About This Item
Title
The Water Cure - 1866. / The Battle Creek Sanitarium - 1876.
Subject
Battle Creek Sanitarium (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943.
Sanitarium Food Co. (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Description
Image from The Battle Creek Sanitarium System: History, Organization, Methods by J.H. Kellogg published in 1909 by the publishing wing of the Sanitarium. The Sanitarium was a health resort primarily catering to wealthy patrons employing health priciples based on the teaching of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Sanitarium practices focused on diet and exercise, as well as a variety of other practices including massage, water therapy, electro-therapy, rest, exposure to open air, colonics, and more. On site laboratories provided patients with detailed diet plans and analysis of patients health functions. This volume outlines in detail the principles and practices of the Sanitarium, as well as the buildings and grounds where patients resided and received treatments.
Creator
Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943.
Source
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1909
Contributor
Battle Creek Sanitarium (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
6r_12.10
Date Created
2016
Temporal Coverage
Early 20th century
Spatial Coverage
Battle Creek Region (Mich.)
Has Format
photograph : b&w
Citation
Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943., “The Water Cure - 1866. / The Battle Creek Sanitarium - 1876.,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/4921.