Freud and Cocaine
 

Freud and cocaine

Freud was an early user and proponent of cocaine as a stimulant as well as analgesic. He wrote several articles on the antidepressant qualities of the drug and he was influenced by his friend and confidant Wilhelm Fliess, who recommended cocaine for the treatment of the "nasal reflex neurosis." Fliess operated on Freud and a number of Freud's patients whom he believed to be suffering from the disorder, including Emma Eckstein, whose surgery proved disastrous.

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Freud was a fiend

long term use leads to problems

Bingo! :2 cents:

Freud became the living subject of his own psychiatric theories due to excessive cocaine use.

;-)

You know that Freud denounced the drug later in his career right?
He recanted any and all of its purported medicinal qualites.
Duke

Yeah *snnrrrk*, but *snrrrf*, It's still a compelling argument.

I did not know he was into this stuff, however, it would explain a whole lot regarding his discipline! Any amount of Freud is just too much...

:1orglaugh

I support this research.

:2 cents:

that was very interesting had to google and read more

They had a show on the history channel about cocaine a few weeks ago. Had a good chunk of it about freud. It was kinda odd seeing all the stuff they put cocaine in back then.

good mixture