Prescribed Diet

Item

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Dublin Core

Title

Prescribed Diet

Subject

Diet, C.C. Cody, John Harvey Kellogg, Southwestern University, Florence C. Harvey, vegetarianism, health, Battle Creek Sanitarium

Description

The diet prescription card has rows of printed food options that fall into several different categories such as soup, vegetables, bread, and beverages. Cody's dietitian ,Florence C. Harvey, checked off items that he/she believed Cody should consume. On the night of September 14, 1914, Harvey prescribed vegetable soup, pureed lima beans, and one slice of wheat toast for Cody to eat for dinner.

Creator

Battle Creek Sanitarium [Florence C. Harvey]

Source

The Claude Carr Cody Collection, Special Collections, Smith Library Center

Date

September 14, 1914

Citation

Battle Creek Sanitarium [Florence C. Harvey], “Prescribed Diet,” Southwestern University Special Collections, accessed April 19, 2024, https://suspeccoll.southwestern.edu/items/show/1415.