Ellen Goodell Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American physician
Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1835
Place of Birth: Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1906
Profession: writer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Ellen Goodell Smith
- Ellen Goodell Smith (August 25, 1835 - 1906) was an American hydropathic physician, vegetarian and writer. Smith was born in Belchertown, Massachusetts.
- In 1857, Smith attended William T.
- Vail's Granite State Health Institute (a hydropathic institute) in Hill, New Hampshire, where she became a student and teacher.
- In 1859, she attended Russell T.
- Trall's New York Hygeio-Therapeutic College in New York City.
- She obtained her M.D.
- in 1861 with the highest honours.
- She worked as a physician at Dr.
- Vail's sanitarium until 1862.
- She became resident physician at Russell T.
- Trall's sanitarium in Philadelphia in 1864 and for two years managed the Turkish bath department.She married Dr.
- John Brown Smith of Northfield, Minnesota in 1867.
- A year later, Smith and her husband established the first hydropathic sanitarium and Turkish Bath in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- In the 1870s, she worked as resident physician at Trall's sanitarium.
- Her son, Lindsey Goodell Smith was born on August 25, 1874.
- Smith retired in 1883.Smith authored the vegetarian book, The Fat of the Land and How to Live on It in 1896.
- It has been cited as an early vegan cookbook, as it contained a chapter "Milk and the Cow" which recommended not using dairy products.
- She omitted butter, cream, milk, salt and sugar from her recipes.
- It was the first published book to contain a recipe for a peanut butter sandwich.She authored the natural hygiene book, The Art of Living in 1903.
- It was dedicated to Edward H.
- Dewey, pioneer of the "No Breakfast Plan".
- Smith died from a fall in 1906.
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