Janet and Freud

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"And now from the Vast of the Lord will the waters of sleep Roll in on the souls of men But who will reveal to our waking ken The forms that swim and the shapes that creep Under the waters of sleep?" Sidney Lanier In the textbooks of psychiatry nowadays, Pierre Janet is dismissed in a few brief remarks as one who just failed to realize the beginning of the millenium. This estimate I believe to be unjust, and I take this opportunity to discuss with you a few of the erroneous statements which are made concerning his work in its relation to that of Sigmund Freud, since I have doubtless read more of Janet's work and know more about him than anyone else in this audience. The neglect of Janet's work seems to me to arise from several sources: 1. From ignorance. Few American psychiatrists any longer read French,

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