HLTH 385W Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Neurology, Electra Complex, Erogenous Zone

• School: Emory University
• Department: Human Health Program
• Course: HLTH 385W
• Professor: Bob Gaynes

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Although freud was not an observant jew, his religion would have enormous implications. Speaks of his father"s account having his hat knocked off by a gentile, freud resolved never to be so docile. Being jewish meant to be a permanent outsider, an obstacle that freud was to tum to his own advantage. Fell in love with martha bernays, but needed to find a way to support her. In 1884, he was searching for new discoveries to make his name. One line of investigation concerned the properties of the relatively unknown drug cocaine. Used cocaine frequently for a period of 12 years. Went to paris on a fellowship to study with jean charcot. He was later to recall the experience of this stay as catalytic in turning him toward the practice of medical psychopathology and away from a less financially promising career in neurology research. Freud began studying the use of hypnosis.