Harry Willis Miller
Harry Willis Miller | |
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Born | July 1, 1879 Ludlow Falls, Ohio |
Died | January 1, 1977 Riverside, California |
Occupation(s) | Physician, Seventh-day Adventist missionary |
Harry Willis Miller (July 1, 1879 – January 1, 1977) was an American physician, thyroid surgeon and Seventh-day Adventist missionary. Miller was a vegetarian and pioneer in the development of soy milk.[1]
Biography
Miller was born in Ludlow Falls, Ohio on July 1, 1879.[2] He graduated M.D. from the American Medical Missionary College in Battle Creek, in 1902.[2][3] Miller studied at Rush Medical College and authored an article on blastomycetes in the Journal of Dermatology in 1903.[4] With his wife Maude Thompson Miller, he went to Shanghai in 1903. She died less than two years later from sprue.[4] Miller married Marie Iverson in 1908 and he remained in China until 1956.[3] With Arthur Selmon, he established The Gospel Herald, which was renamed to Chinese Seventh-Day Adventist Press. It was moved to Shanghai in 1909, and in 1911 was renamed to the Signs of the Times Publishing House.[5] He specialized in surgery and as a missionary generalist. He served as a leader of the SDA Church in China.[3] It is estimated that Miller performed 6,000 thyroid operations.[6]
He served as superintendent of the China Mission in Shanghai (1908-1909) and established the China Training Institute in Chouchiakou.[4] He returned to the United States in 1911. Miller was medical director and secretary of Washington Sanitarium (1913–1925).[4] He returned to China in 1925 and managed the Shanghai Hospital and Sanitarium. Miller researched the production of soy milk and published an article in the Chinese Medical Journal on a soy infant formula in 1936.[4] Miller is credited in 1936 with starting the first production of soy milk in Shanghai.[7]
Miller returned to the United States in 1939. He was medical director of Mount Vernon Hospital and established the International Nutrition Laboratory to produce soy products.[4] With his son he formed the International Nutrition Foundation on a 140-acre farm in Mount Vernon.[1] The soy farm produced canned and malted soy milk. His first American soy milk product was known as Soyalac in 1941.[1]
Miller administered hospitals in Shanghai, Hankou and Hubei. He established the Taiwan Adventist Hospital in 1949.[3] He sold his factory, land, and soy milk products to Loma Linda Foods in 1951. Loma Linda Foods was owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[8] However, Miller continued to conduct research in at Loma Linda Food factory in La Sierra until his death.[2] In 1956, he was awarded the Blue Star of China by Chiang Kai-shek.[3] In 1960, Miller helped in forming the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital.[6] In total there were 19 hospitals that Miller was instrumental in starting all over the Far East.[2]
A biography of Miller was published in 1961.[9] Miller died in Riverside, California on January 1, 1977.[2]
Vegetarianism
Miller stated that he became a vegetarian for its health and longevity aspects.[10] He was a pioneer in popularizing soy milk as a satisfactory substitute for animal milk and making it available to feed the poor in areas where there was no cow's milk.[6][11] He conducted research on vegetarian meat substitutes and proteins. He was influential in bringing soy-based foods to the United States.[1]
Selected publications
- The Way to Health (1920)
- Tuberculosis: A Curable Disease (1954)
References
- ^ a b c d "Dr. Harry W. Miller: Work with Soy". Soyinfo Center.
- ^ a b c d e "Harry Willis Miller, M. D. (1879- 1977)". Chinese SDA History.
- ^ a b c d e Staples, Russell L. (1997). Miller, Harry W(illis). In Gerald H. Anderson. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 458-459. ISBN 0-8028-4680-7
- ^ a b c d e f Land, Gary. (2005). The A to Z of the Seventh-Day Adventists. Scarecrow Press. pp. 192-193. ISBN 978-0-8108-6826-7
- ^ Clart, Philip; Scott, Gregory, eds. (2015). Religious Publishing and Print Culture in Modern China: 1800-2012. Boston: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-1-61451-499-2. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Harry W. Miller, 'China Doctor,' Dies". The New York Times.
- ^ Trinh, Dianne Thuy. (2001). Using Developed Laboratory Procedures for Discriminating Potential of Selected Michigan-grown Soybean Varieties for Soymilk and Tofu Production. Michigan State University. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. p. 17
- ^ Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko. (2010). History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Southeast Asia. Soyinfo Center. p. 858. ISBN 978-1-928914-30-3
- ^ Yoder, Franklin D. (1961). "China Doctor: The Life Story of Harry Willis Miller". JAMA. 177 (10): 730–731. doi:10.1001/jama.1961.03040360066027.
- ^ Peterson, Robert. (1967). New Life Begins at Forty. Trident Press. p. 129
- ^ Walker, Joseph. (1973). Hong Kong Who's Who: An Almanac of Personalities and Their Comprehensive Histories. Rola Luzzatto. p. 320
Further reading
- Raymond S. Moore. (1961). China Doctor: The Life Story of Harry Willis Miller. Harper & Bros.
- Robert Peterson. (1961). Interview with Harry Willis Miller. Pascagoula Chronicle-Star and Moss Point Advertiser.
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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
- Vegepet
- Vegetables
- 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)
- 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)
- You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024)
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physicians
cookbook authors
- Nava Atlas
- Mayim Bialik
- Gypsy Boots
- BOSH!
- 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
- Carol Lee Flinders
- Dick Gregory
- Richa Hingle
- Madhur Jaffrey
- Mollie Katzen
- Frances Moore Lappé
- Deborah Madison
- Linda McCartney
- Mary McCartney
- Tracye McQuirter
- Joanne Lee Molinaro
- Moosewood Collective
- 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
- Ben & Esther's Vegan Jewish Deli
- Cinnaholic
- Crossroads Kitchen
- Greens Restaurant
- Little Pine (restaurant)
- Slutty Vegan
- Souley Vegan
- Veggie Grill