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In November 1956 the Société Psychanalytique de Paris celebrated the centenary of Sigmund Freud's birth on the occasion of the 19th Congress of the Psychanalystes de Langues Romanes which it organized in conjunction with the Association des Psychanalystes de Belgique and the Sociétés Italienne et Suisse de Psychanalyse.
It will be remembered that Freud spent the year 1886 in Charcot's department at the Salpêtrière. The Société Psychanalytique de Paris decided to commemorate Freud's studies with Charcot in Paris by affixing a plaque in the lecture-room which bears Charcot's name.
This plaque, on which appears a medallion of Freud, was unveiled on the first day of the Congress in the presence of M. André le Trocquer, president of the Assemblée Nationale, with Professor Alajouanine, present holder of the Chaire de Clinique des Maladies Nerveuses, presiding.
Addresses were given by Dr. Ernest Jones, honorary president of the International Psycho-Analytical Association (see below); by Madame Marie Bonaparte, honorary president of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris, who spoke of the tributes that had come from all over the world; by Dr. M. Bouvet, president of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris; and by Dr. S. Nacht, director of the Institut de Psychanalyse.
Freud's family, in the absence of Miss Anna Freud, who was indisposed, was represented by Professor Freud's son, Mr. Ernst L. Freud.
In the afternoon the Congress heard addresses given by M. Lechat in the name of the Association des Psychanalystes de Belgique, by Dr. de Saussure in the name of the Société Suisse de Psychanalyse, followed by a tribute to Freud by Dr. Francis Pasche.
In a delightfully worded speech Dr. Pasche gave