Eli Peck Miller
Eli Peck Miller | |
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Born | 1828 |
Died | 19 December 1912 |
Occupation(s) | Physician, writer |
Eli Peck Miller (1828 – 19 December 1912), best known as E. P. Miller was an American physician,
Biography
Miller was a 1862 graduate of the
Miller combined hydrotherapy with diet as complementary therapeutics. He opposed the use of alcohol and tobacco.[4] Miller was a Christian who held the view that suffering was the result of sin and disease could be caused by eating the wrong foods. He recommended that his clients abstain from coffee, strong milk, pickles, spices and tea.[3]
From 1865, Miller was the editor of The Herald of Health and Journal of Physical Culture.[5] This journal was the successor of The Herald of Health edited by Russell Trall. In 1893, the journal changed title to the Journal of Hygiene and Herald of Health.[5]
Miller died of pneumonia on 19 December 1912, aged 84.[1]
Beliefs
Phrenology
Miller was a phrenologist and contributed articles to The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health. His hygienic institute conducted phrenological examinations. In 1875, Louisa May Alcott was one of his notable clients.[6]
Spiritualism
Miller converted to spiritualism after attending seances of the
Vegetarianism
Miller became a vegetarian in 1850.
In 1909, Miller wrote that "I am over half way to my 81st birthday. I have not eaten flesh, fish or fowl for many years. I do not use milk unless it is sterilized or pasteurized."[10]
Selected publications
- A Treatise on the Cause of Exhausted Vitality (New York: Gray & Green, 1867)
- How to Bathe (New York: American News Company, 1869)
- Dyspepsia (New York: Miller, Haynes & Company, 1870)
- Vital Force (1869)
- The Improved Turkish Bath (New York: Miller, Haynes & Company, 1870)
- A Father's Advice (New York: E. P. Miller, 1881)
- Food of Man Part 1, Part 2 (The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health, 1902)
- Curing Consumption by the Use of the Juices of Vegetables (The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health, 1905)
- Everlasting Life (The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health, 1905)
- Making Vegetarians by the Millions (The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health, 1906)
- The Natural Age of Man (The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health, 1906)
- True Solution to the Money Question (1908)
- What to Eat (The Vegetarian Magazine, 1908)
References
- ^ a b "Deaths". Journal of the American Medical Association. 60 (1): 65. 1913.
- ^ "Plunge bath at Dr. Miller's". University of Rochester. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9781555534172
- ISBN 978-1-4214-1903-9
- ^ ISBN 9781580462846
- ISBN 9780313308963
- ^ "News and Miscellany". The Health Reformer. 11 (1): 31. 1876.
- S2CID 246629393.
- ^ a b "E. P. Miller". Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American Vegetarian Society. 1 (11): 41–44. 1860.
- ^ Miller, E. P. (1909). "Bovine Tuberculosis Baccilli in Milk". The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health. 122 (1): 14–15.