Bonesetter
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"An' so he tuk up with bone-settin', as was most nathural, for none of them could come up to him in mendin' the leg iv a stool or a table; an' sure, there never was a bone-setter got so much custom-man an' child, young an' ould--there never was such breakin' and mendin' of bones known in the memory of man." --"The Ghost and the Bonesetter" (1838) by Sheridan Le Fanu |
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A bonesetter is a practitioner of joint manipulation. Before the advent of chiropractors, osteopaths and physical therapists, bonesetters were the main providers of this type of treatment.
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