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St. Louis A. Estes

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St. Louis A. Estes
St. Louis A. Estes - portrait (1923).jpg

Alias(es) The Oxygen Man; the Human Dynamo
Born 2 April 1876(1876-04-02)
St. Louis, Missouri
Died 2 May 1951 (75) [i]
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
Affiliations American Raw Food, Health and Psychological Club
Known for Raw Food and Health (1923)
Children 15: 3 with his first wife, Clara Augusta Niemann, and 12 by his second wife, Esther Lauretta Moran [Moraine]

St. Louis Albert Estes (April 2, 1876 - May 2, 1951) was an American dentist and raw foodist, the latter being the source of certain infamy, as he claimed his dietetic plan would cure baldness and other ailments, and that conventional diets contributed to criminal tendencies. In addition to promoting raw food, Estes also claimed the discovery of "Brain Breathing," a method of breath control that would enable one to live to 150 years of age.

Selected Bibliography

Estes was also the editor of the magazine Back to Nature (Hollywood, Calif.: Back to Nature Corporation).

Press Coverage

Raw Food and Health (1923-'24)

vs. Florida Medical Board (1925)

D.C. Lecture Circuit (1927)

vs. California Medical Board (1929-'30)

vs. Arizona Medical Board (1935-'36)

vs. California Medical Board (1938-'42)

  • "Legal and Investigation Report - North", Directory of Physicans and Surgeons, Naturopaths, Drugless Practitioners, Chiropodists, Midwives, California: Board of Medical Examiners of the State of California, 1943, p. 427, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3108778&seq=435&q1=%22St.+Louis+A.+Estes%22, "It was necessary to issue a bench warrant for St. Louis A. Estes, in order to execute sentence on his 1940 conviction for violation of Section 2141 of the Business and Professions Code, which was affirmed by the Appellant Division of the Superior Court in December, 1941. Apprehended in Los Angeles, he was returned to San Francisco where he served 150 days' county jail sentence. The $2,500 fine also imposed has not been collected due to Estes filing bankruptcy proceedings. A second jail sentence imposed in lieu of the fine, was held by Judge Ames to be improper and Estes was released on a habeas corpus." 

Bankruptcy (1941)

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Notes

  1. Estes often claimed in the press to be older than he was, in some cases inflating his age by fifteen years or more.