C. Norman Shealy

Shealy was born on December 4, 1932. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine with a Bachelor of Science in Medicine (1956) and Doctor of Medicine.{{cite web|title=Dr. C. Norman Shealy| website=Legacy.com |url= https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/c-shealy-obituary?id=55545770

|accessdate=July 22, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://giving.dukehealth.org/why-give/meet-donors-like-you/norman-shealy|title=An Integrative Health Pioneer {{!}} Loyal Davison Club Donor’s Quest for Pain-free Living |website=giving.dukehealth.org |publisher=Duke University |date=August 23, 2018 |accessdate=July 22, 2024}} He completed his training at Duke University Medical Center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital.{{cite news |title=Medical Influential: Doctor, author believes body, mind and spirit are connected |last=Phelps |first=Jennifer M. |publisher=Springfield News Leader |location=Springfield, Mo |date=January 17, 2006 |page=E.2 |id={{Proquest|432570451}} }} Shealy was also a certified minister of Nemenhah ITO.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nemenhah.org/certified-sacrament-providers-and-societies.html |title=Certified Sacrament Providers and Societies - NEMENHAH |access-date=2018-06-28 |archive-date=2018-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629022141/http://www.nemenhah.org/certified-sacrament-providers-and-societies.html |url-status=dead }}

Shealy was the founding president of the American Holistic Medical Association.{{cite web|website=Open Library|url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL21586A/C._Norman_Shealy|title=C. Norman Shealy|accessdate=July 22, 2024}}

He spent 3{{fraction|1|2}} years at Western Reserve Medical School researching and developing spinal cord stimulator and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS™).{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Textbook_of_Stereotactic_and_Functional/cnF-2KCeR1sC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=C.%20Norman%20Shealy |title=Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery |year=2009 |editor-first1=Andres M. |editor-last1=Lozano |editor-first2=Andres M. |editor-last2=Lozano |editor-first3=Philip L. |editor-last3=Gildenberg |editor-first4=Ronald R. |editor-last4=Tasker |chapter=Stimulation Technology in Functional Neurosurgery |first1=B. H. |last1=Kopell |first2=A. |last2=Machado |first3=C. |last3=Butson |pages=1401-1425 |publisher=Springer Nature }} Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson gave Shealy credit for their 1976 World Series winning season due to his use of biofeedback to help players manage their pain and return to play.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/86455313/?match=1&terms=%22C.%20Norman%20Shealy%22 |title=Doctor believes super season possible |first=Dave |last=Whitehorn |publisher=The La Crosse Tribune |date=December 18, 1977 |via=newspapers.com }} He published over 300 articles and was the author of 29 books.{{cite web|website=Edgar Cayce's ARE|url= https://content.edgarcayce.org/about-us/blog/blog-authors/c-norman-shealy-md-phd/|title=Dr. C. Norman Shealy|accessdate=July 22, 2024}}

• {{cite book | last=Shealy | first=C. Norman | title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies | publisher=Element Books, Limited | publication-place=Shaftesbury | date=1998 | isbn=978-1-86204-187-5 }}{{cite news |title=Bounty of new books debuts at your library |work=The Daily Gleaner |date=November 7, 1998 |id={{Proquest|412660019}} }}
• {{cite book | last=Shealy | first=C. Norman | title=Life Beyond 100: Secrets of the Fountain of Youth | publisher=Tarcher | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-58542-431-3 | page=}}{{cite journal |title=Life Beyond 100: Secrets of the Fountain of Youth |first=Karen McNally |last=Bensing |journal=Library Journal |location=New York |volume=130 |issue=20 |date=December 2005 |page=157 |id={{Proquest|196812155}} }}
• {{cite book | last=Shealy | first=C. Norman | title=Living Bliss: Major Discoveries along the Holistic Path |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Living_Bliss/2T9QAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 | publisher=Hay House | publication-place=Carlsbad | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-4019-4264-9}}

Shealy died on July 8, 2024, at the age of 91.

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