Small cream booklet with decorative design on the front; body of text separated from cover; includes photographs showing appropriate exercises for both men and women; 32 pages.
Small cream booklet with decorative design on the front; body of text separated from cover; includes photographs showing appropriate exercises for both men and women; 32 pages.
On first page: "- back to nature // A Brief Preachment // on RIGHT LIVING with // Remarks on Diet, // Exercise, Baths // and Recre - // ation // lILLUSTRATED // Published by // The Egg-O-See Cereal Company // Quincey, Ill. Buffalo, N.Y."; sections inside: "Men and Meat; Whole wheat produces principal part Japanese army diet; How to live right for seven days; Bathing; Air baths; Constipation; Indigestion; Outdoor exercis; Mothers - A word with you; Seven days' menus; General directions for exercises; Dainty dishes prepared with Egg-O-See
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Manuals and Reference Books A Binder pg. 2 b
Length
16.5 cm
Width
12.0 cm
Depth
0.2 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
closed booklet
Condition Remarks
Cover separated form body; minor rust marks from metal staples
Copy Type
original
Research Facts
One of many wheat based flake cereals companies created after Dr. John Harvey Kellogg created the first flake cereal. Advertised 'absolute purity', 'made from choicest wheat', crisp and delicious'. There are no eggs involved in the creation of this brand of cereal.
Dr. John Wallace (Jack) McDougall (1912-1999). Opened general practice at 35 Garden Street Brockville, across the street from the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in July 1940 and retired in 1985. Graduated from Queen’s University Faculty of Medicine in 1937 and completed his internship in Buffalo NY, married and returned to Brockville in 1940.
Served in WWII in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps joining the No. 1 Field Ambulance Military Hospital eventually becoming its commanding officer at Terrace, B.C then going overseas with the No. 23 Canadian General Hospital in England. Returning to Brockville from the No. 24 General Hospital in December 1945 to resume his medical practice.
Dr McDougall was the local coroner for 20+ years and received numerous awards including From Governor General Roland Michener for his work with St. Johns Ambulance; member of the Brockville Kiwanis Club and Sussex Masonic Lodge No. 5.