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Summary

This study identifies two previously unconfirmed patients of Sigmund Freud from 1910/11. The van der Linden sisters received treatment, with the younger sister potentially influenced towards divorce.

Area of Science:

Psychiatry
Psychoanalysis
Historical case studies

Background:

This research investigates the identities of two female patients treated by Sigmund Freud during his 1910/11 working season.
The patients are proposed to be sisters from the affluent van der Linden family in The Hague/Leiden.

Discussion:

The paper examines the available data to support the proposed identity of these historical psychoanalytic patients.
Analysis focuses on the outcomes of Freud's treatment for each sister.

Key Insights:

The older sister showed no significant improvement following psychoanalytic treatment.
The younger sister's treatment may have been a catalyst for her decision to seek a divorce.

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