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Freud, Fliess, and the Nasogenital Reflex: Did a Look into the Nose Let us See the Mind?

1988; Wiley; Volume: 98; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/019459988809800409

1097-6817

Arthur Zucker, David A. Wiegand,

Neurology and Historical Studies

Wilhelm Fliess, a Berlin nose and throat surgeon, and Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, collaborated to treat one of Freud's earliest patients, Emma Eckstein. The basis for the treatment was their belief in the “Nasogenital Reflex,” a widely accepted theory that has disappeared from the literature of otolaryngology. The outcome of Emma's treatment may have profoundly altered the history of psychiatry, by suggesting the role of the unconscious and the existence of the Oedipus complex.