Studies in Biodynamic Embryology: Concept, Selesction and Editing by Konrad Obermeier - Softcover

Blechschmidt, Erich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3943324567 ISBN 13: 9783943324563

Publisher: Christl Kiener, 2020

Synopsis

In his writings Blechschmidt consistently accessed and described the subject of human embryology from the viewpoint of biodynamic metabolic fields and focuses his attention on the question: How does human form arise? Blechschmidt wrote and published exclusively in German. It was mostly through a German/English bi-lingual volume published by Karger (“The Stages of Human Development Before Birth”, 1960) and an exceptional cooperation with his co-author R. F. Gasser (“Biokinetics and Biodynamics of Human Differentiation”, 1978), that his work became partly available to an international English speaking audience. “The Beginnings of Human Life” (1977) was written primarily for the general public, but is no longer in print. The publication of Brian Freeman's translation of “The Ontogenetic Basis of Human Anatomy” (2004), contributed to a growing interest in Blechschmidt's ideas. Slowly osteopaths, Structural Integrators, cranial practitioners and other therapists began to appreciate his work. The books mentioned above offer both a general and comprehensive access to the morphological cosmos described by Blechschmidt but, unfortunately, they are only partly available at the moment. However, there are a number of unnoticed scientific articles already translated into English that offer a more detailed and deeper, specific insight into this elaborate universe of shape and form. The book you have here is a compilation of a number of those individual articles.

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About the Author

Prof. Dr. med. Blechschmidt was director of the Anatomical Institute of the University of Göttingen from 1942–1973. His research area was human embryology, especially the morphogenesis of the early prenatal stages of humans. In order to show the changes in position, shape and structure of the embryos, he had plastic models made, which form the "Blechschmidt Human Embryological Documentation Collection" named after him today. The collection is also accessible to the public in the Anatomical Institute of the University of Göttingen. On the basis of his research, Blechschmidt refuted the basic biogenetic law established by Ernst Haeckel, according to which the development of the human embryo traces the phylogenetic development (Haeckel: The ontogenesis recapitulates the phylogeny). Rather, the human embryo is individually human from fertilization on and the changes in its appearance can be described in terms of a design anatomy as a sequence of kinetic and dynamic characteristics. The rules and principles of development found by Blechschmidt are also important for understanding physiology and for therapy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Christl Kiener
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3943324567
• ISBN 13: 9783943324563
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192