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a royalty arrangement.” Address: The Dionne Quintuplet
Guardianship, Callander, Ontario, Canada.
120. Kellogg, John Harvey. 1937. Re: Soy acidophilus milk,
cottage cheese, and the Dionne Quintuplets. Letter to Dr.
Allan Roy Dafoe, The Dionne Quintuplet Guardianship,
Callander, ONT, Canada, Feb. 11. 2 p. Typed, without
signature (carbon copy).
• Summary: Dr. Kellogg is sending Dr. Dafoe a box of
oranges and other fruits, plus a new table showing the
vitamin content of different foods. “I am also sending you a
package of soy acidophilus cheese which resembles cottage
cheese in appearance. It is made from soy acidophilus milk
in essentially the same manner in which cottage cheese is
prepared. With the addition of thick cream, sweet or sour,
and if desired, a little salt, it becomes as palatable as ordinary
cottage cheese and has the advantage that it contains a high
percentage of Lactobacillus acidophilus. A count made today
(February 11) shows 250 billion to the gram. I thought the
quintuplets might like this for a change.
“If you will consult the table you will see that the soy
bean is a good source for vitamin B and also one of the best
of all known vegetable sources for vitamin G. This gives an
additional value to soy acidophilus milk and other soy bean
preparations.” Address: M.D., Battle Creek, Michigan.
121. Kellogg, John Harvey. 1937. Re: Dr. Tissier’s bifi dus
culture and soy bean milk. Letter to Prof. A. Besredka, 25
Rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France, Feb. 20. 2 p. Typed,
without signature (carbon copy).
• Summary: Prof. Besredka of the Pasteur Inst. is a worldfamous
bacteriologist. “I have been much interested in the
work initiated by Metchnikoff in relation to changing the
fl ora. I think I have made much more use of this principle
than any other person. I obtained from Dr. Tissier a culture
of his bifi dus... I began quite extensive use of the culture
in 1912, and between that time and 1935 used over a
hundred thousand gallons of the culture in the treatment of
my patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium where we had
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annually about 12,000 patients until the late depression
which cut down our patronage about one half, but it is
coming back...
“I have found that the organism grows much more
rapidly in a milk prepared from the soy bean than in cow’s
milk. It seems, in fact, to produce a new type. This new
type, which we call Lactobacillus soy acidophilus, has been
studied by a number of bacteriologists in this country. It
occurred to me that perhaps you might be willing to make
such a study for me.” Address: Miami, Florida.
122. Moffatt, R. Gordon. 1937. Re: The Dionne quintuplets,
meltose, and acidophilus cheese. Letter to Dr. John H.
Kellogg, The Miami-Battle Creek, Miami, Florida, Feb. 23. 1
p. Typed, with signature on letterhead.
• Summary: “In the absence of Dr. Dafoe, who has been
a patient in the Toronto hospital the past two weeks, I am
writing to acknowledge the receipt of your two letters of Feb.
11th and one of Feb. 17th. They will receive the Doctor’s
attention on his return home next week.
“Please let me acknowledge receipt, for the doctor, of
the meltose, acidophilus cheese, and box of fruit which you
kindly sent him recently.”
“The quintuplets, fortunately, had only slight colds for a
few days, from which they have now completely recovered.
Note: The Guardianship now has a new letterhead with
the photo and name of each baby against the background of
a maple leaf. Clockwise, their names are Yvonne, Cecile,
Marie, Annette, and Emelie [formerly spelled “Emilie”].
Behind the Maple Leaf is a map of Ontario, Canada, showing
the location of Callander. Address: Secretary to Dr. A.R.
Dafoe, The Dionne Quintuplet Guardianship, Callander,
Ontario, Canada.
123. Kellogg, John Harvey. 1937. Re: Vitamin content of
soy acidophilus milk, and the Dionne quintuplets. Letter to
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, The Dionne Quintuplet Guardianship,
Callander, ONT, Canada, March 26. 2 p.
• Summary: “I received a letter a few weeks ago from the