Bertrand P. Allinson | |
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![]() Bertrand P. Allinson at the Annual Vegan Dinner in 1962 | |
Born | Bertrand Peter Allinson 12 August 1891
Marylebone, London, England
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Died | 1 April 1975 Marylebone, London, England | (aged 83)
Occupation(s) | Physician, naturopath, writer, activist |
Parent |
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Relatives | Adrian Allinson (brother) |
Bertrand Peter Allinson MRCS LRCP (12 August 1891 – 1 April 1975) was an English physician, naturopath and writer. He was also an anti-vaccination, anti-vivisection and vegetarianism activist.
Allinson was the son of Thomas Allinson and brother of Adrian Allinson. [2] [3] He was raised as a vegetarian and studied medicine. Allinson qualified MRCS and LRCP in 1914 from the University College Hospital. [4] He was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps (1916–1920). [4] Allinson was a physician at the British Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases. [2]
Allinson was an anti-vaccinationist and anti-vivisectionist. He opposed the use of pharmaceutical drugs which he believed hindered the "automatic cleansing process". [2] Allinson wrote articles supportive of naturopathy. He was vice-president of the National Anti-Vaccination League. [2]
Allinson was a physician at the Nature Cure Clinic, a naturopathic hospital which promoted vegetarianism and animal welfare causes such as anti-vivisection. [5] The Nature Cure Clinic opened in 1928 at an apartment in Baker Street. [6] In 1940, the out-patient building was destroyed by bombing and the Clinic moved to Allinson's house in Dorset Square. After the war, the clinic moved to Oldbury Place. [6]
Allinson was treasurer of the London and Provincial Anti-Vivisection Society. [7] His daughter Sonya Madeleine Allinson was an artist. [8]
Allinson stated that fruit juice fasting, a strict vegetarian diet and naturopathic practices such as hydrotherapy and osteopathy could be used to prevent and cure many diseases including cancer, hypertension and rheumatism. [7] [9] [10] [11] He opposed the consumption of alcohol, coffee, meat, processed sugar, tea, white bread and promoted a vegetarian diet of raw fruit, nuts, salads, dairy products and whole grains. [11] He described alcohol, coffee and tea as injurious to the functions of the body. [12] Allinson recommended persons between the ages of 25 and 55 to take two meals per day and after that age one meal per day in the afternoon. [12] Allinson was vice-president of East Surrey Vegetarian Society. [13]
Allinson was vice-president of the International Vegetarian Union (1958–1963) and President of the London Vegetarian Society (1922–1962). [14] [15]
Bertrand P. Allinson | |
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![]() Bertrand P. Allinson at the Annual Vegan Dinner in 1962 | |
Born | Bertrand Peter Allinson 12 August 1891
Marylebone, London, England
[1] |
Died | 1 April 1975 Marylebone, London, England | (aged 83)
Occupation(s) | Physician, naturopath, writer, activist |
Parent |
|
Relatives | Adrian Allinson (brother) |
Bertrand Peter Allinson MRCS LRCP (12 August 1891 – 1 April 1975) was an English physician, naturopath and writer. He was also an anti-vaccination, anti-vivisection and vegetarianism activist.
Allinson was the son of Thomas Allinson and brother of Adrian Allinson. [2] [3] He was raised as a vegetarian and studied medicine. Allinson qualified MRCS and LRCP in 1914 from the University College Hospital. [4] He was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps (1916–1920). [4] Allinson was a physician at the British Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases. [2]
Allinson was an anti-vaccinationist and anti-vivisectionist. He opposed the use of pharmaceutical drugs which he believed hindered the "automatic cleansing process". [2] Allinson wrote articles supportive of naturopathy. He was vice-president of the National Anti-Vaccination League. [2]
Allinson was a physician at the Nature Cure Clinic, a naturopathic hospital which promoted vegetarianism and animal welfare causes such as anti-vivisection. [5] The Nature Cure Clinic opened in 1928 at an apartment in Baker Street. [6] In 1940, the out-patient building was destroyed by bombing and the Clinic moved to Allinson's house in Dorset Square. After the war, the clinic moved to Oldbury Place. [6]
Allinson was treasurer of the London and Provincial Anti-Vivisection Society. [7] His daughter Sonya Madeleine Allinson was an artist. [8]
Allinson stated that fruit juice fasting, a strict vegetarian diet and naturopathic practices such as hydrotherapy and osteopathy could be used to prevent and cure many diseases including cancer, hypertension and rheumatism. [7] [9] [10] [11] He opposed the consumption of alcohol, coffee, meat, processed sugar, tea, white bread and promoted a vegetarian diet of raw fruit, nuts, salads, dairy products and whole grains. [11] He described alcohol, coffee and tea as injurious to the functions of the body. [12] Allinson recommended persons between the ages of 25 and 55 to take two meals per day and after that age one meal per day in the afternoon. [12] Allinson was vice-president of East Surrey Vegetarian Society. [13]
Allinson was vice-president of the International Vegetarian Union (1958–1963) and President of the London Vegetarian Society (1922–1962). [14] [15]