Reinhardt was the first physician to advocateopen-air treatment in England.[1] He established the Hailey Open-Air Sanatorium atIpsden,Wallingford and acted as visiting physician.[2][3] The sanatorium contained a number of sleepingchalets.[3] He was Honorary Secretary of the Open-Air League and co-authored a handbook on open air treatment.[4][5][6] In his bookDiet and the Maximum Duration of Life, Reinhardt argued thatcolon cleansing was responsible for postponing old age.[7][8] Reinhardt was influenced by the research ofÉlie Metchnikoff and was one of the earliest physicians to promote the consumption ofyoghurt.[9] In his book120 Years of Life: The Book of the Sour Milk Treatment (1910), he described yogurt as the "deliberate employment of microbes which confer a benefit upon their human host."[9]
He changed his second name to Reinhardt-Rutland in August 1914.[10] He took the name from his great grandmother Jane Rutland (1703–1799).[11]
Reinhardt was ananti-vivisectionist.[8] He was associated with theNational Anti-Vivisection Society.[12] He served as Chairman for theCouncil of Justice to Animals[13] and was an executive committee member for the Horses and Drivers' Aid Committee. In 1912, Reinhardt attended a meeting atTorre Abbey in which he defended animals as akin to humans because they feel pain and experience suffering.[14] Reinhardt opposed excessive meat eating but promoted dairy products.[7]
^"Reviewed Work: A Handbook Of The Open-Air Treatment And Life In An Open-Air Sanatorium by Charles Reinhardt, David Thomson".The British Medical Journal.1 (2202): 614. 1903.
