Theodor Hahn
Theodor Hahn | |
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 Theodor Hahn's Der Hausarzt, 1878 | |
| Born | May 19, 1824 |
| Died | March 3, 1883 (aged 58) Tablat, St. Gallen |
| Occupation(s) | Naturopath, writer |
Theodor Hahn (May 19, 1824 – March 3, 1883) was a German hydrotherapist, naturopath and vegetarianism activist.
Biography
Hahn was born at
Hahn was one of the first to use the term "Naturheilkunde" (Nature Cure). In 1850, he managed Buchenthal water cure in Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.[1] In 1852, he became director of Tiefenau water cure in Canton of Zürich.[1] Hahn completed the second and third part of Rausse's book Instructions for the Use of Water Cure during 1851–1852.[1] In the early 1850s Hahn gave up alcohol, coffee, meat and spices.[3]
He operated a naturopathic sanatorium Auf der Waid in Oberwaid near
His Die naturgemässe Diät (The Natural Diet) in 1859 argued against the meat-based diet that was promoted by Jacob Moleschott, Gabriel Valentin and others.[3] He argued for a meatless diet and provided evidence of its physiological benefits, including longevity and physical strength.[3] In 1865, Hahn authored a bestseller Das Paradies der Gesundheit, das verlorene und das wiedergefundene (The Paradise of Health, the Lost One, and the One Regained).[5] Hahn opposed animal vivisection.[3]
He died from colon cancer on March 3, 1883.[1]
Selected publications
- Die naturgemässe Diät: die Diät der Zukunft (1859)
- Das Paradies der Gesundheit, das verlorene und das wiedergefundene (1865)
- Praktische Handbuch der Naturgemässen Heilweise (1865)
- Der Naturarzt (1870)
- Der Hausarzt (1878)
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9623518-5-7
- ISBN 978-1552787786
- ^ ISBN 978-1-107-18802-0
- ISBN 978-3777306155
- ^ ISBN 978-07456-2913-1
- ISBN 978-0-313-37556-9
- ISBN 90-5702-564-7
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