Heinrich Lahmann
Johann Heinrich Lahmann (30 March 1860 – 1 June 1905) was a German physician who was a pioneer of
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
.
He earned his medical doctorate at the
University of Heidelberg, and after graduation became a general practitioner in Stuttgart. On 1 January 1888, he opened a sanatorium called the "Physiatric Sanatorium" at Weißer Hirsch, outside of Dresden
. This institution would eventually become well-known internationally.
Lahmann was influenced by the methods used by
physiotherapy and hydrotherapy.[1]
Lahmann recommended a
diabetics, food for the overweight, as well as a strictly vegetarian diet
. In his 1891 book, Diätetische Blutentmischung als Grundursache der Krankheiten, he argued that diseases were ultimately caused by a poor diet, and therefore a proper diet was needed to prevent illness. He was also one of the first physicians to recognize the importance of minerals in an individual's diet, feeling that many foods were mineral deficient.
Lahmann was an advocate of animal rights, refusing to use them in laboratory experiments. He also advocated loose-fitting clothing for all his patients, and recommended both sauna and open-air bathing.
Selected written works
- Das Luftbad als Heil- und Abhärtungsmittel, 1898
- Die Diätetische Blutentmischung als Grundursache der Krankheiten, 1891
- Die Kohlensäurestauung in unserem Körper - die wichtigste allgemeine Krankheitsursache, 1905
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3-7965-0861-5.
- Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia, whose sources include Lahmann, Heinrich biography @ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie.
- 38th IVU World Vegetarian Congress Dresden, Germany
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