Will Keith Kellogg discovered cornflakes by accident in 1894. His brother was a doctor looking for a food that was easy for patients to digest. Will boiled a pan of wheat and from its contents thought up the idea of cornflakes.
He was the director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, a world-renowned health resort which was founded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The Sanitarium combined aspects of a spa, a hydrotherapy institution, a hospital and a high class hotel.
Kellogg treated both the wealthy and the poor who could not afford other hospitals.
He also dedicated the last 30 years of his life to promoting eugenics, the practices aimed at improving the genetic makeup of the human race by excluding people and groups who have been judged to be inferior.
Kellogg discouraged the mixing of races and was in favour of sterilising people with mental handicaps.
Credit : The Scotsman
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