Freud
SIGMUND, an Austrian physician and psychologist, born in Freiburg, Moravia, in 1856. Having finished his education in the University of Vienna, he became assistant physician at the General Hospital, and afterward a lecturer on nervous diseases. In 1885 he went to where he studied a under the tutorship of Charcot. In 1902 he became associate professor of neuropathy in the University of Vienna . In 1909 he paid a brief visit to the United States, where he was given the honorary degree of L.L. D. by Clark University.
Dr. Freud, however, is famous on account of the study of PSYCHO-ANALYSIS, q. v., so closely connected with his name, otherwise known the theory of dreams. Briefly, the theory is that dreams are an indication of subconscious as "The FREWEN impressions gained by early experiences, which, remaining submerged, may produce manifestations of hysteria. By special mental effort these subconscious im- SIGMUND FREUD pressions may be brought to the surface and the brain may be liberated from their detrimental influence. a