Apollinarii Tarnavskyi: Kosiv Philosophy of Health

Ukrainian Television Film Studio, 1994

The film "The Catechism of Health of Doctor Tarnavskyi" about the outstanding doctor Apollinarii Tarnavskyi and his sanatorium in the city of Kosiv.

Video: the city of Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk region, fair, landscapes; people talk about their experience of treatment in the sanatorium, memories of Apollinarii Tarnavskyi; the nature of the Carpathians, different plans; photo archive of Apollinarii Tarnavskyi, photos of the doctor and his family; doctors about Tarnavskyi's treatment methods; about the destruction of the sanatorium by the Soviet authorities after the occupation.

Apollinarii Tarnavskyi was mentioned by: Sofia Baranenko, Mykhailo Dryshchak, Ihor Pylypeyko, Viktor Stovba.

Reference: Apollinarii Tarnavskyi is a prominent Ukrainian physician, hydrotherapist, and innovator in the field of naturopathy, who founded one of the first sanatoriums in the Hutsul region in the town of Kosiv. Having understood and adapted to local conditions the methods of hydrotherapy of the Bavarian healer Sebastian Kneipp, Tarnavskyi created a unique system of health improvement that combined water procedures, physical activity, psychotherapy, asceticism, and strict discipline. His sanatorium, known as the “people’s hospital,” became popular among the Polish intelligentsia of the interwar period and played an important cultural role. In Ukraine, the doctor’s name remained forgotten for a long time, but today, thanks to the efforts of scientists and enthusiasts, his legacy is gradually returning to public memory.