The date was 1895.  DD Palmer, Chiropractics founder, was up in his office going through his day, reviewing skeletons and pictures of the body as he always did first thing in the morning.  BJ, his 9 year old son, was with him that day hanging around the office with his best friend Henry.  It was summer, and it was hot...but, it didn't stop the boys from running around and having a good ol' time.  DD was expecting a visit from Harvey,the janitor, this morning and he was very busy at his desk going over some papers.  Anyway, BJ and Henry were running through the office on that hot, summer morning when someone suddenly startled Henry.  Legend says it was Harvey the Janitor coming up the stairs to see DD, but no knows for sure.  Henry, not expecting to see this person, tripped and fell down a small flight of stairs.  More like a landing, you know, 2 or 3 stairs, but enough when he hit the floor, he went unconscious.  Where as most boys would panic in this situtation, BJ knew just what to do.  So he grabbed his arms and dragged him down the hall to his father's office.  BJ told his father what had happend and DD told him to help him get Henry up on his table.  Again, the story gets a little sketchy at this point but some say that DD ran his hand down his spine and found his Atlas out and some say it was his upper thoracic spine.  No one really knows for sure.  But, what ever was out, DD took his hands and adjusted the vertebrae back into place.  Within about 2 minutes, Henry came around and, although sore from the fall, showed no other signs of any trauma. 

 

 Feeling better, the 2 boys went off, out the office door, past Harvey the Janitor who was on his way in, and back down the hall to play tag.  Most people don't know that this was actually the first adjustment.  By the time Harvey had gone in, DD already had one under his belt and was warmed up.

 

Anyway, time passes and the boys grow up.  BJ ends up taking over where his father left off and developing Chiropractic more and more.  Henry, although growing up like any other boy, secretly was unsettled.  You see, after that day at the office when he was adjusted, things changed for Henry.  He would have dreams of flying at night.  He would see himself adjusting others but always noticed colors of green and yellow on him. DD would come to him in his dreams and tell him he would change the health of the world.  And, the strangest thing was that in his dreams, he found himself speaking to little cartoons that always helped him change peoples lifestyles for the better.  This happened to him almost every day throughout his childhood into his 20's.  He knew from that day in his office that he wanted to do for others what Dr. Palmer had done for him.  And, he just figured that these were all signs to reinforce that.