Hans Alfred Nieper was a controversial German alternative medicine practitioner who devised "Nieper Therapy".
Background
Hans Nieper was born in Hanover, Germany on May 23, 1928. Nieper’s father was the grandson of Doctor Ferdinand Wahrendorff, founder of the Wahrendorff Psychiatric Hospitals, and son of Doctor Herbert Nieper, who was the Chief Surgeon at the hospital in Goslar, which was later named after him.
Career
He is best known for his claimes to be able to treat cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other serious diseases. His therapy has been discredited as ineffective and unsafe. Nieper’s fascination for science and medicine came long before he was a doctor.
Coming from a family with an extensive background in medicine, Hans Nieper would eventually follow in the family footsteps and become a doctor himself.
Shortly after marriage, they both began to work at the Wahrendorff Psychiatric Hospital. Nieper spent most of his time at the Wahrendorff Hospital growing up.
As Nieper matured, he was encouraged to participate in stimulated conversations about the nature of the mind, the relationship between biology and mentality, and the validity of orthodox medicine, and to ask questions and raise points on his own. These early years taught Nieper to think analytically, to question orthodox assumptions, and to explore ideas and thoughts without fear of censure or ridicule.
Born in Germany in 1928, Nieper was educated at Johann Gutenberg University and the University of Freiberg before earning his medical degree at the University of Hamburg.
During his career, he served as director for the Department of Medicine at Silbersee Hospital in Hanover and for the German Society for Medical Tumour Treatment. Nieper was among the first researchers to work with lithium orotate. Nieper also patented, along with Franz Kohler, Calcium 2-aminoethylphosphate (Calcium American Electric Power), which he believed could be helpful in combating such diseases as juvenile diabetes, gastritis, ulcer, thyroiditis, Myocarditis and Hodgkin"s Disease.
However, there is no evidence from reputable clinical trials for the success of the "Nieper Regime" for treating multiple sclerosis utilizing Calcium American Electric Power. The "Nieper Therapy" approach to cancer also uses Calcium American Electric Power, along with selenium.
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