Leather-bound book without illustrations describing methods to live a healthy organic life with such topics as unchastity, sexual hygiene, a chapter for married people, diseases peculiar to women and general health hints; written by Dr. J. H. Kellogg in 1889; revised edition from the original writt…
Leather-bound book without illustrations describing methods to live a healthy organic life with such topics as unchastity, sexual hygiene, a chapter for married people, diseases peculiar to women and general health hints; written by Dr. J. H. Kellogg in 1889; revised edition from the original written in 1879; 644 pages.
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - front cover
b - body
c - back cover
Provenance
Library collection of Dr. John Walter Hazlett (University of Toronto Med, 1947) and his father Dr. John McLean Hazlett (Queen's, 1919), donated by Mrs. John Hazlett.
Printed on frontispiece: "PLAIN FACTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG: // EMBRACING THE // NATURAL HISTORY & HYGIENE // OF // ORGANIC LIFE // BY J. H. KELLOGG, M. D."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Temporary Location
On exhibit “Selling Hope: A History of the Medical Marketplace” at Museum of Health Care, 29 June 2017.
Dimension Notes
a - front cover - Length 22.7 cm x Width 16.6 cm x Depth 0.5 cm
b - body - Length 21.3 cm x Width 15.3 cm x Depth 6.2 cm
c - back cover - Length 22.7 cm x Width 16.6 cm x Depth 0.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Front and back cover has separated; spine cover is missing; leather covers are extremely worn and missing areas along edges; paper is yellowed.
Aug 2018: attached covers to body with linen tape
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Author's credentials as of 1889: Dr. J. H. Kellogg (February 26, 1852 - December 14, 1943) was an American medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan who ran a sanitorium (Battle Creek Sanitorium) using holistic methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas and exercise. Kellog was an advocate of vegetarianism, and is best known for the invention of the corn flake breakfast cereal with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg. Further research in donor file.