The Milwaukee College of Osteopathy
This school was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the American state where Charles Still, Andrew Taylor's son, had been practicing and spreading osteopathy for a few months.
History
Founded in May 1898 by the osteopaths Dr. L. E. Cherry, Dr. E.S. Cherry, his wife, and Dr. W.B. Davis as the Milwaukee Institute of Osteopathy, it changed its name in 1900, becoming the Milwaukee College of Osteopathy.
In 1898 eleven students enrolled who were awarded the title of DO in 1900, after a 20-months course.1
In 1899 the college appears on the list of schools recognized by the ACO, the association in charge of monitoring educational standards.2
A law approved in 1901 required medical schools to establish courses of no less than four years of duration, therefore, in June of the same year the institution closed its doors, after a total of twenty-five DOs had graduated and the remaining students had flowed into the Kirksville ASO.1
The October issue of the Journal of Osteopathy, the ASO‘s monthly journal, dedicated several pages to the arrival of eleven new students, four of them female. When asked why they had decided to study osteopathy the answer was that most of them had witnessed amazing treatments, one of them had recovered his sight after two years of blindness as a result of an osteopath’s care, and another had been favorably treated for lobar pneumonia and gout. Many interviewees said they were happy with their reception at Kirksville and expressed appreciation for the educational institution.3
The Wisconsin Osteopath, a journal published by the school until its closure.1
- Booth ER. History of Osteopathy and Twentieth-Century Medical Practice. Cincinnati Press of Jennings and Graham, USA 1905.
- “Associated Colleges of Osteopathy”. The Northern Osteopath, v.3., n. 1, February 1899:10
- “A.S.O. and Her New Students”. Journal of Osteopathy, October 1901:326-332.
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Introduction to the Historical Schools of Osteopathy
Already after a few years from the establishment of the American School of Osteopathy - the first school of osteopathy founded by Andrew Taylor Still -,there was a proliferation of osteopathic educational institutions across the country, Not all as seriour as each others. In this section you will find an account of many of these schools, to any of which we have dedicated an individual article while in this introduction we have you will find a guide to help you locate these institution in the bigger historical picture of the time.
ReadThe Colorado College of Osteopathy (1897-1901)
This school was founded by Nettie Bolles, DO - the first woman graduate of the Kirksville school, where she had also taught anatomy - and later run together with her husband.
ReadThe National School of Osteopathy and Infirmary Association (NSO)
The NSO was the second school of osteopathy, established in 1895 the Barbers, Elmer and Helen, both graduated during the second course of osteopathy held at the American School of Osteopathy, ASO, of Kirksville. This institution had a short and controversial history.
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