So I didn't want to get into this conversation, but historically Still did come at a time when the type of physicians we are training to be now didn't exist. There were some good practitioners, but there was clear favoritism towards a purely medical/symptomatic and less, for lack of a better word, holistic approach to medicine. That changed over the last century, and current physicians (all of them) are trained to be holistic and focus on disease prevention (another thing that Still was a big proponent of).
And just to be clear, Still was not some all knowing guy who was the "first" to push many of these ideas. They at least go back as far as Galen, many of which probably back to the temple of Asclepius and were likely even present to some degree in ancient Egypt and China. In any case, just like anything trends shifted and Still came about at a time where traditional medicine was heroic and rarely focused on prevention let alone the biopsychosocial model. It's why in the same century we had all that alternative medicine, because there was a population of strong proponents of something (anything?) perceived as better.
Still was also not a genius and constant innovator. He dogmatically rejected pharmacology without regard for improved efficacy and pharmacologic advancement that occurred within his lifetime. It was only his students that later adopted pharmacology and set the groundwork for making osteopathic medicine what it is today.
Doctor Still literally invented osteopathic medicine because MD's were poisoning people to death with ineffective methods. He was a pioneer in holistic medicine. When you do something first, you get credit.
Patients love the idea of holistic medicine and hospital administrators and whatnot caught on and now everyone does it. So it really is like jumping on a bandwagon.
A pioneer perhaps, but certainly not the first to suggest it.
The wording is a gimmick, homie. There is no such thing as "holistic" medicine, it's called being a good physician: be it MD, DO, MBBS, etc. How are you not following? There's no contradiction there, you just aren't using that big ole' neuro brain of yours.
I'd say that's true now, but you honestly don't have to go that far back to find a time when traditional medicine rarely cared about the social and psychological states of patients, especially in the context of paternalistic medicine. I mean look at Hunter "Patch" Adams. He wouldn't have been considered an innovator if the mood of patients was a priority in traditional medicine, and that was just 50 yrs ago.
I'd also competently agree that being holistic is exactly what good doctors do. I'm glad that the current medicine promotes prevention and psychosocial well-being. DOs may have been some of many that emphasized it early in the US (it was already emphasized in many other countries and cultures), but we are certainly not unique anymore in that regard.
Anyway, you're both right. Not a huge deal, let's focus on how to pass to OPP.
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