PCOM Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) Professor David B. Fuller, DO, FAAO, FNAME, wrote a chapter in the recently published Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine, Fifth Edition, titled “Role of ‘Spirit’ and Spirituality in the History of Osteopathic Medicine.” This is the profession’s major textbook.
This chapter reviews the concepts of spirit and spirituality that have played a role throughout the history of osteopathic medicine, from its inception in 1874 through today.
