Overcoming bashfulness: how cocaine aided Freud to summon the courage to meet Charcot

ABSTRACT Jean-Martin Charcot, the most celebrated neurologist of the 19th century, had a profound influence on Sigmund Freud's career. Freud spent the winter of 1885-1886 working in Charcot's neurology department in Paris. During this period, he went to Charcot's house on several occasions to participate in the very famous Tuesday soirées under the guidance of Gilles de la Tourette. Freud was always very proud to be invited and curious to meet the Parisian intellectual elite. On these occasions, however, he was very apprehensive and made frequent use of cocaine. Due to anxiety and the need to appear creative in front of Charcot, it is possible that Freud used cocaine at other times.

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Main Authors:	Teive,Hélio A. G., Marques,Paula T., Oliveira,Livia P. de, Germiniani,Francisco M. B., Paola,Luciano de, Camargo,Carlos Henrique F.
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2019
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2019001100825
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