{"id":29449,"date":"2021-08-16T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/?p=29449"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:14:09","slug":"tf-ratledge-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/tf-ratledge-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"TF Ratledge, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n      \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n              <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/login\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n                  <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n                    <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29449\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/login\/?action=forgot_password\">Forgot Password<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":29450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,43,195,315,278],"tags":[45,276,98,336],"comments_count":"0","content_native":[{"type":"core\/heading","render":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pioneer Educator in California<\/h2>","content":"Pioneer Educator in California","data":[],"style":{"align":"left","parent_style":{},"header":"h2","fontSize":"27px"}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Tullius de Florence Ratledge first met D.D. Palmer in Oklahoma City just after Ratledge completed his chiropractic degree at the Carver Chiropractic College in 1907. He and his wife spent many night visiting with with DD and his fifth wife, Molly. The last school Palmer taught at before he died in 1913 was the Ratledge School in Los Angeles. I consider Ratledge to be D.D.\u2019s last real student.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Tullius de Florence Ratledge first met D.D. Palmer in Oklahoma City just after Ratledge completed his chiropractic degree at the Carver Chiropractic College in 1907. He and his wife spent many night visiting with with DD and his fifth wife, Molly. The last school Palmer taught at before he died in 1913 was the Ratledge School in Los Angeles. I consider Ratledge to be D.D.\u2019s last real student."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Of Palmer\u2019s theories, Ratledge wrote, \u201cThere have never been but two concepts of human sickness. The first was the common superstitions of witchcraft. The second concept resulted from Dr. D.D. Palmer\u2019s repeated scientific demonstrations of the overall importance of the human nerve system as the sole instigator, regulator, coordinator and perpetuator of all cellular and organic functional activity that may occur in the human body.\u201d<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Of Palmer\u2019s theories, Ratledge wrote, \u201cThere have never been but two concepts of human sickness. The first was the common superstitions of witchcraft. The second concept resulted from Dr. D.D. Palmer\u2019s repeated scientific demonstrations of the overall importance of the human nerve system as the sole instigator, regulator, coordinator and perpetuator of all cellular and organic functional activity that may occur in the human body.\u201d"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>\u201cThe natural type of energy or force arising in and projected by and from stimulated nerve cells eluded many research scientists until Dr. Palmer ascertained that it was of an electric type and required special channels which are extensions of similar substance as that of which the nerve cell body is composed.\u201d<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"\u201cThe natural type of energy or force arising in and projected by and from stimulated nerve cells eluded many research scientists until Dr. Palmer ascertained that it was of an electric type and required special channels which are extensions of similar substance as that of which the nerve cell body is composed.\u201d"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/image","render":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/RatledgeTF-1923a.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:283px;height:423px\" width=\"283\" height=\"423\"\/><\/figure>","content":"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/RatledgeTF-1923a.jpg","data":{"src":"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/RatledgeTF-1923a.jpg"},"style":{"width":283,"height":423,"align":"left","parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>\u201cIn considering the nerve system, his research determined that nerve energy is a stimulus. It provides a perfect provision for exciting and coordinating the activities of all functional cells in the human body, and as long as the cells are adequately nourished (and there is no obstruction to appropriate transmission), functioning will be sufficient to maintain a normal, or tolerable environment and the body will experience life and good health for a century \u2013more or less.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/99fjy5j\">Ratledge Philosophy: Volume II<\/a>, p.52, 2014 edition)<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"\u201cIn considering the nerve system, his research determined that nerve energy is a stimulus. It provides a perfect provision for exciting and coordinating the activities of all functional cells in the human body, and as long as the cells are adequately nourished (and there is no obstruction to appropriate transmission), functioning will be sufficient to maintain a normal, or tolerable environment and the body will experience life and good health for a century \u2013more or less.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/99fjy5j\">Ratledge Philosophy: Volume II<\/a>, p.52, 2014 edition)"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Ratledge\u2019s philosophy of chiropractic was captured in a series of books and manuscripts. In 1963, Paul Smallie published The Guiding Light of Ratledge. The book is a collection of Ratledge\u2019s letters. It captures his thoughts on chiropractic, education, therapy, as well as his interactions with other leaders such as B.J. Palmer. In 1971, Smallie published the Ratledge Manuscript. In 1979, he published two books, Ratledge Philosophy Volumes 1 and 2. The last two were recently republished as part of our Chiropractic Classics series. The other two books will hopefully be published in 2015.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Ratledge\u2019s philosophy of chiropractic was captured in a series of books and manuscripts. In 1963, Paul Smallie published The Guiding Light of Ratledge. The book is a collection of Ratledge\u2019s letters. It captures his thoughts on chiropractic, education, therapy, as well as his interactions with other leaders such as B.J. Palmer. In 1971, Smallie published the Ratledge Manuscript. In 1979, he published two books, Ratledge Philosophy Volumes 1 and 2. The last two were recently republished as part of our Chiropractic Classics series. The other two books will hopefully be published in 2015."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/image","render":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ratledge-BJ1931-e1505440656861-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:454px;height:315px\" width=\"454\" height=\"315\"\/><\/figure>","content":"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ratledge-BJ1931-e1505440656861-300x208.jpg","data":{"src":"https:\/\/wordpress-1075097-3761862.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ratledge-BJ1931-e1505440656861-300x208.jpg"},"style":{"width":454,"height":315,"align":"left","parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>In 1990, Ratledge\u2019s student Paul Smallie collaborated with historian Joe Keating and Richard Brown to write about Ratledge\u2019s life. In 1990, Keating tried to locate other<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dynamicchiropractic.com\/mpacms\/dc\/article.php?id=45257\" target=\"_blank\"> Ratledge graduates in order to conduct interviews<\/a>. One chapter, one article and a chronology were published:<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"In 1990, Ratledge\u2019s student Paul Smallie collaborated with historian Joe Keating and Richard Brown to write about Ratledge\u2019s life. In 1990, Keating tried to locate other<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dynamicchiropractic.com\/mpacms\/dc\/article.php?id=45257\" target=\"_blank\"> Ratledge graduates in order to conduct interviews<\/a>. One chapter, one article and a chronology were published:"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":null,"dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/list","render":"<ul>\n<li>Joe Keating, Richard Brown, &amp; Paul Smallie. (1990). One of the Roots of Straight Chiropractic: Tullius de Florence Ratledge. In: Sweere, J. (Ed.) Chiropractic Family Practice: A Clinical Manual. Aspen Publishers, MD. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chiroweb.com\/archives\/10\/25\/24.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Review<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joe Keating, Richard Brown, &amp; Paul Smallie. (1991). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/t-f-ratledge\/\">T.F. Ratledge, the missionary of straight chiropractic in California<\/a>. Chiropr Hist 11(2): 27-38. (<em>Reprinted by permission of the Association for the History of Chiropractic.)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joe Keating. (2004). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/chronology-of-ratledge-ccc-la\/\">Chronology of Tullius de Florence Ratledge and Cleveland Chiropractic College Los Angeles<\/a>. National Institute of Chiropractic Research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","content":"<ul>\n<li>Joe Keating, Richard Brown, &amp; Paul Smallie. (1990). One of the Roots of Straight Chiropractic: Tullius de Florence Ratledge. In: Sweere, J. (Ed.) Chiropractic Family Practice: A Clinical Manual. Aspen Publishers, MD. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chiroweb.com\/archives\/10\/25\/24.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Review<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joe Keating, Richard Brown, &amp; Paul Smallie. (1991). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/t-f-ratledge\/\">T.F. Ratledge, the missionary of straight chiropractic in California<\/a>. Chiropr Hist 11(2): 27-38. (<em>Reprinted by permission of the Association for the History of Chiropractic.)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joe Keating. (2004). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/pdfviewer\/chronology-of-ratledge-ccc-la\/\">Chronology of Tullius de Florence Ratledge and Cleveland Chiropractic College Los Angeles<\/a>. National Institute of Chiropractic Research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","data":[],"style":{"parent_style":{}}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29451,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29449\/revisions\/29451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutechiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}