Dr. Franz Hartmann

by Karl Fischer^[i]

Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl

Translator’s note: Dr. Franz Hartmann, a theosophical writer and doctor, is gaining recognition for his work. His lignosulfite remedy, effective for nose, throat, and lung diseases, is gaining acceptance despite initial opposition.

          The famous theosophical writer, Dr. Franz Hartmann, is not only gaining recognition every day due to the great clarity of his works, but his work as a doctor is also gaining more and more power from year to year. For example, under “The flu is here” “The teacher in the garden and small animal yard” writes the following:

          The news of the hundreds of thousands of cases of influenza in the big cities terrified the German population, remembering the huge number of deaths caused by the influenza epidemic in 1918. . . .

          Furthermore, it is known from extensive medical literature that Dr. Hartmann’s lignosulfite remedy also provides immediate relief and has had an astonishing healing effect in many 100,000 cases of all common nose, throat and lung diseases. Every schoolboy today knows that people have been killed in large numbers by poison gases, but that medicinal gases, such as Dr. Hartmann’s lignosulfite or acid therapy by Prof. Kapff, can bring about immediate relief for colds, etc. Unfortunately, this knowledge is only slowly gaining acceptance! Why? The shift that the natural sciences are currently experiencing will finally lead us to encounter concepts in the field of “inhalation therapy” that were taught by Dr. Hartmann 50 years ago but were opposed.

          Even if we have not yet fully arrived at a seemingly reliable basis for general scientific knowledge, it is proven that Dr. Hartmann’s theory of “environmental research” already existed 50 years ago, namely that, for example, “lignosulfite gases” or acid inhalation in cases of flu, catarrh, lung diseases, etc. not only combat the pathogen, but also deprive it of the living conditions it receives from its environment!

          With the rise of bacteriology, every cold and every runny nose was considered an infectious disease. People believed in a cold bacillus, which they hoped to discover just like the tubercle bacillus!

          What is true, however, is that the development of a cold requires a “degree of predisposition” that varies depending on the constitution of the individual.

          Nürnberg.            Karl Fischer.

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[1] Dr. Franz Hartmann. Karl Fischer. Theosophy XVIII, no. 3 (1929) [Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl, ©2026]