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Doanuwörth, L. Auer, 1891-1893. Three volumes in one. 8vo (24.0 x 17.0 cm). Three title pages, 1,284 pp. [iv, 448; iv, 412; iv, 412]; several text engravings. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. = Includes the rare first volume. Published in monthly parts. With a lot on balneology, the so-called "Wasserkur", homeopathy, and herbal treatments. With a portrait of Kneipp and other illustrations. Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) ".was a German Catholic priest and one of the forefathers of the naturopathic medicine movement. He is most commonly associated with the "Kneipp Cure" form of hydrotherapy (often called "Kneipp therapy" or "Kneippism", the application of water through various methods, temperatures and pressures, which he claimed to have therapeutic or healing effects, thus building several hospitals in Bad Wörishofen (Wikipedia). Light shelf wear; name of former owner on the front free endpaper recto; small stamp in one text leaf margin; a few pencil markings, otherwise very good.