1835 PRIESSNITZ, Vincenz (1799 – 1851)

The coldwater cure, its principles, theory, and practice.

Priessnitz, a peasant farmer in Gräfenberg, Austrian Silesia, is generally considered the founder of modern hydrotherapy, which is used in alternative and orthodox medicine. Priessnitz stressed remedies such as suitab…

GMN 1992 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3828

1887 KNEIPP, Sebastian (1821 – 1897)

Meine Wasser-Kur, durch mehr als 30 Jahre erprobt und geschrieben zur Heilung der Krankheiten und Erhaltung der Gesundheit.

Kneipp was a Bavarian priest and not a physician. He learned about hydrotherapy and other methods of treatment later called naturopathic during the time he suffered from tuberculosis. Digital facsimile of the 1889 10t…

GMN 13259 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15525

1896 JUST, Adolf (1859 – 1936)

Kehrt zur Natur zurück! Die wahre naturgemäße Heil- und Lebensweise. Wasser, Licht, Luft, Erde, Früchte und wirkliches Christentum.

Translated into English from the 4th enlarged German edition and published by the translator, Benedict Lust as: Return to nature! The true natural method of healing and living and the true salvation of the soul. (New …

GMN 10052 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12241

1967 WEISS, Harry Bischoff (1883 – 1972)

The great American water-cure craze: A history of hydropathy in the United States.

GMN 13258 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15523

1994 BOYLE, Wade; KIRCHFELD, Friedhelm (1940 – 2011)

Nature doctors: Pioneers in naturopathic medicine.

GMN 10051 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12240

2016 CAYLEFF, Susan E. (1954 – )

Nature's path: A history of naturopathic healing in America.

GMN 10048 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12237