Excerpt from The Kneipp Brochure: Sebastian Kneipp, Parish Priest of Woerishofen (Bavaria); His Treatment and His Works At many portals did he knock in vain till at last the Reverend Mr. Merkle, who afterwards became a prelate and a -well known author, and who was then living at Griinenbach, took an interest in him and enabled him to make such progress in his preliminary studies within the space of two years that he was able at the end 0 years more to pass the final examination at the Grammar School of Dillingen. On the 6'h of August 1852 he took holy orders in Munich. Since 1881 he has occupied the position of parish priest in Werishofen and at the same was fconfessor in the Convent of 8' Dominic, which latter duty he had performed since 1855. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.