LOUIS KUHNE'S FACIAL DIAGNOSIS... FACIAL DIAGNOSIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE ANTE-DIAGNOSIS, ENABLING US BOTH TO FORESEE AND FORESTALL ANY AILMENT — By Dr. August F. Reinhold — 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1897 — Hydrotherapy, "Water Cure" Quack Science Medicine, Phrenology, Occult, Curing of Disease through "Water Cure" Publisher: A.F. Reinhold, New York (1897)
First edition from 1897 of Louis Kuhne's FACIAL DIAGNOSIS, in well preserved condition. Grey boards with black writing and gilt decorations. 106 pages, and heavily illustrated. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for some shelfwear. The pages are crisp and clean save for brief note on back inside board. A highly unusual and heavily illustrated manual into the diagnosis of disease and what future diseases the patient will succumb to, through the observation of the body — particularly through the study of the face and neck. Dr. Kuhne and Reinhold purported that ALL disease was caused by improper digestion, resulting in human waste accumulating in the body, eventually working its way toward the skin, thus affecting the growth and development of the skeletal and muscular systems. Visual inspection, particularly in the facial region, enabled a trained physician to predict what diseases the subject could develop throughout his or her lifetime. To remedy these conditions, both scientists suggested the use of a "Water Cure" or hydrotherapy to improve detoxification methods of the body. Dr. Kuhne stated that only through this "Water Cure" could the individual be free of disease. The book includes numerous illustrations listing human body and facial features and corresponding diseases. Please see below for more information on Kuhne and his studies.
Louis Kuhne (14
March 1835 – 4 April 1901) was a German naturopath primarily known for his cold
water hydrotherapy methods that were meant to improve detoxification functions
of the body by stimulation of the lower abdomen. His conceptual view of the cause for disease
was that the average human body was overburdened with toxins that eventually
led to degenerations of the internal organs. He stressed the importance of
proper digestion and of avoiding constipation. His
diagnosis method, the Science of Facial Expressions consists in examining the
face and neck for -sometimes invisible- signs of accumulated waste matter,
which results in a wide spectrum of diseases and ailments. Those range from
cancer to heart, respiratory, circulatory and digestive problems and even skin
problems. According to Kuhne, when waste matter accumulates in the body it pushes outwards and upward to areas from which it can no longer be eliminated, and consequently causes organ malfunction and disease. The function of the friction sitz bath, as he advocated it, (and the Detox Bath) is to push back the excess load of accumulated waste matter and toxins and redirect it back towards the intestines, from which it is later evacuated. Kuhne's friction
sitz bath and hip baths both involved the patient sitting in a tub filled with
relatively cold water (about 10—14°C for the friction bath in the original
instructions, although slightly higher temperatures are preferred today) and
rubbing the lower abdomen, hips, or genitals with a rough linen cloth. The
resulting nerve stimulation by the cold water was supposed to help eliminate
toxins. Immediately after the bath the patient is put to bed to warm him up
again. Louis Kuhne created a unique hydrotherapy panacea, including the
friction sitz bath, to successfully heal a wide spectrum of diseases. -Wikipedia
