The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-07
FREUD CURED0F
MALIGNANT
CANCER
Dr.. p. s. Craven, Returned
From Vienna, Tells OF
Noted Psycho-Analyst.

A few months ago in Vienna
Prof. Sigmund Freud was near
death. Eminent Viennese special
lists who diagnosed his case Of
fered little hope that the great
psycho-analyst could survive the
inroads of cancer in a malignant
form that was eating into his
lower jaw. One operation had al
ready failed to remove the roots
Iof the infection. 1t was decided
at conference of surgeons to put
him under the knife again.
According to word just received
from Vienna by DR.. Pht!.p S.
Craven, of st. Elizabeth's Hospital,
the operation has been successful
and the world has been spared the
pioneer in the study Of the subcou-
scious mind, the scientist whose re-
search work has startled the medical
world.
Recently Returned.
DIR. Craven, who returned this
winter after three years study
abroad in the field Of psyche
analysis was the second American
doctor to enter Vienna after the
war. He was connected there with
the Algemeine Krankenhaus general
hospitaD and specialized in the
treatment of epilepsy, curing so per
cent Of his cases by the psyche.
Iurti q ic i'm inc
his work here with mental cases at
st. Elizabeths Hospital. 4
DIR. Craven studied in Vienna I'M
der DR.. Wilhelm Stekel, who Is
regarded, with Dr. Jung, of Zurich
and DIR. Adler, of Vienna, as among
the greatest opponents of psyche
analysis, after Freud. Stekel de-
livered some lectures in the United
States several years ago, appearing
once in Washington.
Freud, his health spared, is back
again at work, dividing ten hours
daily between his pupils and his
patients, come from many lands.
for Vienna is yet the medical Gen.
ter of the old world
Has Many Interests.
Besides this he finds time to take
the public platform, to mix with
medical men and to write new
works on his researches. His lee
lures have recently been compiled
and published. His latest book.
decidedly technical and possibly
beyond the reach of many Freud
devotees is "Das 1ch und das es''
THE I and the it, and deals with
the pre-conscious and the uncon.
scious, lowering on the brink o:
the metaphysical.
Personally, DR.. Craven says,
Freud is most lovable personal.
ity, his students invariably be-
coming deeply attached to him.
There was considerable, consterna
ton in the medical profession III
Vienna when the diagnoses of his
case last summer and the result
of the first operation became
known. Great relief is now felt
at the apparently successful out
come of the second operation.
strangely enough, considering
that Freud is so highly regarded
by those who have studied under
him, he has been unable to make
his greatest students follow the
llne of his teaching. Stekler. Jung
ana Adler nave broken with him
over apparently trivial issues and
gone off on their own tangents
All three return to Freud in the
final analysis. All concede him
master.
$50 U. s. Students.
| DR.. Craven estimates the num-
Der of Americans studying psyche
analysis in Vienna at about $50.
These are greatly augmented every
summer when special courses are
given for those who are unable to
devote more than a few months
to the study. Many others go to
Berlin, Zurich and Paris. Freud
himself is unable to take more
than a handful of students. Some
American doctors have studied
under him, making arrangements
long in advance.