Nelson Rockefeller and Osteopathy
I read a rumor somewhere about a Rockefeller connection to osteopathy- I thought it would have been through Cleveland, since there has a been a long Ohio connection to osteopathy, but I forgot about the prominence of Rockefellers to New York. I came upon an article entitled "'Dr. Rockefeller' Tells of his day as an Osteopath", from the New York TImes, Sunday October 22, 1977. The article summarizes Nelson A. Rockeveller, former Vice President of the United States, and former Governor of New York's experiences and interactions with osteopathic medicine, which he recounts in a speech at the inauguration of NYCOM. The article goes on to states that Mr. Rockefeller had been under the care of a Dr. W. Kenneth Riland, who now happens to be chairman of the board of governers for NYCOM, and had attended the wedding of a friend's daughter, who had what sounded like TMJ, and had the girl bite down on his thumb from the back teeth, and the joint popped back into place...