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Andrew Taylor Still

American physician and politician (1828–1917); founder of Osteopathic Medicine

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1828–1917

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About Andrew Taylor Still

Andrew Taylor Still was the founder of osteopathic medicine. He was also a physician and surgeon, author, inventor and Kansas territorial and state legislator. He was one of the founders of Baker University, the oldest four-year college in the state of Kansas, and was the founder of the American School of Osteopathy, the world's first osteopathic medical school, in Kirksville, Missouri.

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