Anna O. was the famous 'first patient' of psychoanalysis whose treatment paved the way for Freud's subsequent work. But in recent years many historians of psychoanalysis have come to view this case... (more)
In his published writings Sigmund Freud maintained that it was the success of Josef Breuer's treatment of the patient known as Anna O. that prepared the ground for the development of psychoanalysis.... (more)