Mabel Heath Palmer (June 5, 1885 – March 30, 1949) was an American

chiropractor Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. It has esoteric origins and is based on several pseudoscie ...

and anatomist. She was married to B.J. Palmer and was known as the "First Lady of Chiropractic".

Career

Palmer graduated from the

Palmer School of Chiropractic Palmer College of Chiropractic is a private chiropractic college with its main campus in Davenport, Iowa. It was established in 1897 by Daniel David Palmer and was the first school of chiropractic in the world. The college's name was originally ...

in 1905. She later went to Chicago to study anatomy and dissection. In 1918, she authored ''Anatomy'', the first anatomy textbook for chiropractic students. Palmer returned to

where she taught anatomy for four decades and founded Sigma Phi Chi, the world's first chiropractic sorority.

Personal life

Mabel met her husband B.J. while attending

Augustana College Augustana College may refer to: *Augustana College (Illinois) *Augustana University Sioux Falls, South Dakota *Augustana University College, Alberta See also *Augustana Divinity School (Neuendettelsau) The Augustana-Hochschule Neuendettelsau is ...

in Rock Island, Illinois. They married on May 30, 1904 and had a son, David Daniel Palmer II on January 12, 1906. They lived at 808 Brady Street in

Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a ...

, which currently contains a collection of artifacts that the Palmers amassed over their lifetime of traveling the world. She wrote about these adventures and other stories from her life in her memoir ''

Stepping Stones Stepping stones or stepstones are sets of stones arranged to form an improvised causeway that allows a pedestrian to cross a natural watercourse such as a river; or a water feature in a garden where water is allowed to flow between stone steps. U ...

''.Palmer, M. H
''Stepping Stones.
' Davenport, Iowa: Palmer School of Chiropractic, 1942.

Publications

* Palmer, M. H
''Anatomy''.
4th ed. Davenport, Iowa: Palmer School of Chiropractic, 1920. * Palmer, M. H.

' Davenport, Iowa: Palmer School of Chiropractic, 1942.

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