Ita Wegman and Karl König

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Ita Wegman and Karl König: Letters and Documents

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 Steiner’s 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.

Karl König first met Dr. Wegman around 1927, and she quickly recognized his great potential, as well as his weaknesses. She invited him to work at the Arlesheim clinic as her assistant, encouraging and advising him in his medical work.

Ita Wegman and Karl König includes their complete correspondence to each other, as well as König’s medical essays written during his time in Arlesheim.

C O N T E N T S:

Preface

1. The Relationship between Karl König and Ita Wegman
2. The Correspondence between Ita Wegman and Karl König (2916–41)
3. Karl König: Memories of Ita Wegman

Appendix: Karl König’s Letter to Thomas Weihs
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Peter Selg studied medicine in Witten-Herdecke, Zurich, and Berlin and, until 2000, worked as the head physician of the juvenile psychiatry department of Herdecke Hospital in Germany. Dr. Selg is director of the Ita Wegman Institute for Basic Research into Anthroposophy (Arlesheim, Switzerland), professor of medicine at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences (Germany), and co-leader of the General Anthroposophical Section at the Goetheanum. He is the author of numerous books on Rudolf Steiner, anthroposophy, medical ethics, and the development of culture and consciousness.

Additional information

Weight 17 oz
Dimensions 5.5 × 0.5 × 8.5 in
Author

Translator

Regina Erich

Contributors

ISBN13

9780863156618

Published

November 2008

Format

Paperback

Pages

192

Publisher

Floris Books

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