Skip to main content

The timeline can be navigated with the “Scroll Left” and “Scroll Right” buttons or by dragging the pointer to a date on the timeline waveform (located at the bottom of the screen on the desktop version and on the left of the screen on mobile). To filter by a particular topic and see a smaller section of the data, make a selection on the dropdown “Filters” menu or click “Search” to do a keyword search. Hover over the abbreviated filter tags in the blue boxes to see the complete name of the filter, or click a filter to display all the data with this tag. If you want to take a deeper dive into a specific topic by viewing a narrative essay page and a curated timeline, click on “Stories.”

Read More
Man sits leaned back in a chair propped against a tree, reading a newspaper. A woman in the background ists at a table with a typewriter.
Dr. Still and Mrs. Annie Morris. (Photo: Wellcome Images)

Andrew Taylor Still opens first practice, creating the foundation for osteopathy.

1875

MED
TFCM
ICM
INDG
Dr. Still and Mrs. Annie Morris. (Photo: Wellcome Images)

Trained as a physician, Still turns to other forms of care after losing his daughter, and practicing as a Civil War physician. He draws on multiple lineages in his work, including that of the Shawnee and Cherokee practitioners he met when working and living on Shawnee lands. More often dismissed than celebrated, Still calls for a drugless, hands-on approach to healing, which will later become known as "osteopathy."