Worship of A.T. STill.

[studocplsignore]

Not that I mind much or anything, but I was at SAAO and whenever he comes up in our OMM class, there seems to be like...a huge historical reverence about it. I totally understand why and all, but every time it happens I keep thinking of 'A.T. Still the God-King of Osteopathy' almost like it was Warhammer40k or something.

How do your schools/OMM departments treat A.T. Still?

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[Pisiform]

Well he is no god of mine. Our OPP department is kind of annoying because they tell us to memorize his date of birth, when he built the first school and other historical reference and shizz like that. Frankly after so many exams I don't even mind because it's just free points

 

[Mad Jack]

Just built this PC, so MS Paint will have to do.

 

[studocplsignore]

YES. Oh god, YES, that is the greatest thing ever. I wish more people at my school knew about 40k, so they'd get my God-Emperor of OMM jokes :c

 

[Bacchus]

PCOM has a bust of his head in the library.

 

[LaughingMan]

Heretics in this thread....

Be on the guard brothers--Chaos seeks to corrupt our minds at every turn.

 

[Petypet]

Well he is no god of mine. Our OPP department is kind of annoying because they tell us to memorize his date of birth, when he built the first school and other historical reference and shizz like that. Frankly after so many exams I don't even mind because it's just free points

I just assume those are the questions I will get wrong. I refuse to learn that crap out of spite and ridiculousness.

 

[InGen]

Tau 'til I die

 

[NOsaintsfan]

I just assume those are the questions I will get wrong. I refuse to learn that crap out of spite and ridiculousness.

Those types of questions are on the COMLEX, that's why schools make you learn them.

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

Those types of questions are on the COMLEX, that's why schools make you learn them.

This cannot be serious, but I don't know!

 

[Petypet]

This cannot be serious, but I don't know!

I'll take my chances

 

[Mad Jack]

A thousand premeds are sacrificed to him every day so that his psychic energy might pass through our hands and guide them in the practice of OMM.

 

[Trogghunter]

He is like Xerxes and those who matched allo are the 300 Spartans. Its all one big metaphor.

 

[HooliganSnail]

At our school we are required to pray in the direction of Kirksville 5 times daily.

 

[DocEspana]

Tau 'til me die

A thousand premeds be sacrificed to him every day so that his psychic energy might pass through our hands and guide them in the practice of OMM.

Are those both war hammer 40k references???

 

[Mad Jack]

be those both war hammer 40k references???

 

[DocEspana]

'sup bro. Maybe you follow my actual teachings and devote let time to dogmatic religion and more time to science and the mastery of it. Everyone seems to forget what I'm all about once I "died" and became this.... skeleton in a chair thingy. Sort of applicable to that old lightnin' bone setter dude. Science, not religion!

 

[abolt18]

Here at KCOM they get that same "reverence" you speak of only when they talk about him in OTM. Other than that, I don't get that vibe much. (I also don't go to anything that's not required sooooo I may miss a lot of crap like that)

 

[studocplsignore]

The Emperor of Osteopathy is the sovereign of the Doctors of Osteopathy, and Father, Teacher, and God of his profession. He has sat immobile within the OMM Bench of Kirkatorium for ten thousand years. Although once a living man, his shattered body can no longer holistically support structure and function, and remains intact only by a combination of forbidden HVLA and the sheer force of his will, itself sustained by the crushed hopes and dreams of countless millions of premeds.

For ten thousand years, the Master of Osteopathy has served physicians, simultaneously carrying out a multitude of tasks vital to their survival. All at once He guides his chosen people through Still techniques, holds audiences with his most important physicians and directs the American Academy of Osteopathy that guides students through the Match. His immense osteopathic powers constantly keep the allopathic powers of M.Ds. at bay, preventing their intrusion into the AOA Match and protecting his faithful throughout Medicare and the ACA.

 

[Poliscidoc]

Every OMM lecture has a quote by him at my school but after the first couple lectures we haven't talked about him


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[chizledfrmstone]

Not that I mind much or anything, but I was at SAAO and whenever he comes up in our OMM class, there seems to be like...a huge historical reverence about it. I totally understand why and all, but every time it happens I keep thinking of 'A.T. Still the God-King of Osteopathy' almost like it was Warhammer40k or something.

How do your schools/OMM departments treat A.T. Still?

I even interviewed at a school that was named after him. Can't get any bigger than that!

 

[hallowmann]

This cannot be serious, but I don't know!

Apparently this is true... that's why we all know those dates now... med school...

At our school we are required to pray in the direction of Kirksville 5 times daily.

I really shouldn't find this hilarious... but I do...

Every OMM lecture has a quote by him at my school but after the first couple lectures we haven't talked about him


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Sounds like my school. Quote + a picture of him holding a bone. EVERY TIME, and its a different picture almost everytime. He must have just been carrying around bones with him everywhere he went.

 

[DocVapor]

Sounds like my school. Quote + a picture of him holding a bone. EVERY TIME, and its a different picture almost everytime. He must have just been carrying around bones with him everywhere he went.

Nah. Just every time there was a camera around he real quickly went and dug up the closest grave.

 

[Superman DO]

Here at KCOM they get that same "reverence" you speak of only when they talk about him in OTM. Other than that, I don't get that vibe much. (I also don't go to anything that's not required sooooo I may miss a lot of crap like that)

Even then, I do not remember too many mentions of him during OMM lab. I really only recall the cool video of him demonstrating an AC joint articulation technique. Though, I did find it a little creepy walking into heritage hall and his face coming out of the wall (ah! I have to see it again in just over a month!).

 

[SurgeDO]

my school makes us wear WWATSD.O. bracelets.

 

[scummie]

AT Still is the osteopathic version of Chuck Norris.

 

[Mad Jack]

Apparently this is true... that's why we all know those dates now... med school...

I really shouldn't find this hilarious... but I do...



Sounds like my school. Quote + a picture of him holding a bone. EVERY TIME, and its a different picture almost everytime. He must have just been carrying around bones with him everywhere he went.

"Are you an archaeologist? Because I have a large bone for you to examine." -A.T. Still

 

[Mad Jack]

The Palmer Heresy is probably my favorite part of osteopathic history, even if it did cripple our great leader.

 

[NurWollen]

Even then, I do not remember too many mentions of him during OMM lab. I really only recall the cool video of him demonstrating an AC joint articulation technique. Though, I did find it a little creepy walking into heritage hall and his face coming out of the wall (ah! I have to see it again in just over a month!).

One of our faculty claims that in that video he is actually doing a rib manipulation. Apparently a prominent (modern) DO, Dr. Van Buskirk, analyzed the video and fragments of written descriptions of his work and used it to publish Still technique.

 

[abolt18]

Even then, I do not remember too many mentions of him during OMM lab. I really only recall the cool video of him demonstrating an AC joint articulation technique. Though, I did find it a little creepy walking into heritage hall and his face coming out of the wall (ah! I have to see it again in just over a month!).

Honestly it was only the first month or two that they were always quoting him as if his writing was scripture. Haven't noticed it since then.