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James Caleb Jackson (March 28, 1811 - 1895) was the inventor of the first dry, whole grain breakfast cereal which he called granula.
   Jackson was born in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. After completing his education at Chittenango polytechnic institute, he worked as a farmer until 1838.
   During his early life, Jackson was active as an abolitionist. He lectured for the Massachusetts anti-slavery society, becoming the society's secretary in 1840. From 1844 he moved into journalism, buying the abolitionist newspaper, the Albany Patriot, together with Abel Brown. Jackson continued to manage and write for the paper until 1847 when failing health forced him to retire.
   Jackson had been troubled with ill health throughout his life, but saw a remarkable recovery after taking a 'water cure' at a spa. As a result he spent the second half of his life as an advocate for hydropathy, training to become a doctor and opening a hydropathic institute on the Skaneateles lake, Cortland County, New York in 1847.
   In 1858 he moved to take over the 'Our Home Hygienic Institute' at Dansville, Livingston County, New York. The spa had been founded by Nathaniel Bingham on the site of a mineral water spring, some four years earlier. Under Jackson's management, the spa grew to be one of the largest in the world, catering for around 20,000 patients and was renamed 'Our Home on the Hillside'.
   Along with the water cures, Jackson came to believe that diet was fundamental in improving health. Over time, he removed red meat from the menu at the spa, and ruled out tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco. He promoted a near vegetarian diet with the emphasis on fruits, vegetables, and unprocessed grains.
   His views influenced the health reforms of Ellen G. White, founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
   In 1863 he developed the first breakfast cereal which he named Granula.

Publications

1822 Morning Watches
1861 The Sexual Organization and its Healthy Management
1862 Consumption: How to prevent It, and How to cure It
1870 How to treat the Sick without Medicine
1870 American Womanhood: Its Peculiarities and Necessities
1872 The Training of Children
1872 The Debilities of Our Boys
1875 Christ as a Physician

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