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Wilhelm Winternitz
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Wilhelm Winternitz (March 1, 1835), Josefov (Jaroměř) Josefstadt (now a part of Jaroměř, Okres Náchod), Bohemia – February 22, 1917, Vienna) was a Czech-Austrian Jewish physician and hydropathist. He was an influential neurologist[1] and hydropathist who at the time was commonly characterized as "the father of scientific hydrotherapy".[2][3][4]
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