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The Battle Creek Sanitarium was a world-renowned health resort in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. [ 3] It started in 1866 on health principles advocated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and from 1876 to 1943 was managed by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.
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- Chewing, chewing…and more chewing. Kellogg was a disciple of Horace Fletcher, a dubious health expert who advised people to chew each bite of food at least 40 times before swallowing.
- Electric light baths. Two women laying on tables receiving artificial sun light treatment at the Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium, circa 1924. Like other physicians of his day, Kellogg experimented with the therapeutic effects of artificial light.
- Sinusoidal current. Kellogg’s interest in the therapeutic powers of electricity didn’t end with light baths. With a device he cobbled together from telephone parts, he began to administer mild doses of electrical current directly to his patients’ skin.
- The continuous tub bath. In the book "The Battle Creek Sanitarium System," images of hydrotherapy procedures are shown including baths. In a 1907 ad in Good Housekeeping magazine, the Battle Creek Sanitarium boasted of offering 46 different kinds of baths.
The Battle Creek Sanitarium Treatments included hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, phototherapy, physical training, exposure to fresh air, enemas, and dietetic plans crafted to lower patient’s libidos in order to live a chaste lifestyle free of sin.
In 1866, a small group of Seventh-day Adventist believers opened the Western Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek, Michigan, later known as the Battle Creek Sanitarium. They began pioneering health practices that changed society’s fundamental understanding of medicine and healthy living.
The sanitarium is to be a place where the ladder of Jacob has a firm footing on earth and is connected with heaven. The angels of God ascend with the prayers of patients and sanitarium personnel and the answers come down on this ladder, which is Jesus Christ.