COMPARISON REPORT

TED ROGERS VERSUS FREDERICK TISDALL

B Y: - J A S B I R S I N G H B A R N

FREDERICK TISDALL
When a young doctor named Frederick Tisdall first came to The
Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in 1921 no one could have
imagined what accomplishments would follow.
In late 1929, Dr. Tisdall came into prominence when he became
director of the Nutritional Research Laboratories. He was described
as 'dynamic', a 'wheeler-dealer', a 'cleaver business man', and a
'publicity genius'.
The most pressing problem facing the hard working staff of the
laboratory was preparing good nutritious food for babies. At that
time, infants were being fed cereal and biscuits consisting mostly of
wheat, oats or corn meal. All the bran and germ had to be removed
because whole grain cereal was difficult for a baby to digest.

COMPARISON
FREDERICK TISDALL

Invented Pablum.
Saved Lives.
Partial Royalties To
Sick Kids.

TED ROGERS

Communication
Mogul.
Helped The
Canadian Economy.
His Rogers Cable
TVone of the
firstCanadian
Cablecompanies

FREDERICK TISDALL WAS A CANADIAN

ICON
Dr. Tisdall, along with Dr. Theodore Drake, made the
production of a perfect infant food their main goal. They
intensified and expanded their experiments with animals, and
tested foods on groups of children in the hospital and in
orphanages.
All the hard work paid off when the doctors discovered
how to make a mixture that contained all the essential
vitamins and minerals that babies needed, yet
wouldn't cause undue constipation or diarrhea. They
added ingredients such as honey to make it more
palatable and baked it into a biscuit, which they
arranged to have manufactured by a prominent
biscuit company under the name "Sunwheat."

FREDERICK TISDALL CANADIAN

HERO
At the time of his death, Tisdall was associate professor
of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, a physician at
SickKids, and director of Research Laboratories,
Department of Paediatrics, at SickKids.