ABSTRACT
In the history of psychoanalysis there have been a series of clinical cases which are cited in the literature as being landmark events because they illustrated theoretical or clinical breakthroughs. They are assigned to analytic candidates to study. A group of these iconic cases will be reviewed to show their value in contributing to the evolution of psychoanalysis. The present volume has attempted to show that the case of Elizabeth Severn qualifies to be considered as a landmark case in psychoanalysis. Yet this case has not enjoyed this status because both Ferenczi and Severn were silenced in the analytic community through the traditional analytic practice of Todschweigen. Freud became acquainted with Breuer's treatment of Pappenheim in 1882, as they worked together and became friends. While Jung was an assistant to Eugene Bleuler at the famous mental hospital Burghölzi in Zurich, Switzerland, he was assigned to treat an 18-year-old patient, Sabrina Spielrein.
