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Francesco Racanelli (1904–1978) was an Italian doctor, pranotherapist and writer, and the originator of an unconventional therapy that he called in Italian: medicina bioradiante or "bio-radiant medicine".
Biography
Francesco Racanelli was born in 1904 in Sannicandro di Bari, Puglia, Italy. He believed that he possessed a gift which, much later in his life, he called "bio-radiant energy", and that there was a "vital fluid" which "emanated" from "particularly gifted people". He began to practice on people. As a result, he was prosecuted for the illegal practice of medicine. To avoid further legal problems, he studied medicine and qualified as a doctor. He worked as a healer and lecturer in Florence. He treated wounded people in Florence during the Liberation of Italy.
Francesco Racanelli died in Orbetello, in 1978.
Bibliography
Francesco Racanelli wrote several books, some of which were translated into French and German. They include:
Racanelli, Francesco (1939). Il dolore e la sua medicina (in Italian). Firenze: Giannini & Giovannelli. OCLC 632666065.
Racanelli, Francesco (1948). Terra di nessuno, terra per tutti (in Italian). F. Le Monnier. OCLC 122438578.
Racanelli, Francesco (1949). Il dono della guarigione (in Italian). Vallecchi. OCLC 758848358. French translation 1951.
Racanelli, Francesco (1951). Medicina bioradiante (in Italian). Vallecchi. OCLC 14649906. German translation 1951.
Racanelli, Francesco (1977). Natura e anime (in Italian). Vallecchi. OCLC 3849053. Nine stories, 1945–1975.
Racanelli, Francesco (1978). L'altra medicina (in Italian) (3rd ed.). Vallecchi. OCLC 4777902.