"I was making frequent use of cocaine at that time ... I had been the first to recommend the use of cocaine, in 1885, and this recommendation had brought serious reproaches down on me."

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Source: Sigmund Freud, Sander L. Gilman (1995). “Psychological writings and letters”, Continuum Intl Pub Group

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Sigmund Freud

Neurologist, Psychoanalyst

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, known for his theories on the unconscious mind and human sexuality.

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