Ita Wegman

Ita Wegman
Ita Wegman in 1899 in Berlin
Born
Maria Ita Wegman

(1876-02-22)February 22, 1876
Karawang, West Java, Dutch East Indies
DiedMarch 4, 1943(1943-03-04) (aged 67)
Arlesheim, Switzerland

Ita Wegman (22 February 1876 – 4 March 1943) co-founded Anthroposophical Medicine with Rudolf Steiner. In 1921, she founded the first anthroposophical medical clinic in Arlesheim, known until 2014 as the Ita Wegman Clinic. She also developed a special form of massage therapy, called rhythmical massage, and other self-claimed therapeutic treatments.

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