Beginning in the 1940’s, leaders of the Natural Hygiene Movement operated Hygienic Institutes where thousands of health seekers recovered their health through water fasting which was offered as an integral part of the Natural Hygiene Health Program. Among the leading institutes were:
Dr. Gerald Benesh, Dr. Benesh’s Health Ranch
Dr. William Esser: Esser’s Health Ranch, San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Robert Anderson: Hygieology in Rhinebeck, NY
Dr. Robert Gross: Pawling Health Manor in Rhinebeck, NY
Dr. John Boscious: Bay & Gulf Health Center in, St. Petersburg, FL
Dr. D. J. Scott: Scott’s Natural Health Institute in Strongsville, Ohio