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PRIESSNITZ, Vincenz (1799 – 1851)

PRIESSNITZ, Vincenz (1799 – 1851)

1799 – 1851

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1835 CE

#1992

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 s…