1. Benedict Lust was a German-American who was one of the founders of naturopathic medicine in the first decades of the twentieth century.
22 Facts About Benedict Lust
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Benedict Lust graduated from the Universal Osteopathic College in 1897 and the Eclectic and Naturopathic College in 1904.
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In 1896, Lust began his career as a naturopath by opening a health center and health food store in New York City.
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Benedict Lust opened the New York School of Massage in 1896 and the American School of Chiropractic.
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Benedict Lust published several German and English language magazines advocating hydrotherapy and natural cure.
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Benedict Lust was a disciple of Adolf Just, a German naturopath.
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In 1901, Benedict Lust opened the American School of Naturopathy in Manhattan.
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In 1919, the Naturopathic Society of America was dissolved and Benedict Lust founded the American Naturopathic Association to supplant it.
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Benedict Lust operated the Herald of Health and Naturopath journal.
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Benedict Lust was associated with Bernarr Macfadden's Physical Culture magazine.
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Benedict Lust established health resorts known as Yungborn in Butler, New Jersey and Tangerine, Florida which acted as the Winter Campus for the American School of Naturopathy until 2001.
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Benedict Lust published and translated August Engelhardt's book, A Carefree Future in 1913.
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Benedict Lust became known as the "Father of Naturopathy" in America, and his writings and magazines introduced Americans not only to German methods, but Indian concepts of Ayurveda and Yoga.
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Benedict Lust was a vegetarianism activist and opponent of the germ theory of disease, vaccination and vivisection.
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Benedict Lust married Aloysia Stroebele in New York City on June 11,1900.
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Benedict Lust was criticized by medical experts for promoting quackery and was often in conflict with the American Medical Association.
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On one occasion Benedict Lust was convicted of practicing medicine without a license and fined $100.
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Benedict Lust promoted pseudoscientific treatments such as biological blood-washing and zone therapy.
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In total, Benedict Lust was arrested sixteen times by New York authorities and several times by federal agents.
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In 1921, Benedict Lust was arrested for criminal libel against Frances Benzecry, a private detective for the American Medical Association.
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Benedict Lust wrote that Benzecry was "a disgrace to American womanhood and to the free soil of America on which she treads".
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Benedict Lust was released after a $10,000 bond was posted.