Daniel David Palmer performed the first chiropractic adjustment, on deaf janitor Harvey Lillard.

Daniel David Palmer

Canadian-born American spiritualist and activist (1845–1913)

Daniel David Palmer was a Canadian-born American spiritualist and activist best known for creating chiropractic. Palmer was born in Pickering Township, Canada West, but emigrated to the United States in 1865. He was also an avid proponent of pseudoscientific alternative medicine…

History of chiropractic

The history of chiropractic began in 1895 when Daniel David Palmer of Iowa performed the first chiropractic adjustment on a partially deaf janitor, Harvey Lillard. While Lillard was working without his shirt on in Palmer's office, Lillard bent over to empty the trash can. Palmer…