'The intention is to take a practical subject and show how our
spiritual science with anthroposophical orientation truly can play
an effective role in everyday life.' - Rudolf Steiner Following his
first major lecture course for medical practitioners, Rudolf
Steiner sought to elaborate and deepen his 'extension' of the art
of healing from a spiritual-scientific perspective. In this
collection of addresses, discussions, question-and-answer sessions
and lectures - running parallel to his major medical cycles -
Steiner comments on contemporary medicine's emphasis on
experimental, materially-based research and its subsequent lack of
attention to therapy. Steiner's intention is not to detract from
developments in medical science but to build on them with spiritual
science - not quackery but a true art of medicine. The medical
practitioner has an important task: diseases must be cured, and it
is wrong not to intervene and simply to allow 'karma to take its
course'. Speaking to audiences ranging from members of the general
public to small groups of medical professionals, Steiner offers new
insights into our understanding of human organs such as the brain,
kidneys and liver, as well as the efficacy of healing substances
including arsenic, sulphur, arnica and essential plant oils. He
studies a broad range of specific medical conditions, giving advice
on cancer, hysteria, rheumatism, gout, skin eruptions, typhoid,
diabetes, haemophilia, syphilis, gonorrhoea, asthma, glaucoma,
leukaemia, smallpox, insomnia, and childhood diseases such as
measles. His commentaries on a raft of contrasting subjects - such
as psychiatry, sexual maturity, memory, poisoning and
detoxification - present challenging perspectives for patients and
medical practitioners. Steiner's surprisingly non-dogmatic advice
on vaccination, for example, gives a refreshingly balanced, and
perhaps unexpected, point of view. This volume also includes a
lecture on eurythmy therapy, a comprehensive introduction, index
and notes, and nine full colour plates of Rudolf Steiner's
blackboard drawings.
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