875993 Portrait of John Harvey Kellogg (1852 - 1943) (sepia photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 ??December 14, 1943) was an American medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan, who ran a sanitarium using holistic methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas and exercise. Well known for his belief masturbation was the ultimate abomination. He believed it led to leprosy, tuberculosis, heart disease, epilepsy, dimness of vision, insanity, idiocy, and death. Kellogg was an advocate of vegetarianism and is best known for the invention of the corn flakes breakfast cereal with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg. ); Prismatic Pictures ; American, out of copyright.