Harry Willis Miller

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Harry Willis Miller
BornJuly 1, 1879
Ludlow Falls, Ohio
DiedJanuary 1, 1977
Riverside, California
Occupation(s)Physician, Seventh-day Adventist missionary

Harry Willis Miller (July 1, 1879 – January 1, 1977) was an American physician, thyroid surgeon and Seventh-day Adventist missionary. Miller was a vegetarian and pioneer in the development of soy milk.[1]

Biography

Miller was born in

SDA Church in China.[3] It is estimated that Miller performed 6,000 thyroid operations.[5]

He served as superintendent of the China Mission in Shanghai (1908-1909) and established the China Training Institute in

Washington Sanitarium (1913–1925).[4] He returned to China in 1925 and managed the Shanghai Hospital and Sanitarium. Miller researched the production of soy milk and published an article in the Chinese Medical Journal on a soy infant formula in 1936.[4] Miller is credited in 1936 with starting the first production of soy milk in Shanghai.[6]

Miller returned to the United States in 1939. He was medical director of Mount Vernon Hospital and established the International Nutrition Laboratory to produce soy products.[4] With his son he formed the International Nutrition Foundation on a 140-acre farm in Mount Vernon.[1] The soy farm produced canned and malted soy milk. His first American soy milk product was known as Soyalac in 1941.[1]

Miller administered hospitals in Shanghai,

La Sierra until his death.[2] In 1956, he was awarded the Blue Star of China by Chiang Kai-shek.[3] In 1960, Miller helped in forming the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital.[5] In total there were 19 hospitals that Miller was instrumental in starting all over the Far East.[2]

A biography of Miller was published in 1961.[8] Miller died in Riverside, California on January 1, 1977.[2]

Vegetarianism

Miller stated that he became a vegetarian for its health and longevity aspects.

meat substitutes and proteins. He was influential in bringing soy-based foods to the United States.[1]

Selected publications

  • The Way to Health (1920)
  • Tuberculosis: A Curable Disease (1954)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Dr. Harry W. Miller: Work with Soy". Soyinfo Center.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Harry Willis Miller, M. D. (1879- 1977)". Chinese SDA History.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-8028-4680-7
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8108-6826-7
  5. ^ a b c "Dr. Harry W. Miller, 'China Doctor,' Dies". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Trinh, Dianne Thuy. (2001). Using Developed Laboratory Procedures for Discriminating Potential of Selected Michigan-grown Soybean Varieties for Soymilk and Tofu Production. Michigan State University. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. p. 17
  7. ISBN 978-1-928914-30-3
  8. doi:10.1001/jama.1961.03040360066027
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  9. ^ Peterson, Robert. (1967). New Life Begins at Forty. Trident Press. p. 129
  10. ^ Walker, Joseph. (1973). Hong Kong Who's Who: An Almanac of Personalities and Their Comprehensive Histories. Rola Luzzatto. p. 320

Further reading

  • Raymond S. Moore. (1961). China Doctor: The Life Story of Harry Willis Miller. Harper & Bros.
  • Robert Peterson. (1961). Interview with Harry Willis Miller. Pascagoula Chronicle-Star and Moss Point Advertiser.
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