»Does he not look as though he has escaped from the devil's own bag of tricks?«

The victories and the defeats of Prior Favst Gradiäek, the Carniolan doctor with miraculous healing powers

Authors

  • Jurij Šilc

Keywords:

epidemic, medicine, homoeopaths

Abstract

In the beginning of the 19,h century, the prior of the Order of the Brothers of Mercy Favst (Matej) Gradišek, was very influential as the spiritual leader of the homeopathic method of healing. From 1807 onwards, Favst Gradiäek was also the General Manager of the Ljubljana Provincial Civic Hospital. When the French dissolved the Order of the Brothers of Mercy in 1811, Gradišek moved to the village of Šmartno by Mt. Šmarna Gora, where he continued with his work in his own homeopathic clinic until his death in 1837. The following article depicts the extraordinary life path of this very self-reliant doctor and "miracle-worker", who was born on September 1,1776 close to Ljubljana in the village of Gameljne.

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Published

2025-07-29

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2003)

Section

Prispevki

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Copyright (c) 2025 Jurij Šilc

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