August Heisler

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August Gustav Heisler (born September 12, 1881 in Mannheim ; † February 7, 1953 in Tübingen ) was a German country doctor .

Life

August Heisler was born the son of the jeweler Carl Friedrich Heisler. From 1898 he studied medicine in Kiel , Munich , Heidelberg and Freiburg , where he received his doctorate in 1905. In 1910 he settled in Königsfeld in the Black Forest as a country doctor and also worked in the local sanatorium.

With the help of Albert Schweitzer , he founded the “Geistige Nothilfe” foundation in 1924, which, like his medical practice, was later continued by his son Wyldbore Heisler.

Heisler was a supporter of holistic medicine . He developed the "Heisler's apple diet" and introduced coffee charcoal ("carbo Königsfeld") into medicine.

In 1952, together with Albert Schweitzer and Albert Dietrich , he was one of the first to receive the Paracelsus Medal .

Alexander Heisler , country doctor and founder of the Zelt-Musik-Festival in Freiburg is a grandson of August Heisler.

Fonts

  • Studies on the infectivity of tubercle bacilli of various origins. Kastner & Callwey, Munich 1905 (dissertation, University of Freiburg im Breisgau, 1905).
  • with Hermann Schall: Food table for the establishment and calculation of diet prescriptions for hospitals and practices. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1909.
  • with Hermann Schall: The practice of nutritional therapy for diabetes. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1910.
  • Still country doctor. Experience and considerations from practice. Gmelin, Munich 1928.
  • From my medical records. About the work of a country doctor. Gmelin, Munich 1936.
  • Country doctor and naturopathic treatment. Hippocrates, Stuttgart 1938.
  • From nature observation to nature research. Hippocrates, Stuttgart 1939.
  • From the life of a country doctor. 2 lectures held at the University of Tübingen on the 13th and December 15, 1948. Schmiedel, Stuttgart 1949.
  • The doctor as a servant of nature. Hippocrates, Stuttgart 1950.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Fritz Link: From the historic colony to a sustainable health resort , Königsfeld website, accessed on March 25, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Heisler, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heisler, August Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German country doctor
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH 7th February 1953
Place of death Tübingen