Vincenz PriessnitzPlaque in Poznań.Chapel on the Vincenz Priessnitz vault, Gräfenberg Hill, Jeseník
Vincenz Priessnitz, also written Prießnitz (sometimes in German Vinzenz, in English Vincent, in Czech Vincenc; 4 October 1799 – 26 November 1851) was a peasant farmer in Gräfenberg, Austrian Silesia, who is generally considered the founder of modern hydrotherapy, which is used in alternative and orthodox medicine[citation needed]. Priessnitz stressed remedies such as vegetarian food, air, exercise, rest, water, and traditional medicine.[1][2][3] He is thus also credited with laying the foundations of what became known as Nature Cure,[4] although it has been noted that his main focus was on hydrotherapeutic techniques.[5] The use of cold water as a curative is recorded in the works of Hippocrates and Galen,[6] and techniques such as spas, bathing, and drinking were used by various physicians in Europe and the US through to the 18th century.[7] The practice was becoming less prevalent entering the 19th century however, until Priessnitz revived the technique after having major success applying it on patients in his spa in Gräfenberg (now Lázně Jeseník). Priessnitz's name first became widely known in the English-speaking world through the publications and lecture tours of Captain R. T. Claridge in 1842 and 1843, after he had stayed at Grafenberg in 1841.[2][3] However, Priessnitz was already a household name on the European continent, where Richard Metcalfe, in his 1898 biography, stated: "there are hundreds of establishments where the water-cure is carried out on the principles laid down by Priessnitz".[8] Indeed, Priessnitz's fame became so widespread that his death was reported as far away as New Zealand.[9]
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^Weiss and Kemble (1967). The Great American Water-Cure Craze: A History of Hydropathy in the United States. Trenton: Past Times.
^Legan, Marshall Scott (1971). "Hydropathy in America: A Nineteenth Century Panacea". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 45 (3): 267–280. PMID 4328783 – via ProQuest.
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