
Amalie Hohenester (1827–1878) was a German healer and
cunning woman
Cunning folk, also known as folk healers or wise folk, were practitioners of folk medicine, helpful folk magic and divination in Europe from the Middle Ages until the 20th century. Their practices were known as the cunning craft. Their services ...
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[Hedi Heres: Von Hexen und Druden. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1995, Seite 97. ] She was active as a healer from the 1850s onward, and managed her own practice, the famous spa of Mariabrunn, from 1862 onward. She enjoyed success and fame, but was also subjected to lawsuits from the authorities for
quackery
Quackery, often synonymous with health fraud, is the promotion of fraudulent or Ignorance, ignorant medicine, medical practices. A quack is a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or public ...
. She is one of the most well-known figures in the history of
Bavaria
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1827 births
1878 deaths
19th-century German businesspeople
19th-century German women physicians
19th-century German physicians
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