John Wernham's 

Place in 

Osteopathic History

A.T.Still was the originator of Osteopathy.

One of his first students  was J.M.Littlejohn.

John Wernham was a student of Littlejohn's and close to friend of his family.

Littlejohn took the original concepts of Osteopathy and added a  profound physiological depth to them. Being a highly qualified  forensic scientist, he studied the human body in immense detail, forming a clear understanding of how disease processes functioned through the body and the intricate physiological changes that resulted in pathology. Osteopathy had already established itself as a means of treating even the most difficult of diseases, but Littlejohn took the treatment processes, refined them and recorded his clinical findings  on diseases from asthma to epilepsy.

The complete understanding of Osteopathy he left behind have been clinically proven many times over. John Wernham throughout his long and dedicated career has tested Littlejohn's understanding to its limit, never to find it wanting. 

John Wernham was the founder of The Institute of Applied Technique, which is now known as The Institute of Classical Osteopathy. This was set up to further the understanding of Osteopathy, as it was taught by J.M. Littlejohn and A.T.Still, who established osteopathy as a system of medicine in its own right and with its unique understanding of the physiological disturbances that lead to disease. John Wernham has taught and practiced this tradition of Osteopathy for more than half a century. He has published many texts of his own and Littlejohn's work and has given new life to many forgotten but valuable osteopathic texts. He still lectures world-wide, publishes and practices, now in his ninety-fourth year.

John Wernham at the Graduation Ball 1999, Leeds Castle, Kent