06/08/2026
Happy Birthday!
Celebrating the birth of Andrew Taylor Still
Born on 6 August 1828, Andrew Taylor Still challenged the medical assumptions of his age and established osteopathy upon a distinctive understanding of the human body: not as a collection of isolated parts, but as a living, self-regulating and mechanically organised whole.
Nearly two centuries later, his work continues to ask something fundamental of every osteopath: to look beyond the location of symptoms, to understand the relationships expressed through the whole person, and to seek the principles underlying clinical practice rather than merely applying techniques.
Today we celebrate Still’s intellectual courage, his determination to question established convention, and the profession that developed from his work.
Happy 198th birthday, A.T. Still.
