Wilhelm Winternitz (March 1, 1835), Josefov (Jaroměř) Josefstadt (now a part of

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, Okres Náchod),

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– February 22, 1917,

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and hydropathist. He was an influential neurologist and hydropathist who at the time was commonly characterized as "the father of scientific hydrotherapy".

Biography

Winternitz was educated at

and at

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( M. D. 1857), where he settled and became an assistant at the institute for the insane. In 1858 he entered the

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, but resigned his position as surgeon in 1861 and established a practice in Vienna. There he became interested in hydropathy, and was soon regarded as one of the leading authorities. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) Admitted to the medical faculty of the

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for

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in 1865, he was one of the founders of the General Vienna Dispensary, where by 1905 he had become departmental chief. In the same year (1865?) he opened a private hospital at

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, near Vienna. One of the people influenced by Winternitz was one of the Kellogg brothers involved in the

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. In 1874 Winternitz became privat-docent in medicine, and was appointed assistant professor seven years later, becoming a full professor in 1899. Winternitz was a collaborator for hydropathy on Von Ziemssen's ''Handbuch der Allgemeinen Therapie'' (ed. 1881),

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's ''Realencyclopädie der Gesammten Heilkunde'' (ed. 1897), and Eulenburg's ''Lehrbuch der Allgemeinen Therapie und der Therapeutischen Methodik'' (Berlin, 1898–99). In 1890 he founded the '' Blätter für Klinische Hydrotherapie'', of which he was still the editor in 1905. Winternitz advocated a strict

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diet to treat

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.Engelhardt, Dietrich v. (1989). ''Diabetes Its Medical and Cultural History: Outlines — Texts — Bibliography''. Springer. p. 85.

Works

In addition to several

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, Winternitz was the author of the following works: * ''Kaltenleutgeben und Meine Wasserheilanstalt'' (Vienna, 1869) * ''Die Hydropathie auf Physiologischer und Klinischer Grundlage'' (ib. 1877-80; 2d ed. 1890-92; translated into English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian) * ''

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, Lungenphthise und Fieber: Klinische Studien'' (ib. 1887-88)

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Bibliography of Jewish Encyclopedia

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: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Vienna 1856 - 1891. * Pagel, J. L., '' Biog. Lex.'' * Hirsch, A., '' Biog. Lex.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Winternitz, Wilhelm 1835 births 1917 deaths Austrian Jews Physicians from Austria-Hungary Austrian neurologists Czech Jews Food activists Czech neurologists Hydrotherapists Hydrotherapy advocates Pseudoscientific diet advocates

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References

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