Winternitz, Wilhelm#
b. Josefov, Czech Republic (then Josefstadt), March 1, 1834, d. Vienna, Feb. 22, 1917, physician, Professor at the University of Vienna. Made hydrotherapy a scientifically acknowledged medical treatment; founded a hydrotherapeutic centre at Kaltenleutgeben near Vienna in 1865 as well as the first hydrotherapeutic clinic.
Publications#
Kaltenleutgeben und meine Wasserheilanstalt, 1869; Die Hydrotherapie auf physiologischer und klinischer Grundlage, 2 vols., 1877/80; Wasserkur und natuerliche Immunitaet, 1917. - Ed. of "Blaetter fuer klinische Hydrotherapie und verwandte Heilmethoden", 1891-1910.