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SANDOR FERENCZI CONTRIBUTED GREATLY to the development and spread of psychoanalysis, as well as to the germination of ideas and innovative clinical practices of his pupils and those who successively were inspired by them. Mihaly Balint, Ernest Jones (who would become his persecutor), Melanie Klein, Sandor Lorand, Sandor Rado, Geza Roheim, Clara Thompson and Imre Hermann were among Ferenczi's patients. Each of his pupils went on to make significant contributions to psychoanalysis.
To understand Ferenczi's work and personality the study of his writings between 1899 and 1908—the date he met Freud and was converted to psychoanalysis—is particularly important. These early writings were found and published for the first time in the West in 1992 (Ferenczi, 1992). They reveal Ferenczi's prevalent interests and his style, and help us better to realize this great pioneer's work.
Ferenczi's preanalytic works were gathered and nearly all published in Gyogyaszat (therapy), a progressive review edited by Miksa Schachter. Some brief fragments are also found in Orvosi Hetilap (Medical Weekly). Ferenczi had found with Schachter, his first teacher, a deep and lasting relationship, comparable in its structure to the one he had with Freud, although this relationship developed in a less conflictual way. Such a tie was personally significant considering his similar relationship with his elder brother during his childhood.