HISTORICAL NOTE Sigmund Freud’s oral cancer
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In May 1999 members of the West Kent MedicoChirurgical Society visited the city of Thessaloniki, in Greece. As part of the activities, we organised a scientific meeting about historical medical subjects. It was suggested, that I, an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, should speak to our English colleagues about Sigmund Freud’s oral cancer. Many of those who attended the meeting wanted to see the publication of Freud’s illness, which has elements of a great classical epic (comical at times, but always courageous and tragic).
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