Sigmund Freud's scientific drawings

Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of Sigmund Freud's birthday, and ever since I became interested in the psychodynamics of groups, more than 15 years ago, I've been a Freudian, at least partly. Recently I read and commented on Jonathan Lear's book Freud. One thing Lear points out that if Freud were alive today he'd most likely be a neuroscientist. In recognition of this aspect of Freud's work the New York Academy of Medicine is exhibiting Freud's late 19th century drawings of nerve tissue and cells, alongside his early-20th-century diagrams of the working human mind. Cool; a field trip.

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