Henry Lindlahr was the author of one of the cornerstone texts of American naturopathic medicine, Nature Cure, which includes topics about disease suppression versus elimination, hydrotherapy, and the importance of fresh air and sun bathing.

Henry Lindlahr devoted himself to healing after being helped by Father Sebastian Kneipp

Sebastian Kneipp

Sebastian Kneipp was a Bavarian priest and one of the founders of the Naturopathic medicine movement...

 (1821–1897), in Europe.
He graduated from the National Medical University in Illinois.
In 1902, he opened his practice in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

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In 1914, he founded the Lindlahr Sanitarium, in Elmhurst, Illinois

Elmhurst, Illinois

Elmhurst is a suburb of Chicago in DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois. The population is 46,013 as of the 2008 US Census population estimate.-History:...

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Works

reprint General Books LLC, 2009, ISBN 9781150083747; reprint Kessinger Publishing, 2004, ISBN 9780766186606 reprint Kessinger Publishing, 2004, ISBN 9780766183834 reprint Kessinger Publishing, 2004, ISBN 9780766187306

External links

• "Nature Cure", Soil and Health Library