James Caleb Jackson
James Caleb Jackson | |
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| Born | March 28, 1811 |
| Died | July 11, 1895 (aged 84) Dansville, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Nutritionist |
| Known for | Inventing Granula |
| Spouse | Lucretia Edgerton Brewster |
| Children | James Hathaway Jackson |
| Relatives | Katharine Johnson Jackson (daughter-in-law) |
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James Caleb Jackson (March 28, 1811 – July 11, 1895) was an American nutritionist and the inventor of the first dry, whole grain breakfast cereal which he called Granula.[1] His views influenced the health reforms of Ellen G. White, a founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[2]
Biography
Jackson was born in
Jackson had been troubled with poor health throughout his life, but he experienced a remarkable recovery after taking a 'water cure' at a
In 1858, he took over the 'Our Home Hygienic Institute' at Dansville, Livingston County, New York. The spa had been founded by Nathaniel Bingham on the site of a mineral water spring some four years earlier. Under Jackson's management, the spa grew to become one of the largest in the world, catering to around 20,000 patients, and was renamed 'Our Home on the Hillside'.[1][6] Jackson was assisted by his wife, known as "Mother Jackson", and their adopted daughter, Dr. Harriet Newell Austin.[7] The health resort was a Jackson family operation for many years; James Hathaway Jackson (son of James Caleb Jackson) and James Arthur Jackson (son of James Hathaway Jackson and grandson of James Caleb Jackson) were both leaders of the facility.[8] The family referred to it as the Jackson Sanatorium by 1890;[8][6] the establishment was also known as the Jackson Health Resort.[7]
Along with water cures, Jackson believed that diet was fundamental in improving health. Over time, he removed
In 1863, he developed the first breakfast cereal and named it Granula.[12]
Jackson died on July 11, 1895, in Dansville, Livingston County, New York.[citation needed]
Publications
- 1822 Morning Watches
- 1853 Hints on the Reproductive Organs: Their Diseases, Causes, and Cure on Hydropathic Principles
- 1862 Consumption: How to Prevent It, and How to Cure It
- 1862 The Sexual Organism, and Its Healthful Management
- 1863 Dancing: Its Evils and Its Benefits
- 1870 American Womanhood: Its Peculiarities and Necessities
- 1871 How to Treat the Sick Without Medicine
- 1872 The Training of Children
- 1872 The Debilities of Our Boys
- 1875 Christ as a Physician
- 1879 Tobacco and Its Effect upon the Health and Character of Those Who Use It
See also
- Sylvester Graham (1794–1851), created graham cracker.
- John Harvey Kellogg (1852–1943), started flaked breakfast cereals at his spa.
- Charles William Post (1854–1914), created postumas a patient of Kellogg.
- Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867–1939), created muesli.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-674-52661-7. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
- ^ Ronald Numbers (1992). Prophetess of Health: Ellen G. White and the Origins of Seventh-Day Adventist Health Reform. University of Tennessee Press.
- ^ a b c Quick, F.I. (1902). Dansville: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive. Dansville, N.Y.: Instructor Publishing Co. pp. 176–180. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- S2CID 144487199.
- ^ ISBN 0877221456.
- ^ ISBN 9781439904275. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ ISBN 9781439904275. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ a b The Jackson Sanatorium. Dansville, NY. 1890. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England. London: The Ideal Publishing Union. p. 66
- ^ a b Mrozek, Donald J. (1987). The Scientific Quest for Physical Culture and the Persistent Appeal of Quackery. Journal of Sport History 14 (1): 76-86.
- ISBN 0-19-502249-1
- New York Times. March 23, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
In 1863, Dr. James Caleb Jackson, a health reformer who believed illness was rooted in the stomach, began experimenting with cold cereal to augment the mineral-spring treatments at his sanitarium in upstate New York. ...
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