Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 34-43 , January 2001

Chiropractic hospitals in America: A case study of the Bakkum Hospital (1936-1950)

Received 13 December 1999

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☆ bAssociate Professor, Palmer College of Chiropractic West, San Jose, Calif.

☆☆ Submit reprint requests to: Barclay Bakkum, DC, PhD, National University of Health Sciences, 200 E. Roosevelt Road, Lombard, IL 60148.

★ J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2001;24:34-43

PII: S0161-4754(01)27973-1

doi: 10.1067/mmt.2001.112013

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 34-43 , January 2001

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