Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2019-08-27
Books mentioned on How Chiropractic Medicine Started as a Ghost Religion
Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss the Origins of Chiropractic Medicine. FOOTNOTES: 1.
Robert Evans discussed De Magnete by William Gilbert and The Chiropractor by D. D. Palmer. Billy Wayne Davis discussed Judas by Marvin W. Meyer.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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De Magnete
Discussed“Gilbert published a book demagnete in which he carried out comprehensive experiments to test popular health claims about magnets and proved that they had zero validity.”
Where to get it
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The Chiropractor
The Chiropractor by D.D.
Discussed“Palmer's own writings, the chiropractic's adjuster, give this account. Quote, "An examination showed a vertebrae racked from its normal position. I reasoned that if the vertebrae was replaced, the man's hearing should be restored."”
Where to get it
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Judas
Discussed“Her selling where you're just like no you can be like hey it's like the the whole point of the book of Judas you know they left that out because it was like supposedly it was just like I don't know much about this what Jesus was about was just being like no no no you're your own god”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“I have decided what this machete looks like. Billy Wayne Davis, what is it? If the orcs in the Lord of the Rings had won the war and then modernized into a a liberal democracy. Yeah. This is what all of their swords would look like.”