Hysteri a is a graphic novel account of the first steps, errors and frustrations
of Sigmund Freud's career, which would lead to the foundation of a revolutionar
y new clinical therapy: psychoanalysis. The book traces Freud's early training i
n neurological research and medicine; the crucial turning point of his studies w
ith Jean-Martin Charcot at La Salpetriere; and his establishment of a therapeuti
c practice in Vienna. Perfectly matching text and illustrations, Hysteri recount
s Freud's interest in his colleague Josef Breuer's 'Anna O' case study, as well
as giving an account of his own case histories of hysteria, particularly the tre
atment of Fraulein Elisabeth von R.
