Health University” in Kosów. About the work of Apolinary Tarnawski.

The article is devoted to dr Apolinary Tarnawski (1851-1943), Polish pioneer of natural medicine, the founder and for fifty years the manager of the sanatorium in Kosów (near Kolomyia). His methods of therapy (with air, sun, water baths, diet and exercise) were derived from tendencies of European spa system of the time. Tarnawski developed what he learnt abroad, equipping Kosów establishment with some original technical devices. He also introduced a specific ethical approach to the medical treatment. Tarnawski influenced the social life of reborn Poland and his sanatorium had a strong impact on Polish intelligentsia. At the same time it was deeply rooted in the local Polish and Ukrainian traditions of living close to nature.