Adolf Keller (doctor)

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Adolf Keller (also Keller-Hoerschelmann ; born December 1, 1879 in Egnach Thurgau; † August 17, 1969 in Cademario Tessin; reformed ; resident in Birwinken ) was a Swiss doctor and naturopath .

Life

Adolf Keller was born on December 1, 1879 in Egnach as the son of the cheese maker Albert Keller and Pauline, née Häberlin. After attending grammar school in Frauenfeld , Keller studied medicine at the Universities of Lausanne , Berlin and Zurich . In 1905 he received his doctorate in Zurich with the work Investigations on the bactericidal effect of mercury light , which he wrote at the bacteriological department of the Hygiene Institute of the University of Zurich, headed by William Silberschmidt .

Subsequently, at the suggestion of Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner , Keller accepted a position as an assistant doctor in Bremen with Franz Schönenberger , a pioneer of the naturopathic movement. From 1907 he was head of the Fellenberg sanatorium in Erlenbach in addition to the management of a medical practice in Zurich .

In 1914 he founded the Kurhaus Cademario near Lugano, which he ran until his death. There he developed his own natural healing method with sport , diet and suggestion etc. a., which he made known in numerous writings, courses and lectures. Since the 1920s, he published the monthly Cademario-Nachrichten as an in-house magazine , which saw themselves as “guides for physical and mental health care”.

Keller was editor of the Swiss magazine Volksgesundheit for about six years. He was married to the German-Baltic woman Herda, the daughter of Edwin von Hoerschelmann from Reval . Adolf Keller died on August 17, 1969 at the age of 89 in Cademario.

He was also a keen cactus lover, and he also published some writings on it.

Works (selection)

  • Blood purification as the basis of all healing, 1953
  • Magnetism, the original healing power of man, 1959
  • Varicose Veins, Phlebitis, and Hemorrhoids: Causes, Prevention, and Natural Cure of Varicose Veins, Phlebitis, and Hemorrhoids, 1963
  • My stomach cure or How do I strengthen and heal my stomach, 1964
  • Natural healing of rheumatism, 1971

literature

  • Martin Aegerter: A pioneer of “natural living and healing”: Dr. med. Adolf Keller-Hoerschelmann , dissertation at the Medical History Institute of the University of Bern 1997.
  • Urs Boschung : Adolf Keller. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 9, 2007 , accessed January 15, 2020 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolf Keller , matriculation edition of the University of Zurich (matriculation number 13349).
personal data
SURNAME Keller, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keller-Hoerschelmann, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctor and naturopath
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Egnach
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1969
Place of death Cademario