MAJOR GENERAL SIR ROBERT McCARRISON, CIE,
MA, MD. DSc, LLD, FRCP.
(1878 -1960)
Sir Robert was an army doctor in the Indian Medical Service at the beginning of the last century when only a handful of people were interested in nutrition. He recognised the supreme importance of human nutrition to the health and was knighted for his seminal work which led the way to great improvements in health of troops and the Indian people. He was Founder and first Director of the Nutrition Research Laboratories in Coonoor, India from 1927 to 1935. On his return to England he delivered three Cantor lectures and contributed to the Wartime effort to secure the nutrition and health of the British people. Sir Robert stated:
"I KNOW OF NOTHING SO POTENT IN MAINTAINING GOOD HEALTH IN LABORATORY ANIMALS AS PERFECTLY CONSTITUTED FOOD; I KNOW OF NOTHING SO POTENT IN PRODUCING ILL HEALTH AS IMPROPERLY CONSTITUTED FOOD. THIS , TOO, IS THE EXPERIENCE OF STOCK BREEDERS. IS MAN AN EXCEPTION TO A RULE SO UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE TO THE HIGHER ANIMALS?"
The McCarrison Society for Nutrition and Health was named after him.
MA, MD. DSc, LLD, FRCP.
(1878 -1960)
Sir Robert was an army doctor in the Indian Medical Service at the beginning of the last century when only a handful of people were interested in nutrition. He recognised the supreme importance of human nutrition to the health and was knighted for his seminal work which led the way to great improvements in health of troops and the Indian people. He was Founder and first Director of the Nutrition Research Laboratories in Coonoor, India from 1927 to 1935. On his return to England he delivered three Cantor lectures and contributed to the Wartime effort to secure the nutrition and health of the British people. Sir Robert stated:
"I KNOW OF NOTHING SO POTENT IN MAINTAINING GOOD HEALTH IN LABORATORY ANIMALS AS PERFECTLY CONSTITUTED FOOD; I KNOW OF NOTHING SO POTENT IN PRODUCING ILL HEALTH AS IMPROPERLY CONSTITUTED FOOD. THIS , TOO, IS THE EXPERIENCE OF STOCK BREEDERS. IS MAN AN EXCEPTION TO A RULE SO UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE TO THE HIGHER ANIMALS?"
The McCarrison Society for Nutrition and Health was named after him.