SIGMUND Freud: PSYCHOANALYSIS

SIGMUND Freud: PSYCHOANALYSIS

One. Austrian Neurologist

Two. Founder of Psychoanalysis

Three. University of Vienna

Four. Known for: Theories of id, ego, super ego Oedipus Complex, Repression, Defense Mechanism, Stages of Psychosexual Development

Five. Spouse: Martha Bernays

Six. Children: Six

Seven. Parents: Jacob Freud and Amalia Nathanson

Eight. Award: Goethe Prize (nineteen thirty)

One. From ancient history to the present time, people have searched for some magic panacea or potion to lessen pain or to enhance performance. One such search was conducted by a young, ambitious physician who came to believe that he had discovered a drug that had all sorts of wonderful properties. Hearing that the drug had been used successfully to energize soldiers suffering from near exhaustion, this physician decided to try it on patients, colleagues, and friends. If the drug worked as well as he expected, he might gain the fame to which he aspired.

Two. After learning of the drug's successful use in heart disease, nervous exhaustion, addiction to alcohol and morphine, and several other psychological and physiological problems, the doctor decided to try the drug on himself. He was quite pleased with the results. To him, the drug had a pleasant aroma and an unusual effect on the lips and mouth.

Three. More importantly, however, was the drug's therapeutic effect on his serious depression. He wrote that the next time he saw his fiancée he

Four. The young doctor wrote a pamphlet extolling the benefits of the drug, but he had not yet completed the necessary experiments on the drug's value as an analgesic. Impatient to be near his fiancée, he delayed completion of his experiments and went off to see her. During that visit, a colleague-and not he completed the experiments, published the results, and gained the recognition the young doctor had hoped for himself. These events took place in eighteen eighty-four; the drug was cocaine; the young doctor was Sigmund Freud.