Jules Grand

Jules Grand (1846–1933) Grand was a physician at the École de Médecine de Paris (Paris School of Medicine). He was an associate editor of the 1893 and 1894 Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences and Analytical Index.

Grand was the president of the French Vegetarian Society from its formation in 1899. He was elected to the management committee in 1905 with biologist Jules Lefèvre and other physicians. By 1906 there were 800 members of the Society.

Grand made anatomical, physiological and ethical arguments for vegetarianism. In June 1900, he was chairman and a speaker at the International Vegetarian Congress organized in Paris. In his speech he commented "that vegetarianism contributes powerfully to making the better man; that it ensures his intellectual capacity; softens his relations with his fellow men and makes them more fraternal". He stated that a vegetarian diet could prevent the misuse of alcohol. A paper he wrote on vegetarianism was read at the International Vegetarian Union's 1926 congress. He was an opponent of vivisection.

Theosophy

Grand combined Theosophy and vegetarianism in his book Hygiene rationnelle vegetarisme ("Rational Hygiene, Vegetarianism"), published in 1912, stating that humans have a responsibility to protect animals. His vegetarianism incorporated theosophical ideas of an astral body and reincarnation. The Philosophy of Diet (translated by F. Rothwell; 1905) Le vin ("Wine"; 1919)