Sebastian Kneipp and the Natural Cure Movement of Germany: Between Naturalism and Modern Medicine
secondary literature · 2016
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SUMMARY
Peer-reviewed medical-history article situating Kneipp within Germany's broader 19th-century Natural Cure Movement. States the Kneipp Cure's five tenets (hydrotherapy, exercise, nutrition, herbalism, mind-body balance) and that, unlike some contemporaries, Kneipp accepted vaccination and medication and sought recognition from organized medicine. DOI and PMID both resolved directly on the PMC/PubMed record.
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Used for the five-pillars structure and Kneipp’s relatively accommodating stance toward conventional medicine, which the article credits with helping his method gain lasting institutional acceptance.