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Title
The Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek Mich.
Subject
Battle Creek Sanitarium (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Sanitarium Food Co. (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943.
Description
An illustrated pamphlet advertising the services and amenities available at The Battle Creek Sanitarium, including prices and an outline of the Sanitarium's dietary plans, which were essential to its therapeutic system. 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.
Creator
Battle Creek Sanitarium (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Source
Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, MI
3. Illustrated pamphlet advertising the sanitarium
Medical Trade Ephemera collection of The Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelhia
3. Illustrated pamphlet advertising the sanitarium
Medical Trade Ephemera collection of The Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelhia
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
ca 1895
Contributor
Battle Creek Sanitarium (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Language
eng
Type
stillimage
text
Identifier
BattleCreekSanitarium3.
Date Created
2016
Temporal Coverage
Early 20th century
Spatial Coverage
Battle Creek Region (Mich.)
Citation
Battle Creek Sanitarium (Battle Creek, Mich.), “The Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek Mich.,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 23, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/5015.