{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 312/1920-04-07/p022","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"We need above all to sharpen our perception for seeing and as a whole both as regards the interactions of his organic parts, and as regards the interactions of human functions with the external world, and even with the extra-terrestrial world. These hints are not meant to increase the meddling with horoscopes and so on, which I consider the greatest nonsense in the form it takes today; but we should realise the origin of the forces in question; such knowledge is necessary for the healing art. It is not so important to be able to trace this or that condition to the quartile aspect of such and such stars—that knowledge can sometimes help towards a cosmic diagnosis, but the main matter for us is to be able to cure. So tomorrow I propose to pass from our present inquiry to the consideration of substances in external nature that are defensive, i.e., contain defensive powers against the extra-telluric influences pouring into the human organism. It would seem necessary that this distinction between the upper and lower organic spheres in man should receive recognition in medicine, for I suggest that such recognition would promote greater co-operation within the profession in the interests of human health. Too often, a physician loses interest in man as a whole, if he specialises in one direction. Far be it from me to suggest that physicians should not specialise; the manifold technique evolved in the course of time, necessitates a certain amount of specialisation. But if specialisation has occurred, then, as an equipoise, the socialisation, the co-operation of the specialising experts should steadily increase.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture XVIII","site_heading":"Primary Causes of Disease: Rhythmic Disturbance and Cosmic Influences","site_heading_note":"A heading the site wrote for this unit from a summary of it; not in the edition, and not the words of Rudolf Steiner or of the translator. 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Denn es kommt ja dabei wirklich weniger an darauf, ob wir sagen können: Durch die Quadratur dieses Sternes mit jenem Stern wird das oder jenes hervorgerufen. — Das kann uns unter Umständen für eine kosmische Diagnose nützen, aber darauf kommt es nicht an, sondern darauf kommt es an, daß man heilen kann. Da werden wir eben von unserer heutigen Betrachtung dann morgen übergehen zu der Betrachtung derjenigen Substanzen in der außermenschlichen Natur, die Abwehrsubstanzen sind, Abwehrkräfte enthalten für dasjenige, was in dieser Weise hereingeschickt wird in den menschlichen Organismus. Es wäre überhaupt notwendig, daß in dieser Beziehung dieses Erkennen des oberen Menschen und des unteren Menschen mehr Platz griffe in der ärztlichen Wissenschaft, denn ich meine, aus der Kraft dieses Erkennens würde ein Zusammenwirken der Ärzte im Interesse der menschlichen Gesundheit hervorgehen. Wenn sich der Arzt spezialisiert, so verliert er das Interesse für den Gesamtmenschen. Nun will ich gar nicht sagen, daß sich der Arzt nicht spezialisieren soll, weil einfach die Techniken, die auftreten im Laufe der Zeit, diese Spezialisierungen bis zu einem gewissen Grade hervorrufen. Aber wenn die Spezialisierung eintritt, so soll ja wiederum, ich möchte sagen, die Zusammenwirkung, die Sozialisierung der sich spezialisierenden Ärzte immer größer und größer werden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":300,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/312/1920-04-07/p021"}],"english":["GA 312/1920-04-07/p022"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":300,"en_words":267,"ratio":0.89,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.94,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":5116,"original_word_count":5469,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"not_established","translator":null,"identified_edition":"RSP1948","book_title":"Spiritual Science and Medicine","publisher":"Rudolf Steiner Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA312/English/RSP1948/19200407a01.html","evidence":null,"reason":"source_says_translator_unknown","note":"The source page itself says the translator is unknown. 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