Wilhelm Winternitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Winternitz

Austrian-Czech physician

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1834

Place of Birth: Josefov, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 22-Feb-1917

Profession: physician, neurologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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