[Natural science and humanitarian aspects of medicine]

In the 19th century the natural sciences took a rapid rise, connected with a mainly biological interpretation of all vital processes. To the physician fell the role of the analytical observer who--according to the findings obtained - made a precise diagnosis which in consequence led to the adequate therapy. Patient and disease were the objects of observation and treatment. In the twentieth of our century a radical change took place. R. von Weizsäcker and R. Siebeck established the "anthropologic medicine" resp. the "medicine of the person" where the doctor and the patient enter into a personal relationship. The significance of the patient's biography in the course of this disease was recognized. The "psychosomatic medicine" was developed. Our own time requires the reorientation to those values and principles and, moreover, and improved integration of the advanced medical technology.