Dr. Thomas Lamar, your podcast chiropractor
Filed under: Chiro-Picker, chiropractic history | Tags: BJ Palmer, Chips from Sweet Home, Chiro-Picker, chiropractic history, elevator shaft, epigrams, Palmer School of Chiropractic, Robert Borer DC, Todd Waters
by Todd Waters, aka “The Chiro-Picker” – SpinalColumnRadio featured blogger
You can imagine that as the ChiroPicker, my eyes are always open looking for cool vintage items that represent the history of chiropractic. Sometimes these items are not the dusty, old antiques you’d expect. Sometimes they are not even something you can hold — like stories. For this particular Fresh Pick installment, and the couple that follow, I want to share some of these finds.
I love the story of Dr. Robert Borer’s search for BJ’s original epigrams. Epigrams, of course, are pithy sayings or remarks that express an idea or concept in a cleaver and amusing way. To say that BJ had an affinity for them would be an understatement for sure.
Up to the year of BJ’s death the Palmer School of Chiropractic was covered with these thought-provoking quotes — from the bathroom walls to the sides of the buildings.
All free wall space was fair game. “Get the Big Idea. All Else Follows” and “The Power that Made the Body, Heals the Body” are just two examples (more here).
However after BJ’s passing, his son David assumed the presidency of the school and had the epigrams painted over in favor of a fresh coat of paint. Most did not survive the Palmer College of Chiropractic’s facelift, but a few did. One area where the “writing on the wall” still can be seen is on top of the D.D. Palmer Memorial Building (Up’E’nuf). It was here that the epigrams were actually etched into the roof ledge walls — a technique that was certainly safe from the brush of paint.
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Title: Dr. Joseph Strauss, Dr. Eric Plasker, and Station WHO
Episode Number: 168
Host: Dr. Thomas Lamar
Show Date: 10/10/13
Run Time: 220:16
Description: Dr. Thomas Lamar is talking about Old Time Radio again! Join him as he steps back in time to tune in chiropractic-radio-past to talk about the “other” radio station BJ Palmer is known for: Station WHO. Plus he empties the Fall 2012 New Beginnings Interview Vault to share two great interviews. In the number one slot: Dr. Eric Plasker, author of the international best-selling 100 Year Lifestyle returns to share the keys to revolutionizing our patient education. Then, in the number two slot: Blue Books auTHOR, educaTOR, and long time chiropracTOR, Dr. Joe Strauss sits down to talk about drawing lines — demarcating between not only chiropractic and medicine, but chiropractic philosophy and Christianity. At the half way point, Dr. Lamar gives an overview of his “Mission Possible” ChiroFEST 2013 experience and shares an interviewette he did with the well-known GMO Health-Risk Expert, Jeffery Smith. Plus, take a virtual “tour of the mind” through BJ’s first radio station: WOC; marvel at the POP; learn all about parachuting cats, and enjoy the radio stories of former President of the United States, Ronald “Dutch” Reagan — Palmer’s most remembered station employee.
(Interviews with Drs. Eric Plasker and Joseph Strauss recorded at the Fall 2012 New Beginnings Chiropractic Weekend in Long Branch, New Jersey).
…From the Pigeon Roost
Tour the SCR Studio
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ON LOCATION in New Jersey
-22nd Anniversary-
Revolutionizing Patient Education
Erick Plasker, DC
New Beginnings Chiropractic Weekend
2012
Dr. Thomas Lamar interviews Dr. Eric Plasker
at the Fall 2012 New Beginnings Chiropractic Weekend.
• Learn more about Dr. Plasker:
– 100 Year Lifestyle Facebook Page
– BUY the BOOK (2nd ed.)
– Listen to our first interview with Dr. P
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GMO Health-Risk Expert Jeffery Smith
• Learn more about the GMO Danger:
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ON LOCATION in New Jersey
-22nd Anniversary-
Outside the Box ChiropracTOR
Joseph Strauss, DC
New Beginnings Chiropractic Weekend
2012
Dr. Thomas Lamar interviews Dr. Joseph Strauss
at the Fall 2012 New Beginnings Chiropractic Weekend.
• Learn more about Dr. Strauss:
– Chiropractic Outside the Box
– Reconciling Chiropractic Philosophy and the Word of God
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WOC — Chiropractic Radio — WHO
Ronald “Dutch” Reagan
• Learn More About Palmer’s Radio Stations:
ChiroPicker Article on Station WHO
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Take WOC TOUR
- From Broadcasting to Podcasting Chiropractic is On the Air
- SCR Episode 005
- SCR Episode 006
- Shhhh! Dr. BJ Palmer is On the Air!
- SCR Episode 017
- SCR Episode 018
- SCR Episode 019
- SCR Episode 020
- SCR Episode 021
- Station WOC of Davenport, “Where the West Begins!”
- More on the Ronald Reagan connection
- ChiroPicker Article: “Tuning in” to Chiropractic’s Past
- Spinal Column Reblog: From Broadcasting to Podcasting…
The Power of the Podcast and Dr. R.S. Marlow!
with historic building restorOR, James Sykes
• Other Stuff Talked About on the Show:
- Take Our Survey
- Exploring Chiropractic Podcast
- ChiroFest.org
- Spinal Column Reblog: Parchuting Cats
• Learn More about ChiroFEST
– Website: ChiroFest.org
– Facebook: ChiroFest Page
– Pics: Check out our 2012 ChiroFest photos
Check out the ChiroFEST Archives!
• Learn more about New Beginnings Chiropractic Weekends:
– Website: NBChiro.com
– Facebook Chiropractic Philosophy Fan Page
– Facebook Chiropractic Group page
– Facebook Chiropractic History Fan Page
Check out the New Beginnings Interview Archives!
Filed under: Chiro-Picker, chiropractic history | Tags: Bankers Life Insurance Company, BJ Palmer, Chiro-Picker, chiropractic history, old time radio, Palmer School of Chiropractic, radio, Ronald Reagan, Todd Waters, WHO, WOC
by Todd Waters, aka “The Chiro-Picker” – SpinalColumnRadio featured blogger
My latest pick is a treasure trove of information about the early days of W-H-O Radio, Des Moines, Iowa.
W-H-O was the second radio station purchased by the Developer of Chiropractic, BJ Palmer. It is also where Dutch Reagan got his start in show business as a radio sports announcer. After some motion pictures and a governorship, Ronald Reagan landed the gig as the 40th president of the United States.
I found a compilation of newsletters bound in a book entitled “Our Home Office.” The newsletters originated from Bankers Life Insurance company, the original owners of Station W-H-O. The book contained the very first issue of Our Home Office, published April 1, 1927, and then continued biweekly, through November 15, 1930.
Bankers Life president, Gerard Nollen, stated that the purpose of the newsletter was to “promote loyalty and enthusiasm” among his employees. I got the sense while reading through these newsletters that Nollen would have been a good person to work for and that he encouraged his team to use their talents. Continue reading
Filed under: Chiro-Picker, chiropractic history | Tags: BJ Palmer, Chiro-Picker, chiropractic history, DD Palmer, Harvey Lillard, Palmer School of Chiropractic, Ryan Block Building, Todd Waters
by Todd Waters, aka “The Chiro-Picker” – SpinalColumnRadio featured blogger
A brick sits on my desk. But this is not just any brick….
In 1888 DD Palmer moved his magnetic healing practice to Davenport, Iowa, renting rooms in the Ryan Block Building on the corner of Second and Brady streets. Palmer not only used these rooms as his office for his patients, but as his residence for his family. His vitalistic, hands-only, magnetic healing methods were so successful and sought after, that within four years he required the square footage of the building’s entire fourth floor. Room and board was made available for his most severe cases.
Filed under: Chiro-Picker, chiropractic history | Tags: BJ Palmer, Chiro-Picker, chiropractic college history, chiropractic history, DD Palmer, John Bastyr DC ND, Palmer School of Chiropractic, Seattle College of Chiropractic, Seattle School of Chiropractic, Todd Waters
by Todd Waters, aka “The Chiro-Picker” – SpinalColumnRadio featured blogger
In SCR Episode 158, the ChiroPicker grabbed a mic and took over my show. I figure if he can get away with it, so can I. So, I’m hijacking his Fresh Picks article this month to showcase a bit of little known Northwest chiropractic history. — Dr. Lamar
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