Josef Breuer

Josef Breuer
Born	(1842-01-15)15 January 1842 Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died	20 June 1925(1925-06-20) (aged 83) Vienna, Austria
Education
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Philosophical work
School	Psychoanalysis

Josef Breuer (/ˈbrɔɪər/ BROY-ur; Austrian German: [ˈbrɔʏɐ]; 15 January 1842 – 20 June 1925) was an Austrian physician who made discoveries in neurophysiology, and whose work during the 1880s with his patient Bertha Pappenheim, known as Anna O., led to the development of the "cathartic method" (also referred to as the "talking cure") for psychiatric disorders. The method was a major initiatory factor for psychoanalysis, as developed by Breuer's friend and collaborator Sigmund Freud.^[1]