Celebrating the future
In 2020, the Medical Section celebrated the centenary year of Anthroposophic Medicine and offered widely noticed contributions in relation to the Sars-CoV pandemic.
At the very centre of this intensive and eventful year stood the hundredth anniversary of Anthroposophic Medicine: around 800 people attended the main celebration at the Goetheanum, witnessing contributions on the development, current situation and perspectives of Anthroposophic Medicine. Giovanni Maio from Germany, a professor of medical ethics, spoke of the importance of ‘caring’ in medicine, pointing out that Anthroposophic Medicine was not a complementary medicine but “the medicine of the future.” The group of young people who had prepared this conference attracted a young audience to the Goetheanum: a wonderful birthday gift for Anthroposophic Medicine and its development in the next hundred years!
The Coronavirus pandemic was of course another central concern: we published contributions to gaining an understanding of the illness and on therapies applied in medical practices and hospitals. These contributions were broadcast in writing and as videos and met with much public interest.
Anthroposophic colleagues from, among other countries, the US, South America, Israel and Europe published scientific papers (26 were added to the international database Medline in the last twelve months) on aspects such as treating respiratory infections without antibiotics, mistletoe therapy in oncology, eurythmy therapy, art therapy, the use of Bryophyllum in obstetrics, anthroposophic pain therapy, body therapy and medical ethics. We are looking forward to continued and undiminished strength in helping our patients.
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