[August Forel and Dumeng Bezzola--an exchange of letters]

The correspondence between August Forel (1848-1931) and Dumeng Bezzola (1868-1936), a forgotten Swiss psychiatrist, shows the deep ambivalence of Forel in regard of Freudian theories. Forel expresses clearly his screpticism not only concerning psychoanalysis in itself but also in regard of the Burghölzli School, i.e. Eugen Bleuler and Carl Gustav Jung. Forel and Bezzola were both involved in the vigorous fight against alcoholism.