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  • A Shared Philosophy Legacy Time Capsule

    Henry Ford, American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company in 1899, was a regular patient at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. A teetotaler and vegetarian, Ford was a hearty man who ran his...
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  • A Wellness Fly-Over Legacy Time Capsule

    Not long before Amelia Earhart’s disappearance over the South Pacific in 1937, she visited the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Treating Dr. Kellogg to his first plane ride, she swooped low over the...
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  • The Sounds of Fun Fitness Legacy Time Capsule

    Dr. Kellogg believed that exercise should be fun. Patients at the San were encouraged to walk, cycle, swim, and aerobicize. Calisthenics were set to music to make it fun for the patients and encourage...
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  • Gold Medal Care Legacy Time Capsule

    Olympic Gold Medal swimmer and Tarzan film star Johnny Weissmuller was a regular guest at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Dr. Kellogg tested Weissmuller’s strength levels using a Universal Dynamometer...
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  • Natural Remedies Legacy Team Member Series

    Adventists founded the health care institutions based on the Bible’s principles of health outlined in the Bible’s story of creation. Unlike the common thought of the day, they believed health care...
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  • A Place For Learning Legacy Team Member Series

    The whole-person principles of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are grounded in the biblical view of how God created us—an inseparable integration of mental, physical, and spiritual well-being...
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  • Growth of Sanitariums Legacy Team Member Series

    The success of the unique health center in Battle Creek—and a widespread craving for the healing therapies found there—launched an Adventist health care movement that soon extended throughout the...
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  • John Harvey Kellogg Legacy Team Member Series

    Adventists see themselves as called by God to share with the world a message of wholeness for the mind, body, and spirit. This model is the healing ministry of Christ, “who went about doing good.”...
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  • Ellen and James White Legacy Team Member Series

    Ellen and James White were instrumental in forming the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They realized from their study of Scripture that Jesus devoted a great deal of His time on Earth to healing the...
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  • Quick Start Guide Legacy Team Member Series

    The first sanitarium doors opened in Battle Creek, Michigan, through the effort of a small group of Seventh-day Adventist church pioneers who believed in a new way to live healthy and whole. This...
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