John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943) was a busy guy. He was a fanatical promoter of yogurt enemas, one of history's most extreme opponents of masturbation, and the co-inventor of corn flakes.
He first gained fame for running the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, which was a veritable temple to enemas. Among Kellogg's favorite methods were a machine that rapidly shot gallons of water up the bum, and the yogurt enema, in which a patient would eat half a container of yogurt and the other half would, of course, be shot up his or her bum. Apparently, celebrity patients from President William Howard Taft to Amelia Earhart to arctic explorers signed up for this cutting edge treatment.
Kellogg also promoted vegetarianism and believed two healthy, basic meals a day would reduce sexual urges, which Kellogg sought to stamp out by any means possible, even among married couples. He was a fanatical opponent of masturbation and strongly advocated genital mutilation of both sexes to disrupt the practice, promising that it would be even more successful if anesthetic was not used! JHK also suggested binding children's hands, covering their private parts with patented cages and electroshock therapy to stop the little ones from touching themselves. He wrote several books full of similar creepy advice.
Just to top it off, Kellogg supported eugenics, forced sterilization of members of undesirable gene pools, and co-founded the "Race Betterment Foundation."
Despite his busy schedule, he also found time to co-invent Corn Flakes with his much less freaky brother W.K. Kellogg. So just remember that the funding for corn flakes came from genital mutilation and blasting yogurt up wealthy buttholes. I'm sticking with Shredded Wheat.
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