#i only wish there were copies of his lectures somewhere because i would literally die to hear his other off-the-wall health opinions | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

starbuck · 4 years ago

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In 1929, a lecture taught by Dr. Dwight Irvin Roush, a self-proclaimed “health missionary” and part-time fruit farmer, was quoted before a committee of the United States Senate as they weighed whether or not to place a tariff on imports of bananas. According to Dr. Roush, “The banana, unlike other fruits, should be used very sparingly, if used at all. [...] If eaten at all, the entire meal should be made of bananas, for they do not combine well with any other food.”

Other (apparently) popular health lectures by Dr. Roush included “Unfolding the Secrets of Health,” “The Fountain of Fun,” and “How to Become a Real Man.”

#history #is that a normal tag to give this?? i don't know lol #i've been doing genealogy research and this weirdo is (apparently) my first cousin five times removed #every new thing i learn about him is more wild than the next and he seems like a self-centered dickwad but i still find him delightful #i was already howling over 'how to become a real man' and then the banana thing pushed me over the edge - i NEEDED to share this #the world needed to know #i only wish there were copies of his lectures somewhere because i would literally die to hear his other off-the-wall health opinions #other fun facts about the good doctor:#at one point he was 'in ill health' (i'm assuming TB) prompting him to go out west where he was 'healed completely' by an unspecified..#..'new scientific discovery' (suspicious)#and afterwards he started his own private sanatorium in ohio #as i mentioned before he also farmed fruit apparently which is why he was considered a valid witness for the banana tariff thing #and he was also a devout methodist with a degree from the School of Theology #he moved around a ton from ohio to north dakota to indiana to florida where he died in 1954 and he visited England at least once #but yeah sorry to ramble about this random dude lol - i just find him really interesting and funny #even if he is a bit of a quack #i feel like he meant well #also no i don't know what 'the fountain of fun' means and i think that's for the best

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