Sebastian Kneipp was a German Catholic priest and one of the forefathers of the naturopathic medicine movement.
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16 Facts About Sebastian Kneipp
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Sebastian Kneipp's father was a weaver, and Kneipp trained as a weaver until he was 23 when he began training for the priesthood.
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Sebastian Kneipp was so ill that he was visited by a physician around 100 times in each of his last two years of study.
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In 1850, Sebastian Kneipp met a student in the Georgianum seminary in Munich that was ill and shared water cures with him.
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Sebastian Kneipp began developing his healing methods in 1849 after contracting tuberculosis and experimenting with the water treatments developed by Sigmund Hahn.
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Sebastian Kneipp began working with the cures developed by Vincenz Priessnitz but developed a more complicated and gentle method.
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Sebastian Kneipp's approach comes from his theory that all diseases originate in the circulatory system.
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Sebastian Kneipp believed that food should be dry and simple and should not be spicy.
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Sebastian Kneipp believed that people should drink primarily water but allowed consumption of alcohol in moderation.
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Sebastian Kneipp's focus on water and herbs stems from the idea that remedies are naturally provided by God.
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Sebastian Kneipp used scripture as well as references to Roman practice to support the reasoning behind his cure and admitted that his treatments did not fall in line with current scientific understanding.
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Sebastian Kneipp had a particular dedication to helping the poor and those that physicians can't help.
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Sebastian Kneipp's suffering early in life caused Kneipp to develop a deep sympathy for those less fortunate than him.
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Sebastian Kneipp turned down many patients that could feasibly recover on their own but claims to have never refused to treat a patient that is poor or untreatable by other methods.
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Sebastian Kneipp wrote "Thus Shalt Thou Live", "My Will", and The Care of Children in Sickness and in Health.
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Sebastian Kneipp expanded the definition of health to include a more holistic view which included mental, social, and spiritual aspects.
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