The article's point is that we should emphasize and develop the preeminence of the musculoskeletal system because that is where our own entering into the health care delivery system occurs. It is of vital importance to the self esteem of many chiropractors. It allows them to maintain the same status as the physician. But, the fact is, this entire line of reasoning misses the whole point of chiropractic. Chiropractic came into existence because of one fundamental error in the practice of medicine.
Medicine views the human organism as unrelated parts without any organizing, intelligent principle.
That is why medicine has failed, not because their techniques were wrong but because their fundamental principle was incorrect. Hence, the reason for chiropractic to come into existence in 1895. We may reach the same level of respectability and acceptance as medicine but we will never make an impact on the health of humanity. Chiropractic does not divide the body up into parts and we definitely do not place degrees of importance on the various parts. True, we address our attention to one particular area commonly called the vertebral column, but only as it relates to the nervous system and only as the nervous system relates to health.