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December 11.
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By Margaret Hoggard
His immaculate hands have
the supple grace of a musi-
cian's coupled with the solid
power of a construction
worker's. They seem to be a
contradiction but are actual,
ly symbolic of his profession.
N. James Harvey is a Doc-
tor of Chiropractic (from the
Greek "chiro" meaning
"hands," and "practic"
meaning "effective"). Hands
play an important role in
delivering the spinal
manipulations that are at the
root of the treatments his pro-
fession offers. They, and the
"human" contact they pro-
vide, are among the most im-
portant elements contributing
to the growth of chiropractic
since 1895, according to Cana-
dian sociologists and health
care researchers Kelner,
Hall, and Coulter in their
book, Chiropractors - Do They
Help? (Fitzhenry and
Whiteside 1980).
Statistics, Ontario 1984 show
that chiropractors practicing
in this province increased by
79% between 1973 and 1981,
meaning, like Harvey, many
of them are young. (By com-
parison, general practitioners
increased by• '15% and
specialists by 20% in the same
period.)
Harvey, who is president of
the London Chiropractic
Society, has built a thriving
practice since he came to
London four years ago. Like
his hands, his manner of•
speech seems contradictory.
He is both soft-spoken and_
forceful while articulating his
views.
"It's easy for me to talk
about something I believe in
as much as chiropractic," he
explained. "I realize it's a
controversial topic but it
shouldn't be, once the facts
are known.
"There's always been a
concept we're just in it for the
money - we" hang out our
shingles and expect just to
become rich. ,But we have to
work very hard at letting peo-.
ple know we are there. Part of
that is, because .of their
preconceptions, many, people
are very leery about
chiropractic. You have to
educate them and make them,
aware of what it is you want
to do for them and how you
want to help them."
(Kelner, Hall, and Coulter
estimated in their book that $1
out of every $130 spent on
health care in Canada goes
for chiropractic services.)
"I will , get everything . I'
want out of life," Harvey add-
ed, "if I helpthe persons I was.
trained to help. There is a law
in life that the hole you give
through is the hole you
receive .through."
Originally from Sarnia
where his father is a suc-
cessful veterinarian, Harvey
was encouraged to follow in
his footsteps.
"He left very .large
N. James Harvey
footsteps to fill. My father is
a brilliant man - he graduated
at the top of his class. And for
his last two years of school, he
was dating my mother and
never cracked a book."
Harvey's motivation to
become a chiropractor is
typical according to one poll,
which showed the majority of
students had been impressed
by the chiropractic care they,
or someone they .knew, had
received. In Harvey's case,
chiropractic treatments
helped him overcome a
childhood bedwetting pro-
. blem after a number of
medical procedures didn't
work.
• No slouch himself, Harvey
received his B.Sc. in Biology
before attending the Cana-
dian Memorial Chiropractic
College in Toronto where he
was chosen valedictorian for
his 1981 graduating class.
Established in 1949, Canadian
Memorial is the • only
chiropractic college in
Canada and one of thirteen in
North America. It is corn-
' pletely funded by student tui-
tion fees and support from : •
chiropractic associations,
receiving no government
monies.
The registrar's office said
students. have to have a
minimum of two years in a .
related university program
. with a heavy concentration in
sciences to qualify for admis-
sion. They accept 150 students
per year. For the past year,
500 applications were receiv-
ed, 250 of those for the 50 . Ontario
available to
students..
"It's a.four year program -
actually,' it's five years
jammed into four because
'they operated on a trimester
system," said Haryey. "We
study everythin from hard
sciences, like anatomy and
physiology, to the philosophy
. of chiropractic and the techni-
ques of it, and everything in
• between, so you're taking ten
courses a year. There are two
full year courses in nutrition
and we. study. x-ray .every
year (about 300 hours total) .
• "Hours per week spent in
classes and labs number
about 50. When I was in
university taking my l eaviest
year of sciences, I 1.0 a max-
imum of 27 hours per week. So
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