1897

Founding of American Association for Advancement of Osteopathy, renamed four years later American Osteopathic Association, which fought for independent boards of registration and examination (Gevitz, 54-55). D. D. Palmer founds the Palmer School and Cure in Davenport, Iowa, the first school of chiropractic, which he placed in the hands of his 20-year-old son, B. J. Palmer, in 1902.