Wilmer Ingalls Gordon
Wilmer Ingalls Gordon | |
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Born | February 14, 1860 Mullica Hill, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | March 7, 1943(1943-03-07) (aged 83) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Osteopathic physician, writer |
Wilmer Ingalls Gordon (February 14, 1860 – March 7, 1943) was an American osteopathic physician and vegetarianism activist.
Biography
Gordon was born on February 14, 1860, in Mullica Hill, New Jersey.[1] He was educated at the medical department of Union University in Albany, New York and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Maryland.[1] Gordon obtained his M.D. from the Union University in Albany in 1887.[2] He studied at the Chicago School of Osteopathy and practiced medicine in New York City.[1] He became a member of the New York State Medical Society in 1900 and was Vice-President of the Columbia County, New York, Medical Society.[1]
He moved to Cleveland in 1900 and became President of the Progressive Osteopathic and Suggestive Therapeutic Society in Ohio.[1] He also practiced as a physician and surgeon at Copake Iron Works. When he was forty, Gordon suffered a nervous breakdown, travelled widely and lost faith in medicine.[1] Gordon founded the National School of Manual, Physical and Suggestive Therapeutics, which practiced naturopathy. He was President of the School for more than thirty-two years and taught thousands of students.[1] He founded the Electine Food Remedy Company in Ontario.[1] Gordon advocated natural health practices without medication.[3] He authored books on new thought and vegetarianism.[3]
At the age of seventy-two, Gordon suffered severe internal injuries from a street car accident. Doctors gave him only thirty days to live but he survived another eleven years, whilst his wife cared for him. He authored the book How to Live 100 Years, and was convinced he would make this age until his injuries from the accident.[1]
Gordon was an anti-vaccinationist. He was President of the Cleveland Physical Culture Society, which attempted to force the Cleveland Health Board to abandon vaccination.[4] His book Suggestion and Osteopathy (1901), was negatively reviewed by medical experts. His views on osteopathic treatment for certain diseases were described in a review as non-scientific and "do not commend themselves to us as rational or well proven".[5] He died on March 7, 1943, in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]
Vegetarianism
Gordon was a vegetarian and believed that "alcohol, tobacco, and flesh food was the trinity of all existing evil for mankind".[1] He founded the vegetarian organization, Food Reform Society of America.[1] The Encyclopedia of American Biography noted that Gordon is "one of the pioneer vegetarian advocates of the United States".[1]
Publications
- I Suggest: Suggestion and Osteopathy (1901)
- How to Live 100 Years: Or, the New Science of Living (1903)
- The New Force (1903)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Downs, Winfield Scott. (1945). Encyclopedia of American Biography, Volume 18. The American Historical Company. pp. 342-345
- ^ Burleigh, Charles. (1903). The Genealogy and History of the Ingalls Family in America. Malden, Mass: Geo. E. Dunbar. p. 145
- ^ a b Coyle, William. (1962). Ohio Authors and Their Books. The World Publishing Company. pp. 249-250
- ^ The Lancet. Volume 99, 1908. p. 116
- ^ Suggestion and Osteopathy by W. I. Gordon. (1901). Annals of Medical Practice. Volume 14, p. 1027
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Veganism |
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Vegetarianism | |
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Religious |
and drink
- Agave syrup
- Chicken fillet roll
- Coconut burger
- Coconut milk
- Fruits
- Grains
- Gelatin substitutes
- Jambon
- Meat alternative
- Miso
- Mochi
- Mock duck
- Nutritional yeast
- Plant cream
- Plant milk
- Quinoa
- Quorn
- Seitan
- Soy yogurt
- Tempeh
- Tofu
- Tofurkey
- Cheese
- Vegetables
- Vegetarian bacon
- Hot dog
- Vegetarian mark
- Sausage
- Sausage roll
- Beer
- Wine
- Veggie burger
and events
reports,
journals
- On Abstinence from Eating Animals (3rd century)
- An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty (1802)
- Vegetable Cookery (1812)
- A Vindication of Natural Diet (1813)
- Reasons for not Eating Animal Food (1814)
- Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes (1824)
- Nature's Own Book (1835)
- Fruits and Farinacea (1845)
- The Pleasure Boat (1845)
- The Ethics of Diet (1883)
- What is Vegetarianism? (1886)
- Shelley's Vegetarianism (1891)
- Behind the Scenes in Slaughter-Houses (1892)
- Why I Am a Vegetarian (1895)
- Figs or Pigs? (1896)
- Fifty Years of Food Reform (1898)
- Thirty-nine Reasons Why I Am a Vegetarian (1903)
- The Meat Fetish (1904)
- The New Ethics (1907)
- A Fleshless Diet (1910)
- The Benefits of Vegetarianism (1927)
- Living the Good Life (1954)
- Ten Talents (1968)
- Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
- The Vegetarian Epicure (1972)
- Moosewood Collective Cookbooks (1973)
- The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook (1975)
- Laurel's Kitchen (1976)
- Moosewood Cookbook (1977)
- Fit for Life (1985)
- Diet for a New America (1987)
- The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990)
- Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (1997)
- The China Study (2005)
- Skinny Bitch (2005)
- Livestock's Long Shadow (2006)
- The Bloodless Revolution (2006)
- Eating Animals (2009)
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2009)
- The Vegan Studies Project (2015)
- Animal (De)liberation (2016)
- The End of Animal Farming (2018)
- Vegetable Kingdom (2020)
- Making a Stand for Animals (2022)
- Meat Atlas (annual)
- The Animals Film (1981)
- Diet for a New America (film) (1991)
- A Cow at My Table (1998)
- Meet Your Meat (2002)
- Post Punk Kitchen (2003–2005)
- Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
- Earthlings (2005)
- A Sacred Duty (2007)
- Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead (2010)
- Planeat (2010)
- Forks Over Knives (2011)
- Vegucated (2011)
- Live and Let Live (2013)
- Cowspiracy (2014)
- PlantPure Nation (2015)
- What the Health (2017)
- Carnage (2017)
- Dominion (2018)
- Eating You Alive (2018)
- The Game Changers (2018)
- Maa Ka Doodh (2023)
- You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024)
activists,
authors,
physicians
cookbook authors
- Nava Atlas
- Mayim Bialik
- Carleigh Bodrug
- Gypsy Boots
- BOSH!
- Martha Brotherton
- Edward Espe Brown
- Tabitha Brown (actress)
- Suzy Amis Cameron
- Hannah Che
- Pinky Cole
- Chloe Coscarelli
- Yamuna Devi
- Sue Donaldson
- Crescent Dragonwagon
- Rose Elliot
- Rip Esselstyn
- Toni Fiore
- Carol Lee Flinders
- Alexis Gauthier
- Dick Gregory
- Richa Hingle
- Madhur Jaffrey
- Mollie Katzen
- Frances Moore Lappé
- Deborah Madison
- Linda McCartney
- Mary McCartney
- Hetty Lui McKinnon
- Tracye McQuirter
- Joanne Lee Molinaro
- Moosewood Collective
- Charity Morgan
- Isa Chandra Moskowitz
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
- Gaz Oakley
- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
- Mathew Pritchard
- Satchidananda Saraswati
- Derek Sarno
- Miyoko Schinner
- Alicia Silverstone
- Hannah Sunderani
- Bryant Terry
- Anna Thomas
- Haile Thomas
- Lauren Toyota
- Jeeca Uy
- Umberto Veronesi
- Nisha Vora
- Alan Wakeman
- Cranks (restaurant)
- Food for Thought (restaurant)
- InSpiral Lounge
- Lentil as Anything
- Minerva Café
- New Riverside Cafe
- Nix (restaurant)
- Penny Cafeteria
- Pink Peacock
- The Hollow Reed
- The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel