Former chiropractor London and Brighton (b 1914; q London 1942; OBE), d 9 May 2005.
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After qualifying from Westminster Medical School, London, John Hilary Ebbetts worked as a medical officer in India and Africa during the second world war, and then provided psychiatric counselling to London fire fighters. His mother introduced John to chiropractic. Under her tutelage he began working from her Chelsea practice before establishing his own in Wimpole Street and in Brighton. John's practice was rooted in medical diagnosis. In 1966 he co-founded the British Association of Manipulative Medicine (BAMM). John served as secretary and then president. John became president of the Natural Therapeutic and Osteopathic Society (NTOS) in 1983. He became a link between alternative therapies and the medical profession. He leaves a wife, Ruth.
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