The Guru, the Bagman and the Sceptic - A story of science, sex and psychoanalysis

The story of the intertwined lives of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, surgeon Wilfred Trotter and the guru of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.

About the author

Seamus O'Mahony spent many years working for the National Health Service in Britain. He now lives in his native Cork, in the south of Ireland. He is the author of The Way We Die Now, which won a BMA Book Award in 2017, Can Medicine Be Cured? and The Ministry of Bodies.

Summary

The story of the intertwined lives of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, surgeon Wilfred Trotter and the guru of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.

Product details

• Authors: Seamus O'mahony, O'Mahony Seamus
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2024
• EAN: 9781803285665
• ISBN: 978-1-80328-566-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 266 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; History, Europe, PSYCHOLOGY / History, History of Medicine, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General