Ita Wegman and Karl Konig Letters and Documents

Informationen zum Autor Peter Selg was born in Stuttgart in 1963. He studied medicine in Zurich and Berlin. Until 2000 he worked as the head physician of the child and juvenile psychiatry department of Herdecke hospital in Germany. He now works as a youth psychiatrist at the Ita Wegman Clinic in Arlesheim, Switzerland, lectures extensively and is the author of numerous books. He is married with three children. Karl König (1902-66) was well-known as a physician, author and lecturer. He began his work at the Institute of Embryology at the University of Vienna. In 1940 he founded the Camphill Movement in Scotland. Based on Rudolf Steiner's insights into human development, the special education schools for children and villages for adults with special needs are now established in many parts of the world. Ita Wegman (1876-1943) was, along with Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophical medicine. In 1921 she founded the first anthroposophical clinic in Arlesheim, Switzerland. She developed many alternative therapies, including rhythmic massage. Klappentext Ita Wegman, born in 1876 to a Dutch family living in Indonesia, first met Rudolf Steiner in Berlin in 1902, when she was twenty-six years old. She studied medicine at the University of Zurich and, in 1917, following Steiners indications, developed a treatment for cancer using a preparation of mistletoe. In 1921, in Arlesheim, Switzerland, she founded the first anthroposophic medical clinic, followed in 1922 by the Sonnenhof home for children with special needs. Zusammenfassung Includes the complete correspondence between Wegman and König.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Karl Koenig, Peter Koenig Selg, Selg Peter, Karl König, Wegman Ita, Ita Wegman, Peter Selg, Peter Konig Selg, Karl Wegman Konig, Karl König, Ita Wegman, Karl Konig, Peter Selg
• Editore: Floris Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 20.11.2008
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altro
• EAN: 9780863156618
• ISBN: 978-0-86315-661-8
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Serie: Karl Konig Archive; Karl Koenig Archive; Karl Koenig Archive; Karl König Archive > 3
• Categorie: RELIGION / Theosophy; Theosophy & Anthroposophy; Theosophy and Anthroposophy