, trauma, and toxins have been described for years as the three causative agents of vertebral subluxation.” 3 However, we are further told by Senzon that Palmer never actually stated that subluxation is caused by the 3 T's. Chiropractors routinely cite Palmer in this regard: “In his 1910 text, The Chiropractor’s Adjuster, DD Palmer identified the causes of vertebral subluxation as the Three T’s-thoughts, trauma and toxins.” 2 Although this statement is commonly attributed to Palmer, did he actually mention the so-called 3 T's? The notion that toxins are related to chiropractic and subluxation is attributed to Palmer. Toxins From the Perspective of Early Chiropractic History: Daniel David Palmer The purpose of this commentary is to discuss the issue of toxicity in the context of chiropractic practice, including Daniel David Palmer’s impression of toxicity, a consideration of toxicity regarding the liver and colon, bacterial endotoxemia, and a rational approach to dietary detoxification in the context of addressing bacterial endotoxemia. It therefore might be expected that various sectors of health care, and individuals within health care, might still embrace and promote the issue of body toxicity as a treatment target. 1 Clearly, the notion of “body toxicity” as a health risk for disease development has been part of patient care for a long time. 1 Modern medicine embraced toxicity until at least the 1920s, when a colectomy was viewed as a cure for autointoxication. In the late 1800s, Metchnikoff hypothesized that intestinal toxins shortened lifespan. 1 The ancient Greek humoral theory of disease extended the concept of putrefaction to bile, phlegm, blood, and residues of food. This suggests that bacterial endotoxin may be a candidate toxin to consider in the clinical context, as many common conditions, such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, interstitial cystitis, depression, and migraine headache, are known to be promoted by endotoxemia.īody toxicity has been viewed as a health risk since the time of ancient Egypt, when it was believed that stool putrefaction would lead to systemic disease. In contrast, diet-induced systemic bacterial endotoxemia is a measureable state that is known to be promoted by a diet rich in sugar, flour, and refined oil.
The most common areas of focus for detoxification are the intestines and liver however, the nature of the toxicity in these organs has yet to be defined or measured. Today, some sectors within the medical and chiropractic professions continue to embrace the concept of body toxicity and the related need to engage in detoxifying treatments. The legacy of body toxicity within the chiropractic approach to patient care began with Daniel David Palmer. Prior to the emergence of the chiropractic profession, the medical profession embraced the notion that the body becomes “toxic,” requiring detoxification interventions or surgery. The belief that body toxicity is the cause of disease has been promoted for thousands of years.
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