06/22/2024
Today is a very special day in the field of Osteopathic Medicine or Osteopathy. Today, Osteopathy turns 150 years old, with a rich history of osteopathic growth across the nation and the globe. Dr. Sofka is grateful for osteopathy’s impact to improve patients’ lives.
On this day at 10:00 AM in 1874, Andrew Taylor Still wrote:
“On June 22nd, 1874, I flung to the breeze the banner of Osteopathy. For twenty-three years it has withstood the storms, cyclones, and blizzards of opposition. Her thread are stronger to-day than when the banner was first woven. Her colors have grown so bright that millions now begin to see and admire and seek shelter under her protecting folds from disease and death. Mothers and Fathers come by legions, and ask why this flag was not thrown to the breeze before.
It has taken many years to prepare the ground to sow the seeds of this as well as any other truth that has come to benefit mans so be patient, have faith in God and the final triumph of truth, and all will end well.”
– Andrew Taylor Still, M.D., D.O., Autobiography of Andrew Taylor Still, 1897