We have lacked thus far a systematic clinical application of Freudiananalysis. Stekel’s work fills this need.

... A standard work; a milestone in the psychiatric and psychotherapeuticliterature.

It would be regrettable if the work did not attract fully the attentionof the scientific world; its deep sobriety and the fulness of itsdetails render it a treasury of information, primarily for the physician,but, in large measure, of interest also to the educationist, the minister,the teacher and, not least, to the student of criminology....

These case histories will be read with great interest by everyone,including those who are inclined to maintain a sceptical attitude towardspsychoanalysis.

Stekel’s work teaches practitioners a great many things they did notknow before, particularly about the significance of psychology and sexualscience in the practice of medicine.

It is Stekel’s extraordinary merit that he compels us to take intoaccount a pressing mass of data which he brings to light with a scientificzeal which is unfortunately still rare,—facts and observations sopenetrating, so true to life that these often render unnecessary anyformal statement of the obvious deductions which flow from them.

The most modern problems are considered, new viewpoints arebrought out, while the excesses in the technique and interpretation ofthe earlier stages of psychoanalysis are avoided.

All in all, Stekel’s is a work for which I bespeak the widest interestnot only among physicians, but also among jurists, educationists,sociologists and ministers. Only an understanding of the mental lifeof the individual will yield a proper view of our social life.