the ganglia of the gangliated cord to coeliac plexus. The gastric
plexus is an offshoot of the coeliac and gives off Auerbach’s plexus
to the muscular coat, and Meissner’s plexus to the submucous and
mucous coats of the stomach. The nutrition of the stomach walls, their
peristaltic action, and the secretory action of the stomach glands are
thus brought under the direct influence of the sixth or the seventh
dorsal subluxation.
_Pancreas_: Eighth dorsal nerve by great splanchnic to coeliac
plexus, to hepatic and superior mesenteric plexuses, and by the
pancreatico-duodenal branches of the former and pancreatic branches of
the latter to the pancreas.
_Spleen_: The coeliac plexus, the left semilunar ganglion, and the
left vagus and right phrenic nerves give off branches which form the
splenic plexus. Spinal connection by way of ninth dorsal nerve, by rami
communicantes to gangliated cord to great splanchnic nerve to coeliac
plexus to splenic plexus. Many nerve pathways like this one are less
indirect than they sound; various names have been given to different
parts of the same pathway through which, often, the axons pass without
interruption. On the way from the cerebral cortex to one of the
abdominal viscera there may be only three, sometimes four or five,
neurons connected end to end.
_Duodenum_: Coeliac plexus by way of duodenal branches of hepatic
plexus and branches from the superior mesenteric plexus. Spinal
connection from eighth dorsal nerve and possibly branches from
the upper lumbar ganglia of the sympathetic may join the superior
mesenteric plexus, as results in duodenal disease are occasionally
reported following specific adjustment of L 1 or 2.
_Jejunum and Ileum_: Connection same as for duodenum, by superior
mesenteric plexus. Adjustment of L 2 in typhoid fever is undoubtedly
correct so that it is probable that the lumbar ganglia send branches to
this vicinity.
_Peritoneum_: Nerve supply to the peritoneum is rather general owing to
its great extent. It is supplied by the sympathetic from both the lower
thoracic and lumbar portions of the gangliated cord through the various
abdominal plexuses and in general it may be said that any localized
peritoneal disease will yield to the same adjustment as would be made
for disease in the immediately subjacent organ.
_Suprarenal Capsules_: These important glands are supplied by amyelinic
fibres derived from the gangliated cord by the lesser splanchnic nerve
and connecting with pre-ganglionic fibres from the tenth dorsal nerve.
The suprarenal plexus is an offshoot of the coeliac.
_Kidneys_: Tenth, eleventh, and twelfth dorsal nerves by way of lesser
and least splanchnic nerves to renal plexus, an offshoot of the
coeliac. McConnell’s experiments and the frequently duplicated clinical
feats of Chiropractors prove this to be a vital and dominant nerve
pathway in kidney disease.
_Ureters_: Nerves derived from inferior mesenteric, pelvic, and
spermatic plexuses. Most important connection seems to be from first
lumbar nerve by lumbar ganglia to inferior mesenteric plexus.
_Caecum and Vermiform Appendix_: The inferior mesenteric plexus, which
supplies these organs probably carries to them chiefly fibres derived
from the lumber ganglia which complete a connection with the second
lumbar vertebra, especially on the right side.
_Colon_: Third and fourth lumbar vertebrae, influencing lumbar ganglia
and thus inferior mesenteric plexus.
_Rectum_: Lower lumbar ganglia by inferior mesenteric and plevic
plexuses, through superior and inferior hemorrhoidal plexus to rectum.
Adjustment L 4 or 5. Visceral branches from the third and fourth sacral
nerves also pass directly to the rectal wall and sacral adjustment may
affect rectum or anus.
_Bladder_: The urinary bladder is innervated by the vesical plexus from
the pelvic, and by sacral nerve fibres direct. It is said that the
vesical plexus contains many spinal nerve fibres which are derived from
the second and fourth lumbar nerves especially. Clinically the second
or the fourth lumbar will control the bladder much oftener than the
sacrum.
_Prostate Gland, Seminal Vesicles, Penis, and Urethra_: By the vesical
and prostatic plexuses derived from the pelvic plexuses, divisions of
the hypogastric plexus, which is formed of the abdominal aortic plexus
and filaments from the lumbar ganglia. The latter receive filaments
from the second and third lumbar nerves. There is a connection with the
sacral nerves also by the pelvic plexus, though the lumbar adjustment
appears the more potent.
_Testes and Scrotum_: Ilioinguinal from second lumbar, genital branch
of genito-femoral from second and third lumbar nerves, internal pudic
nerve from the pudendal plexus, and spermatic and pelvic plexuses. The
most effective adjustment for scrotal or testicular diseases is L 3.
_Uterus and Vagina_: Uterovaginal plexus from the pelvic and containing
spinal nerve fibres from L 4, L 5, and sacrum.
_Ovaries and Fallopian Tubes_: The ovarian plexus receives fibres from
the abdominal aortic and through it from the lumbar ganglia, influenced
by second lumbar adjustment.
_Brachial Plexus_: The brachial plexus of spinal nerves arises from
the nerves from the fifth cervical to the first thoracic inclusive
and controls the voluntary muscles of the upper extremity, with its
integument. Muscle groups, rather than single muscles, are represented
for the most part in the spinal segments giving off these nerves, and
the ramification of the nerves within the plexus is such that almost
any given muscle might be affected by more than one spinal subluxation.
Below are given the principal connections:
_Pectoralis Major and Minor Muscles_: Sixth or seventh cervical through
internal anterior thoracic nerve and first dorsal through external
anterior thoracic.
_Shoulder Joint_: The joint, muscles covering the joint, and integument
of this region are innervated by the circumflex nerve which traces
through the plexus to fifth and sixth cervical nerves. Sixth cervical
adjustment usually affects this joint.
_Serratus Magnus Muscle_: Sixth cervical by long thoracic, or External
Respiratory Nerve of Bell.
_Elbow Joint_: Sixth cervical vertebra by musculocutaneous nerve.
_Anterior Arm Muscles_: Sixth cervical.
_Posterior Arm Muscles_: Seventh cervical and first dorsal.
_Lumbosacral Plexus_: This plexus, derived from the anterior primary
divisions of the lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal nerves, supplies the
muscles and integument of the lower extremity, taking with it axons
derived from the sympathetic by the lumbar ganglia to supply the
blood-vessels, perspiratory glands and sebaceous glands of this region.
The latter are responsive to adjustments of the first or second lumbar
vertebrae.
_Hip-Joint_: Third and fourth lumbar nerves by femoral and obturator
or accessory obturator nerves and fifth lumbar or first sacral by the
nerve to the quadratus femoris or the great sciatic. Fourth lumbar
seems the most potent connection and is usually adjusted for hip-joint
disease.
_Psoas Magnus Muscles_: Anterior branches of the second and third
lumbar nerves.
_Anterior Thigh Muscles_: Supplied mostly through the femoral nerve
from the second and third lumbar nerves.
_Internal Thigh Muscles_: Second and third lumbar nerves (chiefly but
not wholly) through the obturator, accessory obturator and femoral
nerves.
_Gluteus Maximus_: From the fifth lumbar and first and second sacral
nerves through the inferior gluteal branch of the sacral plexus.
_Obturator Externus_: Second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves through
the obturator nerve.
_Posterior Thigh Muscles_: Fourth and fifth lumbar and sacral nerves
through the great sciatic.
_Great Sciatic Nerve_: This great nerve, direct continuation of the
sacral plexus, arises from the fourth and fifth lumbar and first
three or four sacral nerves and is widely distributed to muscles and
integument of the lower extremity. Sciatica, or sciatic rheumatism,
is most commonly relieved by adjustment of fourth or fifth lumbar
vertebra; but there is a condition commonly diagnosed as sciatica which
is really a sciatic neuritis and due to vasomotor disturbance affecting
the blood-supply to the nerve trunk. This responds to adjustment of
first or second lumbar because the amyelinic fibres which control these
blood-vessels are derived from lumbar ganglia of the sympathetic.
_Anterior Leg Muscles_: Fourth and fifth lumbar and first sacral nerves
through the anterior tibial.
_Posterior Leg Region_: Fourth and fifth lumbar and first and second
sacral through the internal popliteal and posterior tibial.
_Knee-Joint_: This joint receives branches from the great sciatic
through both internal and external popliteal, and from the femoral
and obturator. It is therefore connected with the lower lumbar and
sacrum and with the second lumbar. The latter connection seems oftenest
involved in knee joint inflammations.
_Foot_: Fourth and fifth lumbar and sacral nerves through the great
sciatic and its branches.
_Sensor Areas of Lower Extremity_: In general, any given cutaneous area
receives sensor branches from the nerve which supplies the subjacent
muscle area. For accurate diagnostic purposes a good chart of sensor
distribution may be consulted.
DISEASES AND ADJUSTMENTS
The appended list includes the diseases with which the profession has
had experience but is not in any sense a complete list of diseases. It
is merely intended for quick and handy reference. In obscure cases or
diseases not mentioned it is suggested that the practitioner carefully
diagnose the case with reference to the _location_ of the morbid
process and then refer to Special Nerve Connections to find the nerve
pathway between the spine and the organ indicated as the seat of the
disease. Standard works on anatomy and physiology will explain more
fully the paths and functions of the nerves but information gleaned
from them must be sought out and pieced together from scattered
statements and discussions.
A
_Disease_ _Adjustment._
Abscess According to location.
Accommodative iridoplegia C 3 or 4.
Acid stomach D 6 or 7.
Acne D 11 or 12.
Acoria D 6 or 7.
Acromegaly C 1 or 2, D 10, 11, or 12.
Addison’s disease D 10.
Adenitis According to location.
Adenoids of pharynx C 2 or 3.
Adiposis dolorosa D 8 and D 11 or 12.
Adrenals, tuberculosis of D 10.
Ageusia C 1 or 2.
Ague D 4, D 9, D 11 or 12.
Albuminuria D 10, 11, or 12.
Albumosuria D 8, D 10, 11 or 12.
Alcoholism C 1, D 10, 11 or 12.
Amenorrhoea L 4 or 5.
Amnesia C 1 or 2.
Amyosthenia General.
Amyloid liver D 4.
Amyloid kidney D 10, 11 or 12.
Anachlorhydria D 6 or 7.
Anaemia D 4, D 9 and D 11 or 12.
Sometimes L 4.
Anaesthesia, general C 1 or 2.
Anasarca D 10, 11 or 12.
Aneurism D 1 or according to location.
Angina pectoris D 2.
Aniscoria C 4.
Anorexia nervosa C 1, D 6 or 7.
Anosmia C 1 or 2, C 4.
Anthracosis D 3.
Anterior poliomyelitis C 3 or 4. local zones for
permanent paralyses
following.
Anuria D 10, 11 or 12. Or L 2 or 4.
Aortic stenosis D 2.
Aphasia C 1 or 2.
Aphonia C 6.
Aphthous stomatitis C 2.
Apoplexy C 2, 3.
Appendicitis L 2.
Apraxia C 1 or 2.
Argyll-Robertson pupil C 1 or 2.
Arrhythmia C 2 or D 2.
Arteriosclerosis D 10, 11 or 12 and local.
Arteritis According to location.
Arthritis According to location.
Arthritis deformans D 10, 11 or 12 and according to
location.
Ascarides L 2 or 3.
Ascites D 4.
Asphyxia, gas D 2 or 3, Atlas (First aid only).
Asthenia To correct disease producing
same.
Asthenopia C 4.
Asthma D 1.
Ataxia, cerebellar C 1 or 2.
Ataxia, locomotor General adjustment.
Athetosis C 1 or 2.
Atrophic cirrhosis of liver D 4.
Atrophy According to location.
Aural discharges C 1, 2, 3 or 4.
B
Back, pain in According to location.
Barber’s itch C 5, D 10, 11 or 12.
Bell’s palsy C 2, 3 or 4.
Biliousness D 4.
Blepharitis C 3 or 4.
Blepharospasm C 3 or 4.
Blindness C 1, 2, 3 or 4.
“Blood poisoning” D 10, 11 or 12 and local.
Boils D 10, 11 or 12 and according to
location.
Bradycardia D 1 or 2, possibly C 2.
Bright’s disease D 10, 11 or 12.
Bronchitis D 1.
Bronchiectasis D 1.
Broncho-pneumonia D 1, D 3.
C
Caked breast D 3.
Calculi, cystic L 2 or 4.
Calculi, hepatic D 4.
Calculi, renal D 10, 11 or 12.
Cancer No cure.
Cancrum oris C 2 or 3, D 11 or 12.
Canker (mouth) C 2.
Carbuncle According to location.
Carcinoma No cure.
Caries of spine According to location. See
“Prognosis.”
Cataract C 2, 3, or 4.
Catarrh, nasal C 4.
Catarrhal gastritis D 6 or 7.
Catarrhal stomatitis C 2 or 3.
Cerebral abscess C 1 or 2.
Cerebrospinal meningitis C 2.
Cervical glands, enlargement of Any cervical.
Cervico-brachial neuralgia C 6.
Cervico-occipital neuralgia C 1 or 2.
Chickenpox C 5, D 10, 11 or 12.
Chills D 5.
Chlorosis D 4, D 9, D 11 or 12.
Cholangitis D 4.
Cholecystitis D 4.
Cholelithiasis D 4.
Cholera infantum D 5 or 6, D 10, 11 or 12, L 2.
Chorea C 1 or 2.
Chyluria D 8, D 11 or 12.
Cirrhosis of liver D 4.
Claw hand C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Clubfoot L 4 or 5.
Colic, hepatic D 4.
Colic, renal D 10, 11 or 12.
Colitis L 2 or 3.
Collapse C 1, D 2, and according to
associated condition.
Coma According to cause.
Conjunctivitis C 3 or 4.
Constipation D 4, D 10, or L 3, 4 or 5.
Contractures According to location.
Coryza C 4.
Coxalgia L 4.
Cramp According to location.
Croup C 2 or C 6.
Cutaneous eruptions D 10, 11 or 12.
Cyanosis D 2, D 3 or C 2.
Cystitis L 2 or L 4.
D
Deafness, catarrhal C 4.
Deafness, central C 1 or 2 (P).
Delirium C 1 or 2.
Dementia C 1.
Dengue D 5, D 10, 11 or 12 (P).
Dentition, disorders of D 6 or 7.
Diabetes insipidus D 10, 11 or 12.
Diabetes mellitus D 4, D 8, D 11 or 12.
Diarrhoea D 10, 11 or L 2, 3.
Dilatation of heart D 2.
Diphtheria C 2, C 6 and D 11 or 12.
Dipsomania C 1 or 2, D 11 or 12.
Dropsy, abdominal D 4.
Dropsy, cardiac D 2.
Dropsy, renal D 10, 11 or 12.
Duodenal ulcer D 8 or 9.
Duodenitis D 8 or 9.
Dysentery L 2, 3, or 4 and D 11 or 12.
Dysmenorrhoea L 4.
Dyspepsia D 7.
Dysphagia C 2 or D 6 or 7 (P).
Dyspnea D 1 or D 2 or D 3.
Dysuria L 2 or L 4 or sacrum.
E
Earache C 2 or C 4.
Ecchymoses D 11 or 12.
Eczema D 11 or 12 and according to
location.
Embolism, cerebral C 2 or 3.
Emphysema D 3.
Encephalitis C 1, 2 or 3.
Endocarditis D 2.
Enlarged glands According to location.
Enlarged heart D 2.
Enlarged liver D 4.
Enlarged tonsils C 2 or 3.
Enteralgia D 9 or 10, or L 1 or 2.
Enteritis D 9 or 10, or L 1 or 2.
Enterocolitis D 9 or 10, or L 1, 2 or 3.
Enteroptosis D 9, 10, 11 or L 1, 2, 3.
Enterospasm D 9 or 10, or L 1 or 2.
Enuresis L 2 or 4.
Epilepsy C 1 or 2, sometimes L 3.
Epistaxis C 4.
Epithelioma No cure.
Eructations D 6 or 7.
Eruptions, cutaneous D 11 or 12.
Erysipelas C 5 and D 11 or 12.
Exophthalmic goitre C 6 or 7.
F
Facial hemiatrophy C 1 or 2.
Facial paralysis C 1 or 2.
Faecal obstruction L 2, 3 or 4.
Fainting D 2.
False angina C 1 or 2.
Fatty degeneration of heart D 2.
Fatty degeneration of liver D 4.
Fatty infiltration of heart D 2.
Fatty infiltration of liver D 4.
Felon C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Fever D 5. Locate organ of origin.
Fibroid tumor According to location.
Follicular tonsilitis C 2 or 3.
G
Gallstones D 4.
Gangrene According to location.
Gastralgia D 6 or 7.
Gastrectasia D 6 or 7.
Gastric neuroses D 6 or 7.
Gastric ulcer D 6 or 7.
Gastritis D 6 or 7.
Gastro-duodenitis D 7 or 8.
Gastroptosis D 6 or 7.
Gland, mammary D 3.
Glaucoma C 2 or 3.
Gleet L 3 and D 11 or 12.
Glossitis C 2 or 3.
Glycosuria D 4 and D 11 or 12.
Goitre C 6.
Gonorrhoea L 3.
Gonnorrhoeal rheumatism D 11 or 12 and L 3.
Gout D 11 or 12 and L 4.
Granulated lids C 4 and D 11 or 12.
H
Hay fever C 3 or 4.
Headache, anaemia To correct anaemia.
Headache, bilious D 4.
Headache, neuralgic C 1.
Headache, neurasthenic C 1 or 2.
Headache, ocular C 2 or C 4.
Headache, of constipation D 4 or D 9 or 10, or L 4 or 5.
Headache, toxic Locate toxin-forming organ.
Headache, uterine L 4 or 5 or sacrum.
Hematemesis D 6 or 7.
Hematuria D 10, 11 or 12.
Hemicrania C 1, 2 or 3.
Hemiplegia C 2 or 3.
Hemoptysis D 3.
Hemorrhoids L 4 or 5 or sacrum.
Hepatic hyperemia D 4.
Hepatoptosis D 4.
Hernia, diaphragmatic C 4 (P).
Hernia, femoral L 4.
Hernia, inguinal L 2 or 3.
Hernia, umbilical D 8.
Herpes facialis C 4.
Herpes zoster (shingles) Vertebra above nerve involved.
Hiccough C 4.
Hodgkins’ disease General adjustment.
Hydrocele D 10, 11 or 12 and L 4.
Hydrocephalus C 2 and D 2.
Hydronephrosis D 10, 11 or 12.
Hydropericardium D 2.
Hydrothorax D 3.
Hyperaemia According to location.
Hyperaesthesia, general C 1 or 2.
Hyperchlorhydria D 6 or 7.
Hypertrophy According to location.
Hysteria C 2.
Hystero-epilepsy C 2.
I
Icterus D 4.
Icterus neonatorum D 4.
Ileocolitis L 2, 3 or 4.
Impacted gallstones in ducts D 4.
Impotence L 3 or sacrum.
Incontinence of urine L 2 or L 4.
Incompetency, aortic D 1 or 2.
Incompetency, mitral D 1 or 2.
Incompetency, pulmonary D 1 or 2.
Incompetency, pyloric D 6 or 7.
Incompetency, tricuspid D 1 or 2.
Infantile paralysis C 3 or 4 and according to
location.
Inflammation, general D 5.
Inflammation of appendix L 2.
Inflammation of bladder L 2 or 4.
Inflammation of bowels D 9 or 10, L 2, 3 or 4.
Inflammation of bronchi D 1.
Inflammation of kidneys D 11 or 12.
Inflammation of larynx C 6.
Inflammation of lungs D 3.
Inflammation of meninges C 1 or 2.
Inflammation of ovaries L 2 or 3.
Inflammation of pharynx C 2.
Inflammation of pleurae D 3.
Inflammation of stomach D 6 or 7.
Inflammation of vertebrae Next above inflamed one.
Inflammation of uterus L 4 or 5.
Influenza C 4, D 1, D 11 or 12.
Intestinal neuralgia D 9 or 10, L 1 or 2.
Intestinal neuroses D 9 or 10, L 1 or 2.
Intestinal obstruction See “Practice.”
Intussusception See “Practice.”
Insanity C 1 or 2, sometimes L 4.
Insomnia C 2.
Iritis C 3 or 4.
J
Jaundice D 4.
K
Keratitis C 3 or 4.
Kyphosis See “Curvatures.”
L
Lactation, disorders of D 3.
Lacunar tonsilitis C 2 or 3.
La grippe C 4, D 1, D 11 or 12.
Laryngeal paralysis C 6.
Laryngismus stridulus C 6.
Laryngitis C 6.
Lateral spinal sclerosis According to location.
Lead poisoning D 4, D 11 or 12.
Leucaemia D 9 and D 11 or 12.
Leucorrhoea L 4.
Lipoma According to location.
Lobar pneumonia D 3.
Lockjaw C 1, 2, or 3.
Locomotor ataxia General adjustment.
Lordosis See “Curvatures.”
Lumbago L 3, 4 or 5.
Lumbo-abdominal neuralgia Any Lumbar.
M
Malaria D 4, D 9, and D 11 or 12.
Malignant endocarditis D 2 and D 5 or 6.
Mastoiditis C 1 or 2.
Measles C 5, D 11 or 12.
Memory, disorders of C 1 or 2.
Meniere’s disease C 1 or 2.
Meningitis C 1 or 2.
Menorrhagia L 4.
Metrorrhagia L 4.
Migraine C 1, 2, or 3.
Mitral incompetency D 2.
Mitral stenosis D 2.
Monoplegia According to location.
Mouth breathing C 4 or 5.
Movable kidney D 11 or 12.
Mucous colic D 10 or L 3.
Mumps C 4.
Mutism C 1 or 2 or C 6.
Myelitis According to location.
Myocarditis D 2.
Myopia C 4.
Myositis ossificans According to location, also
D 11 or 12.
Myxoedema C 6.
N
Nephritis D 10, 11 or 12.
Nephrolithiasis D 10, 11 or 12.
Nephroptosis D 10, 11 or 12.
Neuralgia, trigeminal C 3 or 4.
Neuralgia, brachial C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Neuralgia, intercostal According to location.
Neuralgia, of feet L 4, L 5 or sacrum.
Neurasthenia C 2.
Neuritis According to location.
Nodding spasm C 1 or 2.
Nystagmus C 1, 2, 3 or 4 (P).
O
Obesity, pathological D 8 and D 11 or 12.
Obstruction, intestinal See “Practice.”
Oculomotor paralysis C 2 or 3.
Oedema According to location.
Optic atrophy C 3 or 4.
Optic neuritis C 3 or 4.
Orchitis L 3.
Otitis media C 4.
Ovarian disease L 2.
P
Pachymeningitis C 2.
Pallor D 2 or to correct anaemia.
Palpitation D 2 or C 2.
Pancreatic calculi D 8.
Pancreatic hemorrhage D 8.
Pancreatitis D 8.
Paralysis agitans C 1 or 2.
Paralysis, brachial C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Paralysis, crural L 4 or L 5.
Paralysis, facial C 1 or 2.
Paralysis, diplegic C 1 or 2.
Paralysis, hemiplegic C 1 or 2.
Paralysis, monoplegic According to location.
Paralysis, sensory According to location.
Parageusia C 1 or 2.
Paratyphoid fever L 2.
Parosmia C 2 or 3.
Parotitis C 4.
Pericarditis D 2.
Perihepatitis D 4.
Perinephric abscess D 10, 11 or 12.
Peritonitis D 9, 10 and L 2, 3 or 4.
Pertussis C 6, D 1.
Pharyngitis C 2 or 3.
Photophobia C 1 or 2 or C 4.
Plantar neuralgia L 4 or 5.
Pleurisy D 3.
Pleurodynia D 3.
Pneumonia D 3.
Priapism L 3 or sacrum.
Proctitis L 4 or 5.
Prolapsed kidney D 11 or 12.
Prolapsed uterus L 4 or 5.
Prostatic disease L 4 or 5 or sacrum.
Ptosis C 4.
Puerperal fever L 4, D 5, and D 11 or 12.
Pulmonary incompetence D 2.
Pulmonary phthisis D 3.
Pulmonary stenosis D 2.
Pyelitis D 11 or 12.
Pyelonephrosis D 11 or 12.
Pyaemia D 5 or 6 and D 10, 11 or 12.
Q
Quinsy C 2 or 3.
R
Rabies C 1 or 2, D 10, 11 or 12.
Rachitis See “Adjustment of Curvatures.”
Raynaud’s disease C 6 or 7 or D 1, or L 4 or 5.
Rectal fistula L 4 or 5.
Rectal neuralgia L 4 or 5.
Relapsing fever D 5, D 9 and D 11 or 12.
Renal colic D 10, 11 or 12.
Retinal hemorrhage C 4.
Retinitis C 4.
Retropharyngeal abscess C 2 or 3.
Rheumatic fever D 5 or 6, D 11 or 12.
Rheumatism D 11 or 12 and according to
location.
Rhinitis C 4.
Roseola D 10, 11 or 12.
Rubella C 5, D 6, D 11 or 12.
Rubeola See “Measles.”
S
Salivation C 2, 3 or 4.
Salpingitis (Eustachian) C 4.
Salpingitis (Fallopian) L 2.
Sarcoma No cure.
Scarlatina C 5, D 6, D 11 or 12.
Scarlet fever C 5, D 6, D 11 or 12.
Sciatica L 4 or 5, or sacrum.
Sclerosis According to location.
Scoliosis See “Curvatures.”
Scrofula D 11 or 12 and locally.
Seminal emissions L 3.
Septicaemia D 5, D 11 or 12, and for site
of entrance of toxins.
Smallpox C 5, D 5, D 10, 11 or 12.
Sneezing C 4.
Softening of brain C 2.
Spasm According to location.
Spermatorrhoea L 3.
Splanchnoptosis Caudad of D 5 according to
palpation.
Splenic enlargement D 9.
Splenitis D 9.
Splenoptosis D 9.
Spondylitis Deformans General adjustment.
Stenosis According to location.
Stomatitis C 2, 3 or 4.
Strabismus C 3 or 4.
Sudamina D 10, 11 or 12.
Sunstroke C 2, D 2, D 11 or 12.
Suppression of urine D 11 or 12.
Syncope D 2.
Syphilis, primary According to location of ulcer.
Syphilis, secondary D 5 or 6, D 11 or 12.
Syphilis, tertiary No cure.
T
Tabes dorsalis General adjustment.
Tapeworm D 8, 9 or 10, L 2 or 3.
Tenesmus L 4 or 5.
Tension, high arterial D 5.
Testicles, pendulous L 3.
Tetanus C 4, D 5, D 10, 11 or 12.
Thrush C 2 or 3.
Tic dolouroux C 3 or 4.
Tinnitus aurium C 1 or 2.
Tonsilitis C 2 or 3.
Toothache C 4.
Torticollis C 2, 3 or 4.
Toxaemia D 11 or 12 and local according
to indications.
Toxic gastritis D 6 or 7.
Tricuspid incompetency D 2.
Tricuspid stenosis D 2.
Trigeminal neuralgia C 3 or 4.
Tuberculosis of any organ See “Special Nerve Connections”
to organ diseased.
Tuberculosis, general D 5 or 6, D 11 or 12.
Tuberculosis, pulmonary D 3.
Tumor According to location.
Typhoid fever L 2.
Typhus fever D 5 and L 2 (P).
U
Ulceration According to location.
Ulnar neuritis D 1.
Ununited fracture According to location.
Uraemia D 10, 11 or 12.
Urethritis L 3.
Urticaria D 10, 11 or 12.
Uterine catarrh L 4.
Uteroversion L 4.
V
Vaccinia D 5, D 10, 11 or 12 and for
site of inoculation.
Vaginitis L 3.
Valvular lesions D 2.
Varicella D 5 or 6, D 10, 11 or 12.
Varicocele L 3.
Varicose veins of lower extremities L 2, 3 or 4.
Variola Same as Smallpox.
Varioloid Same as Smallpox.
Vertigo C 1 or 2. Locally for toxic
vertigo.
Vomiting, pernicious D 6 or 7 or C 1.
W
Whooping-cough C 6, D 1.
Writer’s Cramp C 6 or 7 or D 1.
Worms, stomach D 6 or 7.
Worms, intestinal Any Lumbar.
Wryneck C 2, 3 or 4.
X
Xerostomia C 2.
Y
Yellow fever D 4, D 6, D 10, 11 or 12 (P).
CONCLUSION
The correct use of the foregoing table depends entirely upon correct
diagnosis. Knowledge of the vertebra to be adjusted for the correction
of any disease is useless unless the disease be recognized when met.
Diagnosis may be, and usually is, aided by Palpation and Nerve-Tracing,
which may be considered as divisions of diagnosis since the subluxation
and the tender nerve are evidences (symptoms) of disease. But these
two divisions can never wholly take the place of a complete diagnosis
which calls to the aid of the examiner _every_ harmless method of
ascertaining the patient’s condition. The part may not suffice for the
whole.
The Chiropractor has an opportunity to become the best of
diagnosticians because he has at his command all the usually taught
methods and _in addition_ Palpation and Nerve-Tracing, which are
especially useful in differential diagnosis. (See “Schedule of
Examination.”) The profession is at present lamentably weak in
diagnosis and as long as they remain so they will fail to achieve the
possible maximum of results from the application of a theory which,
_per se_, is applicable to all disease but which is often imperfectly
applied in practice.
PRACTICE
Introduction
The ensuing section is intended rather more for the use of the
practitioner than for the guidance of the student but may furnish the
student a preconception which will prepare him somewhat, before leaving
college, to meet the problems of practice.