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Mechanotherapy - Vicrotherapy.

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Title

Mechanotherapy - Vicrotherapy.

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.

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_12.102

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., “Mechanotherapy - Vicrotherapy.,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 30, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/4967.