Pablum Baby Food

As said earlier, Pablum was invented by three doctors in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, or more commonly known today as SickKids. The three doctors, however, were working independently of each other before their work on Pablum began.

Dr. Alan Brown presented himself to SickKids Hospital in 1914. He daringly promised that "If you put me in charge, I'll cut your death rates in half". Five years later, Brown was appointed Physician-in-Chief, with his main goal as a doctor being to reduce the infant mortality rate.

Dr. Theodore Drake came to SickKids in 1922 on a medical internship, and over the next 30 years he would go on to become a top pediatrician and nutrition expert. His work on Pablum was primarily done with Dr, Frederick Tisdall.

Dr, Frederick Tisdall came to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children in 1921. Tisdall became the director of the Nutritional Research Laboratories in 1929, and began his research on Pablum with Dr. Drake.

1. Creativity/Imagination

All three doctors who invented Pablum all shared the same creativity that was used to create the different ideas of how to make Pablum. Pablum went through several different changes before settling on the one manufacturing process of leaving the dried cereal to dry and flake off.

2. Determination

The three Pablum creators also shared the determination to, again, try different ways on how to make Pablum, even though each way would yield no success. When Pablum first could not be eaten as a biscuit, they made a cereal. When the cereal was also inedible to infants, they left the cereal to dry and flake off.

Primary Entrepreneurial Traits

Works Cited

References

While all three of these doctors displayed different motivations, personalities, and personal traits, they all displayed the same sort of entrepreneurial traits that made them successful.

Pablum

"Pablum." Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. SickKids Hospital, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013

Langlois, Christine. "Baby's First Food." - Canadian Living. Transcontinental Media, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

"Pablum Is Healthy Baby Food, Canadian-Made." Suite101.com. Suite101, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

Who and Where?

What is Pablum?

A Brief History

Pablum was, and is, a processed cereal manufactured specifically to infants. Pablum was the first commercial food that would specifically target this audience. The idea behind the food was to prevent diseases that inflicted children, and to provide the child with the essential vitamins and minerals they would need to survive infancy.

Pablum was invented by three doctors, all of whom worked at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children as nutritionists. It was invented by Doctors Frederick Tisdall (left), Theodore Drake (right), and Alan Brown.