Macfadden's Fasting, Hydropathy and Exercise: Nature's Wonderful Remedies for the Cure of All Chronic and Acute Diseases
period treatise · 1900
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SUMMARY
An early statement of Macfadden's drugless doctrine, written with Felix Leopold Oswald and published in London under Macfadden's own imprint about 1900 (Wellcome Collection, 217 pp). The title states the central claim directly: fasting, hydropathy, and exercise are presented as 'nature's wonderful remedies for the cure of all chronic and acute diseases,' set against conventional medicine and drugs. The Wellcome catalogue record carries the Public Domain Mark ('You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law'). Cited as the primary statement of the cure-all framing in the promoter's own words; it is a promotional treatise, not a controlled study.
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This treatise is the primary statement of Bernarr Macfadden’s drugless system in its own terms. Written with Felix Leopold Oswald and issued under Macfadden’s own London imprint about 1900, it presents fasting, hydropathy (water cure), and exercise as “nature’s wonderful remedies for the cure of all chronic and acute diseases.” The title alone carries the case’s central claim: that a natural regimen, rather than physicians and drugs, cures disease across the board. The Wellcome Collection holds the volume and records it under the Public Domain Mark. The archive cites it as the promoter’s own articulation of the cure-all doctrine; it is a promotional treatise, not evidence of any measured outcome.