Sigmund Freud

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he got the idea of becoming a scientist when he heard, a lecture delivered about Goethe. In 1873 he registered at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Vienna. (Jones,1957)
In 1878 he changed his name from Sigismund to Sigmund. He obtained his doctorate in medicine in March of 1881, and worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Physiology under Ernst Brucke, with neurology as his main focus. In 1882 Freud did his clinical practical at the "Allgemeines Krankenhaus." At the department of Dr. Scholz Freud he increased his knowledge in the clinical neurology field. In 1885 Freud obtained a one year scholarship with Charcot at the "Salpetriere" in Paris. (Ricoeur, 1970).
On April 25, 1886, Freud opened up his first neurologist office in Vienna. In September of the same year he married Martha Bernays. The marriage between the two produced six children and was very successful. In 1887 Martha gave birth to Freud's first daughter Mathilde and in 1889 his son Martin. Once ...

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and that same year published yet another book, Beyond the Pleasure Principle. In 1923 Freud became ill with palatine cancer. The pain of the cancer became so severe that Freud became addicted to cocaine to help with the pain. In the late 1930's Freud was awarded the Goethe Prize. On March 12, 1938, Austria is annexed by Germany and Freud emigrate to London with his wife and his youngest daughter Anna. On September 23, 1939, Freud dies of cancer in London. (Jones, 1970)
In Freud's book A General Introduction to Psycho-Analysis he makes a basic assumption. "We Know two kinds of things about what we call our psyche (or mental life): firstly, its bodily organ and sense of ...

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