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»Studieren Sie die Rhythmen«- zum Gedenken an Gunther Hildebrandt
Jahresrhythmus und Schilddrüsenfunktion unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Morbus Basedow
Annual rhythm and thyroid function with particular reference to Grave’s disease
Turning points in the biological year are not identical to those of the cosmic-geophysical year. The ascending half of the biological year (February to August) is marked by an ergotropic tendency for vegetatively autonomous regulation. Correspondingly, in… Read More

Chronobiologische Aspekte der Schmerzempfindung
Chronobiological aspects of pain sensation
It has been known for a long time that sensation of pain shows large variations. The first systematic investigations were carried out at the beginning of the 20th century. Principally, pain intensity can be influenced by sensitivity changes of the nociceptors in peripheral tissue and by… Read More

Der Kausalitätsbegriff in seinem Verhältnis zum Vitalismus
The concept of causality in relation to vitalism
This hitherto unpublished part of the early work of Gerbert Grohmann (1897-1957) presents the philosophical contribution belonging to his doctoral thesis in natural sciences submitted in 1923 to the philosopher Hans Driesch (1867-1941) at the university of Leipzig, Germany.… Read More
Chronobiologie ist Ätherforschung
Chronobiology is etheric research
Research on the etheric world easily leads to evasive methods: to chemically and physically controlled laboratory experiments on dead substances or to psychological formulation of the concepts. The first method tries to objectify the etheric world; the second subjectifies it. The etheric world, however… Read More

Hygiogenese und Salutogenese Versuch einer (notwendigen) Begriffsdifferenzierung
Hygiogenesis and salutogenesis - an attempt at a (necessary) differentiation of concepts
The concepts salutogenesis and hygiogenesis originate from different basic considerations. Hygiogenesis means a systematic representation of autonomous regulations in the sense of a therapeutic physiology. Salutogenesis, however, represents a system… Read More

Über Methoden zur Erforschung hygiogenetischer Prozesse
On research methods of hygiogenetic processes
The processes bringing about health after illncss may be considered as metamorphoscs of those processes which generally enable health. As rhythm is one of the most essential conditions of life, we speak of hygiodynamics (maintenance of health) and hygiogenesis (healing) respectively. So… Read More

Morphologische und physiologische Mosaikbildungen in den Familien Loranthaceae und Viscaceae
Development of morphological and physiological mosaics in the Loranthaceae and Viscaceae families
The histories of development of N nytsia flor'ibunda and Viscum album are compared. Both plant species show»morphological«penetrations called mosaics.
N uytsia floribzmda develops a morphological mosaic by penetration of root and… Read More

Die Eischalen-Strukturen der Reptilien als ein Bild tierischer Konstitution
The egg shell structures of reptiles as a picture of the animal's constitution
The articles on bird egg shells in the Tycho de Brahe yearbooks 1996 and 1997 are here supplemented with an article on reptile eggs which also reviews the situation with the birds.
The poikilothermic reptiles mostly bury their predominantly colour… Read More
