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A scarce copy of the first edition in very nice shape.Fritz Wittels"Fritz (Siegfried) Wittels was born in Vienna on November 14, 1880, and died on October 16, 1950, in New York.Wittels attended the University of Vienna beginning in 1898 and completed his medical studies in 1904. He subsequently practiced at Vienna General Hospital.From 1905, Wittels attended Sigmund Freud's lectures, and in the spring of 1906 his uncle introduced him to the circle formed around FreudIn 1910 he resigned from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society due to an argument with Freud related to Fritz's intent to publish his book Ezekiel the Alien . In Freud's words: "You are impossible in my circle if you publish this book."Wittels had tried to attract private patients as early as 1908 and, with time out for World War I, he continued to practice as a psychiatrist and resident neurologist at the Cottage Sanatorium in Vienna.During the World War I, Wittels served as military physician in Turkey and Syria. He also became close to… Read More
