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The Denis and Doreen Brookes Archive
In August 2012, osteopath Doreen Brookes passed away aged 89,
still practicing till 3 days beore herdeath! Doreen was the widow o
Denis Brookes "hD, D#, $%#, the irst "resident o the
&ranial#steopathic Association 'now I&rA( and she has
be)ueathed to the I&rA their *oint collection o books,
lecture notes, il+s and e)uip+ent including a $ac$anus able! he
books include original editions oearly cranial te-ts as well as
Denis Brookes. book, published in 1981 and translated in /apanese
and in"ortuguese! Denis passed away in 1983! he collection o books
and papers is now presered at theational #steopathic Archies '#A(
under +useu+ conditions in a special roo+ in the British choolo
#steopathy, 24 Borough 5igh treet 6ondon 71 1/7, and is accessible
to all I&rA +e+bers! heil+ and audio archie is still being
ealuated by I&rA +e+ber and historian Bill erguson, to see i
itthe )uality is ade)uate or reproduction!
his short history o early cranial osteopathy in the : is gleaned
ro+ the papers in the collection, butthere is so +uch +ore to add!
Doreen 'unnery, later to beco+e Brookes( was originally a
+edicaldoctor, specialising in children with learning diiculties!
Disillusioned by the use o the +ind;alteringaddictie drugs or these
children, she heard about cranial osteopathy and was directed by
the
osteopaths to Denis Brookes in 7ngland! Ater seeing the results
on his treat+ent o so+e o her youngpatients, she attended +any o
his lectures! Aware that the B$A would not approe o the direction
oher treat+ent approach, she soon decided to re;train as an
osteopath!
Denis Brookes was a graduate o the B# 'pre;war( and was probably
the irst 7nglish osteopath tostudy utherland6e acrosphenoid
&lub< o rance! he earliest papers in Doreen
