Elmer Lee was an American physician and advocate of natural hygiene and vegetarianism.
12 Facts About Elmer Lee
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Elmer Lee was the founder and editor of the health magazine Health Culture.
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Elmer Lee then moved to St Louis, where he taught in public schools and worked in newspapers.
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Elmer Lee then moved to Chicago, where he lived for ten years.
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Elmer Lee started the healthy living magazine Health Culture in 1894; it heavily promoted a plant-based diet.
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Elmer Lee remained as editor for 23 years, before being succeeded by Arthur Vos; the magazine continued publishing until 1964.
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In 1902, Elmer Lee patented a reservoir for dispensing liquid soap.
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In 1908, Elmer Lee authored an article in The New York Times about the founding of a "Hospital of Hygiene".
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Elmer Lee started working as a naturopath in 1910 and developed a health movement known as the "hygienic system", inspired by Russel Trall.
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Elmer Lee served as the Vice-President of the American Academy of Medicine and held offices in the American Medical Association and the American Social Science Association; he was on the advisory committee of the American Super-Race Foundation and worked as a lecturer for the New York Board of Education.
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Elmer Lee retired around 1935 and donated his medical books to Ohio Wesleyan University.
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Elmer Lee died at Cincinnati Sanitarium, College Hill, Cincinnati, on June 13,1945.