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==Career==
After his marriage with another dctor Florence Ellen De L'Horbe in Michigan, McCormick moved back to Canada for medical missionary work. In 1906, he established a nerve treatment facility in the town of [[Toronto Junction]]. It was called High Park Sanitarium modelled after [[Battle Creek Sanitarium]]. He became the physician in-charge and his wife assisted him in its supervision. At the sanitarium, McCormick explored various treatments for his patients, including diet reform and water therapy.
In 1914, the McCormicks opened the High Park Mineral Baths, which were advertised for their healing mineral-rich spring water. Dubbed the "Minnies," the baths featured a swimming club that attracted both men and women. The facility hosted diving events and even served as a destination for the Canadian artillery during the Great War. McCormick ran the High Park Sanitarium until his wife died in September 1922. The following year, his child drowned while playing near the swimming pool. Despite the experience, he recognized the public value of the baths and kept its operations. He then leased the sanitarium building to Strathcona Hospital, a private maternity hospital.<ref>{{cite book|title=Physicians|editor=Dr. Donald Brearley|publisher=Quinte Branch, The Ontario Genealogical Society|year=2017|page=185}}</ref>
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In the 1940s, he conducted clinical and laboratory tests on using vitamins B and C to treat infectious diseases, finding that vitamin C counteracted chemical and bacterial toxins. This led him to advocate for high-dose ascorbic acid (vitamin C) therapy, and he also demonstrated that vitamin C could prevent and cure kidney stones. In recognition of his vitamin research, he was made a member of the American Academy of Applied Nutrition.<ref>{{cite newspaper|title=City Doctor Honored by US Nutritionists|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=19 April 1949|page=2}}</ref>
McCormick wrote about the benefits of vitamin C on curing cardiovascular disease. He was also the first to propose that vitamin C could strengthen collagen, potentially preventing the spread of cancer cells in the body.{{
==Death==
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