1902 — B. J. Palmer is indicted for practicing medicine without a license, on April 16.

Four months after graduating from his father’s school, B. J. Palmer was charged with “publicly professing to cure and heal without having procured and filed a certificate with the board of medical examiners.” Scott County (Iowa) Courthouse records indicate no final disposition of the case.

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• Peterson, Dennis and Wiese, Glenda. Chiropractic: An Illustrated History, Mosby, 1995.

• Wardwell, Walter I. Chiropractic: History and Evolution of a Profession, Mosby, 1992.