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done a noble work. You will some time fi nd yourself at the
head of a great sanitarium.
“... Have you become acquainted with soy acidophilus
milk and with methods of changing the intestinal fl ora? I
am sending you with this a copy of a paper which you may
publish in your journal if you wish. I am also sending you
a couple of tubes of Lactobacillus acidophilus which I call
soy acidophilus. You can make cultures of this and get a start
in this same line if you wish. I have patented the product in
this country,... It is really a wonderful product and proves of
immense service in the treatment of all kinds of intestinal
disease, particularly colitis, in which it is used by mouth and
by enema. It needs to be taken in liberal doses two or three
times a day and by enema, a half pint or so along with warm
water and the juice of one or two lemons or a teaspoonful of
lactic acid to each pint of water. It stimulates the colon to act
and is wonderfully effi cacious, clearing out the colon at once
and planting the protective aciduric fl ora.”
Dr. Dafoe is now feeding the Dionne quintuplets [in
Callander, Ontario, Canada] about one pint each per day
of soy acidophilus milk; Dr. Kellogg sends him 36 pints a
week. “The Doctor sends me specimens for examination. We
are keeping their acidophilus at 85 per cent of the intestinal
fl ora.” Address: Florida.
126. Good Health (Battle Creek, Michigan) 1937. The health
question box: Thyroid disease. 72(4):122-23. April
• Summary: “A recent analysis of soy bean milk shows that
its composition closely resembles that of human milk, which
differs considerably from that of dairy milk, containing much
less lime [calcium] and more iron and sugar. Soy bean milk
contains more than fi ve times as much iron as does cow’s
milk and double as much as is found in human milk.
“Soy acidophilus milk, made and distributed by the
Battle Creek Food Company and the Home Milk Producers
Association, the largest milk company in Miami, Florida, is
much richer in vitamins than cow’s milk, containing double
the quantity of vitamin A (2,000 units to the pint), six times
as much vitamin G, and still a greater preponderance of
vitamin B.
“Soy acidophils milk has proven of great service to the
quintuplets, who have used it continuously for more than
two years, having been cured of a severe bowel infection
from which they suffered when four months old. They have
been kept in excellent health, free from bowel troubles,
by its daily use. Each one of them takes a glassful of soy
acidophilus milkevery afternoon at four o’clock and uses
an equal amount in connection with other meals.” Address:
M.D.
127. Product Name: Soy Acidophilus Milk (Lactobacillus
Acidophilus Cultured in Soy Milk).
Manufacturer’s Name: Home Milk Producers Association.
Manufacturer’s Address: Miami, Florida.
HISTORY OF SOY YOGURT & CULTURED SOYMILK 72
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Date of Introduction: 1937. April.
Ingredients: Soybeans, water, lactic acid cultures.
Wt/Vol., Packaging, Price: Glass bottle.
New Product–Documentation: Good Health (Battle Creek,
Michigan). 1937. April. p. 122. “The health question box.”
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg is the developer of and creative
force behind this product.
128. Kellogg, John Harvey. 1937. Re: Battle Creek
Sanitarium, Battle Creek Food Company, and soy beans.
Letter to Mr. E.C. Liebold, c/o Mr. Henry Ford, Dearborn,
Michigan, May 10. 2 p. Typed, without signature (carbon
copy).
• Summary: On 3 April 1937 Dr. Kellogg sent a Western
Union telegram to Henry Ford requesting a brief interview.
On May 5, E.G. Liebold, General Secretary to Henry Ford,
wrote Kellogg (on “Henry Ford” letterhead, with signature)
saying he regretted that Mr. Ford was away but that if Dr.
Kellogg planned to come to Detroit, Liebold would be “be
very glad to discuss the matter with you and submit it to Mr.
Ford later on when he might be available.”
Dr. Kellogg replied with this letter: “The bankers are
making a very determined effort to get control of the Battle
Creek Sanitarium... I will not surrender control or submit to
any change of ideals or principles of the Sanitarium... I have
begun at the bottom twice and can do it again if necessary,
but Mr. Ford has shown so much interest in the food reform
and race betterment work I am carrying on, I am anxious to
have his advice before making a fi nal decision if he is willing
to give me a few moments.
“An attempt is being made by large fi nancial interests to
get possession of my food company [the Battle Creek Food
Company].
“Incidentally, I might mention that I have made some
discoveries in relation to the soy bean which I am sure Mr.
Ford would like to know about. This relates to a preparation
[soy acidophilus milk] by which I have been able to save the
lives of the [Dionne] quintuplets, and I have also found it the
most successful means yet discovered for combatting old age
processes.”
On May 12 Liebold replies that Mr. Ford has been away
almost continuously for the past two weeks. Dr. Kellogg
writes again on May 15 (see separate letter).
129. Kellogg, John Harvey. 1937. Re: Soy acidophilus milk.
Letter to Mr. E.C. Liebold, c/o Mr. Henry Ford, Dearborn,
Michigan, May 15. 2 p. Typed, without signature (carbon
copy).
• Summary: “I know Mr. Ford must be very busy just now
because of the labor agitation as well as the usual press of
business, and as it will not be convenient for him to see me, I
will postpone my visit to some future time. The information I
wanted to give him about the soy bean is pretty well covered
in a paper which I am sending herewith which sometime he