Articulo del cancer de Sigmund Freud

Lean ela rticulo de la evolucion y tratamiento del cancer de Sigmun Freud, para el lunes de la proxima semana.

INTRODUCTION

In May 1999 members of the West Kent Medico- Chirurgical Society visited the city of Thessaloniki, in Greece. As part of the activities, we organised a scientific meeting about historical medical subjects. It was sug- gested, that I, an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, should speak to our English colleagues about Sigmund Freud’s oral cancer. Many of those who attended the meeting wanted to see the publication of Freud’s illness, which has elements of a great classical epic (comical at times, but always courageous and tragic).

This great man and maxillofacial surgeon did all the necessary operations (33 procedures in all) and made most of the prostheses required for rehabilitation. For 16 subse- quent years, he provided care and support during Freud’s illness. This meant a great commitment as it required nu- merous and frequent appointments. In 1924 alone 74 ap- pointments were needed. A graphic representation of this period was done in German by Pichler himself, but in an obscure form of shorthand invented by his father. The only other person who understood the shorthand writing was Pichler’s secretary, who copied all the notes in clear handwriting in the German language. The translation into English was done by Dr Lagos Levy and the accuracy of the translation was revised by Dr Maxim Shur, Freud’s faithful friend and physician. The Freud museum at 20, Maresfield Gardens, Swiss Cottage, London was Sigmund Freud’s home for the last year of his life from 1938 to 1939.