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Died | October 26, 1921 | (aged 80)
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Robert Walter (February 14, 1841 – October 26, 1921) was a Canadian American physician and natural hygiene proponent.
Walter was born in Acton, Canada West. As a young man he moved to Danville, New York, where he studied medicine. [1] He graduated from the Hygeio-Therapeutic College of New York in 1873 and the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1888. [2] He worked as a homeopath and hydrotherapist for twenty-five years. [3] He married Eunice C. Lippincott in 1872. They had three daughters and two sons. [1] In 1876, he established the Walter Sanitarium in Walter's Park, Pennsylvania. [4] His book Vital Science makes frequent reference to Biblical literature. Walter was a member of the Society of Friends. [1]
Walter authored the natural hygiene book The Exact Science of Health, in 1903. [5] It was negatively reviewed in medical journals. [5] [6] [7] [8] The book espoused fasting, homeopathic medicine and vitalism. [5] Walter opposed conventional medicine and believed that disease could be cured by people avoiding food and flushing the bowel several times a day. He was an early advocate of colon cleansing. A review in the International Medical Magazine commented that "there are some valuable hygienic suggestions in the book, but they are buried among a mass of platitudes and other unscientific extraneous matter." [5] A review in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences noted that it "bristles with scientific inaccuracies and still more mischievous perversions and misinterpretations of facts." [7] Walter was criticized for not keeping up to date with the progress of modern medical science. [9]
Walter died on October 26, 1921, in Reading, Pennsylvania. [10]
Robert Walter | |
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Born | |
Died | October 26, 1921 | (aged 80)
Occupation(s) | Physician, writer |
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Robert Walter (February 14, 1841 – October 26, 1921) was a Canadian American physician and natural hygiene proponent.
Walter was born in Acton, Canada West. As a young man he moved to Danville, New York, where he studied medicine. [1] He graduated from the Hygeio-Therapeutic College of New York in 1873 and the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1888. [2] He worked as a homeopath and hydrotherapist for twenty-five years. [3] He married Eunice C. Lippincott in 1872. They had three daughters and two sons. [1] In 1876, he established the Walter Sanitarium in Walter's Park, Pennsylvania. [4] His book Vital Science makes frequent reference to Biblical literature. Walter was a member of the Society of Friends. [1]
Walter authored the natural hygiene book The Exact Science of Health, in 1903. [5] It was negatively reviewed in medical journals. [5] [6] [7] [8] The book espoused fasting, homeopathic medicine and vitalism. [5] Walter opposed conventional medicine and believed that disease could be cured by people avoiding food and flushing the bowel several times a day. He was an early advocate of colon cleansing. A review in the International Medical Magazine commented that "there are some valuable hygienic suggestions in the book, but they are buried among a mass of platitudes and other unscientific extraneous matter." [5] A review in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences noted that it "bristles with scientific inaccuracies and still more mischievous perversions and misinterpretations of facts." [7] Walter was criticized for not keeping up to date with the progress of modern medical science. [9]
Walter died on October 26, 1921, in Reading, Pennsylvania. [10]