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Now we will suppose that the astral body has a certain defect. Through this defect it affects the etheric body and the defect is then passed on to the physical body. This also becomes defective. Then the organism starts revolting against the defect and applies protective measures. This revolt is usually in the form of a temperature, which summons man's forces of recovery. A temperature is not an illness; it is the human being calling together all the forces in his organism to put this defect right again. This revolt of the whole organism against the defect expresses itself as a rule in a feverish temperature. A temperature is the most beneficial, restorative part of an illness. 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When it is the human lungs in particular that have suffered some damage, the astral body becomes defective first and then it passes through the etheric body to the physical body. With pneumonia the cause is always in the astral body; pneumonia can occur in no other way. Now think of the astral body's rhythm. The day pneumonia appears the astral body affects the physical body. Now the body begins to revolt with a temperature. Seven days later the astral and etheric bodies are in the same mutual relationship; parts of them meet again. But it is not the same part of the etheric body, because the etheric body has been going through its own rhythm. It meets the next part. This is also affected by the astral body, but this time in the opposite way. The fever is now suppressed. Through the fact that the particular part of the astral body that coincided with the previous quarter of the etheric body seven days earlier coincides with its next quarter, the opposite process from a week ago is produced, namely a reaction to the fever. The opposing rhythm of the body now suppresses the temperature. For the human body is meant to be healthy, and that is the purpose of the rhythm. Certain influences increase in the first seven days, and in the next seven days they have to decline. In a healthy person this increasing and decreasing alternates. When a person is ill, however, his life is endangered when the fever is suppressed. Whilst in a healthy person an ascending process is reversed on the seventh day, in an ill person the ascending process ought to continue. But a rapid ascent causes a rapid fall. 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Nun nehmen wir an, der astralische Leib habe einen gewissen Schaden in sich selber. Durch diesen Schaden wirkt er auf den Ätherleib, und so setzt sich der Schaden bis zum physischen Leibe fort. Dieser wird auch schadhaft. Dann fängt der Organismus an, gegen den Schaden zu revoltieren, Schutzkräfte in Anwendung zu bringen. Diese Revolte ist gewöhnlich das Fieber; das ist der Aufruf der Heilungskräfte im Menschen. Das Fieber ist nicht Krankheit, sondern der Mensch ruft aus seinem ganzen Organismus die Summe seiner Kräfte zusammen, um diesen Schaden wieder gutzumachen. Diese Revolte des ganzen Organismus gegen den Schaden drückt sich in der Regel im Fieber aus. Das Fieber ist das Wohltätigste, das Heilendste bei der Krankheit. Der einzelne schadhaft gewordene Teil kann sich nicht heilen, er muß von anderen Seiten her die Kräfte zugeführt bekommen, und das hat seinen Ausdruck im Fieber.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":185,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/107/1908-12-21/p014"},{"locus":"GA 107/1908-12-21/p015","passage_number":15,"text":"Nun denken Sie einmal, dieses Fieber tritt bei Lungenentzündung auf. Die Lunge ist schadhaft geworden durch irgendeine Ursache. Gerade wenn die menschliche Lunge irgendeinen Schaden zugeführt bekommen hat, dann war es zuerst der Astralleib, der den Schaden erlitten hatte, und dann erst ist er durch den Ätherleib hindurch auf den physischen Leib übergegangen. Bei der Lungenentzündung liegt immer der Urgrund im astralischen Leib; anders kann Lungenentzündung nicht auftreten. Nun denken Sie an den Rhythmus des Astralleibes. An dem Tage, an dem die Lungenentzündung auftritt, wirkt der Astralleib auf den physischen Leib. Jetzt fängt durch das Fieber der Körper an zu revoltieren. Nach sieben Tagen sind Astralleib und Ätherleib wieder in derselben gegenseitigen Stellung; Stücke derselben treffen sich wieder. Aber er trifft nicht auf dasselbe Stück im Ätherleibe auf, denn auch der Ätherleib hat inzwischen seinen Rhythmus durchgemacht. Er trifft jetzt auf ein nächstes Stück. Das wird jetzt ebenfalls vom astralischen Leib affiziert, beeinflußt, und zwar wird dieser andere Teil des Ätherleibes in entgegengesetzter Weise beeinflußt. Jetzt wird das Fieber unterdrückt. Dadurch, daß mit dem nächsten Viertel des Ätherleibes jetzt dasjenige Glied des astralischen Leibes zusammenfällt, das vor sieben Tagen mit dem vorhergehenden Viertel des Ätherleibes zusammengefallen ist, dadurch wird der entgegengesetzte Vorgang hervorgerufen wie vor sieben Tagen, nämlich die Reaktion gegen das Fieber. Der entgegengesetzte Rhythmus des Körpers unterdrückt das Fieber wieder. Denn der menschliche Körper ist da, um gesund zu sein, und das ist der Zweck des Rhythmus. Es steigen gewisse Wirkungen in den ersten sieben Tagen hinan, in den nächsten sieben Tagen müssen sie fallen. Das ist für den gesunden Menschen so der Fall, daß dieses Auf- und Absteigen abwechselt. Wenn aber nun der Mensch krank ist, dann ist es so, daß Lebensgefahr vorhanden ist, wenn das Fieber unterdrückt wird. Während beim gesunden Menschen ein aufsteigender Prozeß am siebenten Tag umkehrt, sollte beim kranken Menschen der aufsteigende Prozeß bleiben. Aber der vehemente Aufstieg veranlaßt einen vehementen Abfall. Das ist der Grund der Krisis am siebenten Tage bei der Lungenentzündung.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":331,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/107/1908-12-21/p015"}],"beads":[{"from":[13],"to":[14],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[14],"to":[15],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"verified"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}