Welcome to table talk, the podcast series where clinical experience informs optimum human function. Our Guest today is Professor Martin Collins. An author and expert on the history of osteopathy, we are lucky to have him on the podcast to discuss the founders of Osteopathy and their contributions that shaped this unique approach to healthcare. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Osteopathy-Britain-First-Hundred-Years/dp/1419607847

References:

1:43 - BBC doc - scandal, Profumo affair https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7250774/ 

2:35 - Is the history of osteopathy of interest to medical historians and other complementary therapies?

3:35 - How did Osteopathy arise?

3:40 - Andrew Taylor Still - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Taylor_Still 

4:00 - Bone setting, what is it?

5:43 - Sarah Mapp - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Mapp 

7:26 - Sir James Paget - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Paget 

8:42 - Sir Herbert Barker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Atkinson_Barker  

10:00 - A.T.Still and his family/early life

13:30 - A.T.Still’s autobiography - https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/autobiography-of-andrew-t-still-with-a-history-of-the-discovery-and-development-of-the-science-of-osteopathy-together-with-an-account-of-the-founding-of-the-american-school-of-osteopathy-classic-reprint 

17:29 - Where did A.T.Still learn medicine?

18:50 - What treatment modalities influenced A.T.Still’s osteopathy?

22:25 - Magnetic healing

24:15 - 1874 and the crafting of osteopathy

26:30 - A.T.Still’s principles of osteopathy

28:00 - What led to establishment of the American school of osteopathy? - https://www.atsu.edu/contact/history 

29:00 - How did the curriculum change over time?

32:00 - Graduates of the ASO and their impact on the development of osteopathy

33:17 - What happened to A.T.Still after the 1890’s

34:06 - Osteopathy research and practice by A.T.Still - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Osteopathy-Research-Practice-Andrew-Taylor/dp/1979950598/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DgjMTu2bpAtnnrf5m7huR4JQ_eD30eA6NA_VkJoNnWneiiWwVtfkdUQKnfzwXcOhySq5PeNu9I6GLr0KzUeAWE494B0JPljdDnqyzWQA9QeLiaj5-IxdOethfKjDGg4hZz2gsRGYjcu89KjyCD7npwJibIKcQS8bD0vPBFjFKiZx2vhJY4Gz8NSGuSmm4lFBFdxSCMlLLtEMl_0noAY3MGJzu9CX8-oUQ3uBxvR4Ggs.tpw7GxtSE5_Bu_w9ZoqhPgg4gTiKHNCri1qMEm7YW1Q&dib_tag=se&qid=1710942133&refinements=p_27%3AAndrew+Taylor+Still&s=books&sr=1-1

34:35 - Summary of A.T.Still.

37:30 - John Martin LittleJohn and the introduction of Osteopathy to Britain 

38:57 - Why was John O’Brians book on J.M.Littlejohn titled An Enigma of Osteopathy? https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Martin-Littlejohn-Enigma-Osteopathy/dp/1848291388 

39:10 - Chris Campbell book on Littlejohn - https://www.waterstones.com/book/john-martin-littlejohn/chris-campbell/9781912606757 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY1-1pMtvOs 

39:37 - J.M.Littlejohn and his background - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_Littlejohn 

41:20 - John Martin Littlejohn and his qualifications

43:00 - Why did he travel to the US?

45:00 - what led Littlejohn to enrol at Columbia college?

48:00 - How did Littlejohn become involved in Osteopathy?

52:00 - Conflicts at the ASO

56:00 - Why did he establish the American College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_College_of_Osteopathic_Medicine 

57:38 - What was Littlejohns view of osteopathy?

58:00 - Why did he leave the college?

1:00:10 - What did Littlejohn do on his return to the UK?

1:04:40 - What were Littlejohn’s unique approaches to teaching and practice?

1:06:44 - What were some of the contributions of the graduates of the BSO (now the university college of osteopathy) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_of_Osteopathy 

1:13:02 - What controversies were linked to Littlejohn while he was at the BSO?

1:16:00 - Summary of John Martin Littlejohn’s contribution to Osteopathy