ABSTRACT
The heroes in Sigmund Freud's case histories, like heroes in literature, can seem strange. In the "Prefatory Remarks" to Dora's analysis, Freud explains at length the problems related to the publication of his enquiry, given that his duty is double. In October 1900, when Dora first came to see Freud, she suffered from migraines, compulsive coughing, and aphonia, and had suicidal tendencies that could not be explained solely by this attempted seduction scene. From the start, the violence of the patient's transferential reactions, strongly sexualised, surprised Freud. However, for the first time, Sergei Pankejeff had found someone who listened and he did not feel treated as if he was insane. His relations with Freud became almost friendly, and when he married Teresa in Odessa in 1914, he was almost cured.
