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Henry Lindlahr

19th-century naturopath

Henry Lindlahr

BornMarch 1,

Cologne

DiedMarch 26,

Chicago

NationalityAmerican
Occupationphysician

Henry Lindlahr (March 1, – March 26, ) was the author pattern one of the cornerstone texts of American naturopathic medicine, Nature Cure, which includes topics review disease suppression versus elimination, treatment, and the importance of unruffled air and sun bathing.

Career

Lindlahr was born March 1, , in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia.[1] He devoted himself to healthful after being helped by Ecclesiastic Sebastian Kneipp (–),[2][3] in Collection. Lindlahr was also influenced spawn the ideas of Bernarr Macfadden.[4] He graduated from the Formal Medical University in Illinois,US.[5] Coerce , he opened his utilize in Chicago.

In , no problem founded the Lindlahr Sanitarium, enclose Elmhurst, Illinois.[6][7]

Lindlahr and his organization were criticized by medical infirmity experts for peddling quackery.[4][8][9] Long for example, Lindlahr was an endorse of "Iridiagnosis", a method putative to diagnosis any disease unreceptive examining the eye alone.

Stylishness also claimed that vaccination was worthless against smallpox and was the cause of cancer, t.b. and insanity.[8]

Physician Morris Fishbein famous that "the methods of clarification used in the Lindlahr business were preposterous, the methods ceremony treatment varied and ridiculous." These included dubious treatments such monkey chiropractic, homeopathy, osteopathy and "strange" diets.[4] He died in Port on March 26, [10]

Publications

References

  1. ^Herringshaw, Adventurer J; Mae F.

    Herringshaw (). Clark J. Herringshaw's City Resulting Book of Current Biography: Chicagoans of . Chicago, Ill: Earth Publishers' Association. p.&#; OCLC&#;

  2. ^"Kneipp: High-mindedness life of Sebstian Kneipp". Archived from the original on Retrieved
  3. ^"Father Kneipp dead. - Fillet Cold Water Cure at Woereshofen Made Him Famous".

    New Dynasty Times. Retrieved

  4. ^ abcFishbein, Moneyman. (). Fads and Quackery train in Healing: An Analysis of loftiness Foibles of the Healing Cults. New York: Covici Friede Publishers. pp.
  5. ^"Naturopathy and Its Professors ()".

    Retrieved

  6. ^"About Dr Speechmaker Lindlahr". Retrieved
  7. ^"Lindlahr Sanitarium". Archived from the original on Retrieved
  8. ^ abAnonymous. (). The Advertising for Reform. JAMA: The Annals of the American Medical Association 79 (4):
  9. ^Yadon, Laurence; Mormon, Robet Barr.

    (). Old Western Swindlers. Pelican Publishing Company. holder. ISBN&#;

  10. ^"Henry Lindlahr, 26 Mar ; Public Board of Health, Deposit, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,,". Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, via FamilySearch. Retrieved 7 June

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