27 Facts About John Haddon

John Haddon was a Scottish physician, dietitian and vegetarianism activist.

John Haddon was awarded the Thesis Gold Medal in 1869.

John Haddon set up his medical practice in Manchester and later Hawick.

In 1882 at the age of 37, John Haddon went on a world trip across the Atlantic through America and Canada and through the Pacific.

John Haddon contributed to the Hawick Archaeological Society in 1897.

John Haddon designed and commissioned "The Text House" in Denholm, a category B listed building.

John Haddon opposed marriage and described it as an "unnatural and immoral institution".

John Haddon identified as a materialist but expressed a belief in God which confused Rev David Cathels.

John Haddon died age 80 at his residence in Denholm.

John Haddon's remains were cremated at Glasgow and the ashes were deposited at the crematorium.

John Haddon became a vegetarian in 1896 and practiced fasting which he claimed improved his health.

John Haddon opposed drug therapy and attributed health to diet only.

John Haddon believed that a minimalist diet would cure every disease and prolong life.

John Haddon promoted a low-fat vegetarian diet and attributed all disease to unhealthy foods.

John Haddon opposed the drinking of water and became known as an "anti-water medical man".

John Haddon stated that vegetarianism was a panacea for drinking habits and that he himself drank nothing at all.

John Haddon stated that one could go without water if a strict vegetarian diet was adhered to as plenty of fluid could be obtained in fruits and other foods.

John Haddon said that milk is only natural to the calf and disappears when it can feed itself and wild eggs only lay eggs that hatch.

John Haddon ate only one meal a day and his diet was almost vegan.

John Haddon read a paper, "Experiments in dietetics" which argued that vegetarianism could cure alcoholism.

In 1900, John Haddon attended a branch meeting for The British Medical Journal at Newtown St Boswells.

John Haddon read a paper "Elimination of Animal Products From Diet".

John Haddon argued from personal experience that a vegetarian diet improved digestion, ability to sleep, increased vigour, increased bodily temperature, improved the nervous system and gave a higher moral tone by giving up animal foods.

John Haddon argued that the practice of medicine was not reaching its full potential because it was not giving dietetics a key priority.

In 1911, John Haddon authored a book entitled A Doctor's Discovery, which recommended fasting and a vegetarian diet.

Alexander Haig who was a friend of John Haddon disputed his "one meal a day" treatment for neurasthenia and other disorders.

John Haddon advocated a vegetarian diet to treat gout and many other diseases.