Saturday, August 8, 2009

Chiropractic Care During 1918 Influenza Epidemic Reveals Startling Statistics

Chiropractic Care During 1918 Influenza Epidemic Reveals Startling Statistics - Associated Content

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The 1918 Influenza Epidemic swept the world.

"The Official History of Chiropractic in Texas," by Walter C. Rhodes, DC, states chiropractic care came into its own during the 1918 influenza epidemic.
During the 1918 influenza epidemic, Davenport, Iowa, medical doctors treated 4,953 influenza cases with 274 deaths.
The rest of the state, except for Davenport, reported 4,735 patients treated by chiropractor care with a loss of 6 which is 1 out of 789 during the influenza epidemic.
City during the influenza epidemic of 1918, show 950 out of 10,000 patients medically treated died.
Oklahoma chiropractors reported 3,490 cases of influenza with 7 deaths during the 1918 influenza epidemic.
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 was among the most deadly outbreaks in world history.
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic was a category 5 influenza pandemic that was caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1.
Near the beginning of the 20th century the world encountered a disease of epidemic proportions.
This is an amazing article!

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