Dr.Edward Howell , a pioneer researcher in food enzymes and human nutrition, was born in Chicago. After obtaining a limited medical license from the state of Illinois, he spent six years on the professional staff of the Lindlahr Sanitarium, a well known ‘nature cure’ hospital predominantly utilizing nutrition and physical therapies. In 1930, he established his own facility for the treatment and research of chronic ailments through nutrition and physical modalities. He is also the author of treatise, Enzyme Nutrition, published in 1985.