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A portrait of a man with a trimmed mustache. He is wearing a suit and looking off to the left.
A portrait of Benedict Lust.

Benedict Lust publishes the Universal Naturopathic Encyclopedia.

1908

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A portrait of Benedict Lust.

During this period, philanthropists are beginning to steer the medical system towards pharmaceuticals as the core of medicine.

This encyclopedia becomes the primary text for "drugless therapy," or what Lust calls "natural therapies." Lust also opposes germ theory, vaccinations, and vivisection, and weaves these beliefs into his teachings about naturopathy.