Sigmund Freud.

A house at 20 Maresfield Gardens, Swiss Cottage, London, now the Freud Museum, was Sigmund Freud's home during the last year of his life in 1938-1939. The collection of memorabilia to be found in the Museum includes several prostheses worn by Freud, a post-operative skull radiograph of Freud, and an English translation of the detailed clinical records made by Professor Hans Pichler, the oral surgeon who looked after Freud from 1923 until his death in 1939. Pichler wrote the notes in an obscure form of German shorthand invented by his father. The only other person who understood the shorthand was Pichler's secretary and it was she who transcribed the notes into German. The English translation was by Dr Lajos Levy and its accuracy was checked by Dr Maxim Schur, Freud's physician. The following account of Freud's prosthetic care is based on an examination of these records and a review of the relevant literature. I should like to thank Mr Michael Molnar, Researcher at the Freud Museum, for making available Pichler's notes and Freud's prostheses.