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'''Otto Wolff''' (* 1921 [[Wikipedia:Glatz|Glatz]], [[Wikipedia:Silesia|Silesia]]; † 2003 [[Wikipedia:Arlesheim|Arlesheim]], [[Wikipedia:Switzerland|Switzerland]])<ref>{{Cite web| language = de| title = Otto Wolff - Biograpische Archiv-Notiz| work = Forschungsstelle Kulturimpuls - Biographien Dokumentation| accessdate = 2022-01-30| url = https://biographien.kulturimpuls.org/detail.php?&id=790}}</ref> was an [[Anthroposophic medicine|anthroposophical physician]] and author. After [[Friedrich Husemann]], he was the editor and main author of the three-volume standard work of anthroposophic medicine "The Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine: An Outline of a Spiritual Scientifically Oriented Medicine". In the words of his wife, Gudrune Hoffmann, his "... Life motive was ... to cognitively permeate natural science and especially medicine with [[Wikipedia:Anthroposophy|spiritual science]]."

'''Otto Wolff''' (* 1921 [[Wikipedia:Glatz|Glatz]], [[Wikipedia:Silesia|Silesia]]; † 2003 [[Wikipedia:Arlesheim|Arlesheim]], [[Wikipedia:Switzerland|Switzerland]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web| language = de| title = Otto Wolff - Biograpische Archiv-Notiz| work = Forschungsstelle Kulturimpuls - Biographien Dokumentation| accessdate = 2022-01-30| url = https://biographien.kulturimpuls.org/detail.php?&id=790}}</ref> was an [[Anthroposophic medicine|anthroposophical physician]] and author. After [[Friedrich Husemann]], he was the editor and main author of the three-volume standard work of anthroposophic medicine "The Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine: An Outline of a Spiritual Scientifically Oriented Medicine".<ref name=":0" /> In the words of his wife, Gudrune Hoffmann, his "... Life motive was ... to cognitively permeate natural science and especially medicine with [[Wikipedia:Anthroposophy|spiritual science]]."

== Biography and work ==

==Biography and work==

Otto Wolff was born into a merchant family as the 5th and youngest child. During his school years he developed an intense interest in [[Wikipedia:Chemistry|chemistry]] and read up on the subject autodidactically. After graduating from high school in March 1939 and serving 1/2 year in the labor service, he began studying medicine in [[Wikipedia:Berlin|Berlin]] and [[Wikipedia:Königsberg|Königsberg]], taking the medical preliminary examination (Physikum) in December 1940 after 3 1/2 trimesters. He felt at home in the university milieu, especially in an interdisciplinary circle of professors around [[Wikipedia:Konrad Lorenz|Konrad Lorenz]], in which he was the only student to participate. In April 1941 he was drafted for military service in the medical corps and came to [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russia]], where his own illnesses put him in life-threatening situations. Detached to study, he spent the end of the war in [[Wikipedia:Breslau|Breslau]], [[Wikipedia:Vienna|Vienna]], [[Wikipedia:Innsbruck|Innsbruck]], where he graduated. He was quickly released from French captivity and returned to Germany. In [[Wikipedia:Munich|Munich]] he found a biochemical activity. There he became acquainted with [[Rudolf Steiner]]'s works through [[Johannes Rohen]]. A little later he met [[Friedrich Husemann]], who invited him to join him as an assistant at the Wiesneck Clinic near Freiburg (now the [[Friedrich-Husemann-Clinic|Friedrich Husemann Clinic]]). He worked there for 7 years and became co-author of the standard work "Husemann/Wolff".

Otto Wolff was born into a merchant family as the 5th and youngest child. During his school years he developed an intense interest in [[Wikipedia:Chemistry|chemistry]] and read up on the subject autodidactically. After graduating from high school in March 1939 and serving 1/2 year in the labor service, he began studying medicine in [[Wikipedia:Berlin|Berlin]] and [[Wikipedia:Königsberg|Königsberg]], taking the medical preliminary examination (Physikum) in December 1940 after 3 1/2 trimesters. He felt at home in the university milieu, especially in an interdisciplinary circle of professors around [[Wikipedia:Konrad Lorenz|Konrad Lorenz]], in which he was the only student to participate. In April 1941 he was drafted for military service in the medical corps and came to [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russia]], where his own illnesses put him in life-threatening situations. Detached to study, he spent the end of the war in [[Wikipedia:Breslau|Breslau]], [[Wikipedia:Vienna|Vienna]], [[Wikipedia:Innsbruck|Innsbruck]], where he graduated. He was quickly released from French captivity and returned to Germany. In [[Wikipedia:Munich|Munich]] he found a biochemical activity. There he became acquainted with [[Rudolf Steiner]]'s works through [[Johannes Rohen]]. A little later he met [[Friedrich Husemann]], who invited him to join him as an assistant at the Wiesneck Clinic near Freiburg (now the [[Friedrich-Husemann-Clinic|Friedrich Husemann Clinic]]). He worked there for 7 years and became co-author of the standard work "Husemann/Wolff".

Furthermore, he worked as a general practitioner and [[school doctor]] (among others in [[Wikipedia:Nuremberg|Nuremberg]]) Through the mediation of [[Wilhelm Pelikan]], he joined [[Weleda]] in [[Wikipedia:Schwäbisch Gmünd|Schwäbisch Gmünd]] in 1963 for about 10 years and was also active for many years in remedy research and development, and increasingly as a lecturer. In 1981 he was the first editor of the [[Journal of anthroposophic medicine|Journal of Anthroposophic medicine]]. The last years of his life were marked by extensive teaching in most countries of Europe, North, Central and South America, and Africa. He was a long-time medical mentor in the Working Group of Anthroposophic Dentists.

Furthermore, he worked as a general practitioner and [[school doctor]] (among others in [[Wikipedia:Nuremberg|Nuremberg]]) Through the mediation of [[Wilhelm Pelikan]], he joined [[Weleda]] in [[Wikipedia:Schwäbisch Gmünd|Schwäbisch Gmünd]] in 1963 for about 10 years and was also active for many years in remedy research and development,<ref name=":0" /> and increasingly as a lecturer. In 1981 he was the first editor of the [[Journal of anthroposophic medicine|Journal of Anthroposophic medicine]].<ref name=":0" /> The last years of his life were marked by extensive teaching in most countries of Europe, North, Central and South America, and Africa. He was a long-time medical mentor in the Working Group of Anthroposophic Dentists.<ref name=":0" />

In 1998 his life's work was published: "Grundlagen einer geisteswissenschaftlich erweiterten Biochemie", dedicated to [[Eugen Kolisko]], as whose student he felt himself to be.<blockquote>   "Today's research methodology seeks to explain a phenomenon unknown to it by reducing it to known facts. In particular, it is considered unspoken and unconsciously as "explanation", if the phenomenon can be traced back to physical or chemical terms, i.e. if the so-called "mechanism of action" is presented in the sense of a physical process or a chemical reaction. Most attempts to trace life are also made in such a way that chemical or electrical processes (potentials, electron clouds) are taken as a basis. One thinks also, e.g. the problem of the heredity is explained by the fact that one has shown the DNA structure and the code. This is just as if one would explain the language by reducing it to the known 24 letters and states that all books consist only of 24 letters. This is a fact, however, this says nothing at all about the contents of the book, but only about the means, by which this comes to the appearance. The knowledge of the letter arrangement is even sufficient to duplicate the text exactly - without the slightest understanding of the content [...].

In 1998 his life's work was published: "Grundlagen einer geisteswissenschaftlich erweiterten Biochemie", dedicated to [[Eugen Kolisko]], as whose student he felt himself to be.<blockquote>   "Today's research methodology seeks to explain a phenomenon unknown to it by reducing it to known facts. In particular, it is considered unspoken and unconsciously as "explanation", if the phenomenon can be traced back to physical or chemical terms, i.e. if the so-called "mechanism of action" is presented in the sense of a physical process or a chemical reaction. Most attempts to trace life are also made in such a way that chemical or electrical processes (potentials, electron clouds) are taken as a basis. One thinks also, e.g. the problem of the heredity is explained by the fact that one has shown the DNA structure and the code. This is just as if one would explain the language by reducing it to the known 24 letters and states that all books consist only of 24 letters. This is a fact, however, this says nothing at all about the contents of the book, but only about the means, by which this comes to the appearance. The knowledge of the letter arrangement is even sufficient to duplicate the text exactly - without the slightest understanding of the content [...].