# origin of graham crackers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-graham-crackers/41793
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 19, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-graham-crackers/41793 "2000-11-19T01:24:50Z")
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### Author:  [@wish21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wish21)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-graham-crackers/41793/1 "2000-11-19T01:24:50Z")
Was this cracker invented by Dr. Graham for alcoholics? When was this invented?
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-graham-crackers/41793/2 "2000-11-19T01:33:38Z")
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_053.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_053.html)
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### Author:  [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-graham-crackers/41793/3 "2000-11-19T01:52:52Z")
Here’s another interesting link about him and Kellog:
[http://www.ibiblio.org/stayfree/10/graham.htm](http://www.ibiblio.org/stayfree/10/graham.htm)
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> “All kinds of stimulating and heating substances; high-seasoned food; rich dishes; the free use of flesh; and even the excess of aliment; all, more or less – and some to a very great degree – increase the concupiscent excitability and sensibility of the genital organs…” – Sylvester Graham
The Kellog quote concerning circumcision as a preventetive for masturbation, and the application of carbolic acid to the clitoris in the case of females makes you believe that Anothony Hopkins’ portrayal in “The Road to Wellville” wasn’t all that broadly drawn.