Description Victor Bott, MD, offers a comprehensive overview of this remarkable system of medicine. He presents a new approach to understanding various types of diseases, including a discussion on the stages of human development; the roles of organs such as the lungs, liver, kidneys, and heart; specific diseases; and indications about why people become ill. He also discusses the increasing prevalence of cancer and specific phenomena such as the menstrual cycle. This volume will illuminate medical practitioners and therapists who want to learn more about anthroposophical medicine and anyone who would like a deeper understanding of diseases and a key medical approach to dealing with them. This book is a translation from French of La Médecine Anthroposophique : Un Élargissement de l’art de guérir (3rd ed., Triades, 2003). Contents Foreword by Peter Gruenewald Introduction Part One: Man in the Light of Anthroposcopy 1. The Four Constituent Elements of the Human Being 2. The Human Triad 3. Health and Disease 4. Hysteria and Neurasthenia 5. Sleeping and Waking 6. Inflammation and Sclerosis Part Two: The Stages of Human Development 7. From Birth to the Age of Seven 8. From Seven to Fourteen Years of Age 9. From Fourteen to Twenty-one Years of Age Part Three: The Four Cardinal Organs 10. The Lung 11. The Liver 12. The Kidneys 13. The Heart Part Four: Some Special Problems 14. The Problem of Cancer 15. The Menstrual Cycle 16. Diseases of the Skin Postscript Note on the Pharmaceutical Preparations Notes Further Reading
