ABSTRACT
Born: January 15, 1842; Vienna, Austria Died: June 20, 1925; Vienna, Austria Areas of Achievement: Psychiatry, physiology, and
medicine Contribution: Breuer was one of the foremost
physiologists of the nineteenth century and made major contributions to the understanding of the process of respiration and the function of the inner ear. Yet he is remembered primarily for his discovery of the cathartic or "talking out" method of treating neurotic disorders, a discovery that led, through Sigmund Freud, to the development of psychoanalysis.
