Toronto inventor Dr. Theodore Drake Pablum

On a walk through Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in midtown Toronto, I discovered the final resting place of a man whose quiet genius helped change the course of infant health worldwide: pediatrician Dr. Theodore Drake. In 1930, alongside Dr. Frederick Tisdale, Dr. Drake co-developed what became a household name for generations—Pablum, the first precooked, vitamin-enriched infant […]