ABSTRACT
Karl Abraham was a central figure of psychoanalysis. His clinical and theoretical contributions came soon to be considered as classics and influenced the development of psychoanalysis for decades. A few talks on neuropathological and experimental topics before the Berlin Psychiatric Association, which were also published, bear witness to his scientific activities at the time. Abraham had tried long and hard to get a position at the Zurich Psychiatric Clinic, the Burgholzli. Near the end of the First World War, the Fifth International Psychoanalytic Congress was held in Budapest, on 28–29 September 1918. The Sixth International Psychoanalytic Congress took place in The Hague, on 8–11 September 1920. Abraham was at the zenith of his psychoanalytic career. As president of the International Psychoanalytic Association he was mainly responsible for the organisation of the next International Psychoanalytic Congress, on 3–5 September 1925, in Bad Homburg/Germany.
