William Banting (1796 – 1878) was a London undertaker. Undertaker you say? And why would an undertaker be found on the pages of a site devoted to health and wellness? Though it is true that Frank Lloyd Wright said, “The physician can bury his mistakes.” that is not why we want to tell you about […]
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Biography , History of Medicine
You’re going to love this . . . and the surprise ending.
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His colleagues hated him and his patients loved him. Florence Nightingale, after Barry’s death would write: “I should say that he was the most hardened creature I ever met.”
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History of Medicine , Nutrition
When anyone mentions Harvard, I remember that it was Harvard that the Sugar Industry bamboozled into promulgating that “fats” were the cause of heart disease.
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