How the miracle doctor fell into oblivion - and why writer Rinus Spruit hopes for rehabilitation

by A Quattro Mani
10 November 201930 March 2022
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Hij bracht hypnose en psychotherapie als behandelmethodes naar Nederland en had een bloeiende praktijk met de bekende schrijver Frederik van Eeden. Maar noem de naam Albert Willem van Renterghem, en er zal bij (vrijwel) niemand een belletje gaan rinkelen. Met zijn boek De wonderdokter hoopt samensteller Rinus Spruit op eerherstel.

Albert Willem van Renterghem (1845-1939) gold ooit als “de wonderdokter van Goes”. Na het bijwonen van consulten door de Franse dokter Ambroise Liébeault, de grondleg...

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Albert Willem van Renterghem (1845-1939) gold ooit als “de wonderdokter van Goes”. Na het bijwonen van consulten door de Franse dokter Ambroise Liébeault, de grondleg...