And then, given Freud's other addictions, did he lace his cigars with anything?
On Feb 23, 2014, at 11:33 AM, Jim Matiya wrote: > Hi Chris, > Chris, > I do have this picture from Freud's house in London... > > > <DSCN2112.JPG> > > > Jim Matiya > > > > > Subject: Re: [tips] Freud and cigars > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 11:19:30 -0500 > > To: [email protected] > > > > On Feb 22, 2014, at 10:02 PM, "michael sylvester" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > But wouldn't he have asked for some good cigars when he lectured at Clark? > > > Btw, were his therapy sessions smokeless? or puffless? If he smoked while > > > clients were=associating? > > > > > > A surprisingly difficult question, actually. It is tempting to assume that > > there were none of the modern restrictions on smoking back then. However, > > in my photo of Freud's London therapy room, there is no ashtray by his > > chair at the top of the couch. (Of course, it may have been removed for > > various reasons in the 75+ years since he actually used it.) Also, it might > > not have been thought proper to smoke in the presence of ladies (which most > > of Freud's clients were) in early 20th-century Vienna. One of the reasons > > Titchener gave for not permitting women into The Experimentalists was that > > the men wanted to be able to smoke and speak "perfectly freely," if I > > recall the euphemism correctly. > > > > Chris Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=34560 or send a blank email to leave-34560-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
