Reddit mentions of The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries)

FFS... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK144018/ He's referred to by the WHO Guidelines. What else do you need to see to determine you've lived uninformed?

Would you like a religious source? http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13712a.htm

Perhaps a nonfiction book on the topic? https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Plague-Childbed-Semmelweis-Discoveries/dp/039332625X/

Or two https://www.amazon.com/Semmelweis-His-Life-Doctrine-Medicine/dp/0266089453

Or three https://www.amazon.com/Genius-Belabored-Childbed-Tragic-Semmelweis/dp/0817319298

And a heartfelt thanks https://medium.com/@WaterAidUK/thank-you-dr-semmelweis-f9249fef60b

You cannot change the underlying theory behind a evidence based profession but change nothing else about it.

I'm having a hard time following some things you said, in particular your first sentence, but I think I understand where you are coming from. Basically you are saying that although some chiropractors have backed off from the subluxation theory they still doing spinal adjustments, etc the way they always have, is this accurate?

Assuming I got that, I would say a few things to counter this. First, just because something was started in a strange manner doesn't delegitimize it. We find out about things in science all the time "by accident" As I stated earlier, the medical profession has also evolved quite a bit, it may surprise you to know that only in the last 100 years or so did doctors even begin to WASH THEIR HANDS between working with dead people and touching patients. Doctors used to do dissections of cadavers, then go upstairs and deliver babies, then one day someone realized this was a terrible idea and was spreading diseases this is a great read about this topic and about medical history in general. My point being that its not like mainstream medicine did not have some strange history (and this is just one of many examples I could give) -- that doesn't make what a modern OB does witch-medicine. If you are a good practitioner you adjust with the times and with what the latest science is showing works.

Second, as I also stated earlier if there was not evidence that chiropractic actually helps people I do not believe that so many professional sports teams would have official chiros that work for them. If you pay attention on television it is often the case that after some injuries when the trainers and coaches are checking out the player, a lot of time the chiro will immediately adjust the player. Again, I can't imagine these teams would risk doing something harmful or pointless on a player potentially worth millions of dollars.

Third, if you think chiropractors have not changed the way we do things since the late 1800s you are mistaken. The adjusting techniques, the soft tissue work (which was not done at all back then) have changed a great deal.