It was the early 70’s and Dr. John Upledger, D.O., O.M.M., was assisting on an operation on one of his patients. The operation was in order to remove a dime sized calcium plaque from the neck on the dura mater, the outer layer of the spinal canal membrane system. As he was trying to hold this dura mater steady for the surgeon to scrape the plaque, Upledger noticed that the dura was moving slowly and rhythmically toward and away from him and no matter how he tried, he couldn’t get it to stop. This greatly roused his curiosity. He realized that he was witnessing a strange phenomenon as this rhythmically moving membrane was not in synch with the patient’s breathing or his heart beat, but seemed to be another bodily rhythm. This consistent and continuous pulse was new to all who were partaking in that surgery.
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