Clarence Gonstead
Dr. Clarence S. Gonstead practiced chiropractic from 1923 until 1978. He decided to become a chiropractor after chiropractic adjustments allowed his body to feel from a painful, crippling episode of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Using his background in mechanical engineering and extensive hours spent studying cadaver spines, he developed a unique approach to applying chiropractic care. His application brought him both national and international acclaim, and he was known as a "chiropractor's chiropractor." His practice located in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin (pop. 4000) drew patients from all over the world, and is still the largest to have existed to date. Dr. Gonstead's brilliant mind and lifelong experience of treating over one million patients enabled him to develop and refine his technique which is now taught and practiced by doctors of chiropractic all over the world.