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From: Advancing a Traditional View of Osteopathic Medicine Through Clinical Practice
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2005;105(5): doi: /jaoa
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A graphical depiction of the “four general principles from which are derived an etiological concept, a philosophy and a therapeutic technic (sic) that are distinctive,” as described in 1953 by the Special Committee on Osteopathic Principles and Osteopathic Technic (sic), Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery.10 In this illustration, Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man represents the patient. The authors of the 1953 principles10 also noted that these four principles are “not the only features of osteopathic diagnosis and treatment,” however, detailing each element as follows: “(1) The body is a unit, (2) The body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms, (3) Structure and function are reciprocally inter-related, and (4) Rational therapy is based upon an understanding of body unity, self-regulatory mechanisms, and the inter-relationship of structure and function.”
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