John Henry Tilden

John Henry Tilden
Tilden in 1918[1]
Born(1851-01-21)21 January 1851
Van Burensburg, Illinois
Died(1940-09-01)1 September 1940
Denver, Colorado
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine

John Henry Tilden (January 21, 1851 – September 1, 1940) was an American physician and natural hygiene proponent best known in circles of alternative healthcare for his criticism of pharmaceutics and for his theory explaining disease via "toxaemia" which influenced the field of naturopathy.

  1. ^ Stone, Wilbur F. (1918). History of Colorado, Vol III. Denver Public Library: C. J. Clarke Publishing, Company. p. 119.