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  • Title: [Friedrich Schiller and Psychosomatics from the Perspective of Recent Research].
    Author: Häfner S.
    Journal: Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr; 2014 Feb; 82(2):84-92. PubMed ID: 24519191.
    Abstract:
    RESEARCH QUESTION: The aim of this study is to show that Friedrich Schiller (1759 - 1805) was very early in life inclined towards psychosomatic interactions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An analysis of the secondary literature since the death of Friedrich Schiller for the subjects "Friedrich Schiller" and "psychosomatics" was undertaken. RESULTS: Already during his medical studies at the "Hohe Karlsschule" in Stuttgart (Germany) Schiller studied very intensively psychosomatic issues on account of the disease of another student, Joseph Frédéric Grammont, and included the topic in his three theses. Not inclined to practical work as a physician, there are many psychosomatic thoughts and medical concepts in his writings, especially in the play "Die Räuber" (1781) and in "Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien" (1787). Towards the then upcoming topic mesmerism he remained very sceptic. In coping with his own illness there are many psychosomatic aspects, too. Despite his own severe somatic illness he could cope with pain and emphasised in his writings the importance of the freedom of anxiety before death.
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