METHUSELAH ARCHIVE SOURCES / LAHMANN-AIRBATH-1901

The airbath as a means of healing and hardening the body

period treatise · 1901
type:period treatise
year:1901
citation:Lahmann, Heinrich. The airbath as a means of healing and hardening the body. Stuttgart: A. Zimmer (Ernst Mohrmann), 1901. 2nd ed., 39pp. Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University (Medical Heritage Library). Wellcome Collection record aphz5vhe.
LINK
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/aphz5vhe
SUMMARY
Primary source: Lahmann's own English-language pamphlet prescribing systematic air-and-light bathing ('Luftbad') as a means of hardening the body against disease, part of the sanatorium's regimen alongside diet. Catalog details fetched directly from the Wellcome Collection record 2026-07-08: 2nd edition, Stuttgart, A. Zimmer (Ernst Mohrmann) Publisher, 1901, 39pp plus 1 unnumbered illustrated page, subject headings 'Therapeutics, Physiological', 'Physical Fitness', 'Aerotherapy'; rights status 'Public Domain Mark'; source institution the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale, digitized via the Medical Heritage Library.
NOTES

Primary source for the air-bath component of Lahmann’s regimen (the surrogate ‘hardening’ claim distinct from the diet-blood-dyscrasia mechanism).