Ernest Jones. 'The Early History of Psycho-Analysis.'

This paper was read as a Maudsley Bequest Lecture before the Royal Medico-Psychological Society. Its personal, in part autobiographical approach does not lend itself easily to the formal process of abstracting and it will more profitably be read in extenso. From the little anecdotes starting with an experience during the author's internship and concluding with his rise to ascendancy in 'the psycho-analytic movement,' the reader will learn many facts, unknown or forgotten, about the friendly and adverse relationships between psychiatry and psycho-analysis. An evolutionist throughout, the author struggles hard to make his audience see the emergence of psycho-analysis in psychiatry in true historical perspective, quoting, for instance, Hughlings Jackson, who said: 'If you want to find out about insanity you must first find out about dreams.'