Theodore DrakeTheodore G.H. Drake, MD (1891- 1959) was a Canadianpediatrician and one of three physicians who developed Pablum. Early lifeDrake was born on September 16, 1891, in Webbwood, Ontario. He obtained his university degree from the University of Toronto in 1914. He spent two years in residence at the Toronto General Hospital.
Frederick TisdallFrederick Fitzgerald Tisdall (3 November 1893– 23 April 1949) was one of three Canadianpediatricians who developed the infant cereal Pablum. He first started working at The Hospital for Sick Children in 1921. In 1929, he was made Director of the Nutritional Research Laboratories. In 2013, revelations came to public attention that Tisdall starved Indigenous children for the purposes of experimentation, in direct violation of the Nuremberg Code.
The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)The Hospital for Sick Children, corporately branded as SickKids, is a major pediatric teaching hospital located on University Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto as a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN). The hospital was founded by Elizabeth McMaster in 1875 in a rented room with eleven beds, and later expanded to become a formal hospital, known as the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, in 1891.
Vitamin DEssential nutrientVitamin D is a group of structurally related, fat-soluble compounds responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, along with numerous other biological functions. In humans, the most important compounds within this group are vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol).
Laboratory technicianA laboratory technician or (informally) lab tech is a person who works in a laboratory performing analytical or experimental procedures, maintaining laboratory equipment. They can be involved in the medical field such as phlebotomists or the supply chain, in which they can be known as production lab technicians, inventory lab technicians or laboratory inventory specialists.
MalnutritionMedical condition caused by receiving too little or too many nutrientsMedical conditionMalnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients which adversely affects the body's tissues and form. Malnutrition is a category of diseases that includes undernutrition and overnutrition.
CerealGrass that has edible grainHarvesting a cereal with a combine harvester accompanied by a tractor and trailer.Cereal grains: (top) pearl millet, rice, barley(middle) sorghum, maize, oats(bottom) millet, wheat, rye, triticaleA cereal is a grass (family Poaceae) cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize (US: corn).ChemistA chemist (from Greek chēm(ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latinalchemist) is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms.
TrademarkTrade identifier of products or services A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property that consists of a word, phrase, symbol, design, or combination thereof that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from others.
Mead JohnsonMead Johnson & Company, LLC is an American company that is a manufacturer of infant formula, both domestically and globally, with its best-known product Enfamil. It operates as an independent subsidiary of Reckitt. The company dates back to a firm created by Edward Mead Johnson, one of the co-founders of Johnson & Johnson, who created his own business in 1895, which was renamed Mead Johnson & Company in 1905.
InfantAn infant (from Latin īnfāns 'baby, child', literally 'unspeaking') is a very young human being. Baby is an alternative term for infant. The terms may also be used to refer to juvenile beings of other organisms.
PediatricsPediatrics (American English), also spelled paediatrics (British English) and also known as underage medicine, is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, toddlers, children, adolescents, and young adults. Within the Commonwealth, pediatrics covers patients until the age of 18, except in India where the pediatric age is 12.
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