Abstract
The term ‘naturopathy’ is fairly modern, having been coined in 1895 by John Scheel a German doctor practising in the USA, to describe his particular methods of treatment, which involved hydrotherapy and ‘hygienics’. Seven years later, Benedict Lust, who also practised in the States, applied this new word to a combination of natural therapies which aimed to ‘raise the vitality of the patient to a proper standard of health’.
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Trevelyan, J., Booth, B. (1994). Naturopathy. In: Complementary Medicine. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13252-2_12
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