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Article ID	#16356
Title	Before Nugent took charge: Early efforts to reform chiropractic education, 1919-1941
URL	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2504968/
Journal	J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2003 Sep;47(3):180-216
Author(s)	Keating JC Jr
Subject(s)	Chiropractic / history Education, Chiropractic / history National Chiropractic Association Nugent, John J.
Peer Review	Yes
Publication Type	Article
Abstract/Notes	John J. Nugent, D.C. is remembered by many as either the “Abraham Flexner of Chiropractic” or the “anti-Christ of Chiropractic.” From 1941 until his forced retirement in 1959, the Irish-born Palmer graduate was one of the most important factors in the profession's educational reforms. Yet Nugent's work as the National Chiropractic Association's (NCA's) director of research was not the beginning of the campaign to upgrade chiropractic education. This paper looks at earlier influences and events which set the stage for Nugent's campaign. Among these were the introduction of licensure for chiropractors, the self-defeating actions of B.J. Palmer, the introduction of basic science legislation, the lethargy of the schools, and the struggle for control of education between the schools, on the one hand, and the NCA and the Council of State Chiropractic Examining Boards on the other... This abstract is reproduced with the permission of the publisher; click on the above link for free full text.

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