John Harvey Kellogg
Born	February 26, 1852 Tyrone, Michigan
Died	December 14, 1943 (age 91) Battle Creek, Michigan
Occupation	Physician
Spouse	Ella Ervilla Eaton (1853–1920), married 1879
Parents	John Preston Kellogg (1806–1881) Ann Janette Stanley (1824–1893)

John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 – December 14, 1943) was an American medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan who ran a sanitarium using holistic methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas and exercise. Kellogg was an advocate of vegetarianism, and is best known for the invention of the corn flake breakfast cereal with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (662x1024, 128 KB) John Harvey Kellogg - aged about 29 - From Plain Facts for Old and Young, by John Harvey Kellogg Project Gutenberg eText 19924 http://www. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Tyrone Township is a township located in Michigan, Michigan, USA. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 8,459. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... “Battle Creek” redirects here. ... The Doctor by Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... “Battle Creek” redirects here. ... Sanatório Heliantia A sanatorium refers to a medical facility for long-term illness, typically cholera or tuberculosis. ... Holistic health is a philosophy which promotes wholeness over the reductionism and dualism of conventional Western medicine. ... The updated USDA food pyramid, published in 2005, is a general nutrition guide for recommended food consumption. ... It has been suggested that Clyster be merged into this article or section. ... The term Exercise can refer to: Physical exercise such as running or strength training Exercise (options), the financial term for enacting and terminating a contract Category: ... A variety of vegetarian food ingredients Vegetarianism is the practice of not consuming the flesh of any animal (including sea animals) with or without also eschewing other animal derivatives, such as dairy products or eggs[1]. Some vegetarians choose also to refrain from wearing clothing that has involved the death... Corn flakes are a food made by combining cooked maize (called corn in North America) along with sugar and vitamins. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Will Keith Kellogg, usually referred to as W. K. Kellogg (April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951) was a U.S. industrialist in food manufacturing. ...

Personal life

Kellogg was born in Tyrone, Michigan,^[1] to John Preston Kellogg (1806–1881) and Ann Janette Stanley (1824–1893). John lived with two sisters during childhood. The family had moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, by 1860 where his father set up a broom factory. John later worked as a printer's devil in a Battle Creek publishing house. Tyrone Township is a township located in Michigan, Michigan, USA. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 8,459. ... “Battle Creek” redirects here. ... broom A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibres attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. ... Printer’s Devil is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. ...

Kellogg went to the Battle Creek public school system, then attended the Michigan State Normal School (since 1959, Eastern Michigan University), and finally New York University Medical College at Bellevue Hospital. He graduated in 1875 with a medical degree. He married Ella Ervilla Eaton (1853–1920) of Alfred Center, New York, on February 22, 1879. They did not have any children of their own, but raised over forty children, legally adopting seven of them, before Ella died in 1920. The adopted children include: Agnes Grace Kellogg; Elizabeth Kellogg; John William Kellogg; Ivaline Maud Kellogg; Paul Alfred Kellogg; Robert Moffatt Kellogg; and Newell Carey Kellogg. Kellogg died in 1943 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek. Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... Alfred is a town located in Allegany County, New York. ... is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. ...

Battle Creek Sanitarium

Kellogg gained fame while working at the Battle Creek Sanitarium which ran on Seventh-day Adventist Church principles. They believed in a vegetarian diet and a regimen of exercise. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated Adventist[1]) Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week, as the Sabbath. ...

Kellogg was an especially strong proponent of nuts, which he believed would save mankind in the face of decreasing food supply. Though mainly renowned nowadays for his development of corn flakes, Kellogg also patented a process for making peanut butter and invented healthful "granose biscuits." Look up nuts in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cornflakes in a bowl Corn flakes are a popular breakfast cereal manufactured by Kelloggs through the treatment of corn. ... Peanut butter in a jar. ...

At the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Kellogg held classes on food preparation for homemakers. Sanitarium visitors engaged in breathing exercises and mealtime marches to promote proper digestion of food throughout the day. Because Kellogg was a staunch supporter of phototherapy, the sanitarium also made use of artificial sunbaths. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Light therapy or phototherapy consists of exposure to specific ranges of light wavelengths (using lasers or LEDs), or very bright, full-spectrum light, for a prescribed amount of time. ... Sunlight shining through sequoia trees in Muir Woods Prism splitting light Sunlight in the broad sense is the total spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun. ...

Kellogg made sure that the bowel of each and every patient was plied with water, from above and below. His favorite device was an enema machine that could rapidly instill several gallons of water in a series of enemas. Every water enema was followed by a pint of yogurt — half was eaten, the other half was administered by enema “thus planting the protective germs where they are most needed and may render most effective service”. The yogurt served to replace the intestinal flora of the bowel, creating what Kellogg claimed was a squeaky clean intestine. The intestine is the portion of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. ... Yoghurt Yoghurt or yogurt, less commonly yoghourt or yogourt, is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. ... In anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine (or colon). ...

Kellogg believed that most disease is alleviated by a change in intestinal flora; that bacteria that is in the intestines can either help or hinder the body; that pathogenic bacteria produce toxins during the digestion of protein that poison the blood; that poor diet also favors harmful bacteria that can then infect other tissues in the body; that the intestinal flora is changed by the diet of the individual, and is changed for the better, generally, with a well-balanced vegetarian diet that favors low-protein, laxative and high-fiber foods; and that this natural change in flora could be sped by enemas seeded with favorable bacteria, or by various regimens of specific foods designed to heal specific ailments. numerous beneficial bacterial microorganisms found in the lower intestine ... Phyla Actinobacteria Aquificae Chlamydiae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Lentisphaerae Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Verrucomicrobia Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are unicellular microorganisms. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ... Laxatives are foods, compounds, or drugs taken to induce bowel movements, most often taken to treat constipation. ... Fiber or fibre[1] is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. ...

Kellogg was a skilled surgeon, who often donated his services to indigent patients at his clinic.^[2] Although a surgeon himself, Kellogg was against any unnecessary use of surgery to cure diseases,^[3][4] although he advocated circumcision. “Surgeon” redirects here. ...

Breakfast cereals

With his brother, Will Keith Kellogg, they started the Sanitas Food Company to produce their whole grain cereals around 1897, a time when the standard breakfast for the well-to-do was eggs and meat, while the poor ate porridge, farina, gruel, and other boiled grains. John and Will later argued over the recipe for the cereals (Will wanted to add sugar to the flakes) so in 1906 Will started his own company called “the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company”, which eventually became the Kellogg Company. They never spoke to each other again. John then formed the Battle Creek Food Company to develop and market soy products. John Harvey Kellogg This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Will Keith Kellogg, usually referred to as W. K. Kellogg (April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951) was a U.S. industrialist in food manufacturing. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Farina cereal with shelf price at Shaws Supermarket in Watertown, MA, October 2004. ... Kellogg Company (often referred to as simply Kellogg or Kelloggs) is an American multinational producer of breakfast foods, snack foods, cookies, and crackers, with corporate headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA. Kellogg trades under the ticker symbol NYSE: K. Revenues in 2006 were $10. ...

(John did not invent the concept of the dry breakfast cereal. That honor belongs to Dr. James Caleb Jackson who created the first dry breakfast cereal in 1863, which he called Granula. A patient of John's, Charles William Post, would eventually start his own dry cereal company selling a rival brand of corn flakes.) James Caleb Jackson (March 28, 1811 - 1895 was the inventor of the first dry, whole grain cereal which he called granula He was born in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York, 28 March, 1811. ... Granula was this first manufactured breakfast cereal invented by James Caleb Jackson in 1863. ... C. W. Post or, more fully, Charles William Post (1854 - 1914), was a breakfast food manufacturer and a pioneer of the prepared-food industry. ... Post Cereals, formerly Postum Cereals was founded by C. W. Post. ...

Anti-sex and Anti-masturbation positions

Kellogg did a great deal to warn about the supposed dangers of sexual activity. He outlined his views on this subject in his book Plain Facts for Old and Young. He warned against nearly all sexual activity, including a large chapter about the many “excesses” couples could be guilty of within marriage. He drew on the warnings of William Acton and expressed support for the work of Anthony Comstock. He appears to have gone beyond his own advice, since though he and his wife were married for over 40 years, they never had sexual intercourse and had separate bedrooms all their lives. It has been suggsted he worked on Plain Facts on their honeymoon. ^[5] William Acton (1813-1875) was a British medical doctor and book writer. ... Portrait of Anthony Comstock Anthony Comstock (March 7, 1844 - September 21, 1915) was a former United States Postal Inspector and politician dedicated to ideas of Victorian morality. ...

He was an especially zealous campaigner against masturbation, recommending extreme methods. In his Treatment for Self-Abuse and its Effects he wrote:

Believing that masturbation was a sensual sin of the flesh, self-abuse, and an obsessive habit common to adolescent males and others, he advocated exposing the sensitive glans, which during masturbation would be subject to friction. In addition, the removal of the protective foreskin would further reduce sensory pleasures from the habit. Reducing the sensory pleasure, it was felt, would also reduce boys' rebelliousness. He also claimed that masturbation was a primary cause of acne, extreme mental and physical debility, heart disease, atrophy of the testes, dimness of vision, epilepsy, and insanity. Kellogg also believed that one should guard one's emissions as he believed people possessed a fixed amount of "vital energy." He also recommended, to prevent children from this "solitary vice," that one could bandage or tie their hands, cover the genitalia with a patented cage structure, and even use electrical shocking.^[6] This article is about male circumcision. ... Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a colourless crystalline solid with a typical sweet tarry odor. ... The clitori (Greek ) is a sexual organ. ... Woman masturbating, 1913 drawing by Gustav Klimt. ...

Dr. Kellogg wrote that "neither the plague, nor war, nor small-pox, nor similar diseases, have produced results so disastrous to humanity as the pernicious habit of onanism." He felt that masturbation destroyed not only physical and mental health, but the moral health of individuals as well. Kellogg also believed the practice of "solitary-vice" caused cancer of the womb, urinary diseases, nocturnal emissions, impotence, epilepsy and insanity. Kellogg was the first to mention the psychological role in producing insanity. To fight the urge to practice masturbation Kellogg offered a number of remedies to the young and old. He believed that young and old should maintain an abstemious diet, eating only twice a day. They should avoid stimulating food and drinks, and very little meat if any should be consumed. Kellogg also advocated hydrotherapy and stressed the importance of keeping the colon clean through yogurt enemas.^[7][8]

Race Betterment Center

Kellogg was also outspoken on his beliefs on race and segregation. In 1906, Kellogg founded—together with Irving Fisher and Charles Davenport—the Race Betterment Foundation, which became a major center of the new eugenics movement in America. Kellogg was in favor of racial segregation and believed that immigrants and non-whites would damage the gene pool. Irving Fisher (February 27, 1867 Saugerties, New York — April 29, 1947, New York) was an American economist, health campaigner, and eugenicist. ... Charles B. Davenport at a 1921 eugenics conference. ... Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution: Logo from the Second International Congress of Eugenics, 1921, depicting it as a tree which unites a variety of different fields. ...

Selected publications

Plain Facts For Old And Young: Embracing The Natural History And Hygiene Of Organic Life, 1892 reprint

• 1877 Plain Facts For Old And Young: Embracing The Natural History And Hygiene Of Organic Life
• 1888 Treatment for Self-Abuse and its Effects, Plain Facts for Old and Young
• 1893 Ladies Guide in Health and Disease
• 1903 Rational Hydrotherapy
• 1910 Light Therapeutics
• 1914 Needed -- A New Human Race Official Proceedings: Vol. I, Proceedings of the First National Conference on Race Betterment. Battle Creek, MI: Race Betterment Foundation, 431-450.
• 1915 The Eugenics Registry Official Proceedings: Vol II, Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Race Betterment. Battle Creek, MI: Race Betterment Foundation.
• 1922 Autointoxication or Intestinal Toxemia
• 1923 Tobaccoism or How Tobacco Kills
• 1927 New Dietetics: A Guide to Scientific Feeding in Health and Disease
• 1929 Art of Massage: A Practical Manual for the Nurse, the Student and the Practitioner[4]

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Popular culture

• T. Coraghessan Boyle's 1993 comic novel The Road to Wellville is a fictionalized story about Kellogg and his sanitarium.
• A filmed version of the book, directed by Alan Parker, was released in 1994. It starred Anthony Hopkins as Kellogg.
• Mel Brooks' 1995 film Dracula: Dead and Loving It featured a sanitarium boss named "Dr. Jack Seward" (played by Harvey Korman), who would recommend enemas for every conceivable ailment. The character was clearly based on Kellogg, and in one scene is seen eating corn flakes. (Dr. Seward is the name of a character in the novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker.)

T. Coraghessan Boyle (also known as T.C. Boyle, born Thomas John Boyle on December 2, 1948) is a U.S. novelist and short story writer. ... The Road to Wellville is a 1993 novel by American author T. Coraghessan Boyle. ... Alan Parker on the set of Pink Floyd The Wall Sir Alan Parker (born February 14, 1944) is a British film director, producer, writer, and actor. ... Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (IPA: ) (born 31 December 1937) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning film, stage and television actor. ... Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky on May 9, 1926) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, writer, director and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. ... Dracula: Dead and Loving It is a 1995 movie directed by Mel Brooks. ... Actor Harvey Korman in the 1974 comedy Blazing Saddles. ...

See also

• Sylvester Graham

Sylvester Graham (1794-1851) Sylvester Graham (July 5, 1794 – September 11, 1851) was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and was ordained in 1826 as a Presbyterian minister. ...

External links

• New York Times Obituary, December 16, 1943 J. H. Kellogg Dies; Health Expert, 91
• Findagrave: John Kellogg
• Etext of Plain Facts For Old And Young
• Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Battle Creek Foods: Work with Soy from the Soy foods Center
• Dr. John Harvey Kellogg from the Battle Creek Historical Society
• Works by John Harvey Kellogg at Project Gutenberg
• Adventist Archives Contains many articles written by Dr. Kellogg

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Footnotes

Tyrone is a town located in Schuyler County, New York. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 455 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2400 × 3159 pixel, file size: 566 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) 1850 United States Federal Census lists John and Ann Kellogg and family residing in Tyrone Township, Livingston County, Michigan. ... Tyrone Township is a township located in Michigan, Michigan, USA. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 8,459. ... U.S. 34 over the Mississippi River in Burlington. ...

Resources

• Schwarz, Richard W. John Harvey Kellogg: Pioneering Health Reformer. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2006