Open AccessANAMNESIS MORBI OF DOCTOR FREUD: PSYCHO-HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
М. А. Ассанович
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
žurnal grodnenskogo gosudarstvennogo medicinskogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-0109
pISSN - 2221-8785
DOI - 10.25298/2221-8785-2021-19-5-564-568
Subject(s) - anamnesis , meaning (existential) , personality , psychoanalysis , ego psychology , id, ego and super ego , psychology , freud's psychoanalytic theories , personality theory , psychoanalytic theory , psychotherapist , philosophy , epistemology
Sigmund Freud is known as a creator of psychoanalysis, developmental theory and models of personality. Freud's personality, his life story invariably attracts scientists, researchers and practitioners. This article is devoted to the history of Freud's illness, which lasted for 16 years, from 1923 until his death in 1939. Freud suffered from cancer of the upper jaw on the right. An attending physician who performed many operations and prosthetics for Freud was oral surgeon Hans Pichler. Freud bravely endured suffering of the illness. Despite the pains and difficulties in functioning, he continued to work on scientific works and receive patient visits. On September 21, 1939, family doctor Max Schur, at Freud's request, performed euthanasia by injecting a lethal dose of morphine. Among the factors that influenced Freud's decision to be euthanized, the hypothesis of loss of the meaning of further suffering is considered. The concept of meaning is implicitly embedded in understanding of functioning of the Ego in structural model of personality developed by Freud.