Max-Henri Béguin

Max-Henri Béguin (* 1918 ; † 2000 in La Chaux-de-Fonds ) was a Swiss pediatrician and pacifist .

Life

Béguin belonged to the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Switzerland and campaigned for people to live together without violence. After studying medicine , he was appointed MD PhD . This was followed by special training as a pediatrician. The content of his medical advice was also the emphasis and guidance on a healthy diet . During a trip to India in 1968, he introduced the Indian sweetener jaggery to Europe to study its effect on maintaining dental health. After discovering its health-promoting effects, he used a variety of ways to promote natural sweeteners.

Béguin was a member of the Christian Peace Conference (CFK), at whose II. All-Christian Peace Assembly in 1964 in Prague he participated. Since the 1970s, he has campaigned for the preservation of the natural environment and organized work camps in the Swiss Jura for young people who a. worked on the erection of protective stone walls. As a member of the Service Civil International (SCI) he supported young men who refused to do military service for reasons of conscience .

Works

Books

La Streptomycine et le "PAS" dans le traitement de la tuberculosis chez l'enfant. Karger, Basel 1949.
De bonnes dents grâce au sucre complet, La Chaux-de-Fonds, édition de l'Étoile, coll.Bulletin des écoles ménagères, 1978.
- Good teeth thanks to wholesome sugar, La Chaux-de-Fonds, édition de l'Étoile, 1978.
Aliments naturels et dents saines, La Chaux-de-Fonds, édition de l'Étoile, 1979, rééd. 1983.
- M.-H. Béguin: Natural food - healthy teeth . Edition de l'Etoile 1979. Violette Béguin. La Chaux-de Fonds.
Mon enfant aura de bonnes dents, La Chaux-de-Fonds, édition de l'Étoile, 1989. ISBN 2-940230-02-1
- M.-H. Béguin: Whole cane sugar for the sake of your teeth . Edition de l'Etoile 1997. Violette Béguin. La Chaux-de Fonds. ISBN 2-940230-03-X ( Memento of May 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Contributions

“À La Chaux-de-Fonds: la vie et la mort de nos fermes”, In: Revue neuchâteloise, Neuchâtel, 1967.
Satjagraho hodiaŭ aŭ Aktuelleco de aktiva neperforto. In: Eric Descoeudres , Pierre Hirsch , Max-Henri Béguin: Tri prelegoj pri Gandhi kaj satjagraho okaze de la Jubileo Mahatma Gandhi en La Chaux-de-Fonds (Svisio), 23-24 nov. 1968. La Juna Penso, Laroque-Timbaut 1971.

Web links

Fund Max-Henri Béguin in the Bibliothèque de la Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds

Individual evidence

↑ Fluoride - Pros and Cons ( Memento from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Photos from SCI Archives

personal data
SURNAME	Béguin, Max-Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss pediatrician and pacifist
DATE OF BIRTH	1918
DATE OF DEATH	2000
Place of death	La Chaux-de-Fonds

[1] Fluoride - Pros and Cons ( Memento from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Photos from SCI Archives